100 Notable alumni of
University of Alberta
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The University of Alberta is 340th in the world, 142nd in North America, and 8th in Canada by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Alberta sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. 1 individual affiliated with the University of Alberta won Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine.
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Jordan Peterson
- Enrolled in the University of Alberta
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in psychology and political science
- Occupations
- Internet celebrityuniversity teacherclinical psychologistwritercultural critic
- Biography
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Jordan Bernt Peterson is a Canadian psychologist, author, and media commentator. He received widespread attention in the late 2010s for his views on cultural and political issues. Often described as conservative, Peterson self-identifies as a classical liberal and traditionalist.
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Nathan Fillion
- Occupations
- television actorvoice actorexecutive produceractorfilm actor
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Nathan Christopher Fillion is a Canadian and American actor. He played the leading roles of Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds on Firefly and its film continuation Serenity, and Richard Castle on Castle. As of 2018, he stars as Officer John Nolan on The Rookie and is an executive producer on the show, as well as its spin-off series, The Rookie: Feds during its run, as well as being a producer on an upcoming spin-off, The Rookie: North.
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Dayo Wong
- Occupations
- actorscreenwriterwriterfilm directorstand-up comedian
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Dayo Wong Tze Wah is a Hong Kong actor and standup comedian. Known as a pioneer of stand-up comedy in Hong Kong, he is known for his stadium shows integrating political satire and social commentary. He has performed at the Hong Kong Coliseum, including 26 sold-out shows at his farewell stand-up performance. Wong is also a successful TV and film actor, having starred in the two highest grossing domestic films in Hong Kong history.
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Sara Canning
- Occupations
- figure skatertelevision actoractorfilm actor
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Sara Canning is a Canadian actress. She co-starred in the CW television series The Vampire Diaries as Jenna Sommers and appeared in the 2009 feature film Black Field. She starred as Dylan Weir in the Canadian television series Primeval: New World and as Dr. Melissa Conner on the Global medical drama Remedy. Canning appeared in the 2017 theatrical film War for the Planet of the Apes. She is also known for her role as Jacquelyn Scieszka in the Netflix TV series A Series of Unfortunate Events.
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Kristi Yamaguchi
- Occupations
- figure skatertelevision actorchildren's writerwriter
- Biography
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Kristine Tsuya Yamaguchi is an American former competitive figure skater, author and philanthropist. A former competitor in women's singles, Yamaguchi is the 1992 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion (1991 and 1992), and the 1992 U.S. champion. In 1992, she became the first Asian American to win a gold medal in a Winter Olympic competition. As a pairs skater with Rudy Galindo, she is the 1988 World Junior champion and a two-time national champion (1989 and 1990).
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Brian Tracy
- Occupations
- advisermotivational speakerwriter
- Biography
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Brian Tracy is a Canadian-American motivational public speaker and self-development author. He is the author of over eighty books that have been translated into dozens of languages. His popular books are Earn What You're Really Worth, Eat That Frog!, No Excuses! The Power of Self-Discipline, and The Psychology of Achievement.
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Paul Gross
- Occupations
- television producerfilm score composermusicianfilm directorfilm actor
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Paul Michael Gross OC is a Canadian actor, film and television director, screenwriter, playwright, and producer. He rose to fame for his lead role as RCMP Constable Benton Fraser on the popular Canadian television series Due South (1994–1997). He won three Gemini Awards for his work on the series, two for acting and one for writing.
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Joe Clark
- Occupations
- politicianlecturerlawyerdiplomatjournalist
- Biography
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Charles Joseph Clark is a Canadian businessman, writer, and retired politician who served as the 16th prime minister of Canada from 1979 to 1980. He served as leader of the Official Opposition from 1976 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1983 and led the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1976 to 1983, and again from 1998 to 2003.
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Pascale Hutton
- Occupations
- modelactor
- Biography
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Pascale Hutton is a Canadian actress. She is known for television roles such as FBI special agent Abby Corrigan on the science fiction-fantasy series Sanctuary, Krista Ivarson on the rural airline drama series Arctic Air, and Rosemary LeVeaux Coulter on the Hallmark Channel series When Calls the Heart.
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John Pyper-Ferguson
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
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John Pyper-Ferguson is a Canadian actor. He has appeared in a wide range of films and television shows. His notable works include playing Sonny Hamilton on Hamilton's Quest, Peter Hutter on The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., and Joe Whedon on Brothers & Sisters. He also portrayed Tomas Vergis on the science fiction drama television series Caprica, Tex on the TNT television series The Last Ship, James Kendrick on Burn Notice and as Jack Soloff on USA Network's television series Suits.
