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    Katherine Ryan (Klondike Kate)

    Katherine “Kate” Ryan (aka Klondike Kate), NWMP special constable, restaurateur, nurse (born 20 August 1869 in Johnville, NB; died 20 February 1932 in Vancouver, BC). Katherine Ryan earned the nickname ‘Klondike Kate’ for her escapades in Yukon beginning during the Klondike Gold Rush. On her journey to the Klondike and while settled in Whitehorse, Ryan made a name for herself by establishing several restaurants. She was one of the first women hired by the North-West Mounted Police. Ryan was first hired by the force’s Whitehorse division in 1900 to assist with female prisoners. Later, she was appointed as an inspector to search for smuggled gold.

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    Kit Coleman

    Kathleen Blake “Kit” Coleman (née Catherine Ferguson), journalist, war correspondent (born 20 February 1856 in Castleblakeney, Ireland; died 16 May 1915 in Hamilton, Ontario). Kathleen Coleman was the first female journalist in Canada to oversee her own section of a Canadian newspaper, writing and editing the women’s section of the Toronto Daily Mail. She was also North America’s first accredited female war correspondent, the first president of the Canadian Women’s Press Club and the first Canadian with a syndicated column. The Royal Canadian Mint issued a commemorative silver dollar in her honour in 2023.

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    Kathleen Edwards (Profile)

    KATHLEEN EDWARDS had a serious classical musical upbringing, of the sort suitable for the daughter of a senior Canadian diplomat. She played violin from age 5 to 17, studied with National Arts Centre Orchestra violinist Karoly Sziladi and was part of the Ottawa Youth Orchestra.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on February 17, 2003

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  • Macleans

    Kathleen Edwards Takes Manhattan with her New CD

    AT 11 P.M., Kathleen Edwards boards a Greyhound bus in Ottawa bound for New York City. Around midnight, she hits the U.S. border. "Why are you going to New York?" asks the customs officer. "I'm a musician, I'm performing," Edwards answers. "Where are you performing?" is the next question.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on March 14, 2005

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    Kathleen Frances Daly

    Kathleen Frances Daly, painter (b at Napanee, Ont 28 May 1898; d at Toronto 31 Aug 1994). Daly studied in Toronto, Paris and New York. She travelled annually from 1924 to 1930 on sketching trips to Europe.

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    Kathleen Howard

    Kathleen Howard. Contralto, b Clifton (Niagara Falls), Ont, 17 Jul 1880, d Hollywood 15 Aug 1956. She was a child when her English parents emigrated to Buffalo, but she returned to Canada in 1903 to tour as soloist with the Coldstream Guards.

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    Kathleen Munn

    Kathleen Jean Munn, painter (born 28 August 1887 in Toronto, ON; died 19 October 1974 in Toronto, ON). Kathleen Munn is recognized today as a pioneer of modern art in Canada, notably for experimenting with abstraction earlier than most Canadian artists. 

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    Kathleen Parlow

    Parlow, Kathleen. Violinist, teacher, born Calgary 20 Sep 1890, died Oakville, near Toronto, 19 Aug 1963; honorary MA (Mills) 1933.

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    Kathleen Rice

    Kathleen Creighton Starr Rice, homesteader, prospector (born 4 June or 22 December 1882 in St. Marys, ON; died 6 January 1963 in Minnedosa, MB). In addition to the women who prospected during the Klondike Gold Rush, Kathleen Rice is considered one of Canada’s first female prospectors. She staked claims in northern Manitoba, the most significant being her discovery of copper pyrite in 1928. She was also known as an outdoorswoman, frequently undertaking extensive solo trips by dogsled or in her canoe.

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    Kathleen Shannon

    In 1974 she became the executive producer of Studio D, an NFB production unit primarily staffed by women whose principal function has been to examine the role of women in society. In 1983 she returned to production with the documentary Dream of a Free Country: A Message from Nicaraguan Women.

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    Kathleen Winter

    Kathleen Winter, short story writer and novelist (born at Bills Quay, England 25 February 1960). When Kathleen Winter was aged eight the family immigrated to Marystown, Newfoundland, the first of many small towns and villages where Winter grew up.

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    Kathleen Wynne

    Kathleen O’Day Wynne, 25th premier of Ontario 2013–18, member of provincial parliament 2003–present, school trustee, community activist, mediator, teacher (born 21 May 1953 in Toronto, ON). The skills of a mediator, coupled with a strong sense of will, propelled Kathleen Wynne’s political career, making her Ontario’s first woman premier and Canada’s first openly gay head of government.

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    Kathy Kreiner

    She won Canada's only 1976 Olympic gold medal - in the giant slalom on 4 Feb - for which she was considered a long shot against gold-medal winning German skier Rosi Mittermaier. In so doing she became the youngest-ever gold medalist in skiing to that date.

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  • Macleans

    Kathy Reichs (Profile)

    Kathy Reichs’s Montreal office looks like a typical government-issue cubicle, except for a few startling differences. Above the usual dun-colored filing cabinets and the nondescript desk, several human and animal skulls sit on shelves along the windowless walls.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on August 25, 1997

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    Katrina Chaytor

    Katrina Chaytor, ceramist, teacher (born 13 May 1962 in St. John’s, NL). Katrina Chaytor is recognized for her investigations of decoration in functional ceramics, specifically how ornament interacts with form, history, and culture. 

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