100 Notable alumni of
Dalhousie University
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Dalhousie University is 627th in the world, 232nd in North America, and 19th in Canada by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Dalhousie University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Enrolled in Dalhousie University
- Studied in 1895-1896
- Occupations
- writershort story writerdiaristbiographerchildren's writer
- Biography
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Lucy Maud Montgomery, published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a collection of novels, essays, short stories, and poetry beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. She published 20 novels as well as 530 short stories, 500 poems, and 30 essays. Anne of Green Gables was an immediate success; the title character, orphan Anne Shirley, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. Most of the novels were set on Prince Edward Island, and those locations within Canada's smallest province became a literary landmark and popular tourist site – namely Green Gables farm, the genesis of Prince Edward Island National Park. She was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1935.
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Brian Mulroney
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Martin Brian Mulroney is a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician who served as the 18th prime minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993.
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Joe Clark
- Occupations
- journalistlawyerpoliticiandiplomat
- Biography
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Charles Joseph Clark is a Canadian businessman, writer, and politician who served as the 16th prime minister of Canada from 1979 to 1980.
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Frank Bainimarama
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Josaia Voreqe "Frank" Bainimarama CF OStJ MSD (Fijian: [tʃoˈsɛia βoˈreŋɡe mbɛiniˈmarama]; born 27 April 1954) is a Fijian politician and former naval officer who served as the prime minister of Fiji from 2007 until 2022. A member of the FijiFirst party, which he founded in 2014, he began his career as an officer in the Fijian navy and commander of the Fijian military. Despite being suspended from Parliament, he served as the opposition leader from 24 December 2022 until 8 March 2023, when he resigned and was replaced by Inia Seruiratu.
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Bonnie Henry
- Enrolled in Dalhousie University
- 1986-1990 graduated with Doctor of Medicine in medicine
- Occupations
- chief medical officer
- Biography
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Bonnie J. Fraser Henry is a Canadian physician and public servant who has been the provincial health officer at the British Columbia Ministry of Health since 2014. Henry is also a clinical associate professor at the University of British Columbia. She is a specialist in public health and preventive medicine, and is a family doctor. In her role as provincial health officer, Henry notably led the response to COVID-19 in British Columbia (BC).
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Kishore Mahbubani
- Occupations
- university teacherwriterinternational forum participantpolitical scientistdiplomat
- Biography
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Kishore Mahbubani is a Singaporean diplomat and geopolitical consultant who served as Singapore Permanent Representative to the United Nations between 1984 and 1989, and again between 1998 and 2004, and President of the United Nations Security Council between 2001 and 2002.
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Arthur B. McDonald
- Occupations
- astrophysicistphysicistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Arthur Bruce McDonald, P.Eng is a Canadian astrophysicist. McDonald is the director of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Collaboration and held the Gordon and Patricia Gray Chair in Particle Astrophysics at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario from 2006 to 2013. He was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Japanese physicist Takaaki Kajita.
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Kathryn D. Sullivan
- Enrolled in Dalhousie University
- In 1978 graduated with doctorate in geology
- Occupations
- astronautinternational forum participantgeologistscientist
- Biography
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Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan is an American geologist, oceanographer, and former NASA astronaut and US Navy officer. She was a crew member on three Space Shuttle missions.
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Richard Bedford Bennett
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett, PC, KC, was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, philanthropist, and politician who served as the 11th prime minister of Canada from 1930 to 1935.
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Erik Demaine
- Occupations
- computer scientistuniversity teachermathematician
- Biography
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Erik D. Demaine is a Canadian-American professor of computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a former child prodigy.
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Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabiah
- Occupations
- physiciansurgeon
- Biography
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Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah is a Saudi pediatric surgeon. He has filled a number of supervisory and advisory roles in Saudi Arabia, including Minister of Health, Advisor to the Royal Court, and Supervisor General of the international aid agency KSrelief.
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Vassy Kapelos
- Years
- 1981-.. (age 43)
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Vassiliki "Vassy" Kapelos is a Canadian political journalist, currently serving as the chief political correspondent for CTV News. She formerly was the host of Power & Politics on CBC News Network from 2018 to 2022. She formerly worked as the Ottawa bureau chief for Global News and the host of that network's Sunday morning political affairs show, The West Block.
