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    Derek Holman

    Derek Holman, CM, composer, organist, choir conductor, professor (born 16 May 1931 in Illogan, England; died 20 May 2019 in Ottawa, ON). Derek Holman worked at St. Paul’s Cathedral, Croydon Parish Church and the Royal School of Church Music in the United Kingdom before moving to Canada in 1965. He was organist-choirmaster at Toronto’s Grace Church on-the-Hill, choirmaster at Bishop Strachan School and a professor at the University of Toronto. He was perhaps best known for his collaborations with Robertson Davies, including on the children’s opera Doctor Canon’s Cure (1982). Holman was an associate of the Canadian Music Centre and a member of the Canadian League of Composers. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Church Music in 1972 and a Member of the Order of Canada in 2002.

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    Derek Lamb

    Derek Lamb, animator, producer, teacher, administrator (born at County Kent, UK 20 June 1936; died at Poullsbo, Wa 5 Nov 2005). Derek Lamb was inspired by the films of Norman MCLAREN, and came to Canada to join the NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA (NFB) in 1959.

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    Derek York

    Derek York, geophysics professor, science writer (b at Normanton, Yorkshire, Eng 12 Aug 1936; d at Toronto, 9 Aug 2007). A leader in the field of potassium-argon dating of rock, Derek York was a foreign principal investigator for NASA during the Apollo missions to the moon.

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    Derrick Inouye

    Inouye, Derrick. Conductor, violinist, b Vancouver 26 Nov 1956. After early training in flute, piano, and violin he attended the University of British Columbia 1973-5 as a violin major, and showed a strong aptitude for conducting.

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    Des McAnuff

    McAnuff grew up in Guelph and Scarborough, Ont, where he attended high school at Woburn Collegiate Institute and composed the music and lyrics for Urbania, the first of several rock musicals.

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    Des McAnuff (Profile)

    A quarter-century later, the rock fan and the rock star are partners. As director and co-writer of Tommy the musical, McAnuff helped Townshend resurrect his opus - a pinball portrait of the artist as a young autistic - on the Broadway stage.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on March 6, 1995

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    Jeanne Desjardins

    Jeanne Desjardins. Soprano, teacher, born Montreal 1 May 1903, died there 16 Apr 1961. After studies with Salvator Issaurel, she made her debut in 1923 in Debussy's cantata L'Enfant prodigue at the Monday Concerts sponsored by Raoul Vennat.

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    Desmond Hoebig

    Desmond Hoebig. Cellist, b Vancouver 18 Oct 1961; B MUS (Juilliard) 1981, M MUS (Juilliard) 1982. He studied cello 1968-78 in Vancouver with Ian Hampton, James Hunter, and Jack Mendelsohn, and first appeared as a soloist with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra at eight.

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    Devery Jacobs

    Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs, actor, writer, director (born 8 August 1993 in Kahnawà:ke, QC). Devery Jacobs’s breakout role was in the 2013 Jeff Barnaby film Rhymes for Young Ghouls, and she has gone on to achieve international recognition for her acting and filmmaking. Jacobs is a passionate advocate for Indigenous cultures and representation in movies and television.

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    Devina Bailey

    Devina Bailey. Mezzo-soprano, teacher, administrator, b Winnipeg; LRAM 1969, FTCL 1969. Bailey studied with Nina Dempsey, Gladys Whitehead, and Filmer Hubble, singing frequently in the 1950s in public and on CBC radio.

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    Christopher Dewdney

    Christopher Dewdney, poet, writer, artist (b at London, Ont 9 May 1951). Christopher Dewdney once said that the basic themes of his decidedly avant-garde work were science, madness and elegance.

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    Dezsö Mahalek

    Dezsö Mahalek. Cellist, teacher, b Hungary, ca 1890, d Vancouver 23 Mar 1961. He studied cello in Hungary and was a child prodigy.

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    Di Brandt

    Di (Diane Ruth) Brandt, poet, writer, professor (b at Winkler, Man, on 31 Jan 1952). Raised in the Mennonite community of Reinland, Manitoba, Di Brandt was educated at the Canadian Mennonite Bible College (Winnipeg), the University of Alberta, and the University of Toronto.

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    Diamond Jenness

    Diamond Jenness, anthropologist, archaeologist, linguist, arctic scholar (born 10 February 1886 in Wellington, New Zealand; died 29 November 1969 in Wakefield, QC).

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    Diana Carter

    Diana Elizabeth Carter, motorsport athlete, administrator (born 18 September 1937; died 27 September 2020 in Ladysmith, BC). After winning her very first race in a borrowed car, trailblazing auto racer Diana Carter went on to win more than 40 racing trophies between 1962 and 1967. The first woman to win an auto race in Canada, Carter emerged as the country’s top female driver in the male-dominated racing world. She won three consecutive Shell 4000 Coupe des Dames victories from 1963 to 1965. She also secured the CDRA Touring Class Championship in 1963, making her the first woman to win a CDRA championship. Carter's impressive achievements paved the way for women in motorsport and changed the landscape of Canadian auto racing. She was inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 2013. In 2025, the Museum of Toronto named Carter one of 52 women who shaped the city. This article was created in collaboration with Museum of Toronto.

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