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    Steven Dann

    Dann, Steven (Arthur). Violist, b Burnaby, BC, 27 Dec 1953; B MUS (Toronto) 1977. He began violin studies with Harry Gomez, and continued with him after switching to viola in 1970. Dann was a member 1969-73 of NYO.

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    Steven Galloway

    Steven Galloway is widely known for his international bestseller The Cellist of Sarajevo and for the controversy surrounding his dismissal as head of the creative writing program at the University of British Columbia.

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    Steven Gellman

    Steven Gellman, composer, pianist (b at Toronto 16 Sept 1947). After early studies with Samuel Dolin in Toronto, Steven Gellman attracted attention in 1964 as soloist in his piano concerto, with the CBC Symphony Orchestra, and as first Canadian recipient of a BMI Award for student composers.

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    Steven Gellman

    Steven (David) Gellman. Composer, pianist, teacher, b Toronto 16 Sep 1947; premiere prix analysis (Paris Conservatory) 1975, premiere prix composition (Paris Conservatory) 1976.

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    Steven Guilbeault

    Steven Guilbeault, PC, MP, politician, ecologist, author, columnist and lecturer (born 9 June 1970 in La Tuque, Quebec). In 2009, French magazine Le Monde recognized Guilbeault as one of the world’s 50 leading figures in the field of sustainable development. The Cercle des Phénix de l’environnement du Québec also recognized Guilbeault the same year. Guilbeault earned recognition through his work with Greenpeace and as a co-founder of Équiterre. He also served as a columnist for various media outlets, including Métro, Radio-Canada, La Presse and Corporate Knight magazine. During the 2019 federal election, Guilbeault was elected the Liberal Member of Parliament for Montreal’s Laurier─Sainte-Marie riding. Shortly thereafter, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed Guilbeault to his Cabinet as minister of Canadian heritage.

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    Steven Heighton

    Steven Heighton, poet, novelist, essayist (born 14 August 1961 in Toronto, ON; died 19 April 2022 in Kingston, ON). Steven Heighton was known for his award-winning poetry and bestselling fiction. His collection of poetry The Waking Comes Late (2016) won the Governor General’s Award while his novels The Shadow Boxer (2000) and Every Lost Country (2010) were national bestsellers. An accomplished writer who could move fluidly between poetry and prose, Heighton’s work has been praised for its exploration of place, culture and politics and has been translated into ten languages.  

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    Steven Heinemann

    ​Steven Heinemann, ceramist (born 1957 in Toronto, ON). Heinemann explores the binary between culture and nature, interior and exterior surfaces, all within the tightly controlled ceramic vessel.

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    Steven Henrikson

    Steven (Tracy) Henrikson. Bass-baritone, teacher, adjudicator, b Stettler, Alta, 12 Jul 1942, B MUS (British Columbia) 1967, diploma in concert singing (Hochschule für Musik, Munich) 1974, M MUS (British Columbia) 1975.

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    Steven Point

    Steven Lewis Point (Xwĕ lī qwĕl tĕl), OC, OBC, lawyer, judge, chief, lieutenant-governor of British Columbia (born 28 July 1951 in Chilliwack, BC). A member of the Skowkale First Nation, Point was 23 years old when he began his career as chief of that community in 1975. He served in the role of chief for a total of 15 years on several occasions. From 1994 to 1999, he was tribal chair of the Stó:lō Nation and Grand Chief of Stó:lō Tribal Council. Point was also the chiefs' representative for the Stó:lō Nation Government House. He was appointed Chief Commissioner of the British Columbia Treaty Commission in 2005. Point went on to become the first Indigenous lieutenant-governor of BC in 2007. In 2020, he also became the first Indigenous chancellor of the University of British Columbia.

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    Steven McCaffery

    Steven McCaffery, poet, essayist (b at Sheffield, Eng 24 Jan 1947). A prolific theorist and practitioner of sound and concrete poetry, he was educated at the University of Hull and York University in Toronto. 

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    Steven Staryk

    At six Steven Staryk began violin studies with John Moskalyk, continuing 1942-56 with Elie Spivak, Chris Dafeff, John Dembeck and Albert Pratz; and in New York with Mischa Mischakoff, Oscar Shumsky, and Alexander Schneider.

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    Steven Truscott Case

    At the age of 14, ​Steven Truscott was wrongly convicted of killing his 12-year-old schoolmate Lynne Harper. Five decades later he was exonerated.

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    Stewart Grant

    Stewart Grant. Conductor, composer, oboist, teacher, b Fort William (Thunder Bay), Ont, 30 Dec 1948; premier prix oboe (CMM) 1969, L MUS (McGill) 1969, B MUS (McGill) 1971.

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    Stewart Henbest Capper

    Stewart Henbest Capper, architect, educator, army officer (b at London, Eng Dec 1859; d at Cairo, Egypt 8 Jan 1925). He graduated in classics from Edinburgh University 1880 and in 1884 entered the École des beaux-arts, Paris. Returning to Edinburgh 1887, he soon set up his own practice.

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    Stewart Lemoine

    He staged his first play, All These Heels, at Edmonton's first fringe festival in 1982. He had a breakthrough in 1986 with Cocktails at Pam's, a real-time, on-stage depiction of a cocktail party that goes horribly wrong.

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