100 Notable alumni of
University of Alberta
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The University of Alberta is 343rd in the world, 143rd 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 political science and psychology
- Occupations
- cultural criticwriterclinical psychologistuniversity teacherInternet celebrity
- Biography
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Jordan Bernt Peterson is a Canadian psychologist, author, and media commentator. Often described as conservative, he began to receive widespread attention in the late 2010s for his views on cultural and political issues. Peterson has described himself as a classic British liberal and a traditionalist.
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Nathan Fillion
- Occupations
- television actorfilm actoractorexecutive producervoice actor
- Biography
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Nathan Fillion is a Canadian-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 John Nolan on The Rookie and is an executive producer on the show as well as its spin-off series, The Rookie: Feds.
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Sara Canning
- Occupations
- television actorfigure skaterfilm actoractor
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Sara Canning is a Canadian actress. She co-starred on 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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Dayo Wong
- Occupations
- television actorfilm directorwriterscreenwriterstand-up comedian
- Biography
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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.
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Kristi Yamaguchi
- Occupations
- children's writertelevision actorfigure skaterwriter
- Biography
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Kristine Tsuya Yamaguchi is an American former competitive figure skater and author. 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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Paul Gross
- Occupations
- musicianfilm score composertelevision producerstage actoractor
- Biography
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Paul Michael Gross is a Canadian actor, director, writer, and producer born in Calgary, Alberta.
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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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Brian Tracy
- Occupations
- advisorwritermotivational speaker
- 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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Pascale Hutton
- Occupations
- actormodel
- 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 drama series When Calls the Heart.
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Tawakkol Karman
- Occupations
- journalistpeace activisthuman rights activistpolitician
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Tawakkol Abdel-Salam Khalid Karman is a Yemeni Nobel Laureate, journalist, politician, and human rights activist. She leads the group "Women Journalists Without Chains," which she co-founded in 2005. She became the international public face of the 2011 Yemeni uprising that was part of the Arab Spring uprisings. In 2011, she was reportedly called the "Iron Woman" and "Mother of the Revolution" by some Yemenis. She is a co-recipient of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first Yemeni, the first Arab woman, and the second Muslim woman to win a Nobel Prize.
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John Pyper-Ferguson
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision 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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Rona Ambrose
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ronalee Ambrose Veitch is a Canadian former politician who was interim leader of the Conservative Party and the leader of the Opposition between 2015 and 2017. She was the Conservative Party member of the House of Commons for Sturgeon River—Parkland between 2015 and 2017, and had previously represented Edmonton—Spruce Grove from 2004 to 2015.
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Rachel Notley
- Enrolled in the University of Alberta
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in political science
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Rachel Anne Notley is a Canadian politician who was the 17th premier of Alberta from 2015 to 2019, and has been the leader of the Opposition since 2019. She sits as the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Edmonton-Strathcona, She is the longest serving member of the legislature by consecutive time in office and is the leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP).
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Ezra Levant
- Occupations
- journalistlawyercolumnistpolitical activist
- Biography
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Ezra Isaac Levant is a Canadian far-right 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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Rachel Homan
- Occupations
- curler
- Biography
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Rachel Catherine Homan is a Canadian international curler. Homan is a former Canadian junior champion, a three-time Canadian national champion, and the 2017 world champion, all as a skip. She was also the skip of the Canadian women's curling team at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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Jay Fung
- Years
- 1988-.. (age 36)
- Occupations
- singer-songwriter
- Biography
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Jay Fung Wan-him is a Hong Kong-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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Nicholas de Roumanie-Medforth-Mills
- Enrolled in the University of Alberta
- In 2016 studied Software product management
- Occupations
- Water Safety Instructorinstructormountain guideteam leaderbusinessperson
- Biography
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Nicholas Michael de Roumanie Medforth-Mills, formerly called 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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Daryl Katz
- Occupations
- entrepreneurlawyerphilanthropistbusinesspersonsports executive
- Biography
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Daryl Allan Katz is a Canadian billionaire businessman and philanthropist. Katz is 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. Katz is a former lawyer, and resides in Edmonton.
