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    Sheila Henig

    Sheila Henig. Pianist, soprano, b Winnipeg 19 Feb 1934, d Toronto 15 May 1979; ARCT piano, voice, 1952, Artist Diploma (Toronto) 1955. She studied piano with Jean Broadfoot and Gordon Kushner in Winnipeg and with Margaret Miller Brown at the RCMT.

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    Sheila Heti

    ​Sheila Heti, writer (born 25 December 1976 in Toronto, ON). 

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    Sheila McCarthy

    Sheila McCarthy in Patricia Rozema's film I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (courtesy Toronto International Film Festival Group).Sheila McCarthy  Sheila Catherine McCarthy, actor, singer, dancer (b at Toronto 1 Jan 1956). Sheila McCarthy, one of the hardest-working performers in Canadian film, television and on stage, began as a self-described "lovely little dancer girl" at the Thornhill Free School north of Toronto. Her first appearance on stage was at Toronto's Elgin Theatre in Peter Pan at 6...

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    Sheila Munroe

    Sheila (m Rodgers) Munroe. Pianist, b Winnipeg 3 Aug 1928. She studied piano with her mother, Zoë (b Ekaterinoslav [Dniepro Petrovsk], Russia, 18 Apr 1898), and with John Melnyk won the Aikins Memorial Trophy (the top instrumental award) at the 1946 Manitoba (Winnipeg) Music Competition Festival.

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    Sheila North

    Sheila North, leader, activist, journalist (born 1972 in Oxford House [now Bunibonibee Cree Nation], MB). In 2015, Sheila North became the first woman elected as Grand Chief of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak. This organization represents 30 First Nations in Northern Manitoba. She coined the hashtag #MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women) in 2012. It is meant to raise awareness of the national crisis and address violence against Indigenous women. A journalist, North has worked as a correspondent for CBC News and CTV News in Winnipeg.

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    Sheila Piercey

    Sheila (Kathleen) Piercey. Soprano, b Halifax, NS, 18 Nov 1933. Coached by her mother Lilian (MacKinnon) Piercey, she made her debut at five.

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    Sheila Watson

    Sheila Watson, née Doherty, novelist, critic, teacher (b at New Westminster, BC 24 Oct 1909; d at Nanaimo 1 Feb 1998). Publication of Watson's novel The Double Hoook (1959) marks the start of contemporary writing in Canada.

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    Sheila Watt-Cloutier

    Sheila Watt-Cloutier (née Watt), OC, human rights and Indigenous rights activist, cultural preservation advocate, politician, writer and educator (born 2 December 1953 in Old Fort Chimo, QC). Watt-Cloutier is a respected Inuit leader who has received international recognition and acclaim in the areas of rights activism, environmental and climate change awareness and social justice.

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    Sheilah L. Martin

    Sheilah Louise Martin, justice of the Supreme Court of Canada 2017–26, lawyer, professor (born 31 May 1956 in Montreal, Quebec). Sheilah L. Martin has earned a reputation for her expertise in judicial ethics and for her efforts to eliminate stereotypes and myths around rape from Canada’s courts. She also played key roles in developing the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement and securing compensation for David Milgaard and Thomas Sophonow, two of Canada’s most infamous wrongful convictions. She served as a justice on the Supreme Court of Canada from 18 December 2017 until 30 May 2026.

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    Sheldon Kennedy

    Sheldon Kennedy, CM, OM, AOE, hockey player, activist (born 15 June 1969 in Brandon, MB). Sheldon Kennedy is a retired professional ice hockey player and a public advocate for child abuse prevention. He was part of the 1988 World Junior Championship-winning team and captained the 1989 Memorial Cup champion Swift Current Broncos before playing eight seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). In 1996, he came forward with revelations of years of sexual abuse at the hands of his junior hockey coach. Named the Canadian Press Newsmaker of the Year in 1997, Kennedy became a public speaker and activist. He is a member of the Order of Manitoba, the Alberta Order of Excellence and the Order of Canada. He has been inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame and received the Order of Hockey in Canada.

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    Shelley Ambrose

    Shelley Diane Ambrose, CM, publisher, journalist, producer, executive director, volunteer organizer (born in Chatham, ON). Shelley Ambrose is nationally respected for demonstrating a patriotic passion for Canada. She worked as a journalist and producer for Peter Gzowski and Pamela Wallin and as a tireless charity organizer. She was then hired as publisher of the Walrus magazine in 2006. In her 14 years with the Walrus, Ambrose steered it away from its antiquated business model. She introduced innovations that allowed it to thrive in the post-Internet print media market. Renowned for her active citizenship, Ambrose also co-founded the Lakefield Literary Festival. She has served on the board of the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) and the national council of the Canadian Canoe Museum. She was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 2022.

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    Shelton Brooks

    Shelton L. Brooks. Songwriter, pianist, comedian, actor, b Amherstburg, near Windsor, Ont, 4 May 1886, d Los Angeles, California, 6 Sep 1975. Brooks played organ and piano at home as a boy, and attended his preacher father's Nazery African Methodist Episcopal Church.

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    Sheridan Lawrence

    Sheridan Lawrence, pioneer, farmer, rancher (b at South Stukely, Que 8 April 1870; d at Peace River, Alta 1 February 1952).

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    Sheriff

    Sheriff Sheriff In each county and judicial district in Canada sheriffs, appointed by the lieutenant-governor-in-council, serve processes (eg, writs of summonses); attend upon supreme and county court judges and maintain order in the courts (performed by constables); execute judgements, eg, seizing the judgement debtor's goods (performed by BAILIFFS); summon and supervise JURIES, and take custody of noncriminal prisoners. 

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    Sherwood Lett

    Sherwood Lett, soldier, lawyer, chief justice of BC (b at Iroquois, Ont 1 Aug 1895; d at Vancouver 2 July 1964).

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