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    Rolland Brunelle

    Rolland Brunelle, CQ, educator, violinist (born 29 May 1911 in Joliette, QC; died 18 June 2004 in Joliette). Rolland Brunelle was the recipient of the Canadian Music Council Medal (1983), the Prix d’Art de la SNQ de Lanaudière (1985), as well as the title of Chevalier of the National Order of Quebec (1992). His name appears in a class action lawsuit of more than 375 victims of sexual abuse committed by the Clercs de Saint-Viateur.

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    Rolland D'Amour

    (Joseph Prosper Jean-Baptiste) Rolland D'Amour-.

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    Rolland-G. Gingras

    Rolland-G. (Georges) Gingras. Organist, teacher, critic, composer, b Quebec City 21 Apr 1899, d there 14 Dec 1964; D MUS (Montreal) 1945. He began lessons in piano and organ with Omer Létourneau at 12 and continued with J.-Arthur Bernier, Henri Gagnon, and Berthe Roy.

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    Rolling Stones (Interview)

    Some of my colleagues at the magazine wondered whether we should even bother talking to the Rolling Stones. I'd been offered separate audiences with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Exclusive Canadian access. But I'd interviewed them before, eight years ago.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on September 9, 2002

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    Roloff Beny

    Roloff Beny, photographer (b Wilfred Roy Beny at Medicine Hat, Alta 7 Jan 1924; d at Rome, Italy 16 Mar 1984). Beny took up photography as a child. He also painted and had a watercolour show at age 15.

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    Roma Butler

    Roma Butler. Soprano, b St John's, Nfld, 30 Apr 1931; Artist Diploma voice (Toronto) 1953. She moved to Toronto in 1949 to study voice with Ernesto Vinci at the RCMT.

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    Roma McMillan

    Roma McMillan quickly assumed a prominent place among the region's traditional fiddlers, and went on to publish the books Roma McMillan's Favourite Valley Waltzes (Ottawa 1983) and Roma McMillan and Mostly Bows Favourite Valley Fiddle Tunes (Ottawa 1997).

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    Romain Gour

    Romain (Joseph Ferréol) Gour. Baritone, writer, b L'Assomption 19 Aug 1899, d Montreal 22 Jul 1968. He studied with Romain Pelletier and Raoul Paquet and took singing lessons from Salvator Issaurel ca 1921-4.

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    Romain-Octave Pelletier

    Romain-Octave I (Jean) (Octave) Pelletier (Peltier). Organist, pianist, composer, educator, writer on music, b Montreal 9 Sep 1843, d there 4 Mar 1927; honorary D MUS (Montreal) 1919. While very young he displayed a quick ear, correcting the errors of his two sisters who were studying piano.

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    Romain-Octave Pelletier II

    Romain-Octave II Pelletier (Peltier). Producer, critic, violinist, b St-Lambert, near Montreal, 26 Aug 1904, d there 11 Jan 1968; BA (Montreal) 1924, LL B (Montreal) 1927. After studies in law 1924-7 at the University of Montreal he became a notary and practised that profession 1928-33.

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    Romain Pelletier

    Romain Pelletier (Peltier). Organist, teacher, composer, b Montreal 22 Aug 1875, d there 24 Nov 1953.

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    Roman Kroitor

    Along with Colin Low, Kroitor directed UNIVERSE (1960), possibly the NFB's most honoured film.

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    Roman Toi

    Toi, Roman. Composer, choir conductor, organist, b Estonia 18 Jun 1916, naturalized Canadian 1957; ARCT composition 1973, PH D (Union Graduate School, Ohio) 1977. Toi studied 1942-3 at the Mozarteum, Salzburg, under Clemens Krauss, and at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Montreux, Switzerland.

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    Romanian Canadians

    Romania is a country in southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, Ukraine, Moldova and the Black Sea. The 2016 census reported 235, 050 people of Romanian origin in Canada (96, 910 single and 141, 145 multiple responses). 

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    Roméo Dallaire

    Roméo Antonius Dallaire, OC, CMM, GOQ, soldier, peace advocate, humanitarian, senator 2005–14 (born 25 June 1946 in Denekamp, the Netherlands). Roméo Dallaire served with distinction in the Canadian Armed Forces. In 1994, he led the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in Rwanda and witnessed the genocide there. He was so affected by it that he became a global advocate for victims of war and conflict. His account of the Rwandan genocide, Shake Hands With the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda (2003) won the Governor General's Literary Award for Non-Fiction. Dallaire was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2002 and a Grand officier of the Ordre national du Québec in 2005. He also served in the Senate of Canada from 2005 until 2014. He was inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame in 2021.

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