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Tawakkol Karman
- Occupations
- human rights defenderpeace activistjournalistpolitician
- Biography
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Tawakkol Abdel-Salam Khalid Karman is a Yemeni journalist, politician, and human rights activist. She co-founded and leads 'Women Journalists Without Chains', a group established in 2005 to advocate for press freedom and human rights. She became the international public face of the 2011 Yemeni uprising that was part of the Arab Spring movement. She was often referred as the 'Iron Woman' and the 'Mother of the Revolution" in Yemen. She is a co-recipient of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize for "non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work". She became the first Yemeni, the first Arab woman, and the second Muslim woman to win a Nobel Prize.
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Greg Abel
- Occupations
- chartered accountantbusiness executiveinvestor
- Biography
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Gregory Edward Abel is a Canadian businessman who has been president and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway since January 2026. In May 2025, it was announced Abel would succeed Warren Buffett as CEO following Buffett's retirement in late 2025.
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Rachel Notley
- Enrolled in the University of Alberta
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in political science
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Rachel Anne Notley ECA is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who was the 17th premier of Alberta from 2015 to 2019 and leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2014 to 2024. Notley was the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Edmonton-Strathcona from 2008 to 2024.
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Jessica Matten
- Enrolled in the University of Alberta
- Studied human ecology
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Jessica Matten is a Canadian actress, fashion model, and film producer.
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Rona Ambrose
- Occupations
- columnistpoliticianhigh civil servantpolicy analystcommunications adviser
- Biography
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Ronalee Ambrose Veitch PC is a former Canadian politician who served as leader of the Official Opposition and interim leader of the Conservative Party from 2015 to 2017. She was the member of Parliament (MP) for Sturgeon River—Parkland from 2015 to 2017, after previously representing Edmonton—Spruce Grove from 2004 to 2015.
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Jay Fung
- Years
- 1988-.. (age 38)
- Occupations
- singer-songwriter
- Biography
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Jay Fung is a Hong Kong and Canadian singer-songwriter. He won the 1st runner up in The Voice 3. Born in Hong Kong and raised in Edmonton, Canada, his style of singing is deeply influenced by Western pop music. He signed a contract with Music Plus Label at 2012 and debuted with the song "Starting From Today" (今天開始). In 2018, he joined Media Asia Music.
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Rachel Homan
- Occupations
- curler
- Biography
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Rachel Catherine Homan is a Canadian international curler and the reigning women's world champion. Homan is a former Canadian junior champion, a five-time Canadian national champion, and three-time World Champion, all as a skip. She was also the skip of the Canadian women's curling team at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and will skip the team at the February 2026 Winter Olympics.
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Ezra Levant
- Occupations
- lawyerjournalistpolitical activistcolumnist
- Biography
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Ezra Isaac Levant is a Canadian media personality, political activist, writer, broadcaster, and former lawyer. Levant is the founder and former publisher of the conservative magazine, the Western Standard. He is also the co-founder, owner, and CEO of the far-right media website Rebel News. Levant has also worked as a columnist for Sun Media, and he hosted a daily program on the Sun News Network from the channel's inception in 2011 until its demise in 2015.
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Daryl Katz
- Occupations
- philanthropistlawyerentrepreneursports executivebusinessperson
- Biography
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Daryl Allan Katz is a Canadian businessman. Katz is the founder and chairman of the Katz Group of Companies, one of Canada's largest privately owned enterprises, with pharmacy, sports & entertainment, and real estate development businesses. Katz Group owns the Edmonton Oilers and led the development of Rogers Place and the Ice District.
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Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabiah
- Occupations
- surgeonphysician
- 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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Patrick Tang
- Occupations
- television actortelevision presentersingeractor
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Patrick Tang is a Hong Kong director, songwriter, singer, actor, and TV show host who has been involved in numerous drama and movie productions. He started his career with TVB in 2000.
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Nicholas de Roumanie
- Enrolled in the University of Alberta
- In 2016 studied Software product management
- Occupations
- team leadermountain guideinstructorWater Safety Instructorbusinessperson
- Biography
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Nicholas Michael de Roumanie Medforth-Mills, formerly known as Prince Nicholas of Romania, is the eldest child and only son of Princess Elena of Romania and Robin Medforth-Mills. As a grandson of King Michael of Romania, he was third in line to the defunct throne of Romania according to a new family statute enacted in 2007, that also conferred the title of a "prince of Romania" on him which was removed in 2015. The statute and the titles it confers have no standing in the law of the republic.
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Trevor Devall
- Occupations
- voice actorpodcaster
- Biography
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Trevor Devall is a Canadian voice actor and podcaster. He worked for various studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for years, before he relocated to Los Angeles, California, United States in 2013. Between 2007 and 2013, he produced the podcast Voiceprint with Trevor Devall and Guests, where he interviewed other voice actors. Starting in 2019, he became more active in the tabletop role-playing games community, starting the actual play YouTube show Me, Myself and Die! where he played solo tabletop role-playing games; as well as launching a Kickstarter campaign for his own tabletop role-playing game system The Broken Empires in 2024.
