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    Louis Siminovitch

    Louis Siminovitch, CC, OC, OOnt, FRS, FRSC, molecular biologist (born 1 May 1920 in Montreal, QC; died 6 April 2021 in Toronto, ON). Siminovitch served on various national and provincial research and educational organizations. As a founder of the field, his research centered on somatic cell genetics and on the molecular biology of mammalian cells. (See also Genetics.) He has had a major influence on the careers of numerous Canadian molecular biologists, including James Till and Ernest McCulloch with their groundbreaking stem cell research.

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    Simon Brault

    Simon Brault, CC, OQ, arts administrator, advocate, author, accountant (born 5 September 1955 in Montreal, QC). Simon Brault has had a long and distinguished career leading major cultural organizations in Canada. From 2014 to 2023, he was the CEO and director of the Canada Council for the Arts. He has been president of the Festival de Lanaudière since 2024. Trained as an accountant, Brault started out as a clerk at the National Theatre School and worked his way up to become the school’s director. He also helmed several Montreal cultural groups and wrote the acclaimed book No Culture, No Future (2010). Brault has called for the democratization of culture and for recognition of the arts as a central feature in society. He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2005, was promoted to Companion of the Order in 2025, and was made an Officier of the Ordre national du Québec in 2011.

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    Simon Chang

    In the early 1970s Chang moved to Montréal and began his career as a fashion co-ordinator for The Bay department store. Shortly after, he started designing ready-to-wear collections for the Clothes to You and International Typhoon labels, cofounding the latter company.

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    Simon Fraser

    Simon Fraser, explorer, fur trader (born 20 May 1776 in Mapletown, New York, United States; died 18 August 1862 in St Andrews West, Canada West). Simon Fraser is best known for his exploration of the Fraser River.

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    Simon Fraser Tolmie

    Simon Fraser Tolmie, veterinarian, farmer, politician, premier of BC 1928-33 (b at Victoria 25 Jan 1867; d there 13 Oct 1937), son of William Fraser TOLMIE.

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    Simon Girty

    Simon Girty, frontiersman, British Indian agent, Loyalist settler in Upper Canada (Ontario), (born 14 November 1741 near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; died 18 February 1818 in Malden, Upper Canada). Girty fought in the American Revolution and in wars involving Indigenous peoples and white settlers. Girty had a great capacity to work with Indigenous leaders but was often remembered as a villain and controversial figure, mainly because of his allegiance to Britain, rather than to the Americans.

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    Simon James Dawson

    Simon James Dawson, surveyor, engineer, legislator (b at Redhaven, Scot 1820; d at Ottawa 20 Nov 1902). After immigrating to Canada, Dawson was engaged initially on surveys in Québec but by April 1858 was surveying the

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    Simon McGillivray

    Simon McGillivray, merchant (b at Stratherrick, Scot 1783; d at London, Eng 9 June 1840), brother of William MCGILLIVRAY and Duncan MCGILLIVRAY. Owing to physical disability, he did not enter the Canadian FUR TRADE actively like

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    Simon McTavish

    Simon McTavish, fur-trade merchant (b in Stratherrick, Scot c 1750; d at Montréal 6 July 1804). He immigrated to North America at age 13, probably as an apprentice to a merchant. After engaging in the fur trade out of

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    Simon Peter Gunanoot

    Simon Peter Gunanoot, also Simon Peter Johnson, Gitksan businessman, outlaw (b at Kispiox, BC c 1874; d of pneumonia NE of Stewart, BC Oct 1933).

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    Simon Sebag

    Simon Sebag, fashion designer (b at Casablanca, Morocco 7 Mar 1943). Raised in Casablanca, Sebag moved to Montréal just after high school. He attended the Université of Montréal's École des Hautes Études Commerciales, where he majored in accounting.

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    Simon Streatfeild

    Simon Nicholas Streatfeild, conductor, violist (born 5 October 1929 in Windsor, England; died 7 December 2019). Simon Streatfeild was an accomplished violist and conductor. He began his career in his native England with London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sadler’s Wells Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra. He also helped found the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields chamber orchestra. He moved to Canada in 1965 and held many positions with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra while also conducting across Canada and internationally. He was a founding member of the Baroque Strings of Vancouver, the founding director of the Courtenay Youth Music Camp, and a founding member of the Purcell String Quartet. In his later years, Streatfeild served as principal guest conductor and artistic advisor of Orchestra London Canada, Symphony Nova Scotia, and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra. He received the Canadian Music Council Medal in 1987 and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.

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    Simon Whitfield

    Simon Whitfield, triathlete (born 16 May 1975 in Kingston, ON). Simon Whitfield is a four-time Olympian and Canada's first-ever Olympic gold medalist in triathlon. Whitfield won gold at the 2000 Olympic Summer Games in Sydney, the first year that the triathlon was an Olympic event. Although he did not medal at the 2004 Games in Athens, he sprinted to a silver medal at the 2008 Games in Beijing. Whitfield was the Canadian flag-bearer at the 2012 Olympic Summer Games in London but crashed during the bicycle portion of the triathlon and was forced to pull out of the event. Whitfield has also amassed a total of 12 World Cup wins in addition to his gold and silver Olympic medals. He retired from competition in 2013 and was inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 2017.

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    Simone Quesnel

    Simone Quesnel. Contralto, teacher, b Pointe-au-Chêne, Que, 19 Mar 1911, d Montreal 5 Dec 1987. She studied with Céline Marier and in 1931 gave a recital at the Delphic Study Club, which gave her a grant.

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    Simonie Michael

    Simonie Michael, businessman, politician, advocate for Inuit self-determination, sculptor (born in 1933 on southern Baffin Island, NT [now NU]; died 14 November 2008 in Iqaluit, NU).  Simonie Michael was the first Inuk elected to the Northwest Territories Council, the predecessor of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories (1966 to 1970). His outspoken criticism of Inuit disc numbers led to Project Surname and ultimately to the disc number system's end.

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