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    Heintzman & Co. Ltd.

    Heintzman & Co. Ltd. Piano manufacturing and retailing business based in Toronto 1866-1978 and relocated in Hanover, Ont, 1978-86 under the amended name Heintzman Ltd.

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    Heinz Unger

    Heinz (Heinrich) Unger, conductor (born 14 Dec 1895 in Berlin, Germany; died 25 February 1965 in Toronto, ON)

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    Helen Belyea

    Helen Reynolds Belyea, OC, FRSC, geologist (born 11 February 1913 in Saint John, NB; died 20 May 1986 in Calgary, AB). Helen Belyea was the second woman to work for the Geological Survey of Canada and one of the first female geologists to work in the field alongside male colleagues. She spent the majority of her career in Alberta after the discovery of oil in Leduc. She was a recognized authority on the Devonian geologic system in Western Canada.

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    Helen (Callaghan) Candaele St. Aubin

    Helen (née Callaghan) Candaele St. Aubin, professional baseball player (born 13 March 1923 in Vancouver, B.C.; died 8 December 1992 in Santa Barbara, California). Helen Callaghan was a top amateur softball player in Vancouver before starring in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). She led the league in batting average in 1945, leading sportswriters to call her “the feminine Ted Williams.” An outfielder, she was known for a strong throwing arm and for speed and wile on the basepaths. She was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum with the other Canadian AAGPBL players in 1998; she was inducted individually in 2021. Her youngest son, Casey Candaele, enjoyed a nine-year career in Major League Baseball. He is the only MLB player whose mother also played professional baseball.

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    Helen Creighton

    (Mary) Helen Creighton.

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    Helen Dahlstrom

    Helen Arline Dahlstrom (née Underbakke), teacher, pianist, organist, choir conductor (born 5 June 1917 in Regina, SK; died 25 July 2013 in Victoria, BC). ATCM 1930, L MUS (Saskatchewan) 1932.

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    Helen Gregory MacGill

    Helen Gregory MacGill, judge, journalist, musician (born 7 January 1864 in Hamilton, Canada West; died 27 February 1947 in Chicago, Illinois). Helen Gregory MacGill was a pioneering journalist, feminist and judge. She was the first woman to graduate from Trinity College (now the University of Toronto), as well as the first woman judge in British Columbia, where she served on the juvenile court for 23 years. Her daughter, Elsie MacGill, became the world’s first female aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer.

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    Helen Griffith Wylie Watson

    Helen Griffith Wylie Watson, née McArthur, nursing administrator (b at Stettler, Alta 11 July 1911; d at Guelph, Ont 15 Dec 1974). A graduate of U of A, Watson received her first practical experience as a public-health nurse at an isolated settlement in the Peace River country during the Depression.

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    Helen Irene Battle

    Helen Irene Battle, zoologist, educator (b at London, Ont 31 Aug 1903; d there 17 Jun 1994). A pioneering Canadian zoologist and much-loved teacher, she was emeritus professor of zoology at the University of Western Ontario from 1972.

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    Helen Jane Shaver

    Helen Jane Shaver, actor, director, producer (born at St Thomas, Ont 24 Feb 1951). Helen Shaver developed a love of literature as a child when she was confined to bed with rheumatic fever.

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    Helen Kalvak

    Helen Kalvak, graphic artist (b on Victoria I, NWT 1901; d at Holman [Ulukhaktok], NWT 7 May 1984).

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    Helen Mussallem

    Helen Kathleen Mussallem, CC, nursing educator, reformer and administrator (born 7 January 1915 in Prince Rupert, BC; died 9 November 2012 in Ottawa, ON). Mussallem started her career as a nurse at Vancouver General Hospital and was deployed overseas during the Second World War. She was instrumental in reforming nursing education in Canada and around the world. In her 18 years as the executive director of the Canadian Nurses Association, she helped transform nursing into a profession and promoted its role within Canada’s health care system.

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    Helen Kelesi

    Helen Mersi Kelesi, tennis player (b at Victoria 15 Nov 1969). By the time she was 12, she was the top junior player (under 18) in western Canada. At age 13, she won the Canadian Junior Nationals and the Taipei International Junior Open.

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    Helen Kerr

    Helen Kerr, industrial designer, inventor (born 1959 in Montréal, QC). Drawn to industrial design by a desire to “make stuff,” Kerr’s practice has developed and expanded over the past quarter century.

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    Helen Litz

    Helen Litz (b Wilms). Conductor, arranger, composer, adjudicator, b Winnipeg 7 Jun 1932; diploma (Manitoba Teachers' College) 1962.

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