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    Josée Kurtz

    Marie Thérèse Josée Kurtz (née Boisclair), naval officer, rear admiral, maritime commander (born 2 October 1968 in Joliette, QC). A career naval officer, Kurtz has achieved many firsts as a woman in both the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). Kurtz was the first woman to command a major warship (HMCS Halifax, 2009), Standing NATO Maritime Group (SNMG2, 2019), and RCN coastal formation (Maritime Forces Atlantic, 2023). Kurtz was also the first female commandant of the Royal Military College (2021).

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    Josef Skvorecky

    After the 1968 Soviet invasion, Skvorecky and his wife, the actress-novelist Zdena Salivarova, came to Toronto, where Skvorecky served as writer-in-residence at the UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO for a year and in 1971 joined its English department, where he taught literature and film until 1990.

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    Joselito Arocena

    Dr. Joselito (Lito) Modancia Arocena, soil scientist (born 5 March 1959 in Liliw, Laguna, Philippines; died 20 December 2015 in Prince George, BC). A soil researcher, Arocena was a founding faculty member of the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) and held its first Canada Research Chair appointment in 2001. He was known by his nickname “Lito.” He helped found the Natural Resources and Environmental Studies Institute (NRESi). Arocena collaborated internationally with universities in Spain, Germany, France and China and held an adjunct professorship with Wenzhou University.

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    Joseph A. Fowler

    Joseph-A Fowler. Organist, choirmaster, pianist, composer, teacher, b Montreal 1845, d there 4 Jan 1917. Born of an Irish father and a French-Canadian mother, he was one of the first piano pupils of Paul Letondal.

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    Joseph A. Ghiz

    Ghiz was elected president of the PEI Liberals in 1977 and became their leader in 1981. His inexperience was a factor in the Liberals' unsuccessful bid for power in the 1982 election.

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    Adélard Godbout

    Joseph-Adélard Godbout, agronomist, professor, leader of the Quebec Liberal Party and premier of Québec (born 24 September 1892 in Saint-Éloi, Québec; died 18 September 1956 in Montréal, Québec).

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    Joseph-Alcide Chaussé

    Joseph-Alcide Chaussé, architect, author (b at St-Sulpice, Qué 7 Jan 1868; d at Montréal 7 Oct 1944). After working in private practice in Montréal, Chaussé was building inspector for the city

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    Joseph Alexander Gray

    Joseph Alexander Gray, physicist (b at Melbourne, Australia 7 Feb 1884; d at London, Eng 5 Mar 1966). After graduating from Melbourne U in 1907, Gray worked in Sir Ernest RUTHERFORD's laboratory in Manchester, Eng, concentrating on the study of the interaction of electrons and X-rays with atoms.

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    Joseph-Alexandre DeSève

    Joseph-Alexandre DeSève, film distributor and producer, benefactor (b at Montréal 14 Sept 1896; d there Sept 1968). After a diverse career, DeSève began in the 1930s to import, distribute and screen films.

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    Joseph-Alfred Mousseau

    Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, lawyer, journalist, writer, politician, judge, premier of Québec 1882-84 (b at Berthier-en-Haut, LC 18 July 1838; d at Montréal 30 Mar 1886). Mousseau was admitted to the bar in 1860 and practised civil and criminal law for 20 years, becoming QC in 1873.

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    Joseph Algernon Pearce

    Joseph Algernon Pearce, astrophysicist (b at Brantford, Ont 7 Feb 1893; d at Victoria, BC 8 Sept 1988). Together with J.S.

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    Joseph Allard

    Joseph Allard, violoneux, composer (born 1 July 1873 in Woodlands [now Léry], QC; died 14 November 1947 near Montréal, QC).

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    Joseph-Alphonse Couture

    Joseph-Alphonse Couture, veterinarian (b at Ste-Claire, Qué 15 Dec 1850; d at Québec C 12 Mar 1922). He served in the Canadian militia 1866-68 against the FENIANS and then in the Papal ZOUAVES in Italy 1868-70.

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    Joseph-Alphonse Ouimet

    Joseph-Alphonse Ouimet, engineer, CBC president (b at Montréal 12 June 1908; d there 20 Dec 1988). Educated at Université de Montréal and McGill, Ouimet worked for a firm developing television and built a prototype TV receiver in 1932.

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    Joseph-Antoine Le Febvre de La Barre

    Joseph-Antoine Le Febvre de La Barre, governor of New France 1682-85 (b in France 1622; d at Paris, France 1688). La Barre's administration in New France was disastrous, particularly from a military point of view. Like many governors, he enriched himself in the FUR TRADE.

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