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Canada men's national ice hockey team: Patrice Bergeron, Dan Boyle, Martin Brodeur, Sidney Crosby, Drew Doughty, Marc-André Fleury, Ryan Getzlaf, Dany Heatley, Jarome Iginla, Duncan Keith, Roberto Luongo, Patrick Marleau, Brenden Morrow, Rick Nash, Scott Niedermayer, Corey Perry, Chris Pronger, Mike Richards, Brent Seabrook, Eric Staal, Joe ...
The first non-U.S. chapter was created in 1956 in Ontario, Canada. The first YPO University was held in Miami Beach, Florida. YPO merged with its graduate organization, World Presidents Organization (WPO), in 2007. The YPO Global Pulse survey launched in 2009, and is a quarterly economic confidence index that shares business insights from CEOs ...
This is a list of post-nominal letters used in Canada. The order in which they follow an individual's name is: Distinctions conferred directly by the Crown; University degrees; Memberships of societies and other distinctions; Normally no more than two are given, representing the highest award of each type. [1]
For the first 40 years of the tournament, Canada did not have a national team, instead choosing to send a club team, typically the Allan Cup winner. [2] In 1960, the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen became the final club team to represent Canada at the Olympics. In 1962, Canada implemented a national team program, led by Father David Bauer. [3]
Grey Owl (1888–1938) (real name Archibald Stanfield Belaney) – conservationist who falsely presented himself as an Aboriginal person and worked to save the beavers of Saskatchewan and Manitoba Rick Hansen CC OBC LLD ( hc ) DLitt ( hc ) (born 1957) – paraplegic athlete who completed an around-the-world marathon for spinal cord injury research
The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) is the National Olympic Committee for Canada. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Canada would win more gold medals than any other competing nation for the first time. Canada also served as the host nation of the 2010 Winter Olympics, with the games taking place in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Linda Thom's gold medal in the 1984 Los Angeles games was the first summer Olympic gold medal for Canada in 16 years, having been shut out in Munich (1972) and Montreal (1976), and boycotting the Moscow (1980) games. Since her victory was unexpected, and the sport is not very popular, the event was not broadcast live and Canadian television ...
Canada competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France from July 26 to August 11, 2024. Since Canada's debut in 1900, Canadian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the country's support for the United States-led boycott.