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    Emma-Jayne Wilson

    Emma-Jayne Wilson concluded her studies at Guelph in 2002 and worked at a breeding farm for a short time before moving to Woodbine to assume a position as an exercise rider. Two years later Wilson was certified as an apprentice jockey, riding her first race in August 2004.

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    Emmanuel Blain de Saint-Aubin

    Emmanuel (Marie) Blain De St-aubin. Translator, song-writer, tenor, teacher of music and languages, b Rennes, France, 29 or 30 Jun 1833, d Ottawa 9 Jul 1883; B LITT (Rennes) 1851. He completed his education in Paris.

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    Emmanuel-Persillier Lachapelle

    Emmanuel-Persillier Lachapelle, physician, editor and administrator (born 21 or 23 December 1845 in Sault-au-Récollet, Quebec; died 1 August 1918 in Rochester, Minnesota). Lachapelle began his career as a physician at the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal in 1869. He was one of the founding members of the review L’Union médicale du Canada and a founding member of the Hôpital Notre-Dame in Montreal.

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    Emmett Hall (Obituary)

    Like so many people before and after them, Emmett Hall's parents moved to Western Canada seeking a better life for their young family.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on November 27, 1995

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    Emmett Matthew Hall

    Emmett Matthew Hall, lawyer, judge (b at St-Colomban, Qué 9 Nov 1898; d at Saskatoon 11 Nov 1995). In 1910 Hall moved to Saskatoon with his family. A classmate of John G.

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    Emmy Heim

    Emmy (Emilie) Heim. Soprano, teacher, b Vienna 10 Sep 1885, naturalized Canadian 1951, d Toronto 13 Oct 1954. Her first music lessons were from her mother, and by seven she was singing Schubert songs.

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    Empress Zita

    Zita Maria delle Grazie Adelgonda Micaela Raffaela Gabriella Giuseppina Antonia Luisa Agnese, Princess of Bourbon-Parma (born 9 May 1892 in Viareggio, Italy; died 14 March 1989 in Zizers, Switzerland), empress of Austria and queen of Hungary from 1916 to 1918. The former empress lived in Quebec City from 1940 to 1950, and four of her children attended Université Laval during the Second World War.

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    Enfranchisement (Plain-Language Summary)

    Throughout much of Canadian history, a First Nations person would lose their Indian status if they were enfranchised. An enfranchised person is someone who has the right to vote in elections. A First Nations person who is deemed a Status Indian has certain rights and benefits granted to them through the Indian Act. (This article is a plain-language summary of Enfranchisement. If you are interested in reading about this topic in more depth, please see our full-length entry Enfranchisement).

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    English Canadians

    The English were among the first Europeans to reach Canadian shores. Alongside the French, they were one of two groups who negotiated Confederation. The expression “English Canadians” refers to both immigrants from England and the Loyalists in exile after the American Revolution and their descendants. According to the 2021 census of Canada, about 14.7 per cent of Canadians (5,322,830 respondents) consider themselves to be of English origin.

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    English-Speaking Quebecers

    English-speakers in Québec form a linguistic minority from a wide range of ethnic, religious, and socio-economic backgrounds and with many regional differences. The presence of this minority dates back to the French Regime, but coherent communities developed only after the British Conquest. The proportion of English-speakers increased in the years leading up to Confederation , followed by a gradual decline, particularly in the regions outside Montréal.

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    Enos Collins

    Enos Collins, merchant, privateer, banker (b at Liverpool, NS 5 Sept 1774; d at Halifax 18 Nov 1871). Enos went to sea as a cabin boy on one of his father's fishing vessels, becoming master of a trading ship before he was 19.

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    Environmental Stewardship in Canada

    Environmental stewardship is the responsible use and protection of the environment. Examples of responsible use include limiting the harvest of natural resources. Examples of protection include conservation the creation of national and provincial parks. For some, “environmental stewardship” may invoke religious connotations. However, many prefer this phrase to “environmental management,” as the word management suggests humans dominating over nature (see Environmental Movement in Canada; Sustainability in Canada).

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  • Macleans

    Environmentalist Victoria Henry in conversation with Rosemary Westwood

    On scaling a London landmark, protesting Arctic drilling, and getting arrested for your causeThis article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on July 22, 2013

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    Ephrem A. Brisebois

    Ephrem A. Brisebois, soldier, mounted policeman, registrar of land titles (b at South Durham, Qué 7 Mar 1850; d at Minnedosa, Man 13 Feb 1890).

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    Ephrem Longpré

    Ephrem Longpré, historian, philosopher (b at Woonsocket, RI 24 Aug 1890; d at Paris, France 19 Oct 1965). His defence of the philosophy of Joannes Duns Scotus played a role in the background of Vatican II and in the opening of Catholic thought to traditions other than that of St Thomas.

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