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    Jocelyne Binet

    Jocelyne Binet. Composer, pianist, teacher, b East Angus, near Sherbrooke, Que, 27 Sep 1923, d Quebec City 13 Jan 1968; B MUS (Montreal) 1943, L MUS composition (Montreal) 1946.

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  • Macleans

    Jock Murray (Profile)

    If Aaron Sorkin doesn't have Jock Murray's number on speed dial, he should. Sorkin, creator of the television hit The West Wing, could learn a thing or two from the Dalhousie University neurologist.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on October 21, 2002

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    Jody Wilson-Raybould

    Jody Wilson-Raybould (“Puglaas” or “woman born of noble people” or “woman with integrity” in Kwak’wala), politician, lawyer (born 23 March 1971 in Vancouver, BC). Jody Wilson-Raybould is the independent MP for Vancouver Granville. She was federal minister of justice, attorney general and minister of veterans affairs in the government of Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Prior to her career in federal politics, she was a BC crown prosecutor, regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations, and member of the BC Treaty Commission. As Canada’s first Indigenous justice minister, Wilson-Raybould introduced groundbreaking legislation, including Bill C-14 on medically assisted dying, C-16 on gender identity and human rights, and C-45, The Cannabis Act. She has helped to build bridges between First Nations communities and the Canadian government and is committed to helping Indigenous peoples seek self-government and gain equality in education, health care and legal rights.

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    Joe Bocan

    ​Joe Bocan (née Johanne Beauchamp), Québécoise actress and singer (born 8 September 1957 in Montréal, QC).

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    Joe Bouchard

    Joe or Jos (Joseph) Bouchard. Violoneux, composer, b Pointe-au-Pic, near La Malbaie, Que, 6 May 1905, d Île d'Orléans, Que, 12 Jun 1979. At eight he began playing the violin and was taught the folk repertoire by Élie Sioué; by 14 he was a competent violoneux.

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  • Editorial

    Joe Boyle: King of the Klondike

    The following article is an editorial written by The Canadian Encyclopedia staff. Editorials are not usually updated.

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    Joe Clark

    Charles Joseph “Joe” Clark, PC, CC, journalist, author, 16th prime minister of Canada 1979-80, (born 5 June, 1939 at High River, AB). Clark was Canada's youngest prime minister when he took office one day before his 40th birthday. His brief term put a temporary end to 16 years of Liberal rule. He later gained respect as a senior minister in the Progressive Conservative government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, especially on the international stage.

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    Joe David

    Joe David, Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) artist (born in 1946 at Opitsat, BC). A member of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation, Joe David is a leading figure in modern Northwest Coast Indigenous Art.

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    Joe Davidson

    Joe Davidson, labour leader (b at Shotts, Scot 1915; d at Motherwell, Scot 23 Sept 1985). Always political, he described himself as an evolutionary socialist "with the proviso that evolution needed a shove at every opportunity.

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  • Macleans

    Joe DiMaggio (Obituary)

    In the 13 years that Joe DiMaggio played centre field for the New York Yankees, he patrolled a Grand Canyon in left-centre with the grace and sweep of a sea gull.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on March 22, 1999

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    Joe Flaherty

    Joseph O’Flaherty, actor, writer (born 21 June 1941 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; died 1 April 2024). Joe Flaherty was an American comedian who came to Canada in 1973 to help establish the Toronto branch of the Chicago Second City comedy troupe. He is the only performer, apart from Andrea Martin, to have appeared in every episode of SCTV over the eight-year run of the satirical TV comedy show. His best-known characters were Guy Caballero, the unscrupulous station owner who rode around in a wheelchair to get “respect,” and Count Floyd. Flaherty and the SCTV cast won an Emmy Award in 1982 and another in 1983, as well as the Earle Grey Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 1995 Gemini Awards.

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    Joe Handley

    Handley moved to the Northwest Territories in 1985 to assume the position of deputy minister of education with the government of the Northwest Territories.

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    Joe Schlesinger

    Josef Schlesinger, CM, journalist, foreign correspondent (born 11 May 1928 in Vienna, Austria; died 11 February 2019 in Toronto, ON). Joe Schlesinger was a globe-trotting journalist who immigrated to Canada after fleeing Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. As a long-time correspondent for the CBC, he covered some of the major world events of the 20th century, including the Vietnam War, the Iranian Revolution and the fall of the Berlin Wall. A Member of the Order of Canada, he received a lifetime achievement award from the Canadian Journalism Foundation and was inducted into the CBC News Hall of Fame.

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    Joe Sealy

    Joseph Arthur Sealy, pianist, organist, composer, actor (born 16 August 1939 in Montréal, QC).

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    Joe Shuster

    Joe Shuster, cartoonist (born 10 July 1914 in Toronto, ON; died 30 July 1992 in Los Angeles, California). In 1933, along with writer Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster created the Superman comic book character.

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