100 Notable alumni of
York University
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York University is 241st in the world, 104th in North America, and 5th in Canada by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from York University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Rachel McAdams
- Enrolled in York University
- In 2001 graduated with Bachelor of Fine Arts
- Occupations
- stage actortelevision actorenvironmentalistactorfilm actor
- Biography
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Rachel Anne McAdams is a Canadian actress. A graduate of York University in 2001 with a BFA in theatre, she is known for her starring roles in comedy and drama films as well as her work in television and theater. Her accolades include nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Tony Award. In 2026, she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As a leading actress, her films have grossed over $3.4 billion worldwide.
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Katheryn Winnick
- Occupations
- television directortelevision actormartial artistactorfilm actor
- Biography
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Katheryn Winnick is a Canadian actress. She is known for her starring roles in the television series Vikings (2013–2020), Wu Assassins (2019), and Big Sky (2020–2023), and her recurring role on the television series Bones (2010–2011). She also starred in the films Amusement (2008), Choose (2010), A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2012), The Art of the Steal (2013), Polar (2019), and The Marksman (2021).
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Dan Levy
- Occupations
- writerproduceractortelevision writerscreenwriter
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Daniel Joseph Levy is a Canadian actor and filmmaker. He began his career as a television host on MTV Canada. He received international prominence for starring as David Rose in the CBC sitcom Schitt's Creek (2015–2020), which he co-created and co-starred in with his father, Eugene Levy.
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Rick Moranis
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directorvoice actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Frederick Allan Moranis is a Canadian actor, comedian, musician, producer, songwriter and writer.
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Malin Akerman
- Occupations
- singermodelfilm actoractormusician
- Biography
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Malin Maria Åkerman, often anglicised to Malin Akerman, is a Swedish and American actress. She first appeared in smaller parts in both Canadian and American productions, including The Utopian Society (2003) and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004). Following a main role on the HBO mockumentary series The Comeback (2005), Akerman co-starred in the commercially successful romantic comedies The Heartbreak Kid (2007) and 27 Dresses (2008). She gained wider recognition for her role as Silk Spectre II in the 2009 superhero film Watchmen, for which she received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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Scott Speedman
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Robert Scott Speedman is a Canadian actor and model. He is known for portraying Ben Covington in the coming-of-age drama television series Felicity, Lycan–Vampire hybrid Michael Corvin in the gothic horror–action Underworld films, and Barry "Baz" Blackwell in the TNT crime drama series Animal Kingdom. His other film work includes Duets, Dark Blue, XXX: State of the Union, The Strangers, Barney's Version, The Vow, and Crimes of the Future. In 2021, he returned to Grey's Anatomy as a main character following a guest role in season 14 as Dr. Nick Marsh.
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Lilly Singh
- Enrolled in York University
- Studied psychology
- Occupations
- film directortelevision presentervloggertelevision producerblogger
- Biography
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Lilly Singh is a Canadian YouTuber, actress, television host, and comedian. She began making YouTube videos in 2010, initially under the pseudonym Superwoman (stylized IISuperwomanII), which she used as her username until 2019.
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Jagmeet Singh
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Jagmeet Singh Jimmy Dhaliwal is a Canadian politician who served as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2017 to 2025 and as the member of Parliament (MP) for Burnaby South from 2019 to 2025. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 2011, representing Bramalea—Gore—Malton until his entry into federal politics. A Canadian-born practising Sikh of Punjabi descent, he was the first non-white politician to be elected to lead a major federal political party in Canada.
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Laura Vandervoort
- Occupations
- karatekafilm directortelevision actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Laura Dianne Vandervoort is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Lisa in the ABC science fiction series V (2009). She is also known for her role as Sadie Harrison in the CTV teen drama series Instant Star, Arla "The Bolt-Gun Killer" Cogan in the Syfy supernatural drama series Haven, and Kara Zor-El (Supergirl) in The CW serial drama series Smallville. In 2014, she starred in the Space channel drama series Bitten, a television adaptation of Kelley Armstrong's book series Women of the Otherworld as Elena Michaels.
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Henry Czerny
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Henry Czerny is a Canadian stage, film, and television actor. He is known for his roles in the films The Boys of St. Vincent, Clear and Present Danger, The Ice Storm, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Fido, Remember, Ready or Not, and Scream VI, in particular for his role as Eugene Kittridge in Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, and Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, as well as for numerous television programs in both guest and starring roles, including a regular role as Conrad Grayson on the ABC primetime soap opera Revenge, a loose adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo.
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Sergio Marchionne
- Occupations
- business executivelawyerentrepreneuraccountantindustrialist
- Biography
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Sergio Marchionne was an Italian-Canadian businessman, widely known for his turnarounds of the automakers Fiat and Chrysler, his business acumen and his outspoken and often frank approach, especially when dealing with unpalatable issues related to his companies and the automotive industry.
