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    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Symphony Nova Scotia (SNS). Halifax orchestra formed in 1983 as a successor to the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, whose assets Symphony Nova Scotia acquired.

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    Taber Child

    In 1961, fragments of a human infant skull from were recovered from the banks of the Oldman River near Taber, Alberta. 

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    Tagak Curley

    Tagak Curley, ONu, Inuit politician, administrator (born in 1944 on Southampton Island, just north of Hudson Bay, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut). A strong advocate of Inuit concerns, Curley was a founding member and first president of what is now the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami.

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    Tagish

    Tagish peoples, also known as the Carcross/Tagish First Nation, are Indigenous peoples in Canada. The Carcross/Tagish First Nation in located in Carcross, Yukon, and has been self-governing since 2006. According to the Government of Canada, there were 708 registered members of Carcross/Tagish First Nation in 2021.

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    Tahltan

    Tahltan are Dene, an Indigenous people in Canada. Tahltan have traditionally occupied an area of northwestern British Columbia centered on the Stikine River. Although the Tahltan use several terms to refer to themselves, the designation "Tahltan" comes from the language of their neighbours, the Tlingit. Today, the Tahltan Central Government represents the interests of the Tahltan members, both on and off reserve.

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    Takao Tanabe

    Takao Tanabe, artist, painter (b at Prince Rupert, BC 16 Sept 1926).

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    Talbert Carey

    Talbert Carey. Choirmaster, b Millgrove 16 Jun 1856, d 20 Jan 1909.

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    Talivaldis Kenins

    Talivaldis Kenins, composer, professor (b at Liepäja, Latvia 23 April 1919, d at Toronto 20 January 2008).

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    Talivaldis Kenins

    Talivaldis Kenins. Composer, teacher, pianist, organist, b Liepaja, Latvia, 23 Apr 1919, naturalized Canadian 1956, d Toronto 20 Jan 2008; B LITT (Champollion) 1939, premier prix (Paris Conservatory) 1950.

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    Tania Miller

    Tania Miller. Conductor, b Foam Lake, Sask, 28 Aug 1969; B MUS (Saskatchewan) 1991, M MUS (Michigan) 1997, DMA (Michigan) 2000. Raised in the farming community of Foam Lake, Tania Miller began studying piano and organ at age eight, and by 13 was organist and choir conductor at her church.

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    Tantoo Cardinal

    Rose Marie “Tantoo” Cardinal, CM, actor (born 20 Jul 1950 in Fort McMurray, AB). Cree and Métis actor Tantoo Cardinal has broken barriers for onscreen representation of Indigenous peoples. She has more than 120 film, television and theatre roles to her credit, including the films Dances With Wolves (1990), Black Robe (1991), Smoke Signals (1998) and Through Black Spruce (2018); as well as the TV series Street Legal (1987–94), Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993–95), North of 60 (1993–97), Moccasin Flats (2003-06) and Mohawk Girls (2010–17). She is known for her strong presence, the depth of her performances and her activism on behalf of the environment. A Member of the Order of Canada, she has won a Gemini Award, the Earle Grey Award for lifetime achievement in Canadian television, a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, a National Aboriginal Achievement Award (now Indspire Award), and was inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame.

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    Tanya Moiseiwitsch

    Tanya Moiseiwitsch (Mrs Felix Krish), set and costume designer (b at London, Eng 3 Dec 1914, d there 18 Feb 2003) began her training at London's Central School of Arts and Crafts, followed by the Scenic Painting course at the Old Vic, London.

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    Tanya Tagaq

    Tanya Tagaq Gillis, CM, throat singer, experimental musician, painter, novelist (born 5 May 1975 in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut). An experimental artist who has achieved a level of mainstream crossover success, Tanya Tagaq blends Inuit throat singing (traditionally done as a duet) with electronic, classical, punk and rock music. The New Yorker characterized Tagaq’s voice as, “guttural heaves, juddering howls and murderous shrieks,” and praised her work for its “fearless lack of inhibition, technical skill and mastery of tradition.”  A Juno Award, Canadian Aboriginal Music Award and Polaris Music Prize winner, Tagaq is part of what has been called the “Indigenous Music Renaissance” — an innovative new generation of Indigenous artists in Canada. She is also an acclaimed author and a Member of the Order of Canada.

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    Tara Spencer-Nairn

    Her career began with a series of one-off guest appearances on Canadian dramas and American syndicated series such as Poltergeist: The Legacy, Breaker High and Cold Squad. Soon she was cast as Lou Benzoa in the Cape Breton feature New Waterford Girl (1999).

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    Tara Whitten

    During her undergraduate years at the UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, Whitten ran cross country as a member of the U of A Pandas team.

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