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Ian Hanomansing
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Ian Harvey Hanomansing is a Trinidadian-Canadian television journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He formerly hosted CBC News Network Vancouver on CBC News Network, and reports for CBC Television's nightly newscast, The National.
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Shaun Majumder
- Occupations
- film actorscreenwritertelevision actor
- Biography
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Shaun Vincent Majumder is a Canadian actor and comedian. He is best known for his role on This Hour Has 22 Minutes, where he worked from 2003 until 2018. He won a Gemini Award for his work on the series in 2006.
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Kellie Leitch
- Occupations
- physiciansurgeonpolitician
- Biography
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Dr. Khristinn Kellie Leitch is a Canadian surgeon and former politician who served as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Simcoe—Grey from 2011 to 2019 as a member of the Conservative Party. She was first elected in the 2011 federal election, succeeding Member of Parliament Helena Guergis who was dismissed from the Conservative Party caucus. Following her election, Leitch was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development. On July 15, 2013, Prime Minister Stephen Harper named Leitch Minister of Labour and Minister for the Status of Women. She served in Cabinet until the defeat of the Conservative government in the 2015 federal election. Leitch ran in the 2017 contest for the leadership of the Conservative Party. On January 23, 2018, Leitch announced that she would not be seeking re-election for the 43rd Canadian federal election and would return to being a full-time surgeon.
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Ellie Black
- Occupations
- artistic gymnast
- Biography
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Elsabeth Ann Black is a Canadian artistic gymnast. She is a three-time Olympian, having represented her country at the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Olympic Games. She is the 2017 World all-around silver medalist, making her the first Canadian gymnast to win a world all-around medal, and she led the Canadian women's gymnastics team to a bronze medal in the 2022 World Championships team final, the first world team medal won by a Canadian gymnastics team. She won a silver medal on the balance beam at the 2022 World Championships. She is also the 2018 Commonwealth Games all-around champion, a two-time Pan American Games all-around champion (2015, 2019), and a six-time Canadian national all-around champion (2013-2015, 2017–2019). At the 2020 Olympic Games, Black placed fourth in the balance beam final, the highest placement in the Olympics for a female Canadian gymnast.
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David Eby
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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David Robert Patrick Eby is a Canadian politician and lawyer who has been serving as the 37th and current premier of British Columbia since November 18, 2022, and has been serving as the leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (NDP) since October 21, 2022. A member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Eby has represented the riding of Vancouver-Point Grey since 2013. From 2017 to 2022, he served in the John Horgan cabinet as attorney general.
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Veronica Ivy
- Enrolled in Dalhousie University
- 2005-2006 graduated with Master of Arts in philosophy
- Occupations
- track cyclistLGBTQI+ rights activistphilosophertelevision producer
- Biography
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Veronica Ivy, formerly Rachel McKinnon, is a Canadian competitive cyclist and transgender rights activist. In 2018, she became the first transgender world track cycling champion by placing first at the UCI Women’s Masters Track World Championship for the women's 35–44 age bracket.
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Scott Brison
- Occupations
- international forum participantpolitician
- Biography
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Scott A. Brison is a former Canadian politician from Nova Scotia. Brison served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Kings-Hants from the 1997 federal election until July 2000, then from November 2000 to February 2019. He was the first openly gay MP to sit as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. In 2003, just days after the Progressive Conservatives and the more socially conservative Canadian Alliance voted to merge into the Conservative Party of Canada, Brison crossed the floor to join the Liberal Party.
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Geoff Regan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Geoffrey Paul Regan is a former Canadian politician who served as the 36th Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Halifax West 2000 to 2021, previously holding the seat from 1993 to 1997. Under Paul Martin, he was Minister of Fisheries and Oceans from 2003 to 2006.
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Andrew Wilkinson
- Occupations
- politicianinternational forum participantlawyer
- Biography
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Andrew Wilkinson is an Australian-born Canadian politician. He is the former leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party, and served as the leader of British Columbia's Official Opposition. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election and re-elected in 2017 and 2020. He represented the electoral district of Vancouver-Quilchena.
