38 Notable alumni of
University of Winnipeg
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The University of Winnipeg is 1403rd in the world, 492nd in North America, and 32nd in Canada by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 38 notable alumni from the University of Winnipeg sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Sonia Sui
- Occupations
- film actormodeltelevision actoractor
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Sonia Sui is a Taiwanese actress, television host and model. She is best known for her role as Hsieh An-chen in the 2010 television series The Fierce Wife.
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Rosemary
- Occupations
- actorprofessional wrestler
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Holly Letkeman better known by the ring name Rosemary is a Canadian professional wrestler and actress. She is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) where she also uses the ring name Courtney Rush, where she is a member of Decay and The Death Dollz and makes appearances for WWE's NXT brand.
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Chantal Kreviazuk
- Occupations
- songwriterpianistactorsinger
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Chantal Jennifer Kreviazuk CM is a Canadian singer, songwriter, composer, and pianist. Born in Winnipeg, she played music from a young age before signing with Columbia Records in the 1990s. Her debut studio album, Under These Rocks and Stones, was first released in Canada in 1996 and saw commercial success before being issued in the United States the following year to critical praise.
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Bif Naked
- Occupations
- singersongwriter
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Beth Nicole Torbert is a Canadian singer best known by her stage name Bif Naked. Between 1996 and 2016, she was among the top 150 selling Canadian artists in Canada. She charted #1 on Billboard Canada for the single Spaceman and was heavy rotation on MTV TRL for the video Moment of Weakness. The album I Bificus was multiplatinum internationally.
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Brad Roberts
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- singertelevision actor
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Bradley Kenneth Roberts is the lead singer and guitarist for the Canadian folk-rock band Crash Test Dummies and the only constant member since its inception. He sings in the bass-baritone range. The band is best known internationally for their 1993 album God Shuffled His Feet and single "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" and best known in Canada for the 1991 single "Superman's Song".
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Guy Maddin
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- film directorfilm produceractorscreenwritercinematographer
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Guy Maddin CM OM is a Canadian screenwriter, director, author, cinematographer, and film editor of both features and short films, as well as an installation artist, from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Since completing his first film in 1985, Maddin has become one of Canada's most well-known and celebrated filmmakers.
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Fred Penner
- Occupations
- composeractorscreenwritersingertelevision presenter
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Frederick Ralph Cornelius Penner CM OM is a Canadian children's entertainer and musician known for the song "The Cat Came Back" and his television series, Fred Penner's Place, which aired on CBC in Canada from 1985 to 1997 and in the United States on Nickelodeon from 1989 to 1992.
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Murray Sinclair
- Enrolled in the University of Winnipeg
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- judgepolitician
- Biography
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Calvin Murray Sinclair CC OM MSC was a Canadian politician who was a member of the Senate, and a First Nations lawyer who served as chairman of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission from 2009 to 2015.
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Terry Klassen
- Occupations
- translatorvoice actorscreenwritertelevision producerfilm director
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Terry Klassen is a Canadian voice actor, ADR director and writer. Before animation, Klassen worked in radio in Winnipeg, Toronto (Q107), Calgary (CFAC), Portage la Prairie (CFRY) and part-time at CFOX and CFMI. In animation, he is best known for his work on My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, being a voice director on all episodes and the Equestria Girls series. Klassen has also voiced many characters including Sylvester in Baby Looney Tunes, Tusky Husky in Krypto the Superdog, and Tony and Seth Parsons in The Cramp Twins.
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Jennifer Gunter
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- researcherwritergynecologistobstetrician
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Jennifer Gunter is a Canadian-American gynecologist, a New York Times columnist covering women's health, an author, and a specialist in chronic pain medicine and vulvovaginal disorders.
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Shannon Birchard
- Occupations
- curler
- Biography
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Shannon Birchard is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She currently plays second on Team Kerri Einarson from Gimli, Manitoba. Currently, the Einarson team are the four-time reigning Scotties Tournament of Hearts champions, winning the title in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. Birchard also won the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts with Jennifer Jones when she filled for Kaitlyn Lawes who was competing at the PyeongChang Olympics. She would win a world championship as the alternate member of the Jones team that same year when they won the event in North Bay in 2018. She has also won four Grand Slam of Curling events with the Einarson rink.
