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    Jane Mallett

    Jane Mallett, actor-comedian (b Jean Dawson Keenleyside at London, Ont. 1899; d at Toronto, Ont. 14 April 1984). Raised in Regina, Sask., Mallett was an undergraduate at Victoria College, University of Toronto, and performing as Miss J. D.

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    Jane Siberry

    A self-financed debut LP in the contemporary folk style, Jane Siberry (1980-1, Street SR-002), was followed 1984-9 by four 'pop-art' albums for Duke Street Records: No Borders Here (DSR-31006), The Speckless Sky (DSR-31019), The Walking (DSR-31040), and Bound by the Beauty (DSR-31058).

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    Jane Urquhart

    Jane Urquhart's skilful evocation of historical setting is also apparent in her novels. Her first, The Whirlpool (1986), set in Niagara Falls in the late 1890s, examines the convergence of art and life.

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    Janet Cardiff

    Janet Cardiff, artist (b at Brussels, Ont 15 Mar 1957). Janet Cardiff studied at QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY (BFA, 1980) and at the UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA (MVA, 1983).

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    Janet Stubbs

    Janet (Helena) Stubbs. Mezzo soprano, administrator, b Toronto 21 Apr 1945; LLB (Toronto) 1969, Artist Diploma opera (Toronto) 1975. She was called to the Ontario bar in 1971. She studied with Helen Simmie at the RCMT and with Bernard Diamant at the University of Toronto.

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    Janet Wright

    Janet Wright, stage, television and film actor, theatrical director (born 8 March 1945 in Farnborough, Hampshire, England; died 14 November 2016 in Vancouver, BC). 

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    Janette Bertrand

    Janette Bertrand, CC, CQ, journalist, actor, author, playwright, feminist (born 25 March 1925 in Montreal, Quebec). A leading figure in Quebec television, Janette Bertrand has left a profound mark on journalism and culture in Quebec. She is renowned for her frank, sincere approach to social issues that had never before been addressed on Quebec television, such as sexual relationships, homosexuality, AIDS, suicide, and violence against women. She has long been recognized for her progressive stances on social issues and her role in educating the public about them. She is a Companion of the Order of Canada and a Chevalier of the Ordre national du Québec.

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    Janette Turner Hospital

    Janette Turner Hospital, novelist, short-story writer (b at Melbourne, Australia 12 Nov 1942). Janette Turner Hospital grew up in Queensland, Australia. She was educated at the University of Queensland, and taught high school in Australia and then worked as a librarian at Harvard University.

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    Janice Kulyk Keefer

    Janice Kulyk Keefer, writer, poet, critic (born at Toronto, ON, 2 Jun 1952).

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    Janina Fialkowska

    Janina Fialkowska. Pianist, b Montreal 7 May 1951; B MUS (Montreal) 1968, M MUS (Montreal) 1968. Born of a Polish father and a Canadian mother, she began studying the piano at five with the latter.

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    Janine Lachance

    Janine Lachance. Pianist, teacher, coach (born in Québec City on 22 February 1932, died in Laval on 16 December 2017); premiers prix piano, harmony (CMQ) 1950. She studied piano for two years with Omer Létourneau and worked 1944-50 at the CMQ with Hélène Landry (piano), Françoise Aubut (harmony), and Ria Lenssens (solfège).

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    Janine Sutto

    Janine Sutto, actor (born 20 April 1921 in Paris, France; dead 28 March 2017 in Montréal, Québec). An autodidact, she came to the stage very early, and brilliantly personified countless roles in all genres of theatre, radio and television.

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    Janis Kalejs

    Kalejs, Janis (Voldemars). Violinist, teacher, composer, b Riga, Latvia, 7 Jan 1912, naturalized Canadian 1955, d Wolfville, NS, 7 Nov 1973. He graduated in violin from the State Cons in Riga in 1934 and received advanced training in Berlin under Georg Kulenkampff.

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    Janis Kalnins

    Kalnins, Janis. Conductor, composer, organist-choirmaster, b Pärnu, Estonia, of Latvian parents, 3 Nov 1904, naturalized Canadian 1954, d Fredericton 30 Nov 2000; honorary D MUS (Mount Allison) 1981.

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    Janis Taylor

    Janis (Janice Kathleen) Taylor (b Schuster). Mezzo-soprano, b Westfield, NY, 10 Mar 1946, naturalized Canadian 1972. Initially trained as a pianist and a clarinetist, she was persuaded to study voice by a fellow music student, Robert Taylor, who subsequently became her husband and manager.

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