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    Marie-Philip Poulin

    Marie-Philip Poulin, CQ, hockey player (born 28 March 1991 in Quebec City, Quebec). Poulin is a five-time Olympian who holds the unique distinction of scoring the gold medal-winning goals for Canada at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi and the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. Team Canada won silver at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang and the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games. The forward has also won four world championships and two Clarkson Cup titles in the Canadian Women’s Hockey League championships. In 2022 Poulin became the first hockey player to score a goal in four Olympic gold medal matches, and in 2026 she became the all-time leading gold scorer in women’s Olympic hockey history. The recipient of numerous honours and awards, Poulin is considered one of the world’s top players and has been compared to fellow Canadian Sidney Crosby. She was named chevalière of the National Order of Québec (Ordre national du Québec).

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    Marie Rollet

    Marie Rollet, first Frenchwoman to settle in New France (born circa 1580 in Paris, France; died in May 1649 and buried 27 May 1649 in Quebec City, New France). She is recognized as the first female French farmer in New France, alongside her husband Louis Hébert.

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    Marie Saint Pierre

    In 1989 Saint-Pierre became the first Québec designer to participate at the Fashion Coterie of New York. Three years later she presented her collection in Singapore.

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    Marie Schilder

    Marie Schilder (b Rodker). Contralto of Finnish and Polish extraction, b London 26 Apr 1903. She studied voice with Anton Tausche 1926-8 in Vienna and 1929-33 at the Vienna Academy of Music and the Mozarteum in Salzburg.

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    Marie-Thérèse Lefebvre

    Marie-Thérèse Lefebvre, musicologist, professor (born 16 May 1942 in Montréal, Québec). 

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    Marie-Thérèse Paquin

    Marie-Thérèse Paquin. Pianist, coach, teacher, translator, b Montreal 4 Jul 1905, d there 9 May 1997.

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    Marie Tifo

    Marie Tifo, born Marie Thiffeault, actor (b at Chicoutimi, Que, 26 Sept 1948). This exceptional actor, whose career includes more than 80 theatrical productions, some 30 films and several television series, is among the most outstanding of her generation.

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    Marie Toulinguet

    Marie (b Georgina) Toulinguet (b Stirling). Soprano, b Twillingate, Nfld, 3 Apr 1867, d there 21 Apr 1935.

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    Marie Uguay

    Marie Uguay, poet (born 22 April 1955 in Montréal, Québec; died 26 October 1981 in Montréal). This young poet was truly a shooting star in the firmament of Québec poetry. 

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    Marie Wilson

    Marie Wilson, CM, ONT, journalist, professor, administrator (born in Petrolia, ON). Marie Wilson had a long and successful career as a journalist in Canada’s North. She created the North’s first daily television news service in 1995 and served as CBC North’s regional director. She later advised the South African Broadcasting Corporation on how to cover South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. In 2009, she became the lone non-Indigenous commissioner on Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Wilson has advocated for northern and Indigenous cultures and rights and is married to former Northwest Territories premier Stephen Kakfwi. She has served on the board of directors of CBC/Radio-Canada since 2017.

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    Marilyn Bowering

    Marilyn Bowering, poet, novelist, playwright (b at Winnipeg, Man 13 Apr 1949). Marilyn Bowering was born in Winnipeg but grew up in Victoria, BC. She was educated at the University of Victoria, where she earned an MA in English.

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    Marilyn Brooks

    Marilyn Brooks, CM, OOnt, fashion designer (born 13 November 1932 in Binghamton, NY; died 4 July 2026 in Toronto, ON). Brooks is widely recognized as an icon of Canadian fashion design.

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    Marilyn Buffalo

    Marilyn Buffalo, leader, educator, advocate, Indigenous rights policy analyst (born in 1950 in Maskwacis, AB). A member of the Samson Cree Nation, Marilyn Buffalo became the first Indigenous person appointed Advisor on Native Affairs at the University of Alberta. She was also formerly the president of the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC). Buffalo has been heavily involved in advocating for Indigenous rights her entire life, including her work on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and in advocating for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). One of her children is professional skateboarder Joe Buffalo.

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    Marilyn Engle

    (Judith) Marilyn Engle. Pianist, teacher, b Calgary 27 Jul 1946; B MUS (Juilliard) 1969, M SC MUS (Juilliard) 1970, MA (New York) 1975. Marilyn Engle's piano studies in Calgary with Gladys Egbert and in New York with Ilona Kabos led to first prizes in the 1966 CBC Talent Festival and the 1969 J.S.

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    Marilyn Harrison

    Marilyn (Ann) Harrison (b Hill). Piano teacher, producer, b Sydney, NS, 4 Mar 1939; ATCL (Trinity College of Music) 1969, LTCL (Trinity) 1975. Marilyn Harrison was raised in Nova Scotia. She married the pianist Robin Harrison and moved to Saskatoon, where she taught piano privately.

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