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Wilma Mansveld
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Wilma Jacqueline Mansveld is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA). She served as Undersecretary for Infrastructure and Environment, dealing with water policy, environment and aviation in the Second Rutte cabinet from 5 November 2012 until 28 October 2015. Before that she was a member of the States of Groningen from 2007 to 2011 and afterwards a member of the Provincial-Executive of the same province from 2011 to 2012. Mansveld worked as an accountant for Jaguar Cars Netherlands and was secretary of the Social-Economic Council North Netherlands from 2001 to 2011.
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Ruby Dhalla
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ruby Dhalla is a Canadian businesswoman and politician. She served as the Member of Parliament for Brampton—Springdale in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2011 as a member of the Liberal Party. Dhalla and British Columbia Conservative MP Nina Grewal were the first Sikh women to serve in the House of Commons of Canada.
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Tina Keeper
- Occupations
- film directorpoliticianfilm actor
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Christina Jean Keeper CM OM MSM is a Cree actress, film producer and former politician from Canada.
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Lloyd Axworthy
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- political scientistpoliticianuniversity teacherwriterdiplomat
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Lloyd Norman Axworthy PC CC OM is a Canadian politician, elder statesman and academic. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. Following his retirement from parliament, he served as president and vice-chancellor of the University of Winnipeg from 2004 to 2014 and as chancellor of St. Paul's University College (a constituent institution of the University of Waterloo). He is currently the Chair of the World Refugee & Migration Council.
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Ivan Coyote
- Occupations
- writerpoetspoken word artist
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Ivan E. Coyote is a Canadian spoken word performer, writer, and LGBT advocate. Coyote has won many accolades for their collections of short stories, novels, and films. They also visit schools to tell stories and give writing workshops. The CBC has called Coyote a "gender-bending author who loves telling stories and performing in front of a live audience." Coyote is non-binary and uses singular they pronouns. Many of Coyote's stories are about gender, identity, and social justice. Coyote currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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BT Toews
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- basketball playerbasketball coach
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Burke "BT" Toews is a Canadian basketball coach and former player. He is the head coach of the Fujitsu Red Wave in the Japanese Women's Japan Basketball League. Toews played professionally in Canada and Germany. His son Kai Toews is a professional basketball player, and his nephew Jonathan Toews was a professional hockey player as captain of the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL.
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Vic Toews
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- politicianjudge
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Victor Toews PC KC is a Canadian politician and jurist. Toews is a justice of the Court of King's Bench of Manitoba. He represented Provencher in the House of Commons of Canada from 2000 until his resignation on July 9, 2013, and served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, most recently as Minister of Public Safety. He previously served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1995 to 1999, and was a senior cabinet minister in the government of Gary Filmon. Prior to his appointment to the judiciary, Toews was a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.
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David R. Henderson
- Enrolled in the University of Winnipeg
- Studied in 1970
- Occupations
- school teachereconomist
- Biography
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David Richard Henderson is a Canadian-born American economist and author who moved to the United States in 1972 and became a U.S. citizen in 1986, serving on President Ronald Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers from 1982 to 1984. A research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution since 1990, he took a teaching position with the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California in 1984, and is now an emeritus professor of economics.
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Bill Blaikie
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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William Alexander "Bill" Blaikie PC OC was a Canadian politician. He served as a member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 to 2008, representing Elmwood—Transcona and its antecedent ridings in the House of Commons of Canada for the federal New Democratic Party. Following his retirement from federal politics, he was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 2009 until 2011, representing the Winnipeg division of Elmwood as a member of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba, and served as Minister of Conservation and Government House Leader.
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Daniel Blaikie
- Occupations
- trade unionistpolitician
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Daniel Blaikie is a Canadian politician who served as the member of Parliament for Elmwood—Transcona from October 19, 2015 until March 31, 2024. A member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), he was elected to the House of Commons in the 2015 federal election.
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Shelly Glover
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Shelly A. Glover PC is a former member of the Winnipeg Police Service and former politician. Following the 2008 federal election, she became the first policewoman to become a Member of Parliament in Canadian history, representing the riding of Saint Boniface, Manitoba, which she represented until 2015.
