Featured biographies
Every Canadian has a story.
Not all stories begin in Canada.
From coast to coast to coast, we acknowledge the ancestral and unceded territory of all Indigenous peoples that call this land home. We are all Treaty People.
![Ernie Coombs in a yellow sweater surrounded by puppets.](/sites/contributions/files/styles/large/public/2021-03/A039724_1.jpg?itok=rT3y4fad)
Meet Mr Dressup
Coombs came to theatre through painting scenery, eventually meeting Fred Rogers (of the children's show, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood).
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![white man in a red basketball jersey running while holding a basketball.](/sites/contributions/files/styles/large/public/2021-03/GettyImages-2423603.jpg?itok=GhebhwYy)
![A woman speaks while sitting in a chair.](/sites/contributions/files/styles/large/public/2022-09/CP11808697.jpg?itok=KZ1hcl_a)
From displaced person to supreme court justice
Born in a Displaced Persons camp in 1946, Abella went on to become a supreme court judge.
![Karolina Wisniewska in a red Canada jacket and hat holds up a medal.](/sites/contributions/files/styles/large/public/2021-03/Bogetti-Smith_1003_2010_paralympics_medals_4677.jpg?itok=wGrSZ2Ao)
The Paralympian who skied with the best
After immigrating to Canada with her family at the age of five, Wisniewska took up skiing.
![Donovan Bailey in running jersey looking very happy.](/sites/contributions/files/styles/large/public/2021-03/GettyImages-51952838.jpg?itok=Gu3kZtG9)