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    Michel Tremblay

    Michel Tremblay, writer, playwright, screen writer (born on 25 June 1942 in Montreal, QC). 

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    Michel Vaillancourt

    Michel Vaillancourt (born St-Félix-de-Valois, Que., 26 Jul 1954). Athlete Michel Vaillancourt competed in the SUMMER OLYMPICS in EQUESTRIAN SPORTS.

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    Michèle Boucher

    Michèle Boucher. Soprano, b Shawinigan, Que, 8 Jun 1948; premier prix voice (CMM) 1976. After piano studies she studied singing at the Conservatoire de Hull 1969-72 with Gaston Germain, then at the CMM 1973-76 with Pierre Mollet and Linda Narducci.

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    Michèle Lalonde

    Michèle Lalonde, poet, playwright and essayist (born 28 July 1937 in Montreal, Quebec; died 22 July 2021 in Montreal). With a degree in philosophy from the Université de Montréal, Michèle Lalonde is best known for her committed poetry and her political views regarding Quebec and the language issue. Her most famous poem is Speak White.

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    Michèle Richard

    Michèle (Michelle) Richard. Singer, entertainer, actress, b Sherbrooke 17 Apr 1946. She first sang professionally at 10 on her father, Ti-Blanc's, CHLT-TV program and two years later made the single 'Main dans la main.

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    Micheline Beauchemin

    Micheline Beauchemin, tapestry weaver (b at Longueuil, Qué 24 Oct 1930; d at Québec 29 Sept 2009). Beauchemin began her career making stained-glass windows but early on turned to the vibrant colours found in skeins of wool to hook, weave and embroider spectacular wall hangings.

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    Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux

    Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux, née Coulombe, composer, teacher (b at Notre-Dame-de-la-Doré, Qué 9 Aug 1938; d at Montréal 2 Feb 1985). Her teachers included Claude CHAMPAGNE, Clermont PÉPIN and Pierre Schaeffer.

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    Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux

    Saint-Marcoux (b Coulombe), Micheline Coulombe. Composer, teacher, b Notre-Dame-de-la-Doré, near Roberval, Que, 9 Aug 1938, d Montreal 2 Feb 1985; B MUS (Montreal) 1962, premiere prix composition (CMM) 1967.

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    Micheline Lanctôt

    She began her acting career in 1972, winning an Etrog (now called a Genie) award for best female performance for her starring role in Gilles CARLE's La Vrai Nature de Bernadette.

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    Micheline Tessier

    (Hélène) Micheline Tessier. Soprano, teacher, administrator, b Paris 21 Jul 1932, d Montreal 25 Feb 2006; lauréat voice (AMQ) 1950, BES (Quebec Ministry of Education) 1970. Tessier studied voice with Roger Filiatrault 1945-9 at the École normale de musique in Westmount and 1949-53 privately.

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    Michelle Boudreau

    Michelle Boudreau moved to Quebec as a young child. She briefly studied piano, but was mainly self-taught until a prize in 1972 prompted her to pursue music seriously. She studied with Edna Marie Hawkin and later attended l'École Vincent d'Indy (1973- 75).

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    Michelle Douglas

    Michelle Douglas, LGBTQ activist and advocate, humanitarian, civil servant (born 30 December 1963 in Ottawa,ON). Michelle Douglas began a promising career in the Canadian Armed Forces in 1986 but was honourably discharged for being a lesbian. She launched a successful lawsuit against the military that resulted in the end of its discriminatory policy against gays and lesbians. Douglas has gone on to work with numerous charitable organizations and was director of international relations at the Department of Justice. In September 2019, she became executive director of the LGBT Purge Fund.

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    Michelle Good

    Michelle Frances Good, author, lawyer, poet (born 7 October 1956 in Kitimat, BC). Michelle Good is a Cree writer, lawyer and poet, perhaps best known for her debut novel Five Little Indians. As a lawyer, Good is best known for advocating for residential school survivors. In addition to writing two books, she has contributed poetry, short stories and essays to anthologies and magazines published in Canada. 

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    Michelle O’Bonsawin

    Michelle O’Bonsawin, justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, lawyer, law professor (born in 1974 in Hanmer, Ontario). Michelle O’Bonsawin was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada on 1 September 2022, making her the first Indigenous justice to serve on the Court. An Abenaki member of the Odanak First Nation, O’Bonsawin is also Franco-Ontarian. She is known for her expertise on matters relating to Indigenous law and legal issues — in particular the Gladue principles — as well as labour, mental health and privacy issues.

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    Michelle Quintal

    Michelle Quintal. Organist, teacher, concert organizer, b Charlemagne, near Montreal, 19 Sep 1940; premier prix organ and deuxième prix history (CMM) 1966, premier prix orgue (Vienna Academy) 1970.

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