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Patrick Tang
- Occupations
- television presentertelevision actoractorsinger
- Biography
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Patrick Tang is a Hong Kong director,songs writer,singer, actor, and TV show host who has been involved in numerous drama and movie productions. He has three sisters. He started his career with TVB, where he has been from 2000 to the present day.
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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
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Beverley Marian McLachlin 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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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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Trevor Devall
- Occupations
- podcastervoice actor
- Biography
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Trevor Devall is a Canadian voice actor and podcaster. He worked for various other studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for years, before he relocated to Los Angeles, California, US in 2013.
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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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Jim Prentice
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Peter Eric James Prentice 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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Preston Manning
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ernest Preston Manning 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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Ray Muzyka
- Occupations
- physicianpoker playerentrepreneur
- Biography
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Raymond Alexander Muzyka is a Canadian investor, entrepreneur and physician. Originally trained as a medical doctor and practicing as an emergency department and family physician after graduation, he is the co-founder of video game developer BioWare, and was CEO, senior vice president, and general manager of the BioWare label of Electronic Arts. In October 2012 he announced that he was embarking on a 'third career' mentoring and angel investing in technology, new media, medical and social entrepreneurs, and impact investing at ThresholdImpact.
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Pat Kiernan
- Occupations
- television presenterjournalist
- 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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Richard E. Taylor
- Occupations
- university teacherphysicist
- 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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Steve Blackman
- Occupations
- showrunnerwriterscreenwritertelevision producer
- Biography
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Steve Blackman is a Canadian television writer, and executive producer. He is the showrunner of The Umbrella Academy, a Netflix series based on the comic series by Gerard Way. 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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Don Tapscott
- Occupations
- businesspersonwriterinternational forum participanteconomistmanager
- Biography
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Don Tapscott is a Canadian business executive, author, consultant and speaker, who specializes in business strategy, organizational transformation and the role of technology in business and society. He is the CEO of the Tapscott Group and the co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Blockchain Research Institute.
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Peter Lougheed
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Edgar Peter Lougheed 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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Joanne Courtney
- Occupations
- curler
- Biography
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Joanne M. 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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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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Andriy Deshchytsya
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Andrii Bohdanovych Deshchytsia is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician.
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Chantal Petitclerc
- Occupations
- athletics competitorpolitician
- Biography
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Chantal Petitclerc is a Canadian wheelchair racer and a Senator from Quebec.
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Jean-Yves Duclos
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Jean-Yves Duclos is a Canadian economist and politician who has served as Minister of Public Services and Procurement since July 26, 2023. He previously served as minister of Health from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Liberal Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Québec since 2015.
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Tim Uppal
- Occupations
- bankerpolitician
- Biography
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Tim Uppal is an Indo-Canadian politician, banker, and radio host who is the member for Edmonton Mill Woods in the Parliament of Canada. 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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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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Greg Zeschuk
- Occupations
- physicianentrepreneurgame designer
- Biography
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Gregory Zeschuk 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." Greg is also the chairman of the board of the smart playground technology startup, Biba Ventures based in Vancouver, BC.
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George Stanley
- Occupations
- historian
- Biography
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Colonel George Francis Gillman Stanley was a Canadian historian, author, soldier, teacher, public servant, and designer of the Canadian Flag.
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Ed Stelmach
- Occupations
- politicianfarmer
- Biography
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Edward Michael Stelmach 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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Clarence Campbell
- Occupations
- ice hockey refereejuristNHL Commissioner
- Biography
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Clarence Sutherland Campbell, was a Canadian ice hockey executive, 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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Roland Michener
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Daniel Roland Michener was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada, the 20th since Canadian Confederation.
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Elizabeth Rowley
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Elizabeth Rowley is the current leader of the Communist Party of Canada. A long-time politician, writer, and political activist, Rowley served as 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. She has been a member of the Central Executive of the Communist Party of Canada since 1978, and has campaigned for office many times 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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Randy Boissonnault
- Occupations
- politicianjournalist
- Biography
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Randy Paul Andrew Boissonnault is a Canadian politician who has served as Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages since July 26, 2023. He previously served as Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Liberal Party, he represents the riding of Edmonton Centre in the House of Commons. Boissonnault was initially elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) in the 2015 federal election and served until his defeat in 2019. He later went on to win back his seat in the 2021 federal election. He was one of five openly gay MPs elected in 2015 and the first to be elected from Alberta.