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Beverley McLachlin
- Enrolled in the University of Alberta
- In 1965 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in philosophy
- In 1968 graduated with Master of Arts
- In 1968 graduated with Bachelor of Laws
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Beverley Marian McLachlin PC CC is a Canadian jurist and author who served as the 17th chief justice of Canada from 2000 to 2017. She is the longest-serving chief justice in Canadian history and the first woman to hold the position.
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Brendan Bottcher
- Occupations
- curler
- Biography
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Brendan Michael Bottcher is a Canadian curler from Spruce Grove, Alberta. Bottcher is a three-time provincial men's champion, and was the skip of the 2021 Canadian men's championship team, having led Alberta to victory at the 2021 Tim Hortons Brier.
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Preston Manning
- Occupations
- writerbusinesspersonmanagement consultantpolitician
- Biography
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Ernest Preston Manning PC CC AOE is a retired Canadian politician. He was the founder and the only leader of the Reform Party of Canada, a Canadian federal political party that evolved into the Canadian Alliance in 2000 which in turn merged with the Progressive Conservative Party to form today's Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. Manning represented the federal constituency of Calgary Southwest in the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 until his retirement in 2002. He served as leader of the Official Opposition from 1997 to 2000.
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Jim Prentice
- Occupations
- businesspersonlawyernewspaper proprietorpolitician
- Biography
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Peter Eric James Prentice PC QC was a Canadian politician who served as the 16th premier of Alberta from 2014 to 2015. In the 2004 federal election he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a candidate of the Conservative Party of Canada. He was re-elected in the 2006 federal election and appointed to the cabinet as Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians. Prentice was appointed Minister of Industry on August 14, 2007, and after the 2008 election became Minister of Environment on October 30, 2008. On November 4, 2010, Prentice announced his resignation from cabinet and as MP for Calgary Centre-North. After retiring from federal politics he entered the private sector as vice-chairman of CIBC.
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Natasha Staniszewski
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Natasha Staniszewski is a Canadian sports reporter and media host for the Calgary Flames and Calgary Stampeders. She is a former anchor on SportsCentre, TSN's flagship news and information show.
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Pat Kiernan
- Occupations
- journalisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Patrick Kiernan is a Canadian-American television host, appearing as the morning news anchor of NY1 since 1997. He is widely known in New York City for his "In the Papers" feature, in which he summarizes the colorful content in New York City's daily newspapers, replete with his deadpan humor. Kiernan has also hosted game shows and appeared in films and on television either as himself or as a reporter.
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Steve Blackman
- Occupations
- writershowrunnertelevision producerscreenwriter
- Biography
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Steve Blackman is a Canadian television screenwriter, and executive producer. He served as the showrunner for The Umbrella Academy, a Netflix series based on the comic series of the same name by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá. In 2016, Blackman won a Writers Guild of America Award for the second season of Fargo along with his fellow writers. In 2017, he was nominated for an Emmy for his work on Fargo along with other producers.
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Tim Uppal
- Occupations
- radio personalitybankerconsultantpoliticianbank manager
- Biography
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Tim Singh Uppal PC MP is a Canadian politician, banker, and radio host who is the member for Edmonton Gateway in the Parliament of Canada following the 2025 Canadian election. He served as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Edmonton—Sherwood Park from 2008 to 2015. On July 15, 2013, Uppal was moved from Minister of State for Democratic Reform to the portfolio of Minister of State (Multiculturalism).
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Richard E. Taylor
- Occupations
- physicistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Richard Edward Taylor, was a Canadian physicist and Stanford University professor. He shared the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics with Jerome Friedman and Henry Kendall "for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics."
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Joanne Courtney
- Occupations
- nursecurler
- Biography
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Joanne Margaret Courtney is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. From 2014 to 2022, she was a member of the Rachel Homan rink which won the 2017 World Women's Curling Championship and represented Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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Peter Lougheed
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Edgar Peter Lougheed PC CC AOE QC was a Canadian lawyer and Progressive Conservative politician who served as the tenth premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985, presiding over a period of reform and economic growth.
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Jean-Yves Duclos
- Occupations
- economistprofessor of economicsuniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Jean-Yves Duclos PC MP FRSC is a Canadian economist and politician who has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Québec Centre since 2015. A member of the Liberal Party, Duclos previously served as Minister of Families, Children and Social Development from 2015 to 2019, President of the Treasury Board from 2019 to 2021, Minister of Health from 2021 to 2023, and Minister of Public Services and Procurement from 2023 to 2025.
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Don Tapscott
- Occupations
- teacherwritermanagerbusinesspersoneconomist
- Biography
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Don Tapscott CM is a Canadian business executive, author, consultant and public speaker.
