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    Marie-Mai

    Marie-Mai Bouchard, singer-songwriter, performer (born 7 July 1984 in Varennes, QC). With a musical mix of rock, electro and pop, coupled with a richly authentic voice and a versatile stage presence radiating energy and passion, Marie-Mai has captured a large audience. Winner of numerous Félix Awards, including several for Female Performer and Album of the Year, she has had three gold albums and two platinum albums in Canada, and has performed on some of the most important stages in the francophone world. She has also been recognized at the national level, winning SOCAN Awards for Most Performed Francophone Song in Québec and Songwriter of the Year.

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    Marie-Marguerite d'Youville

    Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, née Dufrost de Lajemmerais (born 15 October 1701 in Varennes, Quebec; died 23 December 1771 in Montreal). D'Youville was the founder of the Sisters of Charity of the Hôpital Général de Montréal, also known as the Grey Nuns. She was the first Canadian-born saint, canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1990.

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    Marie-Michèle Desrosiers

    Marie-Michèle Desrosiers. Singer, songwriter, stage-actress, 'animatrice,' b St-Eustache, near Montreal, 6 Mar 1950. She obtained a diploma in piano at the Lionel-Groulx College in Ste-Thérèse, Que, and also studied drama at the National Theatre School.

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    Marie-Nicole Lemieux

    Marie-Nicole, a singer with great versatility and an extensive range, began her career as a mezzo soprano, but later settled as a contralto.

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    Marie-Philip Poulin

    Marie-Philip Poulin, hockey player (born 28 March 1991 in Québec City, Québec). Poulin is a three-time Olympian who holds the unique distinction of scoring the gold medal-winning goals for Canada at both the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. She was also captain of the team that won silver at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang. The forward has also won a world championship and two Clarkson Cup titles in the Canadian Women’s Hockey League championships. The recipient of numerous honours and awards, Poulin is considered one of the world’s top players and has been compared to fellow Canadian Sidney Crosby.

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    Marie Rollet

    Marie Rollet, first Frenchwoman to settle in New France (born circa 1580 in Paris, France; died in May 1649 and buried 27 May 1649 in Quebec City, New France). She is recognized as the first female French farmer in New France, alongside her husband Louis Hébert.

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    Marie Saint Pierre

    In 1989 Saint-Pierre became the first Québec designer to participate at the Fashion Coterie of New York. Three years later she presented her collection in Singapore.

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    Marie Schilder

    Marie Schilder (b Rodker). Contralto of Finnish and Polish extraction, b London 26 Apr 1903. She studied voice with Anton Tausche 1926-8 in Vienna and 1929-33 at the Vienna Academy of Music and the Mozarteum in Salzburg.

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    Marie-Thérèse Lefebvre

    Marie-Thérèse Lefebvre, musicologist, professor (born 16 May 1942 in Montréal, Québec). 

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    Marie-Thérèse Paquin

    Marie-Thérèse Paquin. Pianist, coach, teacher, translator, b Montreal 4 Jul 1905, d there 9 May 1997.

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    Marie Tifo

    Marie Tifo, born Marie Thiffeault, actor (b at Chicoutimi, Que, 26 Sept 1948). This exceptional actor, whose career includes more than 80 theatrical productions, some 30 films and several television series, is among the most outstanding of her generation.

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    Marie Toulinguet

    Marie (b Georgina) Toulinguet (b Stirling). Soprano, b Twillingate, Nfld, 3 Apr 1867, d there 21 Apr 1935.

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    Marie Uguay

    Marie Uguay, poet (born 22 April 1955 in Montréal, Québec; died 26 October 1981 in Montréal). This young poet was truly a shooting star in the firmament of Québec poetry. 

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    Marie Wilson

    Marie Wilson, CM, ONT, journalist, professor, administrator (born in Petrolia, ON). Marie Wilson had a long and successful career as a journalist in Canada’s North. She created the North’s first daily television news service in 1995 and served as CBC North’s regional director. She later advised the South African Broadcasting Corporation on how to cover South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. In 2009, she became the lone non-Indigenous commissioner on Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Wilson has advocated for northern and Indigenous cultures and rights and is married to former Northwest Territories premier Stephen Kakfwi. She has served on the board of directors of CBC/Radio-Canada since 2017.

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    Marilyn Bowering

    Marilyn Bowering, poet, novelist, playwright (b at Winnipeg, Man 13 Apr 1949). Marilyn Bowering was born in Winnipeg but grew up in Victoria, BC. She was educated at the University of Victoria, where she earned an MA in English.

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