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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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    Roméo Larivière

    Larivière, Roméo (Clément). Composer, Gregorianist, b Montreal 21 Nov 1880, d Joliette, Que, 5 Mar 1939. He joined the Clercs de Saint-Viateur as a teaching brother while very young and was attached mainly to St-Joseph College in Berthierville and the Bourget College in Rigaud, Que.

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    Roméo Mastrocola

    Roméo Mastrocola. Violinist, administrator, b Montreal 19 Mar 1914, d there 28 May 1984. He began his studies at nine with Émile Taranto and Eugène Chartier privately and with Maurice Onderet at the McGill Cons.

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    Ron Hynes

    Ron Hynes, singer, songwriter, guitarist, actor (born 7 December 1950 in St. John's, NL; died 19 November 2015 in St. John’s). One of Canada's most esteemed songwriters, Ron Hynes is often referred to as the “man of a thousand songs.” His debut solo album, Discovery (1972), was the first album of entirely original material by a Newfoundland artist. He is best known for the 1976 folk classic “Sonny’s Dream,” which has been covered by more than 200 artists, including Emmylou Harris, Stan Rogers and Great Big Sea. Hynes won a Genie Award and numerous East Coast Music Awards. He was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2020.

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    Ron Mann

    Ronald Mann, director, producer, writer, distributor (born 13 June 1958 in Toronto, ON). 

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    Ron Paley

    Paley, Ron (Ronald Frank). Composer, arranger, pianist, bass guitarist, b Winnipeg 20 Nov 1950; B MUS (Manitoba) 1972. He studied piano with William Aide at the University of Manitoba and with Ray Santisi 1972-3 at the Berklee College of Music.

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    Ron Sexsmith

    Ronald (Eldon) Sexsmith. Singer-songwriter, guitarist, b St Catharines, Ont, 8 Jan 1964. Raised in St Catharines, Ron Sexsmith aspired to songwriting at a young age and in his early teens began to teach himself the guitar.

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    Ronald Albert Martin

    Ron Martin, painter (b at London, Ont 28 April 1943). Ron Martin studied at H.B. Beal Secondary School in London, Ont, began working in a studio shared with Murrary FAVRO in 1964, and had his first solo exhibition in Jack Pollock's gallery in Toronto in 1965.

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    Ronald Benjamin Moppett

    Since 1966, his work has been exhibited extensively in solo and group exhibitions in Canada and abroad.

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    Ronald Bloore

    Bloore was instrumental in inviting Barnett Newman to lead the summer workshop at EMMA LAKE, Saskatchewan, in 1959, an event of lasting influence on the Regina art scene. In 1960 he organized an exhibition of a group, including himself, that became known as the REGINA FIVE.

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    Ronald de Kant

    Ronald de Kant, clarinetist (born 30 October 1931 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; died 22 June 2016 in Cincinnati, Ohio). Artist Diploma (Juilliard) 1953. 

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    Ronald Gibson

    Ronald (Wilson) Gibson. Organist-choir master, conductor, pianist, teacher, critic, violist, b Maidstone, Kent, England, 28 May 1903, d Winnipeg 14 Dec 1993; ACCO 1927, B MUS (Manchester) 1949, ARMCM 1949, honorary LL D (Winnipeg) 1972. Gibson's family settled in Mordmen, Man, when he was 10.

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    Ronald Gilmour Everson

    Ronald Gilmour Everson, poet (b at Oshawa, Ont 18 Nov 1903; d at Burlington, Ont. 16 Feb. 1992). Educated at U of T and Osgoode Hall, Everson practised law before moving into public relations.

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    Ronald James Thom

    Ronald James Thom, architect (b at Penticton, BC 15 May 1923; d at Toronto 29 Oct 1986). He first became known nationally as the designer of MASSEY COLLEGE in Toronto (1963) while still a partner of Thompson, Berwick and Pratt, Vancouver.

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