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Quiz TEST YOUR CANADIAN KNOWLEDGE
DR. LUCILLE TEASDALE-CORTI (1929 – 1996) Surgeon and humanitarian A lifetime of dedication
QUESTION 1: What are the names of the two Canadian street performers who founded the Cirque du Soleil in 1984?
They exchanged vows in a tiny chapel beside the hospi- tal that would become their life’s work.
Born to a working-class Mon- treal family at the dawn of the Great Depression, Lucille Teasdale knew that becom- ing a doctor—her childhood dream—would be an uphill struggle. Undeterred, she jumped headfirst into her studies and graduated from medical school in 1955, be- fore going on to become one of Quebec’s first female sur- geons. Lucille Teasdale met Piero Corti in the mid-1950s while interning at a children’s hos-
Dr. Lucille, as locals knew her, saw as many as 300 pa- tients every day and often performed back-to-back surgeries in difficult conditions. In the early days of the hospital, water, drugs and electricity were scarce at best. During the 1970s, civil unrest in Uganda forced Teasdale to become a full-fledgedwar surgeon virtually overnight. The hospital suffered frequent attacks; rebels ransacked the facility and even kidnapped members of its staff. The Cortis’ home was raided on several occasions. But the couple continued to help the local population, who needed themmore than ever. In 1985, Lucille Teasdale found out that shewas HIV posi- tive, probably having contracted the disease while oper- ating on wounded soldiers. Doctors gave her two years to live, but Teasdale, always a fighter, continued to care for her patients for another 11 years. After dedicating her life to helping others, Lucille Teasdale passed away at age 67. She is buried with her husband on the grounds of the hospital, which now employs over 500 Ugandans and treats more than 300,000 patients a year.
QUESTION 2: The longest-serving Prime Minister in Canadian history served three consecutive terms. What was his name?
QUESTION 3: In 1901, Guglielmo Marconi famously received the first trans- atlantic signal in what Canadian city?
A young Lucille. Source: Fondazione ONLUS Piero e Lucille Corti
QUESTION 4: On November 1, 1946, the Toronto Huskies and the New York Knickerbockers played the first professional game of what sport?
pital in Montreal. They quickly bonded over shared aspi- rations, but Corti soon left Canada to pursue a hospital project in Uganda. Their paths crossed again a few years later, when Teasdale agreed to work with Corti as the Ugandan hospital’s first surgeon. The pair arrived in Lacor, Uganda in 1961. Teasdale was supposed to leave after a month or two, but found her- self compelled to stay andmarried Corti that December.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ART, LITERATURE AND ENTERTAINMENT
Where are we from? THE 52 LARGEST GROUPS IN CANADA’S MULTICULTURAL MOSAIC
HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY
SPORTS AND LEISURE
infO Canada THE STORIES BEHIND OUR SYMBOLS
Canada’s Guyanese community Canadian citizens of Guyanese descent make up around ten percent of the Caribbean community in Canada. Guyana is an oceanfront country between Venezuela and Suriname that celebrated its 50th anniversary of independence from Great Britain in 2016. Like Canada, Guyana is home to a variety of ethnic groups, which makes it difficult to define Guyanese culture as a whole. While each group has its own traditions and events, the entire community comes together during Mashramani, Guyana’s big national celebration.
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
In 1957, the Northwest Territories made mountain avens (Dryas octopetala) their territorial flower. These white, sun-loving ground huggers are in fact part of the rose family. Mountain avens proliferate in the arctic every spring. They thrive in rocky bar- ren ground and alpine meadows. Flower: Mountain Avens
You’ll find illustrious Guyanese Canadians in every field under the sun, from entertainment to politics. Perhaps the most notable, Sir James Douglas, commonly known as the Father of British Columbia, was born in the then-Dutch colony and arrived in Canada in 1819. On a more contemporary note, guitarist Dave Baksh (of the band Sum 41), rapper Maestro Fresh-Wes (the first Ca- nadian rapper to have a Top 40 hit) and Olympic track and field athlete Charles Allen (who competed for both the Guyanese and Canadian Olympic teams) are just a few of the stand-out Canadians with a proud Guyanese heritage.
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