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Sarah Hoffman
- Years
- 1980-.. (age 44)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sarah Marjorie Hoffman 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, primarily responsible for answering questions to the premier when the premier is not present in the Legislature.
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Alex Zahara
- Occupations
- television actorvoice actorfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Alex Zahara /zəˈhɑːrə/ is a Canadian television, film and voice actor. Born in Grande Prairie, Alberta, he was involved with theatre while still in school, performing in a stage version of MASH. He later taught the "Acting for Teens" class at the Vancouver Film School. Zahara graduated with a BFA after studying at the universities of Alberta and British Columbia.
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Michael Houghton
- Occupations
- biochemistresearchermicrobiologistvirologist
- 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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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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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
- academic administratorcomputer scientistmathematicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Maria Margaret Klawe is a computer scientist and the fifth president of Harvey Mudd College (since July 1, 2006). 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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Daniel K. Riskin
- Occupations
- television producerbiologist
- 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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Timothy Caulfield
- Occupations
- legal scholar
- Biography
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Timothy Allen Caulfield 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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Dave Hancock
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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David Graeme Hancock is a Canadian lawyer and was the 15th premier of Alberta in 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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Joy Kogawa
- Occupations
- novelistpoetchildren's writerwriter
- Biography
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Joy Nozomi Kogawa is a Canadian poet and novelist of Japanese descent.
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Sheilah Martin
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Sheilah L. Martin is a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, having served in that role since December 18, 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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Claire Martin
- Enrolled in the University of Alberta
- 1993-1995 graduated with Bachelor of Science in meteorology
- Occupations
- media executiveweather presentermeteorologist
- Biography
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Claire Martin 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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Arthur Whitney
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- engineercomputer scientist
- 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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Shannon Phillips
- Years
- 1975-.. (age 49)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Shannon Rosella Phillips is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015 and 2019 Alberta general elections to represent the electoral district of Lethbridge-West in the 29th and 30th 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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Deborah Grey
- Occupations
- autobiographerpolitician
- Biography
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Deborah Cleland Grey, PC, OC is a retired Canadian member of Parliament from Alberta for the Reform Party of Canada, the Canadian Alliance, and the Conservative Party of Canada. She was the first female federal leader of the Opposition in Canadian history. She currently serves on the advisory board of the Leaders' Debates Commission.
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Gerard Kennedy
- Occupations
- politician
- 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 lost the 2013 Ontario Liberal leadership race.
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Thomas Lukaszuk
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Thomas Adam Lukaszuk 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.
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Anne McGrath
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anne McGrath is a Canadian politician who is the National Director of the New Democratic Party (NDP) of Canada. Prior to this, she most recently served as principal secretary to former Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and as Notley's deputy chief of staff. McGrath was president of the New Democratic Party from 2006 to 2009.
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Jay Ingram
- Years
- 1945-.. (age 79)
- 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 is forthcoming from St. Martin's Press in 2015.
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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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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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Indira Naidoo-Harris
- Born in
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South Africa - Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Indira Naidoo-Harris is a South African born Canadian former 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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Deep Saini
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- biologistuniversity teacheracademicacademic administratorphysiologist
- Biography
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Hargurdeep Saini, also known as Deep Saini, is a scientist, and is the President and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University.
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Richard Mouw
- Years
- 1940-.. (age 84)
- Occupations
- theologianuniversity teacherphilosopher
- 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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Elaine McCoy
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Elaine Jean McCoy was a Canadian politician from Alberta. She was a member of the Senate of Canada.
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Willie Littlechild
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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J. Wilton Littlechild, 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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Don Davies
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Don Davies is a Canadian federal member of Parliament (MP) for the New Democratic Party, representing the riding of Vancouver Kingsway since his election in the 2008 federal election. After the 2019 election, Davies was re-appointed as the NDP critic for Health in the 43rd Parliament.
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Thomas Dang
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Thomas Kyle Dang is a Canadian former 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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Shannon Stubbs
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Shannon Stubbs 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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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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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
- conductorcomposer
- 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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David Eggen
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David Manson Eggen 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.
