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    Myriam Bédard

    Myriam Bédard, biathlete (b at Loretteville, Que 22 Dec 1969). Bédard took up biathlon while a cadet at the age of 15 and entered her first competition the next year using rented skis. 

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    Myrna Kostash

    Myrna Kostash, writer, journalist, translator (b at Edmonton 2 Sept 1944). Born and raised in Edmonton, Alta, Myrna Kostash studied at the Universities of Alberta and Washington and received her BA from the University of Alberta in 1965.

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    Myrna Lorrie

    Myrna (Lorraine) Lorrie (b Petrunka). Singer, songwriter, guitarist, b Cloud Bay, near Thunder Bay, Ont, ca 1941. She began singing at 12 on CKPR radio (Fort William, now Thunder Bay) and at 14 recorded 'Are You Mine?' with Buddy DuVal.

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    Myrtle Cook-McGowan

    Myrtle Cook-McGowan, athlete, journalist (born 5 Jan 1902 in Toronto, ON; died 18 Mar 1985 in Elora, ON). Myrtle Cook participated in the 1928 Olympic Games in track and field, making her one of the first women to represent Canada at the Olympics.

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    Myrtle Guerrero

    Myrtle Guerrero (b Rose, later m Knox-Leet). Educator, b North Battleford, Sask, 5 Aug 1906, d Oakville, Ont, 11 Aug 1995; ATCM 1939. After private studies 1917-28 in Lethbridge, Alta, she continued her training 1928-32 at the TCM, where her piano teachers were Peter C. Kennedy and Alberto Guerrero.

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    Nadia Myre

    Nadia Myre, visual artist (born in 1974 in Montréal, QC). Nadia Myre is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice draws its inspiration from the audience’s participation, as well as from recurring themes of identity, language, desire and loss. She is very active on the Canadian art scene and participated in the Biennale of Sydney in 2012 and the Shanghai Biennale in 2014, the same year that she received the Sobey Art Award. 

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    Nadia Strycek

    Nadia Strycek, pianist, teacher (born 20 December 1934 in Herentals, Belgium; died 3 January 2016 in Montréal, QC). Born of Czech parents, Nadia Strycek became a naturalized Canadian in 1972. At the age of 11 she was admitted to the Royal Conservatory of Brussels where she won premiers prix in solfège, dictation, theory, piano and chamber music.

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    Nadia Turbide

    Nadia Turbide. Musicologist, teacher, translator, broadcaster, b Montreal 12 Jun 1945; BA music (Montreal) 1965, ARCT 1966, B MUS (McGill) 1969, MMA musicology (McGill) 1976, PH D musicology (Montreal) 1986.

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    Nadine Caron

    Nadine Rena Caron, OBC, surgeon, researcher, mentor, educator, patient advocate, community leader (born 1970 in Kamloops, BC). Nadine Caron was the first female First Nations student to graduate from the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine. She was also the first female First Nations general surgeon in Canada. For many years, Caron has highlighted the needs and voices of northern, rural and Indigenous populations in Canada.

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    Nadine Hunt

    Nadine Hunt, trade union executive (b at Kingston, Ont).

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    Nahani

    Nahani (also Nahanni, Nahane) is a Dene word that has been used to designate Indigenous peoples in British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and Yukon. Nahani is an inaccurate and inappropriate name for any specific group or for any cultural-linguistic grouping. It has been replaced by correct designations as identified by the various Indigenous peoples it was originally meant to encompass in these regions (see also Subarctic Indigenous Peoples in Canada).

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    Naheed Nenshi

    Naheed Kurban Nenshi, leader of Alberta NDP 2024–present, mayor of Calgary 2010–21, business consultant, professor (born 2 February 1972 in Toronto, ON). Naheed Nenshi was elected mayor of Calgary for three terms and served from 2010 to 2021. He was the first Muslim mayor of a major North American city. He was also the first Canadian mayor to be awarded the World Mayor Prize by the British-based City Mayors Foundation. Nenshi was known for pioneering the use of social media in political campaigns. He also promoted civic engagement, completed various large infrastructure projects and guided Calgary’s recovery following devastating floods in 2013. He won the leadership of the Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP) in June 2024 and won a seat in Edmonton–Strathcona in a by-election in June 2025.

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    Naida Cole

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    Naim Kattan

    Naim Kattan, writer, literary critic (b at Baghdad, Iraq 26 Aug 1928). Kattan studied law at the University of Baghdad before studying literature at the Sorbonne. His fictionalized memories of these years appeared as Adieu, Babylone (1975) and Les Fruits arrachés (1977).

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    Nanabozo

    Nanabozo (Nanabozho or Nanabush) is a culture hero, creator and trickster of various Indigenous oral histories. He is known by a variety of names and appears prominently in many origin tales. In the modern era, Nanabozo, like other Indigenous culture heroes, has proved useful to Indigenous peoples seeking a return to traditional approaches to learning and storytelling. 

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