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They were five: the Dionne quintuplets
It’s tempting, during Canada’s th birth year, to bask in our “sunny ways” and celebrate only the positive. But is a nuanced appreciation of what it means to be Canadian even possible without also examining our failings as a nation, including official decisions that have aged terribly?
To understand an integral part of the Canadian legacy, we must look to five little girls born on May 28,
The Dionne quintuplets, born to French-Canadian parents Oliva-Edouard and Elzire near the village of Corbeil, Ontario, fascinated people around the world as the only quints to survive beyond a few days—a medical marvel of the time.
Before they ever took their first steps, Annette, Émilie, Yvonne, Cécile and Marie became symbols of humanity’s undefeatable spirit during the Depression.
The Dionnes were already “dirt-poor” parents of five when Elzire became pregnant with the quints.
The babies arrived two months premature, surviving a home birth at a combined