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    Joanne Tod

    Joanne Tod, painter (b at Montréal 12 Feb 1953). Educated in the mid-1970s at Toronto's ONTARIO COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN where she studied painting, Joanne Tod first gained critical attention in 1982 with her participation in the artist-organized Toronto exhibition Monumenta.

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    Joao Alvares Fagundes

    Joao Alvares Fagundes, explorer (fl 1521). In 1520 he explored the coast south and west of Cape Race, Nfld, and perhaps entered the St Lawrence River. He may have sighted Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, Cape Breton Island and Sable Island.

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    Joao Fernandes

    Joao Fernandes, explorer (flourished 1486-1505). A Portuguese of the Azores, he had traded with Bristol from 1486. He likely sailed with John CABOT in 1498 as a pilot. Cabot's ship went down, but Fernandes returned with charts of discoveries around Greenland and Newfoundland.

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    Jocelyn (Joe) Paul

    Jocelyn Joseph Jean-Marie (Joe) Paul, infantry officer, general, army commander (born 28 July 1966 in Wendake, QC). A member of the Huron-Wendat First Nation, Paul is the first Indigenous officer to be appointed as Commander of the Canadian Army.

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    Jocelyn Pritchard

    Jocelyn (May) Pritchard (b Rogers). Pianist, choir conductor, b Yarmouth, NS, 24 Jul 1928; L MUS (Dalhousie) 1947, Associate in music (WBM) 1948, BA (Alberta) 1951.

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    Jocelyne Alloucherie

    Jocelyne Alloucherie, sculptor (b at Québec City, 1947). She is considered one of the best artists of three-dimensional work and designers of sculptural installations.

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    Jocelyne Binet

    Jocelyne Binet. Composer, pianist, teacher, b East Angus, near Sherbrooke, Que, 27 Sep 1923, d Quebec City 13 Jan 1968; B MUS (Montreal) 1943, L MUS composition (Montreal) 1946.

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    Jocelyne Larocque

    Jocelyne Larocque, hockey player, entrepreneur (born 19 May 1988 in Ste Anne, MB). Jocelyne Larocque is an award-winning hockey player. She has played hockey for the University of Minnesota Duluth and professional teams in Calgary, Brampton, Ottawa, Toronto and Minnesota. She earned the Tom Longboat Award commemorating outstanding contributions to sport by Indigenous athletes in Canada, and she played as a member of Canadian women’s hockey teams that won four Olympic medals and four World Championships (see also Tom Longboat).

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  • Macleans

    Jock Murray (Profile)

    If Aaron Sorkin doesn't have Jock Murray's number on speed dial, he should. Sorkin, creator of the television hit The West Wing, could learn a thing or two from the Dalhousie University neurologist.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on October 21, 2002

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    Jody Wilson-Raybould

    Jody Wilson-Raybould (“Puglaas” or “woman born of noble people” or “woman with integrity” in Kwak’wala), politician, lawyer (born 23 March 1971 in Vancouver, BC). Jody Wilson-Raybould is the independent MP for Vancouver Granville. She was federal minister of justice, attorney general and minister of veterans affairs in the government of Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Prior to her career in federal politics, she was a BC crown prosecutor, regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations, and member of the BC Treaty Commission. As Canada’s first Indigenous justice minister, Wilson-Raybould introduced groundbreaking legislation, including Bill C-14 on medically assisted dying, C-16 on gender identity and human rights, and C-45, The Cannabis Act. She has helped to build bridges between First Nations communities and the Canadian government and is committed to helping Indigenous peoples seek self-government and gain equality in education, health care and legal rights.

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    Joe Bocan

    ​Joe Bocan (née Johanne Beauchamp), Québécoise actress and singer (born 8 September 1957 in Montréal, QC).

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    Joe Bouchard

    Joe or Jos (Joseph) Bouchard. Violoneux, composer, b Pointe-au-Pic, near La Malbaie, Que, 6 May 1905, d Île d'Orléans, Que, 12 Jun 1979. At eight he began playing the violin and was taught the folk repertoire by Élie Sioué; by 14 he was a competent violoneux.

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  • Editorial

    Joe Boyle: King of the Klondike

    The following article is an editorial written by The Canadian Encyclopedia staff. Editorials are not usually updated.

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    Joe Clark

    Charles Joseph “Joe” Clark, PC, CC, journalist, author, 16th prime minister of Canada 1979-80, (born 5 June, 1939 at High River, AB). Clark was Canada's youngest prime minister when he took office one day before his 40th birthday. His brief term put a temporary end to 16 years of Liberal rule. He later gained respect as a senior minister in the Progressive Conservative government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, especially on the international stage.

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    Joe David

    Joe David, Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) artist (born in 1946 at Opitsat, BC). A member of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation, Joe David is a leading figure in modern Northwest Coast Indigenous Art.

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