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Kim Gordon
- Occupations
- guitaristart criticexhibition curatorvisual artistsongwriter
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Kim Althea Gordon is an American musician, singer and songwriter best known as the bassist, guitarist, and vocalist of alternative rock band Sonic Youth. Born in Rochester, New York, she was raised in Los Angeles, California, where her father was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. After graduating from Los Angeles's Otis College of Art and Design, she moved to New York City to begin an art career. There, she formed Sonic Youth with Thurston Moore in 1981. She and Moore married in 1984, and the band released a total of six albums on independent labels before the end of the 1980s. It then released nine studio albums on the label DGC Records, beginning with Goo in 1990. Gordon was also a founding member of the musical project Free Kitten, which she formed with Julia Cafritz in 1993.
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Anita Sarkeesian
- Occupations
- YouTubersociologistmedia criticwomen's rights activistcommunicator
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Anita Sarkeesian is a Canadian-American feminist media critic. She is the founder of Feminist Frequency, a website that hosts videos and commentary analyzing portrayals of women in popular culture. Her video series Tropes vs. Women in Video Games, examines tropes in the depiction of female video game characters. Media scholar Soraya Murray calls Sarkeesian emblematic of "a burgeoning organized feminist critique" of stereotyped and objectified portrayals of women in video games.
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Harry Enfield
- Occupations
- film producerfilm actorcomedianfilm directortelevision actor
- Biography
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Henry Richard Enfield is an English comedian and actor. He is known in particular for his television work, including Harry Enfield's Television Programme, Harry Enfield & Chums and Harry & Paul, across which he created and portrayed comedy characters such as Kevin the Teenager, Loadsamoney, Smashie and Nicey, The Scousers, Tim Nice-But-Dim and Mr "You Don't Want to Do It Like That".
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Carme Chacón
- Occupations
- university teacherlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Carme Maria Chacón Piqueras was a Spanish lawyer, lecturer and politician who was minister of Defence from 2008 to 2011 in the cabinet led by Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.
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Jian Ghomeshi
- Occupations
- street artistradio personalitywritersongwriterpodcaster
- Biography
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Jian Ghomeshi is a Canadian broadcaster, writer, musician, producer and former CBC personality. From 1990 to 2000, he was a vocalist and drummer in the Thornhill-based folk-pop band Moxy Früvous. In the 2000s, he became a television and radio broadcaster. He hosted, among others, the CBC Newsworld program Play (2002–2005), the CBC Radio One program The National Playlist (2005–2006), and the CBC Radio One program Q, which he co-created and hosted from 2007 to 2014.
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Amanda Brugel
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Amanda Brugel is a Canadian actress. Born and raised in Pointe-Claire (a suburb of Montreal), Quebec, she made her acting debut in the drama film Vendetta (1999). This was followed by roles in the comedy film A Diva's Christmas Carol (2000), the slasher horror film Jason X (2001), the comedy film Sex After Kids (2013), for which she won an ACTRA Award for Best Female Performance, the satirical drama film Maps to the Stars (2014), the independent drama film Room (2015), the superhero film Suicide Squad (2016), the drama film Kodachrome (2017), and the action thriller film Becky (2020).
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Sally Wainwright
- Occupations
- screenwritertelevision directorwriterplaywrighttelevision producer
- Biography
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Sally Wainwright OBE is an English television writer, producer, and director. She is known for her television dramas, often set in her native West Yorkshire and featuring strong female characters, such as Scott & Bailey (2011–2016), Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020), Happy Valley (2014–2023) and Riot Women (2025–).
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K’naan Warsame
- Occupations
- songwriterdirectorwriterrapperfilm director
- Biography
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Keinan Abdi Warsame, known professionally as K'naan, is a Somali-Canadian rapper, singer-songwriter and filmmaker. He rose to international fame after releasing the single "Wavin' Flag", which was chosen as Coca-Cola's promotional anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Besides hip hop, K'naan's sound is influenced by elements of Somali music and world music. A Grammy Award-winning artist and FIPRESCI Prize-winning director, he is also involved in various philanthropic initiatives.
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Steven Page
- Occupations
- singerrecord producersongwriter
- Biography
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Steven Jay Page is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was a founding member, lead singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the music group Barenaked Ladies. Page left the band in February 2009 to pursue a solo career.
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Victoria Pratt
- Occupations
- modelfilm actoractorkarateka
- Biography
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Victoria Ainslie Pratt is a Canadian actress, author and fitness model.
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Zoie Palmer
- Occupations
- actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Zoie Palmer is a British-Canadian actress best known for her roles as Dr. Lauren Lewis in the supernatural drama Lost Girl and as the Android in the science fiction series Dark Matter.
