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Rita Letendre, painter, printmaker (b at Drummondville, Qué 1 Nov 1928). After study at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal, Letendre was influenced by Paul-Émile BORDUAS and the AUTOMATISTES. In 1962 she travelled in western Europe and Israel.
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Rita MacNeil, CM, ONS, singer, songwriter (born 28 May 1944 in Big Pond, NS; died 16 April 2013 in Big Pond, NS). Rita MacNeil was a soft-spoken, independent singer-songwriter in the folk, pop and country genres. Her passionate, resonant voice sang with both strength and fragility about overcoming adversity, earning her the loyalty of mainstream pop and country audiences in Canada and abroad. One of several Nova Scotian singers who brought the Cape Breton music scene to national and international prominence in the 1980s and 1990s, she was the top-selling country artist in Canada in 1990 and 1991, outselling such American stars as Garth Brooks and Clint Black. She released 24 albums and received three Juno Awards, four Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) Awards, a Gemini Award, and 11 East Coast Music Awards. She was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and named to the Order of Nova Scotia and the Order of Canada.
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Rita MacNeil. Singer, songwriter, born Big Pond, Cape Breton, NS, 28 May 1944, died there 16 April 2013; honorary D LITT (New Brunswick) 1988, honorary D LITT (St Mary's) 1989, honorary LL D (St Francis Xavier) 1993, honorary D LITT (Mount Saint Vincent) 1993, honorary D LITT (University College of Cape Breton) 1994.
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Rita Wong, poet, educator (born at Calgary, Alta 1968). Rita Wong grew up in Calgary. In 1990 she graduated from the UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY with a BA.
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Rivka Golani has made major contributions to the advancement of viola technique, and has been a source of inspiration to other players and to composers who have been motivated to write specifically for the instrument. More than 200 works have been written for Golani, including 30 concertos.
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Rivka Golani (formerly m Erdesz). Violist, visual artist (born 22 March 1946 in Tel Aviv, Israel; naturalized Canadian 1983). She began violin lessons at seven and became a pupil of Alexander Moskowsky at 18.
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Rj Staples. Administrator, conductor, trumpeter, educator, broadcaster, b Grenfell, near Regina, 1904, d Richmond, BC, 9 Nov 1972; BA (Manitoba) 1931. In his home town he played in the dance and theatre orchestras and directed the band.
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Roald Amundsen, arctic explorer (b at Sarpsborg, Norway 16 July 1872; d between Norway and Spitsbergen 18 June 1928). Amundsen went to sea as a young man. Determined to navigate the NORTHWEST PASSAGE, he purchased the Gjoa, readied it for arctic waters and embarked in 1903.
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The following article is an editorial written by The Canadian Encyclopedia staff. Editorials are not usually updated. The great Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen clung grimly to the tiller of his little ship Gjøa. Adrift in the remote waters of Simpson Strait, the Gjøa had just spent two agonizing weeks in August 1905 avoiding the death grip of the polar ice. Over and over the exhausted crew begged Amundsen to turn back. Haggard and ill, he had not eaten for days and he dared not sleep. He knew that his dream of sailing across the top of the world was within his grasp.
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Robert Maxwell James Bowman, musicologist, writer, record producer, broadcaster (born 21 June 1956 in Toronto, ON).
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Rob Boyd, alpine skier (b at Vernon, BC 15 Feb 1966). A skier from age 3, he began competing at 11, and entered both national (Fleischmann Cup) and international (Nor-Am) competition at 14.
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Robert Bruce Ford, municipal politician, mayor of Toronto 2010–2014 (born 28 May 1969 in Etobicoke, ON; died 22 March 2016 in Toronto, ON).
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Rob (Robert Murray Gordon) McConnell. Valve trombonist, composer, arranger, bandleader, b London, Ont, 14 Feb 1935, d Toronto, 1 May 2010; honorary D LITT (St Francis Xavier) 1986.
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rob mclennan, writer, poet, editor, publisher (b at Ottawa 15 Mar 1970). A prominent figure in OTTAWA's writing community, rob mclennan has published prolifically in a variety of genres.
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Rob (Robert Philip) Piltch. Guitarist, composer, b Toronto 25 Dec 1956. He studied guitar in turn with Eli Kassner, Tony Bradan, and Hank Monis, composition with Gordon Delamont and Sam Dolin, piano with Darwyn Aitken, and guitar again with Robert Hamilton.
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