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    Marjorie Biggar

    Marjorie (May) Biggar. Mezzo-soprano, b Vancouver ca 1938; LRAM 1960, ARAM 1965. She studied with Scott Robertson in Vancouver, Jennie Tourel in Aspen, Colo, and Astra Desmond and Olive Groves at the RAM, London.

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    Marjorie Lowry Christie Pickthall

    Marjorie Lowry Christie Pickthall, writer, poet (b at Gunnersbury, England, 14 Sep 1883; d at Vancouver, 19 Apr 1922). Born in England, Marjorie Pickthall immigrated to Canada with her family in 1889. They settled in Toronto, where Pickthall attended St.

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    Marjorie Wilkins Campbell

    Marjorie Wilkins Campbell, author (b at London, Eng 1901; d at Toronto 23 Nov 1986). Campbell's career as a writer of historical fiction reflects her affinity for the early Canadians, developed from childhood after her family immigrated to the Saskatchewan Qu'Appelle Valley in 1904.

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    Mark Anthony Jarman

    Mark Anthony Jarman, novelist, short story writer, travel writer (born 1955 in Edmonton, AB). 

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    Mark Critch

    Mark Critch, comedian, actor, writer (born at St. John's, Nfld 1974). Mark Critch's career in sketch comedy began in St. John's when he was 15.

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    Mark Dubois

    Mark (Christopher) Dubois. Tenor, b Toronto 9 Nov 1953; Artist Diploma (Toronto) 1977, Artist Diploma opera (Toronto) 1979. He began singing at six as a boy chorister and soloist at St Augustine's Anglican Church in Toronto, where he worked with choir director Donald Hanson.

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    Mark George Prent

    Mark George Prent, sculptor (b at Lodz, Poland 23 Dec 1947, Canadian citizen 1948). Prent works with plastics such as polyster resin, fibreglass and found objects and occasionally bronze. His works are extremely realistic and frequently feature motion or sound.

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    Mark Godden

    Mark Godden, choreographer and dancer (b at Dallas, Texas 21 Sept 1958), initially studied to be an actor.

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    Mark Kingwell

    Mark Kingwell, philosopher, writer, critic (b at Toronto 1 March 1963). Mark Kingwell was born in Toronto but grew up on air force bases across Canada, from Prince Edward Island to Manitoba, where he attended a Jesuit high school for boys. He completed a BA at the University of Toronto, and a M.

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    Mark McKinney

    In 1989 The Kids in the Hall debuted on the CBC in Canada and on HBO in the US. Along with the other four members, Mark McKinney was responsible for writing the series.

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    Mark Miller

    Mark David Miller, writer, photographer (born 6 November 1951 in Toronto, ON). Mark Miller is one of Canada’s most respected jazz critics.

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    Mark Robson

    Mark Robson, director, editor, writer, producer (born at Montréal 4 Dec 1913; died at London, UK 20 Jun 1978). Mark Robson was educated at the University of California and began his career as a prop boy for Twentieth Century Fox.

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    Mark Sirett

    Mark Geoffrey Sirett, CM, composer, conductor, music educator and choral clinician (born 1952 in Kingston, Ontario). Mark Sirett is a choral conductor and composer based in Kingston. He is the founding artistic director of the award-winning Cantabile Choirs of Kingston and is known as a composer and arranger of choral music, with almost 200 published works. Several of his compositions have won national awards, and he has received two international awards for his conducting.

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    Mark Starowicz

    In 1969 he moved to Toronto. There he joined CBC Radio and during the 1970s produced five programs including "Radio Free Friday," "Five Nights" and "Commentary.

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    Markoosie Patsauq

    Markoosie Patsauq, Inuk writer, pilot, community leader (born 24 May 1941 near Inukjuak [then Port Harrison], QC; died 8 March 2020 in Inukjuak, QC). The life of Markoosie Patsauq intersected dramatically with many of the most significant events affecting Inuit in 20th century Canada. He survived upheaval and trauma, both collective and individual, and went on to be the first Inuk and the first Indigenous person in Canada to publish a novel. Uumajursiutik unaatuinnamut, or Hunter with Harpoon, appeared serially in 1969–70 in Inuktitut and then as an English adaptation in late 1970. Patsauq’s writing career spanned many decades and included fiction as well as essays on topics ranging from his flying career to his experiences of colonization and injustice. (See also Influential Indigenous Authors in Canada.)

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