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Robert Stanfield
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Robert Lorne Stanfield was a Canadian politician who served as the 17th premier of Nova Scotia from 1956 to 1967 and the leader of the Official Opposition and leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1967 to 1976.
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Jeremy Dutcher
- Occupations
- musicologistopera singer
- Biography
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Jeremy Dutcher is a classically-trained Canadian Indigenous tenor, composer, musicologist, performer and activist, who previously lived in Toronto, Ontario and currently lives in Montréal, Québec. He became widely known for his first album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, which won the 2018 Polaris Music Prize and the Juno Award for Indigenous Music Album of the Year at the 2019 Juno Awards.
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John Hamm
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John Frederick Hamm is a Canadian physician and politician, who served as the 25th premier of Nova Scotia from 1999 to 2006.
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Colleen Jones
- Occupations
- sports commentatorjournalistcurler
- Biography
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Colleen Patricia Jones is a Canadian curler and television personality. She is best known as the skip of two women's world championship teams and six Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's championships, including an unprecedented four titles in a row and held the record for most Tournament of Hearts wins from when she won her 67th game 1994 until her eventual 152 wins were eclipsed by Jennifer Jones in 2021.
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Alexa McDonough
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Alexa Ann McDonough was a Canadian politician who became the first woman to lead a major, recognized political party in Nova Scotia, when she was elected the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party's (NSNDP) leader in 1980.
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Hugh MacLennan
- Occupations
- journalistliterary criticwriteressayist
- Biography
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John Hugh MacLennan was a Canadian writer and professor of English at McGill University. He won five Governor General's Awards and a Royal Bank Award.
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Anne McLellan
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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A. Anne McLellan is a Canadian politician and academic who served as the ninth deputy prime minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006. She was a cabinet minister in the Liberal governments of Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin, and represented Edmonton in the House of Commons of Canada. She also held the positions of solicitor general, minister of health, and minister of justice of Canada.
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Chris Murphy
- Occupations
- musiciansinger
- Biography
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Chris Murphy is a member of the Canadian rock band Sloan.
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George Elliott Clarke
- Occupations
- writernovelistlibrettistpoetliterary critic
- Biography
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George Elliott Clarke, is a Canadian poet, playwright and literary critic who served as the Poet Laureate of Toronto from 2012 to 2015, and as the 2016–2017 Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate. His work is known largely for its use of a vast range of literary and artistic traditions (both "high" and "low"), its lush physicality and its bold political substance. One of Canada's most illustrious poets, Clarke is also known for chronicling the experience and history of the Black Canadian communities of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, creating a cultural geography that he has coined "Africadia".
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Stephen J. Blackwood
- Occupations
- entrepreneurliterary historianphilosopher
- Biography
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Stephen James Blackwood is a Canadian-American professor, academic, and social commentator.
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George Furey
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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George J. Furey is a Canadian politician who served as the speaker of the Senate of Canada from 2015 to 2023. Furey was appointed as a senator from Newfoundland and Labrador in 1999 and was the longest-serving member of the Senate at the time of his retirement.
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Amber MacArthur
- Occupations
- television presenterblogger
- Biography
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Amber Dawn MacArthur is a Canadian television and netcasting personality, bestselling author of two books, and keynote speaker. MacArthur (aka Amber Mac) is the former co-host of BNN's App Central and Bloomberg Brink, G4TechTV's Call for Help, and TWiT's The Social Hour (successor to net@night/Inside the Net). She was the most followed Canadian television personality on Twitter in 2008. In 2018, she was named DMZ's 30 inspirational women making a difference in tech.
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Danielle Fong
- Occupations
- physicistentrepreneurblogger
- Biography
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Danielle Fong is a Canadian scientist and entrepreneur. She was the co-founder and chief scientist of LightSail Energy.
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Peter Milliken
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Peter Andrew Stewart Milliken is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 until his retirement in 2011 and served as Speaker of the House for 10 years beginning in 2001. Milliken represented the Ontario riding of Kingston and the Islands as a member of the Liberal Party. On October 12, 2009, he became the longest serving Speaker of the House of Commons in Canadian history. His Speakership was notable for the number of tie-breaking votes he was required to make as well as for making several historic rulings. Milliken also has the unique distinction of being the first Speaker to preside over four Parliaments. His legacy includes his landmark rulings on Parliament's right to information, which are key elements of parliamentary precedent both in Canada and throughout the Commonwealth.
