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Jean Southworth

Ethel Jean Southworth. Journalist, b Omemee, near Lindsay, Ont, 9 Jan 1923, d Ottawa, Ont, 23 May 2008; BA history (Toronto) 1944. She studied organ with Godfrey Hewitt.
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Jean Stilwell

(Marcia) Jean Stilwell. Mezzo-soprano, b Toronto 14 Aug 1955. She studied singing beginning in 1973 at the RCMT with William Perry and, later, privately with Patricia Kern.
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Jean Talon

Jean Talon, intendant of New France (baptized 8 January 1626 in Châlons-sur-Marne, France; died 24 November 1694 in France). He served as New France, Acadia and Newfoundland’s first "Intendant of Justice, Public order and Finances" between 1665–1668 and 1669–1672. Jean Talon was a determined, energetic, and imaginative servant of the king and his minister, Jean-Baptiste Colbert.
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Jean Vallerand

Jean Vallerand, composer, critic, administrator, teacher, violinist (b at Montréal 24 Dec 1915; d at Montréal 24 Jun 1994). His career as a critic began on Le Canada in 1941, followed by Montréal-Matin, LE
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Jean Vallerand

In 1940 Vallerand won the Schumann trophy at the Festival-concours de musique du Québec for his song "Les Roses à la mer," later performed by Jeanne Desjardins and Mary Henderson.
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Jean Vanier

Jean Vanier, CC, GOQ, philosopher, humanist, founder of L’Arche and co-founder of Faith and Light (born 10 September 1928 in Geneva, Switzerland; died 7 May 2019 in Paris, France). The son of Georges Vanier, governor general of Canada (1959–67), and Pauline Vanier (née Archer), Vanier worked as a navy officer and professor before devoting his life to advocating for persons with intellectual disabilities. After his death, investigations found that Vanier had sexually abused multiple women thereby raising questions about his legacy of service and reputation as a spiritual leader.
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Jean Vanier (Profile)

This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on November 30, 1998. Partner content is not updated. In a windowless conference room high in a Toronto office building, Jean Vanier is talking to a reporter about walls. "The whole pain of our world is the pain of walls," he says in a softly insistent voice.
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Jean Victor Allard

Jean Victor Allard, soldier (b at Saint-Monique de Nicolet, Qué 12 June 1913 - d at Trois-Rivières, Qué, April 23 1996).
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Jean Watson

Jean Watson. Contralto, b Belfast, Ireland, of Scottish parents, 25 Apr 1909; naturalized Canadian 1920. She moved to Hamilton, Ont in 1920. She studied at the TCM (RCMT) with Marian Kopp and Healey Willan, and sang in recital throughout Ontario.
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Jean Watts

Myrtle Eugenia “Jean” Watts (married name Lawson, a.k.a. Jim Watts), theatre artist, writer, activist (born 5 March 1909 in Streetsville, Ontario; died 23 May 1968 in Saanich, British Columbia). Jean Watts was a theatre director and journalist and an active member of the Communist Party of Canada. During the Spanish Civil War, she worked as a war correspondent as well as an ambulance driver and mechanic for the International Brigades. She was the only woman to join the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion.
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Jean Wilson

Jean Wilson, speed skater (b at Glasgow, Scot 19 July 1910; d at Toronto 3 Sept 1933). After winning international honours, she died of the muscular disease myasthenia gravis. Wilson started SPEED SKATING when she was 15.
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Jean-Yves Landry

Joseph Henri Jean-Yves Landry, producer, orchestra conductor (born 5 December 1925 in Trois-Rivières, QC; died 12 February 2003 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC).
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Jeanne Beker

Jeanne Beker, CM, television host, columnist (born 19 March 1952 in Toronto, ON). Fashion icon Jeanne Beker first rose to prominence as the co-host of Citytv’s groundbreaking music journalism program The New Music (1979–85) before hosting the long-running landmark fashion program Fashion Television (1985–2012).
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Jeanne Corbin

Jeanne Henriette Corbin, communist activist and union organizer (born in March 1906 in Cellettes, France; died 7 May 1944 in London, Ontario). A member of the Communist Party of Canada and secretary of the Canadian Labour Defense League, she defended the rights of Canadian workers for over 15 years. She gained particular prominence for her role in the lumber workers’ strike in Rouyn, Quebec in 1933.
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Jeanne Dusseau

Jeanne (b Ruth Cleveland) Dusseau (b Thom). Soprano, b Glasgow 2 Feb 1893, d ?. Taken to Toronto as a child she began voice study with M.M. Stevenson and at 16 was contralto soloist at Bloor St Baptist Church.
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