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    Ukrainian Music in Canada

    Towards the end of the 19th century large numbers of Ukrainians began to arrive in Canada; the majority settled in the Prairie provinces. By the late 1980s there were over 950,000 Ukrainian Canadians, the largest concentrations in Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, and Montreal.

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    Ukrainian Shumka Dancers

     The Ukrainian Shumka Dancers of Edmonton are perhaps the most well known of Canada's 230 Ukrainian dance groups and schools.

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    Ukrainian Writing

    Ukrainian Writing in Canada began in the 1890s with the first major wave of UKRAINIANS. The first story was written in 1897 by Nestor Dmytriw while he was visiting Calgary, and the first poem in 1898 by Ivan Zbura near Edmonton.

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    Ulrich Leupold

    Ulrich (Siegfried) Leupold. Musicologist, Lutheran minister, administrator, b Berlin 15 Jan 1909, d Kitchener, Ont, 9 Jun 1970; PH D musicology (Berlin) 1932, honorary DD (Knox College) 1969. His father was an organist, his mother a voice teacher.

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    Ulysse Comtois

    Ulysse Comtois, sculptor and painter (born 2 March 1931 in Granby, QC; died 10 July 1999 in Saint-Hyacinthe, QC).

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    Ulysse Paquin

    Ulysse Paquin. Bass, b Alpena, Mich, 20 Jul 1885, d Montreal 16 Nov 1972. He took his classical studies with the Jesuits, first in Chicago and then in Montreal. He was a bank manager, but left the world of finance in 1913 to embark on a singing career.

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    Uri Mayer

    Uri Mayer. Conductor, violist, born Tîrgu-Mures, Rumania, 4 Aug 1946, naturalized Canadian 1976; post-graduate diploma (Juilliard) 1970, Hon D MUS (Western Ontario) 2009.

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    Urjo Kareda

    Urjo Kareda, theatre director, dramaturge, arts journalist (b at Tallinn, Estonia 9 Feb 1944; d at Toronto 26 Dec 2001), was a key figure in the arts in Canada, from his earliest involvement in 1970 (as a film and theatre critic) until his death (as artistic director of the Tarragon Theatre). 

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    Ursula Malkin

    Elizabeth Ursula Malkin, pianist, teacher (born 6 June 1908 in Vancouver, BC; died 29 September 1996). ATCM 1928, B MUS (British Columbia) 1964. 

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    Vághy String Quartet

    The Vághy String Quartet. Formed 1965 at the Juilliard School by the Vághy brothers, Dezsö, first violin and Tibor, viola (who were born in Hungary and had studied in Budapest, Vienna, and Hamburg), Stephen Kecskeméthy, second violin, and Edward Culbreath, cello.

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    Valdine Anderson

    Anderson's opera career blossomed in 1995 with her European debut as the Maid in the premiere of Thomas Adès' Powder Her Face at the Cheltenham Festival.

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    Valdy

    Valdy (b Valdemar Horsdal). Singer-songwriter, guitarist, b Ottawa, of Danish parents, 1946. Valdy began his career playing guitar in rock and country groups. In 1966 he made his home in British Columbia, where he farmed for several years near Sooke.

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    Valérie

    Valérie (1969), the first of a group of erotic films now known as "maple-syrup porno," launched the career of director Denis HÉROUX.

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    Valerie Tryon

    Valerie Tryon. Pianist, teacher, b Portsmouth, England, 5 Sep 1934, naturalized Canadian 1986; ARCM 1948, LRAM 1948, FRAM 1984, hon LWCM (Conservatory Canada) 1991, hon D LITT (McMaster) 2000.

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    Vance Ronald Rodewalt

    Rodewalt, Vance Ronald, cartoonist (b at Edmonton 7 Oct 1946). Raised on a ranch near Lake Isle, Alta, and educated in Edmonton, Rodewalt's artistic talent came naturally. He won a scholarship to the Banff School of Fine Arts when he was 10 years old but didn't attend.

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