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Michael Savage
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael John Savage is a Northern Ireland-born Canadian politician, who was elected Mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality on October 20, 2012. He previously served as a Liberal Party of Canada Member of Parliament for the riding of Dartmouth—Cole Harbour from 2004 to 2011.
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Dominic Cardy
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dominic William Cardy is a Canadian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. From the 2018 New Brunswick general election until his expulsion from the caucus in October 2022, Cardy represented the electoral district of Fredericton West-Hanwell for the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick. He now sits as an independent. During his time in government he was the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development under Blaine Higgs.
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Cuthbert Sebastian
- Occupations
- physicianpolitician
- Biography
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Sir Cuthbert Montraville Sebastian was the second governor-general of Saint Kitts and Nevis from 1996 to 2013. He was appointed Governor-General in 1995 and was sworn in on 1 January 1996. While in office, he was the world's oldest serving de facto head of state. His retirement was announced on 25 December 2012 and became effective on 1 January 2013.
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Darrell Dexter
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Darrell Elvin Dexter is a Canadian lawyer, journalist and former naval officer who served as the 27th premier of Nova Scotia from 2009 to 2013. A member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party, he served as party leader from 2001 to 2013. He became Premier in 2009 after his party defeated the governing Progressive Conservative Party, leading the first NDP government in Atlantic Canada and the second east of Manitoba. His government was defeated in the 2013 election, becoming the first Nova Scotia government in 131 years to be denied a second mandate; Dexter himself was defeated in his constituency by 21 votes. Dexter now serves as a lobbyist for the cannabis industry.
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Thomas Mason
- Enrolled in Dalhousie University
- 1982-1986 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- researcherphysicist
- Biography
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Thomas Mason is a Canadian-American condensed-matter physicist who serves as the director of Los Alamos National Laboratory. Prior to this appointment, he had been an executive at Battelle Memorial Institute from 2017 to 2018, and the director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 2007 to 2017. Mason moved to Oak Ridge in 1998 at the start of construction of the Spallation Neutron Source which he led from 2001 until project completion in 2006.
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James Creighton
- Occupations
- journalistlawyerice hockey playerrailway engineer
- Biography
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James George Aylwin Creighton was a Canadian lawyer, engineer, journalist and athlete. He is credited with organizing the first recorded indoor ice hockey match at Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1875. He helped popularize the sport in Montreal and later in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada after he moved to Ottawa in 1882 where he served for 48 years as the law clerk to the Senate of Canada.
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Ante Jazić
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Ante Jazić is a Canadian retired soccer player.
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Hélène Boudreau
- Occupations
- children's writerwriter
- Biography
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Hélène Boudreau is an Acadian artist and author of children's books, whose writing has appeared in various Canadian publications and her Maritime-themed art has been exhibited by the Toronto Public Library and other local vicinities.
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Andy Fillmore
- Occupations
- politicianurban planner
- Biography
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Peter Alexander Fillmore is a Canadian Liberal politician who has represented the riding of Halifax in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.
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Karlee Burgess
- Occupations
- curler
- Biography
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Karlee Burgess is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She currently plays third on Team Jennifer Jones.
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Alexander Keith
- Occupations
- politicianbusinessperson
- Biography
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Alexander Keith was the founder of Alexander Keith's Brewery, a businessman, politician and Freemason.
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Jamie Baillie
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jamie Baillie is a Canadian former politician. He served as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia from 2010 to 2018, and was the Leader of the Opposition from 2013 until January 2018, when he resigned and returned to the private sector. At the same time, he resigned as MLA for Cumberland South, the riding he had represented in the House of Assembly since 2010.
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Craig Scott
- Occupations
- politicianlawyerhuman rights activist
- Biography
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Craig M. Scott is a Canadian politician and academic. Formerly a law professor at Osgoode Hall Law School and a director of the Jack and Mae Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security, he was elected as the New Democratic Party candidate in a federal by-election in Toronto—Danforth on March 19, 2012, following the death of Jack Layton in August 2011.
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Arthur Joseph LeBlanc
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Arthur Joseph LeBlanc is the 33rd and current lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia.
