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Don Iveson

Donald L. Iveson, environment and community advocate, mayor of Edmonton 2013–21, journalist (born 30 May 1979 in St. Albert, AB). Beginning in 2007, Don Iveson served two terms as an Edmonton city councillor and then two terms as mayor. He became Edmonton’s 35th mayor in 2013, winning nearly 62 per cent of the vote. He was known for his progressive work on homelessness, social housing and the environment. As chair of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Big City Mayors Caucus, he called for a national expansion of social housing policy. Since stepping down as mayor in 2021, Iveson has worked with several community and environmental organizations.
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Don Jamieson

Donald Campbell Jamieson, broadcaster, politician, diplomat (b at St John's 30 Apr 1921; d at Swift Current, Nfld 19 Nov 1986).
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Don McKellar

Donald McKellar, CM, actor, screenwriter, director (born 17 August 1963 in Toronto, ON). One of Canada’s most acclaimed and prolific stars, the multi-talented Don McKellar has enjoyed success as an actor, writer and director in film, television and theatre, often assuming multiple roles in a production. Equal parts laconic and loopy, he is best known for playing quirky, unconventional leading men and collaborating on unique, visionary independent films. He was a key player in the Toronto New Wave, collaborating with Bruce McDonald and Atom Egoyan on such films as Roadkill (1989), Highway 61 (1991), The Adjuster (1991) and Exotica (1994). He received the Prix de la Jeunesse at the Cannes Film Festival for his directorial debut, Last Night (1998), and won a Tony Award for co-writing the hit musical The Drowsy Chaperone. He is a Member of the Order of Canada and has won multiple Genie and Canadian Screen Awards.
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Don McManus

Donald Leslie McManus, bass, actor (born 30 August 1932 in Edmonton, AB; died 24 February 2020 in Toronto, ON). While studying voice 1950-8 in Vancouver with Anna Nicholls and William Morton, he made his acting debut (1952) at TUTS. Dramatic and singing engagements followed with such organizations as the Vancouver International Festival (1958, Commendatore in Don Giovanni), the Bastion Theatre in Victoria, the Vancouver Opera, Melodyland in Berkeley, Cal, and the J.C. Williamson Theatre Co in Australia, which invited him to perform in several Gilbert & Sullivan operettas.
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Don Messer

Donald Charles Frederick Messer, fiddler, band leader, radio broadcaster (born 9 May 1909 in Tweedside, NB; died 26 March 1973 in Halifax, NS). Don Messer was an icon of Canadian folk music.
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Don Messer and His Islanders

Messer, who began playing the violin at five, learned fiddle tunes from local players - his uncle Jim Messer, Bowman Little, Charlie Bell, and others - and Scottish and Irish songs from his mother. At seven he was performing at barn dances, weddings, and other social gatherings in the area.
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Don Palmer

Don (Donald Charles) Palmer. Saxophonist, flutist, teacher, b Sydney, NS, 9 Apr 1939.
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Don Ross

Guitarist, composer, b Montreal, of Scottish-Mi'kmaq parents, 19 Nov 1960; BFA (York) 1983.
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Don Thompson

Donald “Don” Winston Thompson, pianist, bassist, vibraphonist, drummer, composer, arranger, recording engineer (born 18 January 1940 in Powell River, BC). Jazz musician Don Thompson (not to be confused with jazz musician Don “D.T.” Thompson) was self-taught as a bass, piano and vibraphone player. Comfortable in a wide range of styles, he developed a versatility largely without precedent in contemporary jazz. He began his career in Vancouver in 1960 with Chris Gage and others. He then travelled in 1965 and 1966 in the US with saxophonist John Handy (appearing as the bassist on Handy's popular Live at Monterey LP) before moving to Toronto in 1969. He was a member of Rob McConnell’s Boss Brass as both a bassist and pianist. Thompson’s discography includes 11 albums under his own name and many others as a sideman. He also played an important role as a teacher and mentor, won three Juno Awards, and was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
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Don “D.T.” Thompson

William Don “D.T.” Thompson, saxophonist, composer, arranger (born 19 September 1932 in Drumheller, AB; died 21 March 2004 in Vancouver). Don Thompson was a mainstay of the Toronto jazz scene in the 1960s. He often went by D.T. Thompson to avoid confusion with fellow jazz musician Don Thompson, also active in Toronto during the same period. D.T. led singer Tommy Ambrose in a big band ensemble and played and recorded with Pat Riccio, Wray Downes, Rob McConnell and Fred Stone. Most notably, he toured and recorded with Anne Murray as her musical director from 1971 to 1981. He also arranged songs for John Allan Cameron and Gordon Lightfoot.
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Don Wright

Don (Donald John Alexander) Wright. Choir conductor, arranger, composer, educator, b Strathroy, near London, Ont, 6 Sep 1908, d Toronto 27 June 2006; BA classics (Western Ont) 1933, honorary D Mus (Western) 1986, honorary L Mus (Western Ont Conservatory) 1987, honorary D Mus (Victoria) 2001.
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Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal

Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, fur trader, railroad financier, diplomat (born 6 August 1820 in Forres, Scotland; died 21 January 1914 in London, England). Smith was a leading businessman, politician, diplomat and philanthropist of the 19th and early 20th century. He was governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company, president of the Bank of Montreal and high commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom. Smith also played an important role in the development of the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal and the Royal Victoria College for women at McGill University.
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Donald Allan Ramsay

Donald Allan Ramsay, CM, FRSC, FRS, physicist (born 11 July 1922 in London, England; died 25 October 2007 in Ottawa, ON).
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Donald Anstey Steven

A member of the McGill faculty from 1975 to 1992, Steven then moved on to head the Conservatory of Music at the State University of New York at Purchase.
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Donald Bell

Donald (Munro) Bell. Bass-baritone, b South Burnaby, BC, 19 Jun 1934. In 1948, while still a pupil of Nancy Paisley Benn in Vancouver, he sang with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
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