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Alex Zahara
- Occupations
- voice actortelevision actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Alex Zahara is a Canadian television, film, and voice actor, born in Grande Prairie, Alberta. Engaging in theatre from a young age, most notably performing in a stage adaptation of M*A*S*H, he later taught Acting for Teens at the Vancouver Film School. Zahara holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, earned after studies at the University of Alberta and the University of British Columbia.
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Andriy Deshchytsya
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Andrii Bohdanovych Deshchytsia is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician.
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Don Iveson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Donald L. Iveson is a Canadian politician who served as mayor of Edmonton from 2013 to 2021. He was first elected as mayor in the 2013 municipal election with 62% of the vote, and was re-elected in 2017 with 73.6% of the vote. Prior to serving as Mayor, Iveson was a member of Edmonton City Council from 2007 to 2013.
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Chantal Petitclerc
- Occupations
- para athletics competitorathletepoliticianlecturer
- Biography
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Chantal Petitclerc CC CQ MSM is a Canadian wheelchair racer and a Senator from Quebec.
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Derek Ryan
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Derek Allen Ryan is an American former professional ice hockey player.
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Randy Boissonnault
- Occupations
- politicianmanagement consultantentrepreneurjournalistpundit
- Biography
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Randy Paul Andrew Boissonnault PC is a Canadian politician who was the member of Parliament (MP) for Edmonton Centre. A member of the Liberal Party, he was initially elected to the House of Commons in the 2015 federal election and served until his defeat in 2019. He later went on to win back his seat in 2021. Boissonnault held several ministerial roles, including Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance from 2021 to 2023 and Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages from 2023 to 2024. He resigned from Cabinet following allegations that a business he owned sought government contracts and inconsistent claims about his Indigenous heritage. He was one of five openly gay MPs elected in 2015 and the first openly gay MP elected from Alberta. He stood down at the 2025 federal election.
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Greg Zeschuk
- Occupations
- physiciangame designerentrepreneur
- Biography
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Gregory Zeschuk CM is a Canadian businessman who was a VP at Electronic Arts and General Manager at BioWare Austin until 2012. He co-founded video game developer BioWare in Edmonton in 1995 with Ray Muzyka and Augustine Yip, after all three earned their medical degrees from the University of Alberta. Zeschuk announced his retirement from BioWare on September 18, 2012. He is currently involved in a number of projects related to the craft-beer industry, including the production of a web-based interview show known as "The Beer Diaries." Zeschuk is also the chairman of the board of the smart playground technology startup, Biba Ventures based in Vancouver, BC.
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Andrew Wilkinson
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Andrew Wilkinson KC is a Canadian politician. He is the former leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party and served as the leader of British Columbia's Official Opposition from 2018 to 2020. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election and re-elected in 2017 and 2020, representing the electoral district of Vancouver-Quilchena.
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George Stanley
- Occupations
- historian
- Biography
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Colonel George Francis Gillman Stanley CC CD FRSC FRHSC FRHistS (July 6, 1907 – September 13, 2002) was a Canadian author, soldier, historian at Mount Allison University, public servant, and designer of the Canadian Flag.
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Elizabeth Rowley
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Elizabeth Rowley is a Canadian writer and political activist who served as the leader of the Communist Party of Canada from 2016 until 2025. She was previously a school trustee in the former Toronto borough of East York. Before becoming leader of the Communist Party of Canada, Rowley was leader of the Communist Party of Ontario from 2001 until 2016. She has been a member of the Central Executive of the Communist Party of Canada since 1978 and has been a perennial candidate at the municipal, federal and provincial levels. Rowley was elected the leader of the Communist Party of Canada by the party's Central Committee in January 2016, following the retirement of Miguel Figueroa. She is the first female leader of the Communist Party of Canada.
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Clarence Campbell
- Occupations
- NHL Commissionerjuristice hockey referee
- Biography
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Clarence Sutherland Campbell, OBE QC was a Canadian ice hockey executive and referee, and soldier. He refereed in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 1930s, served in the Canadian Army during World War II, then served as the third president of the NHL from 1946 to 1977. His tenure as president included the Richard Riot and the 1967 NHL expansion. His career was recognized with induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1966, and the naming of the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl for him.
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Ed Stelmach
- Occupations
- farmerpolitician
- Biography
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Edward Michael Stelmach ECA AOE is a Canadian politician who served as the 13th premier of Alberta, from 2006 to 2011. The grandson of Ukrainian immigrants, Stelmach was born and raised on a farm near Lamont and fluently speaks the distinctive Canadian dialect of Ukrainian. He spent his entire pre-political adult life as a farmer, except for some time spent studying at the University of Alberta. His first foray into politics was a 1986 municipal election, when he was elected to Lamont County council. A year into his term, he was appointed reeve. He continued in this position until his entry into provincial politics.