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Jack Layton
- Enrolled in York University
- 1970-1971 graduated with Master of Arts in political science
- 1971-1983 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in political science
- Occupations
- legislatorpolitical scientistuniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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John Gilbert Layton PC MSC was a Canadian politician and academic who served as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2003 to 2011 and leader of the Official Opposition in 2011. He previously sat on Toronto City Council, occasionally holding the title of acting mayor or deputy mayor of Toronto during his tenure as city councillor. Layton was the member of Parliament (MP) for Toronto—Danforth from 2004 until his death.
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Ennis Esmer
- Occupations
- writertelevision actorfilm actorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Ennis Esmer is a Turkish-Canadian actor, comedian, voice actor, writer, producer and presenter. He is best known for his roles as Osman 'Oz' Bey in The Listener (2009–2014), Nash in Red Oaks (2014–2017), Rich Dotcom in Blindspot (2015–2020) – a role that was specifically written for him, and Kurtis 'Maz' Mazhari in Private Eyes (2016–2021).
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Melyssa Ford
- Occupations
- actormodeljournalist
- Biography
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Melyssa Savannah Ford is a Canadian media personality, actress, and former video vixen.
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Jay Manuel
- Occupations
- make-up artistmodelcinematographerphotographer
- Biography
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Jay Manuel is a Canadian TV host, creative director, make-up artist, and author. He is most recognizable as the creative director on the popular reality television show America's Next Top Model for the first eighteen seasons. Manuel also was featured as the host of Canada's Next Top Model.
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Ushna Shah
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Ushna Shah is a Pakistani-Canadian film and television actress. Her accolades include a Hum Award and a Pakistan Media Award, and a nomination for Lux Style Award.
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Stacey Farber
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Stacey Farber is a Canadian actress. After making an uncredited appearance in season 1, she played Ellie Nash in seasons 2 through 8 of the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation. From 2010 to 2011, she starred in the CBC series 18 to Life. From 2014 to 2017, she played Sydney Katz on the Canadian medical drama Saving Hope, and since 2023 she has had a lead role on The Spencer Sisters. Stacey has also recurred on the Netflix drama series Virgin River and The CW superhero series Superman & Lois.
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Jamil Jivani
- Years
- 1987-.. (age 39)
- Occupations
- radio personalitypolitical punditpolitician
- Biography
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Jamil Jivani is the member of Parliament (MP) for Bowmanville—Oshawa North. A Conservative, Jivani was first elected to represent Durham in a 2024 by-election triggered by the resignation of former Conservative leader and leader of the Official Opposition Erin O'Toole. He previously worked as a special advisor to the premier of Ontario, Doug Ford, and was appointed as the advocate for community opportunities and to the Premier's Council on Equality of Opportunity.
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Kardinal Offishall
- Occupations
- record producerrapperphilanthropistdisc jockeysongwriter
- Biography
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Jason Drew Harrow, better known by his stage name Kardinal Offishall, is a Canadian rapper and record producer. Often credited as Canada's "hip-hop ambassador", he has been regarded as one of the country's most prominent hip-hop producers during the 2000s and is distinctive for his reggae and dancehall-influenced style of hip-hop.
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Peter Robinson
- Occupations
- novelistpoetwriter
- Biography
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Peter Robinson was a British-born Canadian crime writer who was best known for his crime novels set in Yorkshire featuring Inspector Alan Banks. He also published a number of other novels and short stories, as well as some poems and two articles on writing.
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Belinda Stronach
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Belinda Caroline Stronach is a Canadian businesswoman and former politician. She served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 2004 to 2008, initially as a Conservative and later as a Liberal. During her political career, Stronach served as the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development from May 17, 2005, to February 6, 2006, and Minister responsible for Democratic Renewal from May 17, 2005, to February 6, 2006, both in Paul Martin's Cabinet.
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Andrey Bezrukov
- Enrolled in York University
- Studied in 1992-1995
- Occupations
- Russian spy
- Biography
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Andrey Bezrukov, often referred to by the cover name Donald Heathfield, and Elena Stanislavovna Vavilova (Russian: Елена Вавилова), often referred to by the cover name Tracey Foley, were former KGB sleeper agents in the United States. Both had participated in the Illegals Program and were arrested in 2010. They were returned to Russia that year.
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Brandie Wilkerson
- Occupations
- beach volleyball player
- Biography
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Brandie Wilkerson is a Canadian beach volleyball player who plays as a right-side blocker. She currently competes with partner Melissa Humaña-Paredes, with whom she won a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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Ringo Lam
- Occupations
- screenwriterdirectorfilm directorfilm produceractor
- Biography
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Ringo Lam Ling-Tung was a Hong Kong filmmaker. He was known for his action and crime films produced during the Hong Kong New Wave, many of them comprising entries in the heroic bloodshed subgenre. He was nominated for six Hong Kong Film Awards, winning Best Director for his 1987 film City on Fire, which he followed with other similar films that shared a dark view of Hong Kong society, collectively known as the "On Fire" cycle.
