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Rita Lafontaine

Rita Lafontaine, OC, OQ, actor (born 8 June 1939 in Trois-Rivières, QC; died 4 April 2016 in Montréal).
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Rita Letendre

Rita Letendre, painter, printmaker (b at Drummondville, Qué 1 Nov 1928). After study at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal, Letendre was influenced by Paul-Émile BORDUAS and the AUTOMATISTES. In 1962 she travelled in western Europe and Israel.
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Rita MacNeil

Rita MacNeil, CM, ONS, singer, songwriter (born 28 May 1944 in Big Pond, NS; died 16 April 2013 in Big Pond, NS). Rita MacNeil was a soft-spoken, independent singer-songwriter in the folk, pop and country genres. Her passionate, resonant voice sang with both strength and fragility about overcoming adversity, earning her the loyalty of mainstream pop and country audiences in Canada and abroad. MacNeil was one of several Nova Scotian singers who brought the Cape Breton music scene to national and international prominence in the 1980s and 1990s. She was the top-selling country artist in Canada in 1990 and 1991, outselling such American stars as Garth Brooks and Clint Black. She released 24 albums and received three Juno Awards, four Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) Awards, a Gemini Award, and 12 East Coast Music Awards. She was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and named to the Order of Nova Scotia and the Order of Canada.
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Rita Wong

Rita Wong, poet, educator (born at Calgary, Alta 1968). Rita Wong grew up in Calgary. In 1990 she graduated from the UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY with a BA.
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Rivka Golani

Rivka Golani has made major contributions to the advancement of viola technique, and has been a source of inspiration to other players and to composers who have been motivated to write specifically for the instrument. More than 200 works have been written for Golani, including 30 concertos.
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Rivka Golani

Rivka Golani (formerly m Erdesz). Violist, visual artist (born 22 March 1946 in Tel Aviv, Israel; naturalized Canadian 1983). She began violin lessons at seven and became a pupil of Alexander Moskowsky at 18.
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Rj Staples

Rj Staples. Administrator, conductor, trumpeter, educator, broadcaster, b Grenfell, near Regina, 1904, d Richmond, BC, 9 Nov 1972; BA (Manitoba) 1931. In his home town he played in the dance and theatre orchestras and directed the band.
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Roald Amundsen

Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen, polar explorer, public speaker and author (born 16 July 1872 in Borge, Norway; disappeared 18 June 1928 over the Barents Sea, Arctic Ocean). Roald Amundsen led the first successful expedition by sea through the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic, sailing aboard the Gjoa from 1903 to 1906. During the voyage, he learned Inuit dress and Arctic survival practices that would be crucial to the success of his future voyages. In 1911, Amundsen became the first person to reach the South Pole. In 1926, he travelled to the Arctic by airship as part of the first verified expedition to reach the North Pole. (See also Arctic Exploration.)
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Roald Amundsen Crosses the Northwest Passage

The following article is an editorial written by The Canadian Encyclopedia staff. Editorials are not usually updated. The great Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen clung grimly to the tiller of his little ship Gjøa. Adrift in the remote waters of Simpson Strait, the Gjøa had just spent two agonizing weeks in August 1905 avoiding the death grip of the polar ice. Over and over the exhausted crew begged Amundsen to turn back. Haggard and ill, he had not eaten for days and he dared not sleep. He knew that his dream of sailing across the top of the world was within his grasp.
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Rob Bowman

Robert Maxwell James Bowman, musicologist, writer, record producer, broadcaster (born 21 June 1956 in Toronto, ON). Hon BA (York) 1978; MFA (York) 1982; PhD (Memphis) 1993. Rob Bowman began writing magazine articles about popular music as a teenager in 1971. In 1978 he completed an Honours B.A. in musicology at York University, and in 1982 completed an M.F.A. in ethnomusicology at the same university, studying under Robert Witmer. In 1983 he began PhD studies at the University of Memphis with David Evans.
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Rob Boyd

Rob Boyd, alpine skier (b at Vernon, BC 15 Feb 1966). A skier from age 3, he began competing at 11, and entered both national (Fleischmann Cup) and international (Nor-Am) competition at 14.
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Rob Ford

Robert Bruce Ford, municipal politician, mayor of Toronto 2010–2014 (born 28 May 1969 in Etobicoke, ON; died 22 March 2016 in Toronto, ON).
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Rob McConnell

Robert Murray Gordon McConnell, OC, valve trombonist, composer, arranger, bandleader (born 14 February 1935 in London, ON; died 1 May 2010 in Toronto, ON). A prominent Toronto studio musician and a trombonist in the bands of Maynard Ferguson and Bobby Gimby, Rob McConnell formed the Boss Brass in 1968. By 1976, it had evolved into a world-renowned big band. McConnell's arrangements drew wide praise for their subtle colouring and meticulous detail. He won five Juno Awards from 16 nominations, three Grammy Awards and a dozen Canadian National Jazz Awards. McConnell also led smaller bands on occasion, including a trio with Ed Bickert, and was very active as a music educator. In 1997, he received the Prix Oscar Peterson for lifetime achievement from the Festival international de jazz de Montréal (FIJM) and was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1998 and received a SOCAN National Achievement Award in 1999.
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rob mclennan

rob mclennan, writer, poet, editor, publisher (b at Ottawa 15 Mar 1970). A prominent figure in OTTAWA's writing community, rob mclennan has published prolifically in a variety of genres.
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Rob Piltch

Rob (Robert Philip) Piltch. Guitarist, composer, b Toronto 25 Dec 1956. He studied guitar in turn with Eli Kassner, Tony Bradan, and Hank Monis, composition with Gordon Delamont and Sam Dolin, piano with Darwyn Aitken, and guitar again with Robert Hamilton.
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