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Slovak Canadians

Slovakia, the land of the Slovaks, is located in Central Europe and borders the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south. Slovak Canadians are a deeply religious people, family oriented, and proud of their origin and language, always quick to correct those who refer to them as Czechs or Czechoslovaks. They have been coming to North America since the second half of the 19th century and have contributed significantly to the economic, social and cultural development of Canada. In the 2016 Census of population, 72,290 Canadians reported being of Slovak origin.
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Slovenian Canadians

Slovenia is a country in central Europe. It is bordered by Croatia, Hungary, Austria, Italy, and the Adriatic Sea. In the 2016 Canadian census, 40, 475 people reported being of Slovenian origin (13, 690 single and 26, 785 multiple responses).
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Slovenian Music in Canada

The first substantial Canadian immigration from Slovenia (the northwestern region of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, which was renamed Yugoslavia in 1929) occurred 1918-29. Peasants and labourers moved to Ontario, many becoming farmers on the Niagara peninsula.
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Goldwin Smith

In 1866 Smith resigned to nurse his ailing father. After his father's death, Smith moved to the US to teach at Cornell. He settled in Toronto in 1871 to be near relatives.
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Sonja Smits

Smits spent several years working in Los Angeles before CBC cast her as the patrician Carrie Barr in the drama Street Legal.
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Smyth Humphreys

(Andrew) Smyth Humphreys. Violist, born Liverpool 27 Sep 1910, died Richmond, BC 15 Apr 1997; ARCM 1932. Taken to Canada at one, Humphreys was raised in Chilliwack, BC, where he studied violin with his father, John (Percival), and piano with his mother, Nellie.
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Sneezy Waters

Sneezy (b Peter) Waters (b Hodgson). Singer, guitarist, actor, b Ottawa 1 Mar 1945. He began performing in Ottawa coffeehouses in his late teens and was a member of several local rock bands, including The Children and Rosewood Dream, appearing with the latter at Expo 70, Osaka, Japan.
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Snjolaug Sigurdson

Snjolaug (Anna) Sigurdson. Pianist, teacher, b Arborg, north of Winnipeg, 5 Nov 1914, d Winnipeg 22 Aug 1979; ATCM 1932, LRSM 1933, LMM 1936. She studied with Eva Clare in Winnipeg, and then with Ernest Hutcheson and Muriel Kerr in New York.
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Snotty Nose Rez Kids

Snotty Nose Rez Kids is a hip-hop music duo comprised of Quinton "Yung Trybez" Nyce and Darren "Young D" Metz. Young D and Yung Trybez grew up in British Columbia and are members of the Haisla Nation. They began making music together in high school. As the Snotty Nose Rez Kids, they have released six albums, been nominated for myriad awards and performed across North America, Australia and Europe. Their music shines a light on many subjects, including the lives, challenges, cultures and hopes of Indigenous peoples in Canada.
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SOCAN

SOCAN (Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada/Société canadienne des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique) is a not-for-profit copyright collective that administers performing rights on behalf of its members — Canadian composers, songwriters, lyricists, and their publishers — as well as members of its international sister societies throughout the world.
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Société musicale Ste-Cécile

Société musicale Ste-Cécile. A 50-voice amateur mixed choir founded 15 Dec 1869 in Quebec City by Antoine Dessane. Dessane, the organist at St-Roch Church at the time, served as the society's president and director until his death in 1873.
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Sister Angèle

Sister Angèle, née Angiola Rizzardo Di Agostino, CM, C.Q., nun of the Sœurs du Bon-Conseil, chef, artist, culinary host, author, ambassador, singer (born 11 August 1938 in Cavaso del Tomba, province of Treviso, Veneto region, Italy). When she met Pope Benedict XVI to commemorate her 50 years of religious life, he concluded that, given her good nature and spontaneity, she was “a temple of life.”
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Simon Reisman

Sol Simon Reisman, OC, public servant (born 19 June 1919 in Montreal, QC; died 9 March 2008 in Ottawa, ON). Simon Reisman contributed to significant trade negotiations and agreements. He is recognized for his role as chief negotiator during free trade talks with the United States in the 1980s. (See also International Trade.)
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Solange Chaput-Rolland

Solange Chaput-Rolland, OC, OQ, author, television host, politician, senator and advocate for constitutional recognition of Québec’s special status within the Canadian federation (born 14 May 1919 in Montréal, QC; died 31 October 2001 in Sainte-Marguerite-Estérel, QC).
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Soldiers of Fortune

Soldiers of Fortune is a term used to describe those ready to serve in a military or police capacity under any state or person outside their own country.
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