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Roland Michener
- Occupations
- high commissionerpoliticianlawyerdiplomatambassador
- Biography
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Daniel Roland Michener was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat who served as the 20th governor general of Canada from 1967 to 1974.
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Don Davies
- Occupations
- politicianlawyercommunications adviserpolicy analystunion representative
- Biography
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Donald Vincent Davies is a Canadian lawyer and politician who has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Vancouver Kingsway since 2008. A member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), Davies was selected to be interim party leader in 2025 and will serve until a leader is elected in the 2026 leadership election.
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Michael Houghton
- Occupations
- researcherbiochemistvirologistmicrobiologist
- Biography
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Sir Michael Houghton is a British scientist and Nobel Prize laureate. Along with Qui-Lim Choo, George Kuo and Daniel W. Bradley, he co-discovered Hepatitis C in 1989. He also co-discovered the Hepatitis D genome in 1986. The discovery of the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) led to the rapid development of diagnostic reagents to detect HCV in blood supplies, which has reduced the risk of acquiring HCV through blood transfusion from one in three to about one in two million. It is estimated that antibody testing has prevented at least 40,000 new infections per year in the US alone and many more worldwide.
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Sarah Hoffman
- Years
- 1980-.. (age 46)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sarah Marjorie Hoffman ECA MLA is a Canadian politician who served as the 10th deputy premier of Alberta and minister of Health in the cabinet of Rachel Notley. Hoffman was previously a member of the Edmonton Public School Board, where she served from 2010 to 2015 and from 2012 onward as chair. Prior to her service on the school board, she was the research director of the Alberta Legislature New Democrat caucus. After stepping down from the School Board, she was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Edmonton-Glenora for the Alberta NDP. On May 24, 2015, she was sworn in as Minister of Health and Minister of Seniors for the province of Alberta. Following a cabinet reshuffle on 2 February 2016, she retained the Health portfolio and became deputy premier.
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George Elliott Clarke
- Occupations
- librettistnovelistwriterliterary criticpoet
- Biography
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George Elliott Clarke OC ONS is a Canadian poet, playwright and literary critic who served as the Poet Laureate of Toronto from 2012 to 2015 and as the Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate in 2016-2017. Clarke's work addresses the experiences and history of the Black Canadian communities of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, creating a cultural geography coined "Africadia."
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Heather McPherson
- Occupations
- executive directorpolitician
- Biography
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Heather McPherson MP is a Canadian politician who has represented the riding of Edmonton Strathcona in the House of Commons of Canada since 2019 as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP).
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Timothy Caulfield
- Occupations
- legal scholar
- Biography
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Timothy Allen Caulfield CM is a Canadian professor of law at the University of Alberta, the research director of its Health Law Institute, and current Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy. He specializes in legal, policy and ethical issues in medical research and its commercialization. In addition to professional publications, he is the author of several books aimed at the general reader and host of a television documentary series debunking pseudoscientific myths. He is a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation.
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Daniel K. Riskin
- Occupations
- biologisttelevision producer
- Biography
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Daniel K. Riskin is a Canadian evolutionary biologist, television personality and producer. He hosted the Canadian television series Daily Planet.
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Dave Hancock
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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David Graeme Hancock ECA KC is a Canadian lawyer and was the 15th premier of Alberta from March to September 2014. Since 2017, he has served as a judge of the Provincial Court of Alberta. From 1997 to 2014, he was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing Edmonton-Whitemud as a Progressive Conservative until announcing his resignation from the legislature on September 12, 2014.
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Maria Klawe
- Enrolled in the University of Alberta
- In 1973 graduated with Bachelor of Science in mathematics
- 1973-1977 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in mathematics
- Occupations
- computer scientistacademic administratoruniversity teachermathematician
- Biography
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Maria Margaret Klawe is a Canadian-American computer scientist who was the fifth president of Harvey Mudd College from 2006 to 2023. Born in Toronto in 1951, she became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2009. She was previously Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Princeton University. She is known for her advocacy for women in STEM fields.
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Joy Kogawa
- Occupations
- writerchildren's writerpoetnovelist
- Biography
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Joy Nozomi Kogawa CM OBC is a Canadian poet and novelist of Japanese descent.
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Thomas Lukaszuk
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Thomas Adam Lukaszuk ECA ICD.D B.Ed. is a Polish-born Canadian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He represented the constituency of Edmonton-Castle Downs from 2001 to 2015 as a Progressive Conservative. He served in the provincial cabinet from 2010 to 2014, and was the 8th Deputy Premier from 2012 to 2013. He was the first Polish-born cabinet minister and deputy premier in Canada.
