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Dr. Lucille Teasdale-Corti is one of our most important #CanadianHeroes and more Canadians need to know who she is and what she accomplished in spite of almost insurmountable challenges.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille_Teasdale-Corti

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#HappyBirthday to the Honourable Cairine Reay Mackay Wilson who the first woman to be appointed to the Senate in Canada. Her appointment in 1930 marked the end of an era during which women in Canada were denied civil rights. Born in Montréal on February 4, 1885, into a wealthy Scottish-Canadian family, Cairine Reay Mackay married Norman F. Wilson, the Liberal Member of Parliament for Russell, Ontario, in 1909. In 1919, the Wilson family moved to Ottawa, where Mrs. Wilson soon became heavily involved in politics. Her privileged background did not stop her from publicly denouncing appeasement of Hitler, defying her own government to bring in #WWII Jewish refugees, or a lifetime commitment to child poverty and refugees. And she had time to fight for women's rights to be in government by founding the National Federation of Liberal Women of Canada in 1928 and the Twentieth Century Liberal Association in 1930.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairine_Wilson

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#HappyBirthday to Lucille Teasdale-Corti (January 30, 1929 – August 1, 1996). She was a Canadian physician and pediatric surgeon, who worked in Uganda from 1961 until her death in 1996. She met her husband, Dr. Piero Corti, during her internship and together they founded a university hospital in the north of Uganda - St. Mary's. For 35 years they battled disease and war to bring medical aid to an impoverished nation. She contracted HIV while operating on patients in the mid-1980s and despite being given a short time to live, she continued to work for 11 more years, eventually dying of AIDS-related complications in 1996.
The attached article from 2011 is written from her daughters perspective. Dr. Dominique Corti has continued to build on her parents legacy and today St. Mary's is an important teaching hospital that has churned out a generation’s worth of homegrown Ugandan doctors and nurses.
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https://globalnews.ca/news/137248/teasdales-daughter-carries-on-legacy-for-canadian-doctors-african-adventure/

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Tod Maffin, former #CBC Broadcaster, is now referred to as an expert on Canadian culture and Identity, and a viral content creator. If you have followed Tod over the past few years you have seen a progression from explaining Canadians to our southern neighbours to becoming politely militant in the face of an increasingly hostile U.S. government. His latest contribution deserves the Order of Canada and a superhero cape. He launched a social media campaign to attract American #Healthcare workers to his community and from there the Healthcare Infusion Organization was born. There are now 20 chapters across Canada focused on recruiting and supporting doctors, nurses, and healthcare professionals in local communities facing staff shortages. He has done more to improve Canadian Healthcare than any level of government in this country.
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https://youtube.com/shorts/K6HOJyoHrpo

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#HappyBirthday to Elliot Page, born February 21, 1987, in Halifax Nova Scotia. Page is a Canadian actor, producer, and activist, known for his leading roles across Canadian and American film and television, and for his outspoken work as an activist for #LGBTQ rights and against discrimination. His accolades include nominations for an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a SAG Award. While most of his career was performed as Ellen Page, he came out as gay in 2014 and as transgender in 2020.
Next time we try to summon the courage to defend or joyfully acknowledge a LGBTQ friend or relative, we should recognize the struggle that most experience just to find a little bit of happiness. Everyone deserves to love and be loved.
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https://www.biography.com/actors/elliot-page

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#HappyBirthday to Maude Elizabeth Seymour Abbott (Mar 18, 1868 – Sept 2, 1940), a physician and researcher who contributed to the early study of congenital heart disease. She was born in St. Andrews East, Quebec, and was among the first women in Canada to earn a medical degree and one of the first women to receive a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University. After being denied admission to McGill’s medical faculty, she completed her medical education at Bishop’s University and went on to develop a career in pathology, medical curation, and clinical research. Abbott held curatorial and teaching roles at McGill, co-founded the International Association of Medical Museums, and published extensively. She established organizations supporting women in medicine, received an honorary medical degree from McGill and was posthumously recognized through several national and institutional honours.
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https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/maude-abbott