Inspiring Canadian women

In fields as varied as business, politics, arts, literature and sport, Canadian women have made their mark in history. Get to know 10 inspiring Canadian women in the sentences that make up our quiz!

Fill in the blanks below with the correctly spelled word or expression.

1. Céline Dion, a world-Placeholder for the answer singer, enjoyed almost immediate success in Quebec after the release of her first two albums.
2. The television adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale Placeholder for the answer positive reviews.
3. Chantal Petitclerc is a 14-time Placeholder for the answer gold medallist in wheelchair track and field.
4. Actor Sandra Oh became Placeholder for the answer in the role of surgeon Cristina Yang on the medical series Grey's Anatomy.
5. Michelle O’Bonsawin, an Abenaki member of the Odanak First Placeholder for the answer, is the first Indigenous justice to serve on the Supreme Court of Canada.
6. Farah Alibay, who studied Placeholder for the answer engineering and now works at NASA, was part of the mobility team for the rover Perseverance, which landed on Mars in 2021.
7. Kim Campbell is the only woman to have Placeholder for the answer the position of prime minister of Canada.
8. Speed skater Cindy Klassen has Placeholder for the answer six Olympic medals.
9. Emily Carr is one of the Placeholder for the answer figures in Canadian painting.
10. Goaltender Manon Rhéaume is the only Placeholder for the answer to have played in the National Hockey League (NHL).
  
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