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Gerry Dee
- Occupations
- ice hockey playeractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Gerry Dee is a Canadian actor, stand-up comedian, game show host, director, producer, and writer. He is the host of Family Feud Canada. He placed third on the fifth season of Last Comic Standing, and he wrote and starred in the sitcom Mr. D, which aired on CBC Television.
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Matt Johnson
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- screenwritertelevision actorfilm directorfilm actor
- Biography
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Matthew Johnson is a Canadian film director, writer, producer, and actor. He first attracted accolades for his low-budget independent feature films, including The Dirties (2013), which won Best Narrative Feature at the Slamdance Film Festival, and Operation Avalanche (2016), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Carlos Newton
- Occupations
- mixed martial arts fighter
- Biography
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Carlos Newton is an Anguillia-born Canadian retired mixed martial artist (MMA). He is a former UFC Welterweight Champion (the youngest champion of the division in UFC) and Pride FC Japan MMA Legend. Known as "The Ronin", he competed worldwide in MMA organizations including UFC, Pride FC, IFL, K-1, Shooto and W-1. He is a 3rd Degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt alongside his coach Terry Riggs under Renzo Gracie, at Warrior MMA in Newmarket, Ontario. Newton is known as a "Submission Master" and has dubbed his personal fighting style — an amalgam of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, Wrestling, Karate, Krav Maga, and Boxing — as "Dragon Ball Jiu-Jitsu" in tribute to Dragon Ball, a Japanese manga and anime franchise. Newton is one of only a few MMA athletes to compete in the UFC and Pride FC at the same time. In Canada he was the first Canadian UFC Champion at UFC 31 (Welterweight) defeating Pat Miletich.
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Mishael Morgan
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Marie-Charms Mishael Morgan known professionally as Mishael Morgan, is a Trinidadian-Canadian actress known for the roles of Hilary Curtis and Amanda Sinclair on CBS Daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless, the latter for which she became the first Black actress to win the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2022.
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Craig Kielburger
- Occupations
- writerentrepreneurmanager
- Biography
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Craig Kielburger CM MSM OMC is a Canadian human rights activist and social entrepreneur. He is the co-founder, with his brother Marc Kielburger, of the WE Charity, as well as We Day and the independent, social enterprise Me to We. On April 11, 2008, Kielburger was named a member of the Order of Canada.
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Spencer Rice
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directorcomedianfilm produceractor
- Biography
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Spencer Nolan "Spenny" Rice is a Canadian screenwriter, filmmaker and television personality. He was the co-star of the reality comedy series Kenny vs. Spenny along with Kenny Hotz.
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Deborah Coyne
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 71)
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Deborah Margaret Ryland Coyne is a Canadian constitutional lawyer, professor, and author. She is the cousin of journalist Andrew Coyne and actress Susan Coyne, and the niece of former Bank of Canada governor James Elliott Coyne.
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Ahmed Hussen
- Enrolled in York University
- In 2002 studied history
- Occupations
- political adviserpoliticianlawyersocial activistactivist
- Biography
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Ahmed Hussen PC MP is a Canadian lawyer and politician who has been the member of Parliament (MP) for York South—Weston—Etobicoke since 2025. A member of the Liberal Party, Hussen was a Cabinet minister from 2017 to 2025, under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He was the minister of international development from 2023 to 2025, minister of housing, diversity and inclusion from 2021 to 2023, minister of families, children and social development from 2019 to 2021 and minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship from 2017 to 2019. He is the first Somali-Canadian to be elected to the House of Commons and the first to hold a federal Cabinet position.
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Eric Radford
- Enrolled in York University
- Studied music
- Occupations
- figure skaterpianistcomposer
- Biography
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Eric Radford is a retired Canadian pair skater. With former partner Meagan Duhamel, he is a two-time world champion (2015, 2016), a 2018 Olympic gold medallist in the team event, a 2014 Olympic silver medallist in the team event, a 2018 Olympic bronze medallist in the pairs event, a two-time Four Continents champion (2013, 2015), the 2014–15 Grand Prix Final champion, and a seven-time Canadian national champion (2012–18). He is the first openly gay man to have won a gold medal at any Winter Olympics.
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Taylor Wilde
- Occupations
- professional wrestler
- Biography
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Shantelle Larissa Malawski is a Canadian retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her time with TNA Wrestling, where she performed under the ring name Taylor Wilde.
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Chantal Hébert
- Occupations
- journalistpundit
- Biography
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Chantal St-Cyr Hébert OC CQ is a Canadian journalist and political commentator.
