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Ernie Coombs in a yellow sweater surrounded by puppets.

Ernie Coombs
Jean Augustine at a desk in front of a Canadian flag.

Jean Augustine

Gina Parvaneh Cody

Gina Parvaneh Cody amy Mon, 03/22/2021 - 15:22
Gina Parvaneh Cody wearing black blazer.
black and white image of Jennie Trout in a dark 1800s dress leaning on her hand.

Jennie Trout
Bromley Armstrong in dress shirt and tie reading a book.

Bromley Armstrong
David Azrieli standing in front of three skyscrapers.

David Azrieli

Salah Bachir

Salah Bachir amy Mon, 03/22/2021 - 15:10
Salah Bachir in a red dress being crowned by two young men.
A soccer player dribbles the ball.

Alphonso Davies
Thomas Bata in a blue suit.

Thomas Bata
A woman speaks while sitting in a chair.

Rosalie Abella
black and white image of Yousuf Karsh in a suit standing with an old fashioned camera.

Yousuf Karsh
Sandford Fleming with big white beard posing for photo.

Sandford Fleming
Steve Gupta with arms crossed.

Steve Gupta

Arthur Lismer

Arthur Lismer amy Mon, 03/22/2021 - 15:38
Arthur Lismer with bowtie and suit jacket.
Francis Manapul in a t-shirt sitting at a table with a comic in front of him.

Francis Manapul
A woman in a gold jacket over a black outfit poses on the red carpet.

Arlene Dickinson

Milos Raonic

Milos Raonic amy Tue, 03/23/2021 - 16:09
Milos Raonic holding a tennis racket swinging at a tennis ball in the foreground.
Black and white photo of Ludmilla Chiriaeff wearing a white scarf.

Ludmilla Chiriaeff
black and white image of Michael Ondaatje sitting at a table with an open book before him.

Michael Ondaatje
A black and white photo of a scientist in a lab coat, sitting in front of a large piece of lab equipment.

Ursula Franklin
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander on the left in a yellow jacket and middle aged woman on the right in a dark jacket.

Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Tak Wah Mak in blue shirt and tie and white lab coat.

Tak Wah Mak
Carmen Aguirre at a podium in front of the Canadian flag.

Carmen Aguirre
Charmaine Hooper in a white t-shirt and shorts on a soccer pitch with arm raised.

Charmaine Hooper
black and white image of Thomas Douglas standing with arms crossed.

Thomas Douglas

Lido Pimienta

Lido Pimienta amy Mon, 03/22/2021 - 15:45
Lido Pimienta in colourful costume performing onstage.
Kim Thúy wearing a pink dress stands among bookshelves holding a book.

Kim Thúy
white man in a red basketball jersey running while holding a basketball.

Steve Nash
Shahrzad Rafati in a black dress with white insert and long dark hair on a talk show.

Shahrzad Rafati
Cornelius Nyungura in a shirt and grey vest singing on stage .

Cornelius Nyungura

Donovan Bailey

Donovan Bailey amy Mon, 03/22/2021 - 15:50
Donovan Bailey in running jersey looking very happy.
Wally Buono wearing a grey t-shirt.

Wally Buono
Susur Lee dressed in chef uniform.

Susur Lee
black and white photo of Timothy Eaton with full beard.

Timothy Eaton
Michaëlle Jean in a bright blue blazer.

Michaëlle Jean
Mary Ann Shadd Cary with pinned hairstyle in a black and white photo.

Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Stan Mikita and another man in hockey jerseys with missing front teeth hold a puck between them.

Stan Mikita

Hoda ElMaraghy

Hoda ElMaraghy amy Mon, 03/22/2021 - 15:29
Hoda ElMaraghy in a red business suit.
Rupi Kaur wearing a floral yellow shirt.

Rupi Kaur
A head and shoulders image of a man in a tailored maroon suit and maroon shirt.

Simu Liu

Bobbie Rosenfeld

Bobbie Rosenfeld amy Tue, 03/23/2021 - 16:02
Black and white image of Bobbie Rosenfeld and four women running race around a track.
Side profile of Daniel Igali.

Daniel Igali
Wong Foon Sien in a suit.

Wong Foon Sien

Tobias Lütke

Tobias Lütke amy Mon, 03/22/2021 - 15:34
Tobias Lütke in blue shirt and grey hat.
Karolina Wisniewska in a red Canada jacket and hat holds up a medal.

Karolina Wisniewska