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🍁 Canadians Worth Knowing

Short profiles of Canadians who built, invented, wrote, or stood up, and never got the fuss they deserved. A new one every week.

The Profiles

⚙️ Elijah McCoy, 1844 to 1929 Born in Colchester, Ontario, he invented the automatic lubricator that kept the steam age moving, and collected 57 patents along the way. 📰 Mary Ann Shadd, 1823 to 1893 The first Black woman publisher in North America. Her newspaper, the Provincial Freeman, spoke for freedom from a print shop in Ontario.

Coming Soon: Five Minutes With…

Alongside the history, short interviews with living Canadians doing good work: a librarian, a lighthouse keeper, a rink volunteer, a small-town baker. Five questions, five minutes, one good neighbour at a time.

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