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    Joseph Sánchez

    Joseph Marcus Sánchez, artist, curator (born 24 February 1948 in Trinidad, Colorado, United States). In 1970, Joseph Sánchez travelled to Canada, settling in Richer, Manitoba. He became a founding member of Professional Native Indian Artists Inc., known widely as the Indian Group of Seven. Sánchez remained in Canada until 1975-76, leaving a lasting impact on the recognition and exposure of First Nations art and artists. Sánchez went on to become a community elder and political activist. He has worked as a museum director and curator for major galleries and exhibitions. His artwork has been exhibited extensively in Canada, the United States and Europe, and he has provided essays for a number of exhibition catalogues.

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    Joseph Saucier

    Joseph Saucier. Baritone, choirmaster, teacher, pianist, b Montreal 24 Feb 1869, d there 10 Apr 1941. He studied piano with his father, Moïse, and later with Charles-Marie Panneton and Dominique Ducharme, and first played in public at 10.

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    Joseph Tyrrell

    Joseph Burr Tyrrell, geologist, explorer, historian (born 1 November 1858 in Weston, Canada West; died 26 August 1957 in Toronto, ON). Tyrrell explored the vast areas of western and northern Canada, consolidating information gathered by earlier explorers and filling in blank spots on the maps, especially in the Northwest Territories, while working for 17 years for the Geological Survey of Canada (1881–98).

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    Alberta's Dinosaur Fossils

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

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    Joseph Umbrico

    Joseph Umbrico. Trumpeter, teacher, b Thorold, Ont 26 Apr 1934, d Toronto 6 Jan 2007. Joseph Umbrico was a pupil of Samuel Krauss at the Curtis Institute, and became principal trumpet of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in 1957 and principal emeritus in 1983.

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    Joseph Vermandere

    Vermandere, Joseph (Émile) (Brother Placide). Composer, organist, critic, b Heule, Belgium, 18 Jan 1901, d Montreal 23 Apr 1971; B MUS (Montreal) 1932, L MUS (Montreal) 1935, D MUS (Montreal) 1945. He and his family emigrated to Canada and settled in Montreal in 1908.

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    Joseph Vézina

    Joseph Vézina, conductor, organist, choirmaster, teacher, composer, music dealer, publisher (b at Québec City 11 Jun 1849; d there 5 Oct 1924).

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    Joseph Vézina

    (François) Joseph Vézina. Bandmaster, organist, choirmaster, teacher, composer, music dealer, publisher, b Quebec City 11 Jun 1849, d there 5 Oct 1924; honorary D MUS (Laval) 1922. He was educated at the École St-Jean-Baptiste and the Séminaire de Québec.

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    Joseph W. Baumann

    Joseph W. Baumann. Violinist, teacher, b Berlin (Kitchener), Ont, 29 Oct 1847, d Hamilton, Ont, 3 Apr 1905. He was self-taught until at 21 he departed for Vienna to study with Adolf Brodsky. Two years later he went to Berlin for private study with Joseph Joachim.

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    Joseph Wanton Morrison

    Joseph Wanton Morrison, British army officer and field commander, military figure in the WAR OF 1812 (b at New York, NY, 4 May 1783; d at sea, 15 Feb 1826). Morrison was born under the British flag in New York City, where his father served as commissary-general of North America.

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    Joseph Whiteside Boyle

    Joseph Whiteside Boyle (born 6 November 1867 in Toronto, ON; died 14 April 1923 in Hampton Hill, Middlesex, United Kingdom). Nicknamed Klondike Joe, Boyle founded a gold mining company and became a millionaire in the aftermath of the Klondike gold rush. During the First World War, he equipped a machine gun unit and was a spy with the British secret service in Russia and Romania. He also reorganized the Russian military supply network, rescued Romanian prisoners of war and became the confidant and possibly lover of Queen Marie of Romania.

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    Joseph Wiseman

    Joseph Wiseman, actor (b at Montréal 15 May 1918; d at Manhattan 19 Oct 2009). Joseph Wiseman is unforgettable as the titular archfiend Dr. No bent on destroying the world in the first James Bond film (1962). Wiseman often played villains of a cerebral nature.

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    Joseph Workman

    Joseph Workman, psychiatrist, educator (b near Lisburn, Ire 26 May 1805; d at Toronto 15 Apr 1894). He immigrated to Montréal in 1829 and received his MD from McGill in 1835.

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    Joseph Wright Sr

    Joseph Wright, Sr, oarsman (b at Toronto 13 Jan 1864; d there 18 Oct 1950). In 1950 Wright was named Canada's outstanding oarsman of the half-century. In 1885 he stroked a Toronto Argonaut crew to victory at the US Nationals.

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    Josèphe Colle

    Josèphe Colle. Soprano, teacher, b Nancy, France, 24 Aug 1929, naturalized Canadian 1958; BA, psychology (Montreal) 1955; premier prix, analysis and musical aesthetics (Cons national, Paris) 1956.

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