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    Col Albert Gooderham

    Gooderham, Col Albert (Edward). Financier, patron, soldier, b Toronto 2 Jun 1861, d there 25 Apr 1935; honorary LL D (Toronto) 1924, appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) 1935 (but not invested).

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    Colette Boky

    Boky, Colette, née Giroux, soprano, professor (b at Montréal 4 June 1935). On the advice of conductor Jean Deslauriers, she began vocal training in 1953. She made her Canadian debut (1961) in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro and her European debut (1964) in Haydn's The Apothecary.

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    Colette Boky

    Colette (Marie-Rose Élisabeth) Boky (b Giroux). Soprano, b Montreal 4 Jun 1935; premier prix voice (CMM) 1962. In 1953 Jean Deslauriers heard her at an amateur competition and advised her to study voice, which she did 1953-5 at the École Vincent-d'Indy, and later privately with Laurette Bailly.

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    Colette Whiten

    Colette Whiten, sculptor (b at Birmingham, Eng 7 Feb 1945).

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    Colin Low

    Colin Archibald Low, CM, film director, producer (born 24 July 1926 in Cardston, AB; died 24 February 2016 in Montréal, QC ).

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    Colin Fox

    Colin Fox, actor (b at Aldershot, Ont 20 Nov 1938). Colin Fox is a distinguished character actor who studied English at the University of Western Ontario and attended the NATIONAL THEATRE SCHOOL in Montréal. He began acting in plays at the Grand Theatre in London, Ont.

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    Colin James

    Colin James, guitarist, songwriter (b at Regina 17 Aug 1964). Colin James began learning guitar at age 8, and played mandolin with the traditional group Sod Hut and the Buffalo Chips at 14.

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    Colin Linden

    Colin Linden. Guitarist, songwriter, singer, producer, b Toronto 16 Apr 1960. Blues-oriented musician Colin Linden lived for a time in White Plains, New York, before his family returned to Toronto in 1971.

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    Colin McAdam

    Colin McAdam, novelist. (Born 1971 in Hong Kong) Colin McAdam is best known for his novels, Some Great Thing (2004), Fall (2009) and A Beautiful Truth (2013). His work has also appeared in The Walrus, Harpers and Granta. He has won the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, and teaches creative writing at Humber College in Toronto.

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    Colin McPhee

    Colin McPhee, composer, ethnomusicologist, pianist, professor (b at Montreal, 15 Mar 1900; d at Los Angeles, 7 Jan 1964). 

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    Colin McPhee

    McPhee, Colin (Carhart). Composer, ethnomusicologist, pianist, writer, b Montreal 15 Mar 1900, d Los Angeles 7 Jan 1964.

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    Colin Mochrie

    Colin Andrew Mochrie, actor, comedian, writer, director (b at Kilmarnock, Scotland 30 Nov 1957). Colin Mochrie has a dry, languid approach to comedy that few of his contemporaries can match or even imitate.

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    Colin Tilney

    Colin (Graham) Tilney. Harpsichordist, fortepianist, performer of Baroque keyboard music, teacher, b London 31 Oct 1933; BA modern languages and music (King's College, Cambridge) 1958, B MUS (Cambridge) 1959.

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    First Nations

    This collection features content related to the First Nations of Canada. Through the use of videos, articles and more, it explores issues concerning First Nations history, identity and culture. 

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    Colleen Dewhurst

    Colleen Dewhurst, actress (born at Montréal 3 June 1926; died at Wisboro, NY 22 Aug 1991). Her family moved to the US Midwest when she was 5. She made her professional debut in The Royal Family (NY 1946), while still a student at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

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