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Bob Ezrin

Robert Alan “Bob” Ezrin, OC, producer, keyboardist, songwriter, entrepreneur, philanthropist (born 25 March 1949 in Toronto, ON). Bob Ezrin is one of the music industry’s most successful record producers. He produced commercial breakthrough albums for Alice Cooper and KISS, as well as such classic rock staples as Pink Floyd’s The Wall, Peter Gabriel’s “Solsbury Hill” and The Kings’ “This Beat Goes On/Switchin’ to Glide.” Other artists Ezrin has worked with in his 50-year career include Lou Reed, Elton John, Rod Stewart, U2, Jay-Z and Taylor Swift. An Officer of the Order of Canada, Ezrin has been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame and Canada’s Walk of Fame. In early 2025, he moved back to Canada and renounced his US citizenship in protest of the second administration of US president Donald Trump.
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Bora Laskin

Bora Raphael Laskin, CC, FRSC, PC, legal scholar and educator, justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (1970–84), Chief Justice of Canada (1973–84) (born 5 October 1912 in Fort William [now Thunder Bay], ON; died 26 March 1984 in Ottawa, ON). Bora Laskin is generally considered Canada’s first great legal scholar, and one of the greatest legal minds in Canadian history. A towering intellectual, Laskin overcame pervasive anti-Semitism in the legal profession to become the 14th chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. He also played an integral role in modernizing the University of Toronto’s law school. His decisions and dissents helped shape a new era of Canadian civil liberties, much of which culminated in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982. Laskin was an ardent Canadian federalist. He sided with Pierre Trudeau on constitutional issues and argued in favour of strong federalism via a powerful and public Supreme Court.
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Brent Carver

Brent Christopher Carver, actor (born 17 November 1951 in Cranbrook, BC; died 4 August 2020 in Cranbrook). Brent Carver was one of Canada’s most versatile and soulful actors. He tackled the classics at the Stratford Festival (1980–87) and gave critically acclaimed performances in musical theatre, cabaret and film. The New York Times described him as “sensitive, soft-spoken yet nakedly emotional.” His performance in the 1993 Broadway production of Kiss of the Spider Woman earned him a Tony Award. Associated with Robin Phillips, who directed him both at Stratford and at Theatre London (1983–84), Carver also worked closely with John Neville at Edmonton's Citadel Theatre. Carver received the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in 2014.
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Brethren in Christ

Brethren in Christ (identified as "Tunkers" in Canada in the 19th century) were a group of Christians who shared the Anabaptist belief in adult baptism.
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British-Inuit Peace Treaty

The British-Inuit Peace Treaty was signed at Chateau Bay, Labrador, on 21 August 1765, between Newfoundland Governor Hugh Palliser and representatives of the Inuit of central and southern Labrador. The British had suggested the treaty to resolve tensions between the Inuit and the British, support British interests and provide the Inuit with the protection of the British and certain other benefits. (See also Treaties with Indigenous Peoples in Canada and Indigenous-British Relations Pre-Confederation.)
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Brother Twelve

Brother Twelve (also, Brother XII), religious leader (b Edward Arthur Wilson at Birmingham, Eng 25 July 1878; d at Neuchatel, Switz 7 Nov 1934?).
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Brother XII (Edward Arthur Wilson)

Brother XII (Brother Twelve) was one of Canada’s most notorious cult leaders. A mystic figure who dreamed of transforming humanity, he left behind a failed utopia and deep mystery.
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Brothers of the Christian Schools

The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools is a Catholic religious order founded by Jean-Baptiste de La Salle in France in 1680. In Canada, members are generally referred to as Christian Brothers or De La Salle Brothers. They are not to be confused with the Congregation of Christian Brothers who were founded by Edmund Rice in Ireland in 1802 and whose members in Canada were also called Christian Brothers or Irish Christian Brothers. The Brothers of the Christian Schools were a major force in Catholic education in Canada, especially in Quebec. They first arrived in Montreal in 1837, then experienced numeric growth, geographic expansion and a solid reputation over the next 125 years. The Brothers underwent a significant exodus and decline in vocations with the dramatic religious and social changes spawned by the Second Vatican Council and the Quiet Revolution.
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Bruno Roy

Bruno Roy, writer, novelist, essayist, poet, teacher, orphan, activist (born 16 February 1943, in Montreal, QC; died in Montreal on 6 January 2010). A prolific writer, Roy is also recognized as spokesman and president of the Duplessis Orphans Committee. (See also Duplessis Orphans.)
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Byelorussian Canadians

Byelorussian Canadians (Byelarussians, Belarusians) originate from Belarus and are considered an eastern Slavic people. In 2016, 20,710 Canadians reported themselves as being mainly or partly Byelorussian.
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Cabbagetown

Cabbagetown, a district in east-central Toronto, the general boundaries of which are the Don River on the east, Parliament St on the west, Gerrard St on the north, and Queen St on the south.
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Calvin Ruck

Calvin Woodrow Ruck, CM, senator, social worker, human rights activist, author (born 4 September 1925 in Sydney, NS; died 19 October 2004 in Ottawa, ON). Ruck took leading roles in the Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Coloured People, the NS Association of Social Workers, and the Black Cultural Society of Nova Scotia. He was the third Black Canadian appointed to the Senate.
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Camilla, Queen Consort

Camilla, Queen Consort, formerly Duchess of Cornwall (born 17 July 1947 in London, United Kingdom), is the second wife of King Charles III, monarch of Canada, the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth Realms. She has undertaken five official tours of Canada with the then Prince of Wales, including celebrations for the 150th anniversary of Confederation in 2017 and Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022.
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Camille Roy

Camille Roy, priest, professor, literary critic (b at Berthier-en-Bas, Qué 22 Oct 1870; d at Québec City 24 June 1943). Though largely outmoded today, Roy's work was representative of his generation.
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Camille Turner

Camille Turner, artist (born 11 March 1960 in Kingston, Jamaica). Camille Turner’s new media and performance works question Canadian identity and notions of belonging, and interrogate the erasure of Black history from Canadian narratives. Turner is active throughout Canada and internationally, where she regularly performs as her beauty queen persona, Miss Canadiana.
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