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Terry Fox and the Development of Running Prostheses

In 1980, Terry Fox ran 5,373 km during his Marathon of Hope, using a prosthesis designed primarily for walking. His accomplishment motivated researchers to develop prostheses better suited for running.
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Editorial

Terry Fox: Role Model and Inspiration

The following article is an editorial written by The Canadian Encyclopedia staff. Editorials are not usually updated.
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Terry Jacks

Terry Jacks. Singer, songwriter, record producer, born Winnipeg 29 Mar 1944. Raised in Vancouver, Jacks pursued his musical interests after trying his hand as a draftsman.
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Terry Mosher

Terry Mosher (a.k.a. Aislin), OC, political cartoonist (born 11 November 1942 in Ottawa, ON). Known by his pen name, Aislin, Terry Mosher is one of Canada's leading newspaper editorial cartoonists. His irreverent, acerbic sketches appear regularly in many Canadian dailies and in periodicals in the United States and abroad. He has won two Canadian National Newspaper Awards and was the youngest member inducted into the Canadian News Hall of Fame at age 43. He was inducted into the Canadian Cartoonists Hall of Fame in 2012.
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Terry Paul

Terrance (Terry) J. Paul, CM, Chief, businessman, band manager, chief executive officer (born 30 December 1951 in Membertou First Nation, NS). Terry Paul is a Mi’kmaw leader who has been involved with the administration and governing of Membertou First Nation on Cape Breton Island for several years. He has been chief for 40 years, having been re-elected at every election since 1984. Under Paul’s leadership, Membertou has become one of the most progressive, well-organized and sustainable Indigenous communities in Canada.
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Terry Sawchuk

Terrence Gordon Sawchuk, hockey goalkeeper (b at Winnipeg 28 Dec 1929; d at New York 31 May 1970). He played junior hockey in Winnipeg and Galt, Ont, turning professional at age 17 with Omaha.
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Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir

Tessa Jane McCormick Virtue, CM, figure skater (born 17 May 1989 in London, ON) and Scott Patrick Moir, CM, figure skater (born 2 September 1987 in London, ON). Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir are the most decorated figure skaters in Olympic history, with five medals. They were the first North Americans to win the Olympic gold medal for ice dance, at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. At the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, they won silver in ice dance and in the team competition. They won gold in ice dance and in the team competition at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. They have also won four world championships (three senior and one junior), three Four Continents championships, nine Canadian championships (eight senior and one junior) and multiple Grand Prix events, including a Grand Prix Final. They are both Members of the Order of Canada and have been inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame and Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame.
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Tex Lecor

Tex (b Paul) Lecor (b Lecorre). Singer, songwriter, painter, show host, b St-Michel-de-Wentworth, near Montreal, 10 Jun 1933. While studying 1957-63 at the Montreal School of Fine Arts, he made his debut at his own boîte à chansons in Montreal, La Poubelle, at the end of the 1950s.
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Thaioronióhte Dan David

Thaioronióhte Dan David, journalist, educator, television producer, Indigenous rights advocate (born 2 June 1952 in Syracuse, New York; died 12 January 2026). An award-winning Kanyen’kéha:ka (Mohawk) journalist, Thaioronióhte Dan David trained South African journalists, created the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network’s news department, served on the board and advisory council of the Quebec Writers’ Federation and was the chair of diversity at Toronto Metropolitan University. He also taught at the University of Toronto.
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Thaïs Lacoste-Frémont

Thaïs Lacoste-Frémont, women’s rights activist, journalist, speaker (born 18 October 1886 in Montréal, Québec; died there 6 April 1963).
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Menaka Thakkar

Menaka Thakkar, dancer, choreographer, director and teacher (born 3 March 1942 in Bombay, India; died 5 February 2022 in Toronto, ON). As artistic director of the Toronto-based Menaka Thakkar Dance Company and as founder (1974) and director of Nrtyakala: The Canadian Academy of Indian Dance, Thakkar had a profound influence on the development in Canada of an appreciation for and the performance of the ancient art of Indian classical dance.
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Thanadelthur

Thanadelthur (Chipewyan for “marten shake”), peace negotiator, guide, teacher, interpreter (born c. 1697 likely in present-day northern MB; died 5 February 1717 at York Factory, MB). Known as the Ambassadress of Peace, Thanadelthur negotiated peace between the Chipewyan (Denesuline) and Cree peoples during the early fur trade. She was also instrumental in creating ties between the Chipewyan people and the Hudson’s Bay Company, as well as expanding the fur trade in today’s Churchill, Manitoba region.
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Thayer Lindsley

Thayer Lindsley, mining engineer, promoter (b at Yokohama, Japan 17 Aug 1882; d at New York C 29 May 1976). Born of American parents in Japan, Lindsley returned to the US at 15, graduated from Harvard in engineering and worked for the New York City subway.
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Collection

The 52: 52 Women who Transformed Toronto

In partnership with Museum of Toronto, The Canadian Encyclopedia published articles on women featured in the museum’s exhibit The 52: 52 Women who Transformed Toronto. The exhibit, presented from 9 April to 20 December 2025, “[shone] a spotlight on change-makers, rebels, and revolutionaries from Toronto’s past and present,” and reflected the fact that, in 2025, 52 per cent of Toronto’s population were women. This collection brings the biographies of the women of The 52 into...
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Editorial

The Assassination of Thomas D'Arcy McGee

The following article is an editorial written by The Canadian Encyclopedia staff. Editorials are not usually updated. It is the greatest murder mystery in Canadian political history. Thomas D’Arcy McGee, Father of Confederation and outspoken opponent of the Fenians, was assassinated on an Ottawa street in the early hours of Tuesday, 7 April 1868.
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