Okay so for Assignment Number Seven (click here to see) I got to talk about one of my favorite Canadian Personalities.
4a.) Which category of Canadian Personalities interested you the most? Did you like the "we inspired", "we founded", "we fought", "we built" or "we governed" section the best? Why?
The category I liked the most was "we built". I liked it because I guess I know a lot of people by doing projects in that category. I did a project on Samuel de Champlain so I know a lot about him.
4b.) Which personality interested you the most? Why? Find a picture of him or her.
The person that interested me the most was Samuel de Champlain. The reason why I chose him was because like I said before I did a project on him but there are still some things that I don't know about him so I would like to learn more about him. What he did was he founded Quebec City on July 3, 1608. Where I found this information was at this site. Please check it out! It's really good and it has some information.
4c.) In your post, suggest three more influential Canadian personalities that could be added to this site. Why did you choose these people? Which categories would they fit into? Link to information about each of them.
Three people I think that should be in these categorizes are Terry Fox, Steve Nash and Jason Spezza. Here are a little bio of each of the people.
Terry Fox
Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to Rolly and Betty Fox. He was raised in Vancouver, British Columbia and then moved to the family home on Morrill Street in Coquitlam, British Columbia, with his older brother Fred, his younger brother Darrell, and his sister Judith.
In 1977, after feeling pain in his right knee, he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma. This is a form of cancer that strikes men more than women, usually around ages ten to twenty-five. Very often the cancer starts at the knee, then works its way up into the muscles and tendons. At the time,the only way to treat his condition was to amputate his right leg several inches above the knee. Fox believed that the injury from the 1976 crash had weakened his knee and made it more
susceptible to cancer, although his doctors disagreed. The causes of osteosarcoma are not known.Three years after losing his leg at age 18, the young athlete decided to run from coast to coast in order to raise money for cancer research. In creating the Marathon of Hope, his goal was to raise $1 from each Canadian citizen.
Marathon Of Hope
Fox began by dipping his leg in the Atlantic Ocean at St. John's, Newfoundland on April 12, 1980. He intended to dip it in the Pacific Ocean when he arrived in Victoria, British Columbia. He also filled two large bottles with Atlantic Ocean water; his plan was to keep one as a souvenir and pour the other one into the Pacific. He also intended to fill another jug of water with water from the Pacific Ocean. He was going to run about 42 km (26.2 miles) a day, the distance of a typical marathon. No one had ever done anything similar to the task Fox was undertaking.[citation needed] Fox was unable to finish his run. His bone cancer had metastasized to his lungs: x-rays revealed that Terry's right lung had a lump the size of a golf ball and his left lung had another lump the size of a lemon. He was forced to stop the run on September 1, 1980 just north-east of Thunder Bay, Ontario, after 143 days. He had run 5,373 km (3,339 miles, or around 23.3 miles per day) through Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, and Ontario. Soon after Fox was forced to stop, the CTV television network organized a telethon in hopes of raising additional funds for the cause. Any celebrities within range of Toronto were invited to participate, and the event raised millions of dollars. Many of the guests paid tribute to Fox; TV actor Lee Majors called him "the real Six Million Dollar Man."
Steve Nash
Stephen( Steve) Nash was born in Johannesburg, South Africa to a Welsh mother and English father on 7 February 1974. His family moved to Regina, Saskatchewan, when he was 18 months old, and then again to Vancouver, before finally settling in Victoria, British Columbia. Although Nash played in soccer and ice hockey, he did not start playing basketball until he was 12 or 13. However, in eighth grade, he told his mother that one day he would play in the NBA and become a star.Nash originally attended Mount Douglas Secondary School, but after his grades began to drop, his parents decided to enroll him at St. Michaels University School, a private boarding school. At St. Michaels, he starred in basketball, soccer, and rugby union. While playing basketball during his senior season, Nash almost averaged a triple-double with 21.3 points, 11.2 assists, and 9.1 rebounds per game. In the 1991–92 season, he led his team in his final year to the British Columbia AAA provincial championship title, and was named the province's player of the year.
Charity
In 2001, Nash formed the Steve Nash Foundation. Through grants to public service and nonprofit entities, the Foundation aims to foster health in kids by funding projects that provide services to children affected by poverty, illness, abuse, or neglect, and create opportunity for education, play, and empowerment. It focuses its resources on communities in Phoenix, Arizona, and British Columbia, Canada. It was given charitable status in 2004. This foundation was awarded the Steve Patterson Award for Excellence in Sports Philanthropy in 2008. Nash also founded the Jim Jennings Memorial Endowment Fund, established in honour of a volunteer staff member at Santa Clara University who served the basketball team for more than 20 years.Elsewhere, Nash is the sponsor of the Steve Nash Youth Basketball League in British Columbia that has grown over 10,000 participants. He has also become involved with GuluWalk, a Canadian-operated charitable organization that raises awareness and funds for the war-affected children of northern Uganda. In September 2007, Nash and Yao Ming headlined a group of NBA players who travelled to China and played an exhibition game with the Chinese national basketball team. The charity event reportedly raised 2.5 million dollars, earmarked for Chinese children in need. In May 2006, Nash was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. In the accompanying write-up by Charles Barkley, Nash was lauded for his unselfishness on the basketball court, and being "just a nice guy" who had paid for a new pediatric cardiology ward in a Paraguayan hospital.
Jason Spezza
Jason was born to Italian parents Rino and Donna Spezza. He has twin siblings; a sister Michelle and a brother, Matthew, who is also an ice hockey goaltender working his way up to the professional level. He favoured Mario Lemieux growing up, until Lemieux retired. However, he watched the Toronto Maple Leafs growing up as a child, since he grew up in the Toronto area.
Spezza participates in numerous activities outside of hockey, especially the "Spelling with Spezza" program. Winners receive a poster of Spezza and a pair of tickets to a Senators' home game. The program recognizes the importance of spelling. Spezza visits selected classes registered for the program. Last season over 600 classes in the Ottawa-Gatineau area participated in Spelling with Spezza.He also contributes to Ronald McDonald House Charities.
The person I chose to vote for was James Wolfe. The reason why I chose him is because I think he did alot of good things.The person that I got matched up with was Pierre Trudeau We had alot in common. I couldn't find it out by my self who it was at first. What the difference is between us is he is a guy and I am a girl:).
So in 100 years I would like to be honroed mostly in sports(basketball) or being a doctor. How I was honroed is by helping people when there ill.
So a short profile of me is I helped a lot of people get better when they needed to. Another thing is I like to help people no matter what they do or who they are.