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Laurel Collins
- Years
- 1984-.. (age 40)
- Occupations
- politicianeducator
- Biography
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Laurel Collins is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Victoria in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. Prior to her election in the House of Commons, she was a city councillor for Victoria City Council. She is the NDP Critic for the Environment and Climate Change and the NDP Deputy Caucus Chair.
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Charles Peter McColough
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Charles Peter Philip Paul McColough was the chief executive officer and chair of the Xerox Corporation who, during his tenure at Xerox, founded the Xerox PARC. He retired in the late 1980s, after serving over fourteen years as CEO. Aside from his tenure at Xerox, McColough was treasurer of the Democratic National Committee between 1973 and 1974, was chairman of United Way of America, and served on the Board of Trustees at the Council on Foreign Relations, New York Stock Exchange, Bank of New York, Wachovia, Citigroup, Knight Ridder, and Union Carbide Corporation.
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Mark de Jonge
- Occupations
- kayakerengineercanoeist
- Biography
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Mark de Jonge is a Canadian male sprint canoeist, primarily specializing the 200 m kayak event. De Jonge won a bronze medal in the K-1 200 m at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He is the two time reigning world champion in same event having also won a silver medal at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in 2013. He is also the current Pan American champion in the 200 having won gold in Toronto at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, where he also won an additional bronze, and a silver and bronze at previous editions of the Pan Am Games. He was named the Air Canada Athlete of the Year in 2015 for Canada.
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John H. Noseworthy
- Occupations
- physicianinternational forum participantneurologistdirector
- Biography
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John Harnett Noseworthy is an American neurologist who served as the president and chief executive officer of Mayo Clinic from 2009 to 2018. A board-certified neurologist specializing in multiple sclerosis, Noseworthy is the former editor-in-chief of Neurology, the official journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Noseworthy has advised the administration of President Donald Trump on health care issues. He has advocated for research funding and telemedicine as a means to reduce the costs of treating patients, among other things. Under Noseworthy's leadership, Mayo Clinic and governments in Minnesota launched the Destination Medical Center (DMC) initiative to advance Minnesota as a global destination for health care and wellness. Prior to his appointment as CEO of Mayo Clinic, Noseworthy held several leadership roles within the organization.
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Sean Casey
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sean J. Casey is a Canadian politician from Prince Edward Island, Canada. Casey was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 federal election as the Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Charlottetown. Casey previously served as the president of the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party.
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Gerry Byrne
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gerry Byrne, PC, MHA is a Canadian politician who was a Liberal Member of Parliament from 1996 to 2015 representing Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte, Newfoundland and Labrador, and a cabinet minister in the government of Jean Chrétien. Since the 2015 provincial election, he has served as MHA for Corner Brook. Byrne served in provincial cabinet during the Ball government and is currently Minister of Immigration, Skills and Labour in the Furey government.
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Younghill Kang
- Occupations
- novelisttranslatorwriterphilologist
- Biography
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Younghill Kang was a Korean-American writer. He is best known for his 1931 novel The Grass Roof (the first Korean American novel) and its sequel, the 1937 fictionalized memoir East Goes West: The Making of an Oriental Yankee. He also wrote an unpublished play, Murder in the Royal Palace, which was performed both in the US and in Korea. He has been called "the father of Korean American literature."
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Clive Lewis
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Sir Clive Buckland Lewis FLSW, styled The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Lewis, is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales.
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Peter O'Hearn
- Occupations
- engineercomputer scientist
- Biography
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Peter William O'Hearn, formerly a research scientist at Meta, is a Distinguished Engineer at Lacework and a Professor of Computer science at University College London (UCL). He has made significant contributions to formal methods for program correctness. In recent years these advances have been employed in developing industrial software tools that conduct automated analysis of large industrial codebases.
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Colleen Hanycz
- Occupations
- academic
- Biography
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Colleen M. Hanycz is a Canadian academic who is currently the president of Xavier University. She served as principal of Brescia University College from 2008 to 2015 and president of La Salle University from 2015 to 2021. On January 11, 2021, it was announced that Hanycz would become the 35th President of Xavier University starting July 1, 2021. She was the second lay person principal in the history of Brescia, a Catholic school and Canada's only women's university, and she was the first woman and layperson to serve as president at La Salle and Xavier.