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Pat Quinn
- Occupations
- ice hockey playercoachice hockey coachlawyer
- Biography
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John Brian Patrick Quinn, OC was a Canadian ice hockey player, head coach, and executive. Known by the nickname "The Big Irishman", he coached for the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings, Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Edmonton Oilers, reaching the Stanley Cup Finals twice, with the Flyers in 1980 and the Canucks in 1994. Internationally, Quinn coached Team Canada to gold medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics, 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships and 2009 World Junior Championship, as well as World Cup championship in 2004.
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Sandie Rinaldo
- Occupations
- journalistnews presenter
- Biography
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Sandra Rinaldo, née Brycks is a Canadian television journalist and anchor for CTV News.
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Lenore Zann
- Occupations
- writervoice actorfilm actorpolitician
- Biography
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Lenore Zann is a Canadian actress and politician. She represented Truro-Bible Hill district in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2009 until 2019 as a New Democrat, and then represented Cumberland—Colchester in the Canadian House of Commons from 2019 to 2021 as a Liberal. As an actress, Zann is known for providing the voice of Rogue in various X-Men series and games.
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Jesse Cook
- Occupations
- jazz musicianguitaristjazz guitaristcomposerrecord producer
- Biography
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Jesse Arnaud Cook is a Canadian guitarist. He is a Juno Award winner, Acoustic Guitar Player's Choice Award silver winner in the Flamenco Category, and a three-time winner of the Canadian Smooth Jazz award for Guitarist of the Year. He has recorded on the EMI, E1 Music and Narada labels and has sold over 1.5 million records worldwide.
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Gerald Butts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gerald Michael Butts is a Canadian executive and former policy advisor to governments and political leaders. He is vice chairman and senior advisor at Eurasia Group and a Board Member of the World Wildlife Fund. He served as the Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from November 4, 2015 until his resignation on February 18, 2019. From 2008 to 2012, he was president and CEO of the World Wildlife Fund Canada, part of a global conservation organization. In 2014, Maclean's magazine declared Butts to be the fourteenth most powerful Canadian. As the former Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Butts was praised as the architect behind the Liberal Party of Canada platform that led to its victory in October 2015 and was one of the most senior staffers in the Office of the Prime Minister.
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Nicole Oliver
- Occupations
- film directorperforming artistvoice actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Nicole Lyn Oliver is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles as Princess Celestia and Cheerilee in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Zoe Trent in Littlest Pet Shop, and Meilin Rae in Cardcaptors.
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Melissa Humana-Paredes
- Occupations
- beach volleyball player
- Biography
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Melissa Humaña-Paredes is a Canadian beach volleyball player currently partnered with Brandie Wilkerson. The pair represented Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal.
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Maurice Dean Wint
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Maurice Dean Wint is a British-born Canadian actor who has starred in both films and television series.
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Lindiwe Sisulu
- Occupations
- politicianminister
- Biography
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Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu is a South African politician. She represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly of South Africa between April 1994 and March 2023. During that time, from 2001 to 2023, she served continuously in the cabinet as a minister under four consecutive presidents. President Cyril Ramaphosa sacked her from his cabinet in March 2023, precipitating her resignation from the National Assembly.
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Peter Keleghan
- Occupations
- voice actortelevision actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Peter Keleghan is a Canadian actor and writer, known for portraying Ben Bellow in the comedy series 18 to Life, Clark Claxton Sr. in the comedy series Billable Hours and Ranger Gord in The Red Green Show. Since 2008, he has a recurring role on Murdoch Mysteries as government agent/spy Terrence Meyers.
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Joseph Boyden
- Occupations
- novelist
- Biography
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Joseph Boyden CM is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. He is best known for writing about First Nations culture. Three Day Road, a novel about two Cree soldiers serving in the Canadian military during World War I, was inspired by Ojibwa Francis Pegahmagabow, the legendary First World War sniper. Joseph Boyden's second novel, Through Black Spruce, follows the story of Will, son of one of the characters in Three Day Road. The third novel in the Bird family trilogy was published in 2013 as The Orenda.
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Edmund Ho
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 71)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Edmund Ho Hau Wah, GML, GCM, GOIH is a Macau politician who served as the first Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region from 1999 to 2009. He currently serves as a Vice-Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
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Navdeep Bains
- Occupations
- Certified Management Accountantfinancial analystuniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Navdeep Singh Bains PC FCPA is a Canadian politician who served as Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Liberal Party, he represented the riding of Mississauga—Malton in the House of Commons from 2015 to 2021. He previously represented the riding of Mississauga—Brampton South from 2004 to 2011.
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Thea Gill
- Occupations
- stage actorjazz musicianactorfilm actor
- Biography
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Thea Louise Gill is a Canadian actress best known for her starring role as Lindsay Peterson in the Showtime television series Queer as Folk.
