15 Notable alumni of
Laurentian University
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Laurentian University is 2513th in the world, 881st in North America, and 48th in Canada by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 15 notable alumni from Laurentian 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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Mike Harris
- Occupations
- politicianengineer
- Biography
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Michael Deane Harris is a retired Canadian politician who served as the 22nd premier of Ontario from 1995 to 2002 and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (PC Party) from 1990 to 2002. During his time as party leader, he heavily nudged the Ontario PC Party to Blue Toryism, advocating for the "Common Sense Revolution", his government's program of deficit reduction in combination with lower taxes and budget cuts.
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Shabir Ally
- Born in
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Guyana - Enrolled in Laurentian University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in religious studies
- Biography
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Shabir Ally is a Canadian Islamic preacher. As of 2020 he was the President of the Islamic Information & Dawah Centre International in Toronto. He is best known for his contextual interpretation of the Qur'anic verses, and justification in similar expressions within the Christian Bible. A study concluded that Ally has contributed to the da’wah field by adopting preaching methods targeted at both the Muslim population and the non-Muslim population.
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Minnijean Brown-Trickey
- Occupations
- human rights activist
- Biography
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Minnijean Brown-Trickey is an American political figure who was a member of the Little Rock Nine, a group of nine African American teenagers who integrated Little Rock Central High School. The integration followed the Brown v. Board of Education decision which required public schools to be desegregated.
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Alex Baumann
- Occupations
- swimmer
- Biography
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Alexander Baumann, is a Canadian sports administrator and former competitive swimmer who won two gold medals and set two world records at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. In 2007, he was regarded by the national broadcaster as "the greatest swimmer in Canadian history", as the twin Olympic gold medals were Canada's first in swimming since 1912.
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Leo Gerard
- Occupations
- trade unionist
- Biography
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Leo W. Gerard is a retired steelworker and Canadian and American labour leader. He was elected president of the United Steelworkers (USW) in 2001, becoming the second Canadian to head the union. He served in the role until July 2019. He also served on the Executive Council of the AFL-CIO.
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Alex Nuttall
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Alexander Nuttall is a father of two and a Canadian politician who serves as the 47th and current mayor of Barrie. Previously, he served on Barrie City Council from 2006 until 2014, and as the member of Parliament for the federal electoral district of Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte from 2015 to 2019. Nuttall won the 2022 Barrie municipal election and is now serving as Barrie's 47th mayor.
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Stéphane Paquette
- Occupations
- singersongwritertelevision actor
- Biography
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Stéphane "Stef" Paquette is a Franco-Ontarian singer-songwriter, actor, and politician.
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Robert Paquette
- Occupations
- songwritersinger
- Biography
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Robert Paquette is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter.
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Brian Bigger
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Brian Bigger is a Canadian politician who served as the mayor of Greater Sudbury from 2014 to 2022. He was elected in the city's 2014 municipal election. Prior to serving as mayor, Bigger served as the first Auditor General for the city.
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Gaétan Gervais
- Occupations
- writer
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Gaétan Gervais, was a Canadian author, historian and university professor, most noted as a prominent figure in Franco-Ontarian culture. With a group of university students at Laurentian University, he designed the Franco-Ontarian flag, and was a founding member of the Franco-Ontarian Institute.
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Tony Martin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anthony A. Martin is a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 2003, representing the constituency of Sault Ste. Marie for the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP). He subsequently served in the House of Commons of Canada, representing Sault Ste. Marie from 2004 until 2011.
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Tony Ruprecht
- Years
- 1942-.. (age 82)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Tony Ruprecht is a former Canadian politician. His first elected position was as an alderman in the old Toronto City Council, in the late 1970s. He became a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1981, and served in premier David Peterson's cabinet as minister without portfolio from 1985 to 1987. Ruprecht represented Toronto's Parkdale and then Davenport constituencies for the Liberal Party of Ontario for 30 years. On 5 July 2011, he announced that he was leaving politics and would not seek re-election in the October 2011 provincial election.
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Elie Martel
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Elie Walter Martel is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1987, as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP).
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Didier Leclair
- Occupations
- writer
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Didier Leclair is a Canadian francophone fiction writer currently based in Toronto. He has lived in various countries in Africa, and has studied at Laurentian University in Sudbury and Toronto's Glendon College.
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Jabulani Dhliwayo
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Jabulani Dhliwayo is an ICT expert and the founder of ICT Africa. He is a strong advocate for the use of ICT as a vehicle for sustained economic development in Africa. He has travelled to more than twenty African countries providing training and support for fiber optic infrastructure development. Jabulani is a contributing author for "Open Access for Africa: Challenges, Recommendations and Examples" and the author of "The Endless Journey: From a liberation struggle to driving emerging technologies in Africa".