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David Andrews
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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David Andrews is a Canadian ice hockey executive and former player. He is chairman of the Board of Governors and former president of the American Hockey League (AHL), the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League. He has been inducted into the British Columbia Hockey Hall of Fame (2005), the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame (2006), and the American Hockey League Hall of Fame (2021). In 2010, Andrews was a recipient of the Lester Patrick Award for contributions to hockey in the United States.
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Fred Hiltz
- Occupations
- priest
- Biography
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Frederick James Hiltz is a Canadian retired Anglican bishop. From 2007 to 2019, he served as Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada.
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Robert Chisholm
- Occupations
- politiciantrade unionist
- Biography
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Robert Lawrence Chisholm is a former trade unionist and politician from Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented the Halifax Atlantic riding in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1991 to 2003. He succeeded Alexa McDonough as leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party (NDP) in 1996. He served as the leader of the Official Opposition in the Nova Scotia Legislature from 1998 to 1999. He subsequently founded a consulting firm, was co-chair of the 2010–11 United Way of Halifax Region campaign, and sat on the Board of Governors of Dalhousie University. On May 2, 2011, Chisholm was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Dartmouth—Cole Harbour riding in Nova Scotia. As a member of the Official Opposition, he served as the Critic for Fisheries and Oceans and Deputy Critic for Employment Insurance until his defeat in the 2015 election.
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Sujata Patel
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 71)
- Occupations
- sociologistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Sujata Patel is an Indian sociologist, currently holding the position of National Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study.
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William Stevens Fielding
- Occupations
- journalistpoliticianpublisher
- Biography
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William Stevens Fielding, was a Canadian Liberal politician, the seventh premier of Nova Scotia (1884–96), and the federal Minister of Finance from 1896 to 1911 and again from 1921 to 1925.
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Peter Herrndorf
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Peter A. Herrndorf was a Canadian lawyer and media businessman. He retired as the president and chief executive officer of the National Arts Centre on June 2, 2018.
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Kate Maki
- Years
- 1977-.. (age 47)
- Occupations
- songwritersinger
- Biography
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Kate Maki is a Canadian singer-songwriter.
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Sidney Earle Smith
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Sidney Earle Smith was an academic and Canada's Secretary of State for External Affairs in the government of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.
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Frederick William Bissett
- Years
- 1902-1978 (aged 76)
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Frederick William Bissett was a lawyer and later a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Canada. He is mostly known as Viola Desmond's lawyer.
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Claudia Chender
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Claudia Chender is a Canadian politician, and leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party since June 25, 2022. She was first elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2017 general election, and re-elected in the 2021 general election. She represents the electoral district of Dartmouth South.
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Fred Fountain
- Born in
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Canada - Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Frederick Sheldon Fountain is a Canadian lawyer, businessman and philanthropist. He was the chancellor of Dalhousie University from 2008 to 2015.
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Ron Stewart
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ronald Daniel Stewart is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton North in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 1997. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
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Diana Whalen
- Occupations
- politicianaccountant
- Biography
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Diana Caroline Whalen is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Halifax Clayton Park in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2003-2013, and Clayton Park West from 2013-2017, as a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
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Alex Neve
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 62)
- Occupations
- human rights activistlawyer
- Biography
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Robert Alexander Neve, OC is a Canadian human rights activist and the secretary general of Amnesty International Canada.
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Sean J. Morrison
- Enrolled in Dalhousie University
- 1986-1991 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- scientist
- Biography
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Sean J. Morrison is a Canadian-American stem cell biologist and cancer researcher. Morrison is the director of Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern, a nonprofit research institute established in 2011 as a joint venture between Children’s Health System of Texas and UT Southwestern Medical Center. The CRI was established in 2011 by Morrison with the mission to perform transformative biomedical research at the interface of stem cell biology, cancer, and metabolism to better understand the biological basis of disease. He is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and member of the National Academy of Medicine. From 2015 to 2016 Morrison served as the president of the International Society for Stem Cell Research.
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William John Bowser
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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William John Bowser was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. He served as the 17th premier of British Columbia from 1915 to 1916.