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Mara Marini
- Born in
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Canada - Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Mara Marini is a Canadian actress best known for her recurring role as Brandi Maxxxx in the NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation. She has performed in several independent films and plays in the Los Angeles theater scene, as well as making other television appearances.
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Andrus Ansip
- Occupations
- bankerpoliticianentrepreneurbusinesspersonchemist
- Biography
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Andrus Ansip is an Estonian politician, a member of the European Parliament, the former European Commissioner for Digital Single Market and Vice President of the European Commission, in office from 2014 until 2019. Previously, he was Prime Minister of Estonia from 2005 to 2014 and chairman of the liberal Estonian Reform Party (Estonian: Reformierakond) from 2004 to 2014.
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k-os
- Occupations
- singerrecord producermusic video directorcomposerrapper
- Biography
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Kevin Brereton, better known by his stage name k-os, is a Canadian alternative rapper, singer, songwriter and producer. His given name may also be cited as Kheaven, a spelling he later adopted.
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Omar Alghabra
- Occupations
- engineerentrepreneurpolitician
- Biography
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Omar Alghabra PC is a Saudi-born Syrian-Canadian politician who served as Canada's minister of transport from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Liberal Party, he represented the riding of Mississauga Centre in the House of Commons from 2015 election until 2025. He was previously the member of Parliament (MP) for Mississauga—Erindale from 2006 to 2008.
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Jim Flaherty
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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James Michael Flaherty PC MSC was a Canadian politician who served as the federal minister of finance from 2006 to 2014 under Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
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Matt Dusk
- Occupations
- singerjazz musician
- Biography
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Matthew-Aaron Dusk is a Canadian jazz vocalist. He has four certified gold albums: Two Shots, Good News, Old School Yule! and JetSetJazz, and two certified platinum albums; My Funny Valentine: The Chet Baker Songbook and Just the Two of Us (with Margaret).
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Marco Mendicino
- Years
- 1973-.. (age 53)
- Occupations
- business executivelawyeruniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Marco Mendicino is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 16th chief of staff to the prime minister in 2025. A member of the Liberal Party, he served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Eglinton—Lawrence from 2015 to 2025. He previously served as the minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship from 2019 to 2021 and the minister of public safety from 2021 to 2023.
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Andrew Huang
- Occupations
- television producerYouTubermusician
- Biography
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Andrew Lewis Huang is a Canadian musician, YouTube personality, and video producer. He is known for creating music in a wide range of styles and genres, as well as educational videos about music theory and music tools. Popular video series include "Song Challenge", which invites viewers to dare him in feats of musicianship, "4 Producers 1 Sample", in which Huang and three additional music producers typically create their own versions of a song from the same music sample, and "Weird Gear", in which Huang reviews and demos unique music gear. He is also known for several viral videos featuring his music and for his videos where he creates music using sounds from unconventional objects and instruments. Huang has released more than 50 albums of original music independently and through various collaborations, under his own name as well as under various pseudonyms.
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Sam Dunn
- Occupations
- screenwriteranthropologistfilm director
- Biography
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Sam Dunn is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, musician, and anthropologist, best known for his series of documentaries on heavy metal music. He co-owns Toronto-based production company Banger Films with Scot McFadyen. Dunn holds a bachelor's degree in anthropology from the University of Victoria and a master's degree from York University where his thesis work focused on Guatemalan refugees.
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Dina Pugliese
- Occupations
- television presenter
- Biography
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Dina Pugliese is a Canadian television personality. She has served as a co-host of Citytv's morning show Breakfast Television, initially from 2006 to 2023, and returning in 2025.
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Mitchell Goldhar
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- sports executivefinancier
- Biography
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Mitchell Goldhar is a Canadian billionaire and businessman.
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Mark-Anthony Kaye
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Mark-Anthony Kaye is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for USL Championship club Sacramento Republic FC and the Canada national team.
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Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang
- Occupations
- ministerprofessorpolitician
- Biography
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Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang FGA is a Ghanaian academic and politician who currently serves as the eighth vice president of Ghana under President John Mahama since 7 January 2025. She previously served as Minister for Education from February 2013 to January 2017 under President Mahama's first administration. She is a professor of literature, and served as the first female Vice-Chancellor of a state university in Ghana when she took over as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast. She served as the Chancellor of the Women's University in Africa in Zimbabwe until her resignation in August 2024.
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Paul Stalteri
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Paul Andrew Stalteri is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played as a defender or midfielder. He spent most of his professional career in Germany, winning the league and cup double with Werder Bremen in the 2003–04 season. Stalteri also played football in the Premier League for Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham.