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Sheilah Martin
- Enrolled in the University of Alberta
- 1981-1982 graduated with Master of Laws
- Occupations
- judgelawyerlaw professor
- Biography
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Sheilah L. Martin is a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, having served in that role since 2017. She was nominated to the court by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on November 29, 2017. Before her appointment to Canada's highest court, Martin had served on the Court of Appeal of Alberta, the Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories, and the Court of Appeal of Nunavut since 2016, and the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta from 2005 to 2016.
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Arthur Whitney
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- computer scientistengineer
- Biography
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Arthur Whitney is a Canadian computer scientist most notable for developing three programming languages inspired by APL: A+, k, and q, and for co-founding the U.S. companies Kx Systems and Shakti Software.
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Matt Jeneroux
- Occupations
- civil servantpolitician
- Biography
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Matthew James Arthur Jeneroux is a Canadian politician who has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Edmonton Riverbend since 2015. A member of the Liberal Party, Jeneroux was elected as a Conservative in the 2015 federal election and crossed the floor to the Liberals in 2026. He previously served as a Progressive Conservative (PC) and United Conservative Party (UCP) member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (MLA), representing Edmonton-South West from 2012 to 2015.
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Deep Saini
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 71)
- Occupations
- biologistphysiologistacademic administratoruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Hargurdeep Saini is an Indian-Canadian scientist and university administrator. He is the president and vice-chancellor of McGill University in Montreal. He was previously the president and vice-Chancellor of Dalhousie University, a vice-chancellor and President of University of Canberra, and a vice-president of the University of Toronto and principal of its Mississauga campus.
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Janis Irwin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Janis Irwin is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 2019 Alberta general election, and re-elected in the 2023 Alberta General Election. She represents the electoral district of Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood as a member of the Alberta New Democratic Party. She serves as the Official Opposition Critic for Housing. She previously served as the Critic for Status of Women and 2SLGBTQ+ Issues, and is the Official Opposition Deputy Whip.
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Shannon Phillips
- Years
- 1975-.. (age 51)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Shannon Rosella Phillips ECA MLA is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015, 2019, and 2023 Alberta general elections to represent the electoral district of Lethbridge-West in the 29th, 30th, and 31st Alberta Legislatures, respectively. She is a member of the Alberta New Democratic Party. On May 24, 2015, she was sworn in as the Minister of Environment and Parks and Minister Responsible for the Status of Women in the Alberta Cabinet. After the United Conservative Party formed government in 2019, she was succeeded by Jason Nixon and Leela Aheer. During the NDP government of 2015–2019, she also served as Minister Responsible for Climate Change and as the Deputy Government House Leader.
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Gerard Kennedy
- Occupations
- university teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Gerard Michael Kennedy is a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as Ontario's minister of Education from 2003 to 2006, when he resigned to make an unsuccessful bid for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. Kennedy previously ran for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party, losing to future premier Dalton McGuinty on the final ballot. He also lost the 2013 Ontario Liberal leadership race, placing third.
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Deborah Grey
- Occupations
- autobiographerteacherpolitician
- Biography
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Deborah Cleland Grey is a retired Canadian politician who served as the leader of the Official Opposition in 2000, from March to September. Grey was elected to the House of Commons in 1989, serving as the member of Parliament (MP) for Beaver River until 1997 and MP for Edmonton North until 2004. Grey was a member of the Reform Party. When Reform merged with the Canadian Alliance in 2000, she served as the interim party leader, making her the first woman to serve as leader of the Opposition. She currently serves on the advisory board of the Leaders' Debates Commission.
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Mike de Jong
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael de Jong KC is a politician in the Canadian province of British Columbia. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia, representing the electoral district of Matsqui from 1994 to 2001, Abbotsford-Mount Lehman from 2001 to 2009, and Abbotsford West from 2009 until 2024. A caucus member of BC United (formerly known as the British Columbia Liberal Party), he served in several cabinet posts under premiers Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark, and ran for party leadership in 2011 and 2018.
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Shannon Stubbs
- Occupations
- political adviserconsultantpolitician
- Biography
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Shannon Stubbs MP is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Lakeland in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election. She was re-elected to represent the same riding in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections.
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Jay Ingram
- Years
- 1945-.. (age 81)
- Occupations
- television presenter
- Biography
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Jay Ingram CM is a Canadian author, broadcaster and science communicator. He was host of the television show Daily Planet (originally titled @discovery.ca), which aired on Discovery Channel Canada, since the channel's inception in 1995. Ingram's last episode of Daily Planet aired on June 5, 2011. Ingram announced his retirement but stated he will make guest appearances on Daily Planet. He was succeeded by Dan Riskin. His book The End of Memory: A Natural History of Aging and Alzheimer's was published by St. Martin's Press in 2015.