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Gerry McGeer
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gerald Grattan McGeer was a lawyer, populist politician, and monetary reform advocate in the Canadian province of British Columbia. He served as the 22nd Mayor of Vancouver, a Member of the Legislative Assembly in BC, Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party of Canada, and in the Canadian Senate.
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Lance Woolaver
- Occupations
- poet
- Biography
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Lance Gerard Woolaver is a Canadian author, poet, playwright, lyricist, and director. His best-known works include books, film and biographical plays about Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis, including Maud Lewis The Heart on the Door, and Maud Lewis - World Without Shadows. His plays include one about international singer Portia White, who was born in Nova Scotia: Portia White - First You Dream.
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Paul Kimball
- Occupations
- film directorscreenwriterufologist
- Biography
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Paul Andrew Kimball is a Canadian film and television producer, writer and director, and politician, who resides in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Kimball's projects include several documentary films about UFOs.
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Ransom A. Myers
- Occupations
- marine biologist
- Biography
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Ransom Aldrich "Ram" Myers, Jr. was a world-renowned American-Canadian marine biologist and conservationist.
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Eddie Orrell
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ralph Edward Orrell is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Northside-Westmount in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from June 2011 to July 2019 as a Progressive Conservative.
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Sharon Dunn
- Years
- 1954-.. (age 70)
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Sharon Dunn is a Canadian journalist.
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Arthur L. Thurlow
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Arthur Louis Thurlow was a Canadian politician and judge. He represented the electoral district of Lunenburg County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1949 to 1953. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
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Ryan C.N. D'Arcy
- Occupations
- neuroscientist
- Biography
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Ryan C.N. D'Arcy is a Canadian neuroscientist, researcher, innovator and entrepreneur. D'Arcy co-founded HealthTech Connex Inc. where he serves as President and Chief Scientific Officer. HealthTech Connex translates neuroscience advancements into health technology breakthroughs. D'Arcy is most known for coining the term "brain vital signs" and for leading the research and development of the brain vital signs framework.
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Elizabeth Maruma Mrema
- Occupations
- lawyercivil servant
- Biography
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Elizabeth Maruma Mrema is a Tanzanian biodiversity leader and lawyer, living in Montreal, Canada, who has been serving as Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme since 2023, under the leadership of Executive Director Inger Andersen.
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Herb Dickieson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Herb Dickieson is a retired physician and a former educator and politician in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Dickieson was the first and, to date, only member of the New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island to have sat in the Legislative Assembly. He currently serves as the President of the PEI NDP.
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Estella Atekwana
- Enrolled in Dalhousie University
- 1986-1991 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- geophysicist
- Biography
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Estella Atekwana is a geophysicist studying biogeophysics and tectonophysics. She is currently Dean of the College of Letters and Science at University of California, Davis. She previously served as Dean of the College of Earth, Ocean and Environment at the University of Delaware. She is also an adjunct professor at both the University of Waterloo and the Missouri University of Science and Technology. Before joining the University of Delaware in 2017, she was the Department Head of the Boone Pickens School of Geology at Oklahoma State University. She is a Regents Distinguished Professor and a Clyde Wheeler Sun Endowed Chair at Oklahoma State University, where she maintains an adjunct appointment. Atekwana has also been a faculty member at Missouri University of Science & Technology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, and Western Michigan University. Atekwana has been apart of helping write many journals and has earned many awards and honors throughout her career.
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Russ Cochrane
- Years
- 1971-.. (age 53)
- Occupations
- television producerscreenwriter
- Biography
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Russ Cochrane is a Canadian screenwriter and producer who has contributed to numerous television series and films. He is currently a co-executive producer and writer on the critically acclaimed BBC America television series Orphan Black, which stars the Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actress Tatiana Maslany.
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Agnes Sime Baxter
- Enrolled in Dalhousie University
- Studied in 1891
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Agnes Sime Baxter was a Canadian-born mathematician. She studied at Dalhousie University, receiving her BA in 1891, and her MA in 1892. She received her Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1895; her dissertation was "On Abelian integrals", a resume of Neumann's Abelian integral with comments and applications."
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Kristin Clarke
- Occupations
- curler
- Biography
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Kristin Clarke is a Canadian curler from Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia.