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Bea Rose Santiago
- Occupations
- actorbeauty pageant contestantmodel
- Biography
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Bea Rose Monterde Santiago is a Filipino actress, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss International 2013 on December 17, 2013. Prior to her win at Binibining Pilipinas, she was a Mutya ng Pilipinas 2011 titleholder who represented the Filipino community in Canada. She was a fashion model for Elite Model Management before joining Binibining Pilipinas 2013.
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Joe Pingue
- Occupations
- actortelevision actorscreenwriterfilm actorfilm director
- Biography
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Giuseppe Pingue is a Canadian actor and filmmaker. His roles include Captain McDowell in the Prime sci-fi series The Expanse, Aloznzo Bunker in the Netflix Western limited series Godless, Whiff in Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go and Hoyt in the feature film The Book of Eli.
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Gabrielle Graham
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Gabrielle Graham is a Canadian actress. She first appeared in the Amazon Prime series The Expanse. Later that year, she went on to star as recurring role Fatima Gossa in the Netflix series 21 Thunder. She continued appearing in various films and television series, most notably in films as Parker in On the Basis of Sex (2018) and as Tabitha in In the Shadow of the Moon (2019).
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Kamal Khera
- Occupations
- nursepoliticianregistered nurse
- Biography
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Kamal Khera is a Canadian nurse and politician who served as a Cabinet Minister under both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Prime Minister Mark Carney. A member of the Liberal Party, Khera represented the riding of Brampton West in the House of Commons from 2015 to 2025. She served as Minister of Seniors from 2021 to 2023, Minister of Diversity, Inclusion, and Persons with Disabilities from 2023 to 2025, and Minister of Health in 2025 until she was unseated in the 2025 Canadian federal election. Khera is among the youngest women ever elected to the House of Commons.
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Jennifer Keesmaat
- Occupations
- urban plannerlandscape architectarchitect
- Biography
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Jennifer Keesmaat is a Canadian real estate developer and urban planner who served as Chief City Planner of Toronto from 2012 to 2017 and the runner-up in the 2018 Toronto mayoral election to Mayor John Tory, where she won 23.6% of the vote and lost to Tory in each of Toronto's 25 wards.
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Debra W. Soh
- Years
- 1990-.. (age 36)
- Enrolled in York University
- Studied psychology
- Occupations
- opinion journalistcolumnistjournalistpsychologistneuroscientist
- Biography
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Debra W. Soh is a Canadian columnist, author, and former academic sex researcher.
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Cynthia Loyst
- Occupations
- talk show host
- Biography
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Cynthia Loyst is a Canadian talk show host and media personality. She currently co-hosts CTV's The Social, along with three other women. Loyst is also the creator of Find Your Pleasure, an online hub to help readers find pleasure in their lives.
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Rick Howland
- Born in
- Canada
- Occupations
- actortelevision actormusician
- Biography
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Richard "Rick" Howland is a Canadian actor known for his role as Trick on Lost Girl and Harry Buttman in Bon Cop, Bad Cop.
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John Bellamy Foster
- Enrolled in York University
- In 1977 graduated with master's degree
- In 1984 graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- academicjournalistsociologistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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John Bellamy Foster is an American professor of sociology at the University of Oregon and editor of the Monthly Review. He writes about political economy of capitalism and economic crisis, ecology and ecological crisis, and Marxist theory.
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Mike Layton
- Enrolled in York University
- Graduated with Master of Arts in environmental science
- Occupations
- bartenderpolitician
- Biography
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Michael Layton is a Canadian politician who served on Toronto City Council from 2010 until 2022. Layton most recently represented Ward 11 University—Rosedale. He was first elected in the 2010 municipal election in Ward 19 Trinity—Spadina. Layton did not run for re-election in 2022. In March 2023, Layton became Chief Sustainability Officer at York University.
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Terrie Hawkes
- Occupations
- actorvoice actorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Terri Hawkes is a Canadian actress and writer, known for playing Kelly Hennenlotter in the horror film, Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II, Adrienne in Beverly Hills 90210, Wendy Masters in General Hospital, and for being the second English dub voice actress of the title character of the Japanese anime Sailor Moon. She is the daughter of politician Jim Hawkes.
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Christine Horne
- Occupations
- actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Christine Horne is a Canadian actress. She received her BFA in Theatre at York University in 2004 and has since become an established stage actor in Toronto.
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Ali Ehsassi
- Occupations
- civil servantlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Ali Cyrus Ehsassi MP is a Swiss-born Canadian politician of Iranian descent who has served as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Willowdale since 2015. He was briefly the minister of government transformation, public services and procurement from March 14, 2025, to May 13, 2025.
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Jacqueline Samuda
- Occupations
- university teacherfilm directorwriteractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Jacqueline Samuda is a Canadian actress, director and writer.
