Publisher:
Toronto, Dundurn: 2008
204 pp, 9" H. B&w illustrations. " 'Kickstart' profiles Canadians who have found success in a wide variety of fields, including business, (entrepreneur Jim Pattison), science (astronaut Roberta Bondar), the arts (ballerina Karen Kain), pop culture (cartoonist Lynn Johnston), the law (Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin), politics (former prime minister Brian Mulroney), humanitarianism (James Orbinski), and journalism (June Callwood). Some launched businesses as teenagers, while others pinballed from job to job before locating their cause or passion. Some travelled the world in search ...
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