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Kevin Lamoureux
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kevin Lamoureux MP is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. On November 29, 2010, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the constituency of Winnipeg North in a by-election. He was re-elected during the 2011 election by a margin of just 44 votes and being the only Liberal flip this election. Lamoureux previously served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1988 to 1999 and from 2003 to 2010, and he twice sought the leadership of the Manitoba Liberal Party. He serves in the House of Commons as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.
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Joshua Whitehead
- Occupations
- essayistacademicnovelistLGBTQ rights activistuniversity teacher
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Joshua Whitehead is a Canadian First Nations, two spirit poet and novelist.
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Omar Zakhilwal
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dr. Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal is an Afghan politician who served as the President's Special Representative and Afghanistan's Ambassador to Pakistan from 2016 until 2018. He also served as Minister of Finance from 2009 to 2015. Since early 2019, Zakhilwal has been a key player in the IntraAfghan Dialogue for peace.
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Rebecca Blaikie
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rebecca Blaikie is a Canadian politician, who served as president of the New Democratic Party from 2011 to 2016.
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Tom Wujec
- Occupations
- author
- Biography
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Tom Wujec is the author and editor of several books, a fellow at Autodesk, an adjunct professor at Singularity University, a multiple TED Conference speaker and a pioneer in the emerging practice of business visualization.
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Faisal Hassan
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Somalia - Occupations
- politician
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Faisal Ahmed Hassan is a Canadian politician, who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2018 until his defeat in the 2022 Ontario general election. He represented the riding of York South—Weston as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party.
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Cameron Friesen
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- politician
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Cameron Scott Friesen, is a Canadian politician and was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Morden-Winkler. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba, he was first elected in the 2011 provincial election, and re-elected in 2016 and 2019.
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Sterling Lyon
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- judgepoliticianlawyer
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Sterling Rufus Lyon PC OC OM QC was a Canadian lawyer, cabinet minister, and the 17th premier of Manitoba from 1977 to 1981. His government introduced several fiscally-conservative measures, and was sometimes seen as a local version of the government of Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom. He also successfully fought for the inclusion of the notwithstanding clause in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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Harvey Chochinov
- Enrolled in the University of Winnipeg
- 1990-1993 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- psychiatristresearcher
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Harvey Max Chochinov OC OM FRSC is a Canadian academic and psychiatrist from Winnipeg, Canada. He is a leading authority on the emotional dimensions of end-of-life, and on supportive and palliative care. He is a Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Manitoba and a Senior Scientist at CancerCare Manitoba Research Institute.
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Jon Paul Fiorentino
- Years
- 1975-.. (age 50)
- Occupations
- poetnovelist
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Jon Paul Fiorentino is a Canadian poet, novelist, short story writer, editor, and professor.
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Linda Holeman
- Occupations
- novelist
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Linda Holeman is a Canadian author of fiction.
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Frank Albo
- Years
- 1971-.. (age 54)
- Occupations
- architectural historian
- Biography
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Frank Albo is a Canadian architectural historian. Albi is an adjunct professor of history at the University of Winnipeg. He specializes in architecture, Freemasonry, and the Western esoteric tradition. He is the author of Astana: Architecture, Myth, and Destiny.
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William P. Anderson
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- geographercivil engineerengineer
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William Patrick Anderson CMG was a Canadian civil engineer. He was Superintendent of Lighthouses for almost 40 years, and was responsible for many of the more notable lighthouses in Canada.
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Jaimie Isaac
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- artist
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Jaimie Isaac is a Winnipeg-based Anishinaabe artist and curator.
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Lawrence J. Barkwell
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- writer
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Lawrence J. Barkwell was a Canadian author, editor, historian and lecturer, best known for his comprehensive writings on the Métis Nation and Culture. He served as senior historian at Manitoba Métis Federation’s Louis Riel Institute from 2006 until his death in September 2019. He was a member of the board of directors of the Friends of Upper Fort Garry. He was Honorary Elder for the St. Norbert Parish la Barrière Métis Council.
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Cyril Keeper
- Occupations
- politician
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Cyril Keeper is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1980 to 1988, serving as a member of the New Democratic Party.