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Kim Roberts
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Kim Roberts is a Canadian actress, best known for her roles as Mayor Goodway in Paw Patrol, Greta on The Sinner, Christine in The Handmaid's Tale, Marnie in Schitt's Creek, Neeva in The Strain, Gloria in Lucky Seven, Camilla in Being Erica, Mazz in The Doodlebops, Mrs. Arvin in I'm Not There, Deborah in Saw III and Saw IV and Mrs. Bosco in The Cheetah Girls.
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Iqra Khalid
- Occupations
- juristlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Iqra Khalid MP is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Mississauga—Erin Mills in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.
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T. J. Scott
- Born in
- Canada
- Occupations
- television producerfilm directortelevision actoractorstunt performer
- Biography
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T. J. Scott is a Canadian film and television director, screenwriter, producer, and former stuntman and actor. He is primarily known for his work directing popular television series such as Orphan Black, Xena: Warrior Princess, Gotham, Star Trek: Discovery, Longmire, 12 Monkeys, The Strain, and Spartacus.
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Chantal Sutherland
- Occupations
- actorjockeymodel
- Biography
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Chantal Sutherland is a Canadian model, television personality and jockey in North American Thoroughbred horse racing. She is referred to as the Danica Patrick of horse racing. She is known for her appearances on the reality tv show Jockeys on Animal Planet, as well as being the poster girl for the Del Mar racetrack. During an interview on Sky Sports in the lead-up to the Dubai World Cup race, she said that her primary vocation was jockey.
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Stephanie Morgenstern
- Occupations
- actorscreenwriterfilm director
- Biography
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Stephanie Morgenstern is a Canadian actress, filmmaker, and screenwriter for television and film. She has worked extensively on stage, film, and television in both English and French. Her most widely seen feature film credits have been The Sweet Hereafter, Maelström, Julie and Me (Revoir Julie) and Forbidden Love. Morgenstern is also widely recognized by anime fans as the voice of Sailor Venus in the DIC Entertainment English dub of Sailor Moon in the first few seasons as well as the movies. Additionally, she provided the voice of Regina in the Dino Crisis series, and Yin in Yin Yang Yo!.
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Shyam Selvadurai
- Occupations
- writerchildren's writer
- Biography
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Shyam Selvadurai is a Sri Lankan Canadian novelist. He is most noted for his 1994 novel Funny Boy, which won the Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction.
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Majid Jowhari
- Occupations
- politicianbusiness consultant
- Biography
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Majid Jowhari is a Canadian politician who served as the member of Parliament for the electoral district of Richmond Hill in the House of Commons of Canada from 2015 to 2025. He is a member of the Liberal Party. He was the first federal nominee and candidate of Iranian heritage. Jowhari was the first Iranian-born Canadian member of Parliament of Iranian heritage. Jowhari is one of the first two Iranian-Canadian members of parliament, with the other being Ali Ehsassi.
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Isha Khan Choudhury
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Isha Khan Choudhury is an Indian politician from the state of West Bengal and a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha representing Maldaha Dakshin constituency. He represented the Sujapur constituency in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly as a candidate of the Indian National Congress party. He comes from a political family with his father and uncle being former cabinet ministers in the central government.
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Matt Galloway
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Matt Galloway is a Canadian radio personality, who debuted in January 2020 as the host of The Current on CBC Radio One. Previously, he was the host of Metro Morning on the network's Toronto station CBLA-FM from 2010 to 2019. Galloway succeeded Andy Barrie as host of Metro Morning effective March 1, 2010. Galloway has also been heard nationally as a host of Canada Live and Podcast Playlist, and as an occasional guest host of The Current prior to his selection as the program's permanent host.
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Peter Sloly
- Occupations
- chief of policeassociation football player
- Biography
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Peter John Michael Sloly OOM is a Canadian former police officer who served as the chief of police for the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) from 2019 to 2022. Before joining the OPS, Sloly was a member of the Toronto Police Service (TPS) for 27 years, including as a deputy chief of police from 2009 to 2016.
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Don Ross
- Occupations
- composerguitarist
- Biography
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Donald James Ross is a Canadian fingerstyle guitarist. He was the first person to win the National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship twice (1988 and 1996). His album Huron Street reached the top ten on the Billboard New-age chart.
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Stuart Immonen
- Years
- 1960s
- Occupations
- screenwritercomics artistcomics writerwriterillustrator
- Biography
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Stuart Immonen is a Canadian comics artist. He is best known for his work on the Marvel Comics series Nextwave, Ultimate X-Men, The New Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man, and Ultimate Spider-Man, the DC Comics series Action Comics and The Adventures of Superman, as well as for the original Millarworld series Empress, co-created with Mark Millar. His pencils are usually inked by Wade Von Grawbadger.