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Matt Jeneroux
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Matthew James Arthur Jeneroux is a Canadian politician who has been elected to the House of Commons of Canada since the 2015 federal election. He is the Founder of Hi Dad Foundation, a mental health foundation focused on raising awareness about the importance of men’s mental health. He represents the electoral district of Edmonton Riverbend as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada caucus and is the Shadow Minister for Supply Chains. During the 43rd Canadian Parliament Jeneroux's private member bill An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code was adopted with all party support to extend bereavement leave from 5 to 10 days and entitle employees already on compassionate care leave to also claim bereavement leave.
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Mike de Jong
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mike de Jong is a politician in the Canadian province of British Columbia. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, representing the electoral district of Matsqui from 1994 to 2001, Abbotsford-Mount Lehman from 2001 to 2009, and Abbotsford West since 2009. 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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Brian Mason
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Brian David Mason is a Canadian politician who was leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party from 2004 to 2014 and served 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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David Swann
- Occupations
- physicianpoliticianenvironmentalist
- 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 1 February 2015, following the resignation of Raj Sherman and led the party through the 2015 provincial election.
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Tom Parry Jones
- Occupations
- inventorbusiness executivechemistlecturer
- 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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Tim Feehan
- Occupations
- songwritercomposerrecord producersinger
- 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
- politician
- Biography
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Michael Stanley Lake 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 has represented Edmonton—Wetaskiwin since 2015. 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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Linda Duncan
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- 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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Niobe Thompson
- Occupations
- documentary filmmakeranthropologist
- 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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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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Todd Loewen
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Douglas Todd Loewen 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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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
- Years
- 1900-1976 (aged 76)
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Dr. Cyril O'Donnell was a prolific professor and teacher of management at the University of California at Los Angeles. He consulted on operations management topics for some of the largest US 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.
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Rachelle Brown
- Occupations
- curler
- Biography
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Rachel "Rachelle" Brown is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta.
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Hans-Dieter Sues
- Enrolled in the University of Alberta
- Graduated with Master of Science
- Occupations
- paleobiologistpaleontologistcuratorgeologist
- Biography
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Hans-Dieter Sues is a German-born American paleontologist who is Senior Scientist and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.
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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 will not be running for a third term as MLA in the next provincial election.
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Drew Barnes
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Drew Barnes is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2012, 2015 and 2019 Alberta general elections to represent the electoral district of Cypress-Medicine Hat in the 28th, 29th and 30th Alberta Legislatures, respectively. Formerly a member of the Wildrose Party and its successor United Conservative Party, Barnes sat as an independent MLA from 2021 to 2023. He was born in Moosomin, Saskatchewan.
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Roger Hui
- Enrolled in the University of Alberta
- In 1977 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- programmer
- Biography
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Roger Kwok Wah Hui was a computer scientist who worked on array programming languages. He codeveloped the programming language J.
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Bob Nault
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Robert Daniel Nault is a Canadian politician.
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Deron Bilous
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Deron Michael Bilous is a Canadian politician, who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the riding of Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview, between 2012 and 2023. He was a member of the Alberta New Democratic Party caucus.
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Raymond Lemieux
- Occupations
- chemistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Raymond Urgel Lemieux, CC, AOE, FRS was a Canadian organic chemist, who pioneered many discoveries in the field of chemistry, his first and most famous being the synthesis of sucrose. His contributions include the discovery of the anomeric effect and the development of general methodologies for the synthesis of saccharides still employed in the area of carbohydrate chemistry. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Royal Society (England), and a recipient of the prestigious Albert Einstein World Award of Science and Wolf Prize in Chemistry.
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Blaine Calkins
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Blaine F. Calkins is a Conservative Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada. He has represented the riding of Red Deer—Lacombe in Alberta since 2015, having previously represented its predecessor, Wetaskiwin, since 2006.
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Gary Mar
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gary Glen Mar, is a Canadian businessman and former politician in Alberta. He is currently the President and CEO of the Canada West Foundation.
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Laurence Decore
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Laurence George Decore was Canadian lawyer and politician from Alberta. He was of Ukrainian descent. He was mayor of Edmonton, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, and leader of the Alberta Liberal Party.