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Claire Martin
- Enrolled in the University of Alberta
- 1993-1995 graduated with Bachelor of Science in meteorology
- Occupations
- weather presentermedia executivemeteorologist
- Biography
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Claire Martine Morehen is a former national television weather presenter with CBC Television in Canada. She is a niece of Barbara Edwards, who in 1974 became the BBC's first female weather presenter in the UK.
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Anne McGrath
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anne McGrath is a Canadian political advisor. McGrath was president of the New Democratic Party from 2006 to 2009, National Director of the NDP from 2019 to 2024 and previously from 2014 to 2015, principal secretary to former Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, and as Notley's deputy chief of staff. McGrath also served as the principal secretary to federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh in the House of Commons.
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Willie Littlechild
- Occupations
- lawyerbusinesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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J. Wilton Littlechild CC AOE MSC KC, known as Willie Littlechild, is a Canadian lawyer and Cree chief who was Grand Chief of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations and a member of Parliament. A residential school survivor, he is known for his work nationally and internationally on Indigenous rights. He was born in Hobbema, now named Maskwacis, Alberta.
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Indira Naidoo-Harris
- Born in
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South Africa - Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Indira Naidoo-Harris is a former Canadian politician and journalist who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2014 provincial election, sitting as the member of Provincial Parliament for Halton until 2018. A member of the Ontario Liberal Party, Naidoo-Harris was the province's Minister of Education in 2018, Minister of the Status of Women from 2017 to 2018, early years and child care Minister from 2016 to 2018, and Associate Minister of Finance in 2016.
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Devin Dreeshen
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Devin Dreeshen is a Canadian politician and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the electoral district of Innisfail-Sylvan Lake. He was first elected with 82 per cent of the vote in a by-election in July 2018, and was re-elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to the 30th Alberta Legislature. In the 2023 Alberta general election, Dreeshen was once again re-elected to the 31st Alberta Legislature.
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Bob McLeod
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Robert R. McLeod is a former Canadian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 2007 to 2019, and served as the 12th premier of the Northwest Territories, from October 26, 2011 to October 24, 2019.
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Richard Mouw
- Years
- 1940-.. (age 86)
- Occupations
- university teachertheologianphilosopher
- Biography
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Richard John Mouw is an American theologian and philosopher. He held the position of President at Fuller Theological Seminary for 20 years (1993–2013), and continues to hold the post of Professor of Faith and Public Life.
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Rachelle Brown
- Occupations
- curler
- Biography
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Rachel "Rachelle" Brown is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. She is currently the alternate on Team Rachel Homan.
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Thomas Dang
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Thomas Kyle Dang is a former Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Edmonton-South West. Dang is the youngest MLA to ever be elected in Alberta. He later sat as an independent MLA.
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Richard Hayman
- Years
- 1920-2014 (aged 94)
- Enrolled in the University of Alberta
- 2002-2006 graduated with Master of Arts
- 2007-2009 graduated with Master of Library and Information Science
- Occupations
- composerconductor
- Biography
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Richard Warren Joseph Hayman was an American musician who was the chief music arranger of the Boston Pops Orchestra for over 50 years, and served as a pops conductor for orchestras including the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony and the Grand Rapids Symphony in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Hans-Dieter Sues
- Enrolled in the University of Alberta
- Graduated with Master of Science
- Occupations
- paleobiologistgeologistcuratorpaleontologist
- Biography
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Hans-Dieter Sues is a German-born American palaeontologist who is a Senior Research Geologist and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.
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Elaine McCoy
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Elaine Jean McCoy QC was a Canadian politician from Alberta. She served as a Calgary MLA from 1986 to 1993. She was a member of the Senate of Canada.
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Brian Mason
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Brian David Mason ECA is a Canadian politician who was leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party from 2004 to 2014 and served as the Minister of Transportation in Rachel Notley's NDP government. He also served as the Government House Leader. Mason was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the now-defunct riding of Edmonton Highlands in a 2000 byelection. He was subsequently re-elected, and was elected in Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood after the riding was created in 2004. He chose not to seek re-election in 2019, and was succeeded by Janis Irwin. Mason was the longest serving NDP MLA in Alberta history, with a political career spanning more than 20 years.
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Per Anders Rudling
- Occupations
- historian
- Biography
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Per Anders Rudling is a Swedish-American historian and an associate professor in the Department of History at Lund University (Sweden). He specializes in the areas of nationalism and memory and trauma in Eastern Europe.
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David Eggen
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David Manson Eggen ECA MLA is a Canadian politician. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, in 2019 he was elected as the member representing Edmonton-North West. He previously served three terms as the member representing Edmonton Calder from 2004-2008 and then again from 2012-2019. In 2014, Eggen ran in the NDP leadership election, where he placed second. He served as the Minister of Education and Minister of Culture and Tourism in Premier Notley's NDP government from 2015-2019. He is the longest current member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
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Tim Feehan
- Occupations
- composersongwritersingerrecord producer
- Biography
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Tim Feehan is a Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, mix master and Los Angeles area studio owner.
