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Johana Harris

Johana (b Beula) Harris (b Duffey). Pianist, teacher, composer, folksinger, b Ottawa 31 Dec 1912, d Los Angeles 5 Jun 1995. Beula Duffey, a child prodigy, started publicly performing advanced piano pieces and her compositions at age eight.
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Jóhann Magnús Bjarnason

Jóhann Magnús Bjarnason, author, poet, teacher (b at Medalnes, Nordur-Mulasysla, Iceland 24 May 1866; d at Elfros, Sask 8 Sept 1945). The greatest and most prolific of Icelandic Canadian novelists, Bjarnason immigrated to Canada in 1875.
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Johanna Skibsrud

A second collection of poems, I do not Think that I Could Love a Human Being, appeared in 2010. In many ways it reflects the preoccupations of the first; seemingly everyday events can form turning points in outlook or sensibility.
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Johanne Blouin

Johanne Blouin. Singer, b St-Hyacinthe, Que, 19 Sep 1955. Her mother, Lena Cushen, was a jazz singer, and her father, Claude Blouin, a trombonist who accompanied Trenet, Sinatra, Liberace, and Garland. She began to sing in night-clubs at 16.
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John Adaskin

John Adaskin, conductor, radio producer, administrator, cellist (born 4 June 1908 in Toronto, ON; died 4 March 1964 in Toronto).
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John Allan Cameron

John Allan Cameron. Folksinger, guitarist, fiddler, actor, b Inverness, Cape Breton, NS, 16 Dec 1938, d Toronto 22 Nov 2006; BA (St Francis Xavier) 1966, B ED (Dalhousie) 1967, hon D LITT (University College of Cape Breton) 1998, hon LL D (St Francis Xavier) 2005.
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John Alonzo Russell

John Alonzo Russell, architect, educator (b at Hinsdale, NH 28 Oct 1907; d at Winnipeg 28 Dec 1966). A prominent figure in the arts in Winnipeg, he came to University of Manitoba in 1928 with degrees in architecture from
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John Alton Collins

John Alton Collins, editorial cartoonist (b at Washington DC 7 Oct 1917; d at Montréal 16 Sept 2007). The son of an auto mechanic and part-time taxi driver, John Collins moved to Montréal with his family as an infant after the First World War.
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John and Patricia Patkau

John and Patricia Patkau, CM, architects (John born 18 August 1947 in Winnipeg, MB; Patricia born 25 February 1950 in Winnipeg).
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John Alleyne

In Stuttgart he began to experiment with choreography, but it was not until he returned to Toronto in 1984 as a soloist with the NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA that he seriously began to develop his creative talents.
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John Anderson Fraser

John Anderson Fraser, journalist (b at Montréal 5 June 1944).
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John Andrew Pearson

John Andrew Pearson, architect (b at Chesterfield, Eng 22 June 1867; d at Toronto 11 June 1940). Pearson, in partnership with Frank Darling, built up one of the most successful architectural practices in Canada. Trained at
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John Arpin

John (Francis Oscar) Arpin. Pianist, singer, composer, arranger, b Port McNicoll, near Midland, Ont, 3 Dec 1936, d Toronto 8 Nov 2007; ARCT 1953. John Arpin studied piano locally and 1950-3 at the Royal Conservatory of Music, and began his career in Toronto in 1957.
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John Arthur Fraser

John Arthur Fraser, artist, illustrator, teacher (b at London, Eng 9 Jan 1838; d at New York C, NY 1 Jan 1898). Soon after emigrating from England in 1858, Fraser joined the firm of William NOTMAN in Montréal as a tinter
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John Bach

John (Sebastian Peter) Bach. Teacher, performer, conductor, b Winnipeg 30 Jul 1908; LRAM 1930, ARCM 1931, ARAM 1943.
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