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John Macdonald
- Occupations
- politicianbusinessperson
- Biography
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John Macdonald was a Canadian merchant, churchman, philanthropist, and politician in the late 19th century in Toronto. He was a major patron of YMCA and the Toronto General Hospital. In 1860, he built a mansion called 'Oaklands', which is now De La Salle College (Toronto), a private co-educational school in the Deer Park area of mid-Toronto.
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Cary Kaplan
- Occupations
- entrepreneur
- Biography
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Cary Kaplan is the president and co-owner of the sports marketing firm Cosmos Sports & Entertainment with his wife Amelia Kaplan, which launched in 2003. The company specializes in consulting for sports teams and leagues in sales, marketing and business operations. High-profile clients have included the NHL CFL, MLS, the Chicago Cubs the Houston Rockets and the Phoenix Suns.
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Russell Trood
- Enrolled in Dalhousie University
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- politicianacademic
- Biography
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Russell Brunell Trood was a Liberal Party Senator for the state of Queensland, Australia. His surprise election as the third Liberal from Queensland in the 2004 Federal Election, along with 38 other Coalition Senators gave the federal government of John Howard a majority in the Senate and thus control of both houses of Parliament. He did not retain his seat in the 2010 Australian federal election. His term in the senate ended on 30 June 2011.
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Lorraine Eden
- Years
- 1948-.. (age 76)
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Lorraine Eden is Professor Emerita of Management in the Mays Business School of Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. She also holds a joint appointment as a research professor in the Texas A&M School of Law. Dr. Eden is an expert in the field of International Transfer Pricing, which is the pricing of products that move between subunits of Multinational Enterprises.
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Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley was a New Brunswick lawyer, politician and the 21st premier of New Brunswick.
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Andrew Ager
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 62)
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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Andrew Ager is a Canadian composer of symphonies, operas, chamber, and solo music. He lives in Ottawa, where he composes full-time.
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Audri Mukhopadhyay
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Audri Mukhopadhyay is a Canadian diplomat and economist. He was the Consul General of Canada in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, serving as head of mission at the Consulate General of Canada in Ho Chi Minh City. He has been featured in a number of Vietnamese publications promoting Canada-Vietnam bilateral ties, and In 2010, he was named one of Progress magazine's "People we love." He also filmed a television series for Ho Chi Minh City Television that began airing in Fall 2010. The series is part of an English language teaching programme aiming to promote Canadian culture in Vietnam. Promoting education linkages was a large part of his work in Vietnam.
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Jack Mackenzie
- Occupations
- civil engineerengineer
- Biography
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Chalmers Jack Mackenzie, was a Canadian civil engineer, chancellor of Carleton University, president of the National Research Council, first president of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, first president of Atomic Energy Control Board and instrumental in the development of science and engineering education in Canada.
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Chris Simpson
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 57)
- Enrolled in Dalhousie University
- Studied in 1992
- Occupations
- cardiologist
- Biography
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Dr. Chris Simpson, MD FRCPC FACC FHRS FCCS FCAHS is a Canadian cardiologist who served as the 147th President of the Canadian Medical Association (2014–2015). During his tenure, he championed seniors' care, arguing that a more comprehensive and integrated approach to the care of seniors would serve as a foundation for improving the Canadian healthcare system as a whole. Other issues during his term included a national discussion on end of life care (that coincided with a Supreme Court of Canada ruling that struck down the ban on medical aid in dying (MAID) and new legislation allowing MAID), as well as issues around the public health implications and possible medicinal utility of cannabis.
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Samantha Brennan
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- philosopher
- Biography
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Samantha J. Brennan is a British-born philosopher and scholar of women's studies who is currently dean of the College of Arts and faculty member in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Guelph. She was previously a professor in the Department of Women's Studies and Feminist Research at Western University, Canada. She remains a member of Western's Rotman Institute of Philosophy and the graduate faculty of the Departments of Political Science and of Philosophy. Brennan was Department Chair of Philosophy at Western from 2002 to 2007, and 2008–2011. She is a past president of the Canadian Philosophical Association.
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Kim Masland
- Occupations
- bankerpolitician
- Biography
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Kimberly "Kim" Dawn Masland is a Canadian politician. She was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2017 provincial election. A member of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia, she represents the electoral district of Queens-Shelburne.