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Mike Lake
- Occupations
- account executiveDirector of Salesbusinesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Michael Stanley Lake PC MP is a Canadian politician, businessman, and sports executive in Alberta, Canada who represented the riding of Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont from 2006 to 2015 and Edmonton—Wetaskiwin from 2015 to 2025, he has represented the riding of Leduc—Wetaskiwin since 2025. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada and served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry under Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
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Todd Loewen
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Douglas Todd Loewen ECA MLA is a Canadian politician and the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Central Peace-Notley. Loewen was first elected in 2015 as a member of the Wildrose Party for the electoral district of Grande Prairie-Smoky. He was afterward elected in Central Peace-Notley as a member of the United Conservative Party and briefly sat as an independent until being welcomed back by premier Danielle Smith.
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Mike Nickel
- Biography
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Mike Nickel is a Canadian politician who served as an Edmonton city councillor from 2004 to 2007, and then again from 2013 to 2021.
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Niki Sharma
- Born in
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Canada - Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Niki Sharma KC MLA is a Canadian politician and lawyer, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2020 British Columbia general election. She represents the electoral district of Vancouver-Hastings as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP) and serves as Deputy Premier and Attorney General of British Columbia.
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David Swann
- Occupations
- physicianenvironmentalistpolitician
- Biography
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David Richard Swann is a Canadian medical doctor and politician. He was the leader of the Alberta Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition in the Alberta Legislature from December 2008 until resigning as party leader in September 2011. He returned as interim leader of the Alberta Liberal Party on February 1, 2015, following the resignation of Raj Sherman and led the party through the 2015 provincial election.
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Niobe Thompson
- Occupations
- anthropologistdocumentary filmmaker
- Biography
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Niobe Thompson is a Canadian anthropologist and documentary film maker. The founder of Handful of Films, he produces and hosts one-off and series documentaries in partnership with CBC's science-and-nature program The Nature of Things. He has won three Canadian Screen Awards for "Best Science and Nature Documentary", his films have won 32 Alberta Film Awards, and he is a two-time winner of the Edmonton Film Prize.
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Raj Sherman
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rajnish K. "Raj" Sherman is a Canadian politician from Alberta and former Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Meadowlark; which he formerly represented as a Progressive Conservative. Sherman was elected leader of the Liberal Party on September 10, 2011, and led the party through the 2012 provincial election. He announced his immediate resignation on January 26, 2015, and that he would not be running for a third term as MLA in the next provincial election.
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Linda Duncan
- Occupations
- environmental consultantlawyerlaw professorpolitician
- Biography
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Linda Francis Duncan is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Edmonton Strathcona from 2008 until 2019. A member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), Duncan was the only non-Conservative MP from Alberta from 2008 to 2015.
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Keith Locke
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Keith James Locke MNZM was a New Zealand activist and politician. He was a Green Party Member of Parliament from 1999 to 2011.
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Tom Parry Jones
- Occupations
- business executiveinventorlecturerchemist
- Biography
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Thomas Parry Jones OBE was a Welsh scientist, inventor and entrepreneur, who was responsible for developing and marketing the first handheld electronic breathalyser, winning the Queen's Award for Technological Achievement in 1980 for the work. Born and raised on Anglesey, he attended Bangor University and went on to study for his doctorate at University of Alberta, Canada. Prior to his work on the breathalyser at Lion Laboratories, he was a lecturer at the Royal Military College of Science and the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology. He established the Dr Tom Parry Jones Endowment Fund at Bangor University in 2002. After selling Lion Laboratories in 2005, he set up PPM Technology and Welsh Dragon Aviation. A trust was set up in his, and his wife's, names. The Tom and Raj Jones Trust promotes work by young entrepreneurs.
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John Tse
- Occupations
- academic
- Biography
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John Tse Wing-ling is an associate professor in the Department of Applied Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong.
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Paul Hinman
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Paul Hinman is a Canadian politician and businessman who is currently the leader of the Wildrose Loyalty Coalition. He was the leader of the Wildrose Independence Party of Alberta from 2020 to 2022, and was the leader of the Wildrose Alliance (2008–2009) and Alberta Alliance Party (2005–2008). He served two terms as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, from 2004 to 2008 representing the electoral district of Cardston-Taber-Warner and then from 2009 to 2012 in Calgary-Glenmore.
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Cyril J. O'Donnell
- Enrolled in the University of Alberta
- In 1926 graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Dr. Cyril O'Donnell was a professor and teacher of management at the University of California at Los Angeles. He consulted on operations management topics for corporations such as Hughes Aircraft, as well as the government of Jamaica. He was a co-author of the book Principles of Management with Harold Koontz which sold more than two million copies worldwide with translations in 15 languages.
