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    Séverin Moisse

    Séverin Joseph Moisse, pianist, composer, teacher (born 8 June 1895 in Chastre or Walhain-Saint-Paul, Belgium; died 3 September 1961 in Montréal, QC).

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    Shaaw Tláa (Kate Carmack)

    Shaaw Tláa (a.k.a Kate Carmack), (born c. 1857-1867 near present-day Bennett Lake, YT; died 29 March 1920 in Carcross, YT). A Tagish woman, Shaaw Tláa (pronounced Shaw Claw) was part of the group that discovered gold near the Klondike River in 1896, sparking the Klondike Gold Rush. She and her husband George Carmack, a white American, had spent a decade in search of gold in the Yukon. They made $1 million from their gold claim; however, George later abandoned her and she was unsuccessful in suing for her half of the fortune.

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    Shad

    Shadrach Kabango (a.k.a. Shad, Shad K.), rapper, singer, songwriter, radio host (born 18 July 1982 in Kenya). Witty, passionate and earnest, Shad is a Juno Award-winning rapper known for his sharp, socially conscious lyrics. His playful musical style blends rap and hip-hop with rock, R&B and other genres. In 2008 and 2010, the National Post named him the best rapper in Canada, and in 2013 CBC Music ranked him No. 2 in their list of the 25 Greatest Canadian Rappers Ever. Paste magazine hailed him in 2013 as “Canada’s most talented, genuine musical artist and one of the industry’s finest poets.” Shad has been nominated for the Polaris Music Prize four times (2008, 2010, 2014, 2019) and hosted CBC Radio One’s flagship talk show q from April 2015 to August 2016.

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    Shadrach Byfield

    Shadrach Byfield, soldier, author (b at Woolley, Wiltshire, England 16 Sep 1789; d c. 1850). 

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    Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz

    Shae-Lynn Bourne (b at Chatham, Ont, 24 Jan 1978) and Victor Kraatz (b at Berlin, Germany 7 April 1971), skaters. Ice dancing partners beginning in 1991 and members of the Canadian figure skating team starting in 1992, they were unrivalled on the Canadian scene for many years.

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    Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

    Shaivonte “Shai” Aician Gilgeous-Alexander, basketball player (born 12 July 1998 in Toronto, ON). Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is one of the National Basketball Association’s elite guards. He has played with the Oklahoma City Thunder since the 2019–20 season. He has also represented Canada internationally. He led Team Canada to a bronze medal at the 2023 FIBA World Cup and a berth at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris. In 2023, Gilgeous-Alexander became the second basketball player (after Steve Nash) to win the Northern Star Award and the Lionel Conacher Award in the same year. In 2025, after a dominant season that Sports Illustrated said “can only be compared to Michael Jordan,” SGA became the second Canadian player after Nash to be named NBA MVP. Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder to an NBA Championship in 2025, becoming only the fourth player in NBA history (after Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jordan and Shaquille O’Neal) to win the scoring title, regular season MVP, Finals MVP and a championship in the same season. He won both the Lionel Conacher Award and the Northern Star Award a second time in 2025, making him the tenth recipient to win the Northern Star Award more than once. On 12 March 2026, Gilgeous-Alexander scored at least 20 points in a 127th consecutive game, breaking American Wilt Chamberlain's record set in 1963.

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    Shaman

    A shaman is a religious or mystical expert (male or female) who, in traditional Indigenous societies, functions as a healer, prophet and custodian of cultural tradition.(See also Religion and Spirituality of Indigenous Peoples in Canada.)

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    Shane L. Koyczan

    Shane Koyczan, writer, poet, spoken word artist (b at Yellowknife, NWT 22 May 1976). Koyczan grew up in Penticton, British Columbia. 

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    Shania Twain

    Shania Twain (born Eilleen Regina Edwards), aka Eilleen Twain, OC, singer, songwriter, guitarist (born 28 August 1965 in Windsor, ON). Nicknamed the “Queen of Country Pop,” Shania Twain rose from rags to riches to become the biggest-selling female country artist of all time. Buoyed by sassy lyrics, a sexy image and slick production values, her smash hit recordings from 1995 to 2004 defied country music conventions, breaking numerous sales records and establishing her as an international superstar. She is the first female artist to have three consecutive albums sell more than 10 million copies in the United States. Her third album, Come On Over (1997), is the best-selling country album of all time, the biggest-selling album of the 1990s and the sixth biggest-selling in US history. An Officer of the Order of Canada and a member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, she was the first non-American to be named Entertainer of the Year by the Academy of Country Music Awards. She has won nearly 200 major international awards, including multiple Juno, Grammy, SOCAN and Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) Awards.

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  • Macleans

    Shania Twain (Interview)

    She's achieved first-name-only superstardom, selling more than 50 million records on the strength of her twangy pop tunes and unabashedly sexy image. On Nov. 19, Shania Twain releases Up!, her first album of new material since 1997's Come On Over.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on November 11, 2002

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  • Macleans

    Shania Twain: Maclean's 1995 Honor Roll

    Shania Twain feels at home in the bush. She grew up there, learning to hunt and trap and work a chain saw with her Ojibwa father.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on December 18, 1995

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  • Macleans

    Shania Twain (Profile)

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on March 23, 1998. Partner content is not updated. They are lining up to meet her in the flesh. Hundreds of broadcasters, delegates to a country radio conference, have gathered for a party at the new Planet Hollywood in Nashville.

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    Shari Ulrich

    Shari (Sharon) Ulrich. Singer, songwriter, violinist, pianist, guitarist, broadcaster, b San Rafael, Cal, 17 Oct 1951, naturalized Canadian 1981. Shari Ulrich moved in 1971 to Gibsons, BC, and in 1972 to Vancouver.

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    Sharon Adele Wood

    Sharon Adele Wood, mountaineer, guide (b at Halifax 18 May 1957).

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    Sharon, Lois & Bram

    Sharon, Lois & Bram were a trio of children's performers: the singer Sharon Hampson, singer and pianist Lois Lilienstein, and singer and guitarist Bram Morrison. 

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