Inquiry Project on Leadership
First Nations Chiefs & Champions
 Chief Roger Adolph- After a successful boxing career, he became a chief
negotiator for his people.
 Alwyn Morris- Won gold in kayaking at the 1984 Olympics.
 Waneek Horn-Miller-Water polo Olympian 2000.
 Tom Longboat- Distance runner and winner of the 1907 Boston Marathon.
 Angela Chalmers- One of the top three female middle distance runners in
the world.
 Gino Odjick- NHL hockey player.
 Darren Zack- A world-renowed fastpitch softball player.
 Richard Peter- Paralympic and world wheelchair basketball champion.
 Sharon & Shirley Firth- Twin sisters who were Olympic athletes in crosscountry skiing.
 Billy Two Rivers- World famous professional wrestler who became a great
political leader.
 Ross Powless- Lacrosse player who became a political leader.
 Fred Sasakamoose- NHL hockey player who became an activist.
Human Rights
 Martin Luther King Jr.- African-American Civil Rights activist from the 1960s
 Archbishop Desmond Tutu- South African Civil Rights activist 1960-1990
 Nelson Mandela- South African Civil Rights activist 1960-1990
 Anne Frank- Young Jewish girl who wrote in a journal about her experience of
hiding in an attic from Nazis during World War II (1940s)
 Mother Teresa- Catholic sister who founded a group in the 1940s whose
members dedicated themselves to working with the poor
 Craig Kielberger- World-famous activist against child labour.
Rights of Women
 Nellie McClung- Canadian woman who worked for the democratic rights of
women in the early 1900s
 Emily Murphy- Canadian woman who worked for the democratic rights of
women in the early 1900s
Scientists
 Roberta Bondar- Canadian astronaut whose career blossomed in the 1980s
 David Suzuki- Canadian scientist who hosted “The Nature of Things,” a weekly
CBC television program about science since 1979
 Birute Galdikas- Canadian anthropologist who studied orangutans in the 1970s
and 80s.
 Sally Ride- First women in the United States to be an astronaut in the 1970s
and 1980s
Inventors
 Guglielmo Marconi- Italian who developed wireless communication in the early
1900s
 Alexander Graham Bell- Canadian who built the first telephone in the 1870s
 Joseph-Armand Bombardier- Canadian who invented the snowmobile in the
1920s
 Hugh Le Caine- Canadian inventor in the area of sound and music from the
mid-20th-Century
 James Naismith- Canadian who came up with idea for the sport of basketball
in the 1890s
Medicine/Health
 Frederick Banting & Charles Best- Canadians who developed insulin to
combat diabetes in the 1920s
 Michael J. Fox- Canadian television and movie actor from the 1980s who
suffers from Parkinson’s Disease
 Terry Fox- Canadian who ran a “Marathon of Hope” in 1980 to create
awareness of the need to come up with a cure for cancer
Entrepreneurs
 Sonja Bata- Canadian shoe magnate since the 1960s
 George Cohon- Canada’s McDonald’s developer since 1967
 Moses Znaimer- Founder of Canada’s MuchMusic video channel in 1984
 Harrison & Wallace McCain- Since 1956, Canada’s French fry barons
 Lise Watier- Makeup giant since 1972
INQUIRY PROCESS (√ when you complete each step)
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Review what areas on the inquiry rubric you need to improve on from the archaeology inquiry
project. _________
Brainstorm research questions. Decide on questions that all have to answer. Question(s) about
leadership are sound. _______
Work alone or partners. Decide. _______
Create a research template that includes examples of how to cite a book, DVD, & website. _______
Summarize what you know about your topic before researching. _______
Research using a book. _______
Research using a DVD or video. _______
Research using a website. _______
Share your information in a format of your choice using your own words. (radio play, bulletin
board display, power point presentation, poster series, graphic novel, video, newscast, short
story, interpretive dance, brochure, podcast, __________________________________________________) ______