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    Uri Mayer

    Uri Mayer. Conductor, violist, born Tîrgu-Mures, Rumania, 4 Aug 1946, naturalized Canadian 1976; post-graduate diploma (Juilliard) 1970, Hon D MUS (Western Ontario) 2009.

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    Urjo Kareda

    Urjo Kareda, theatre director, dramaturge, arts journalist (b at Tallinn, Estonia 9 Feb 1944; d at Toronto 26 Dec 2001), was a key figure in the arts in Canada, from his earliest involvement in 1970 (as a film and theatre critic) until his death (as artistic director of the Tarragon Theatre). 

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    Ursula Franklin

    Ursula Martius Franklin, CC, OOnt, FRSC, physicist, educator, feminist and social activist (born 16 September 1921 in Munich, Germany; died 22 July 2016 in Toronto, Ontario). A specialist in the structure of metals and alloys, she pioneered the development of archaeometry, which applies modern techniques of materials analysis to archaeology. After working as a senior research scientist for the Ontario Research Foundation (1952–67), she joined the University of Toronto’s Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science (now the Department of Materials Science and Engineering) in 1967. She won many awards for her innovative scientific and humanitarian work, including the Pearson Peace Medal (2002).

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    Ursula Malkin

    Elizabeth Ursula Malkin, pianist, teacher (born 6 June 1908 in Vancouver, BC; died 29 September 1996). ATCM 1928, B MUS (British Columbia) 1964. 

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    Ursulines in Canada

    The Ursulines are a Roman Catholic female religious order devoted to girls’ education. The order has been in Canada since Ursuline nun Marie de l’Incarnation arrived in New France in 1639. Although initially focused on education and missionary work with Indigenous girls, the Ursulines gradually shifted their vocation toward educating French Canadian girls. With geographic and membership expansion from the 18th to the 20th century, the Ursulines established themselves as a major force in girls’ education, especially in Quebec. The Ursulines opened the first monastery in New France and the first school for girls in North America (see Ursuline Monastery).

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    UZEB

    UZEB. Montreal jazz band in the fusion style. It was formed in 1976 in Drummondville, Que, by the guitarist Michel Cusson (b there 22 Jan 1957) and others. Following its debut 14 Aug 1976 at St-Euzèbe, Que, it took the name Eusèbe-Jazz, subsequently shortened to UZEB, and soon moved to Montreal.

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    Vághy String Quartet

    The Vághy String Quartet. Formed 1965 at the Juilliard School by the Vághy brothers, Dezsö, first violin and Tibor, viola (who were born in Hungary and had studied in Budapest, Vienna, and Hamburg), Stephen Kecskeméthy, second violin, and Edward Culbreath, cello.

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    Valdine Anderson

    Anderson's opera career blossomed in 1995 with her European debut as the Maid in the premiere of Thomas Adès' Powder Her Face at the Cheltenham Festival.

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    Valdy

    Valdy (b Valdemar Horsdal). Singer-songwriter, guitarist, b Ottawa, of Danish parents, 1946. Valdy began his career playing guitar in rock and country groups. In 1966 he made his home in British Columbia, where he farmed for several years near Sooke.

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    Valérie

    Valérie (1969), the first of a group of erotic films now known as "maple-syrup porno," launched the career of director Denis HÉROUX.

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    Valerie Tryon

    Valerie Tryon. Pianist, teacher, b Portsmouth, England, 5 Sep 1934, naturalized Canadian 1986; ARCM 1948, LRAM 1948, FRAM 1984, hon LWCM (Conservatory Canada) 1991, hon D LITT (McMaster) 2000.

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    Vance Ronald Rodewalt

    Rodewalt, Vance Ronald, cartoonist (b at Edmonton 7 Oct 1946). Raised on a ranch near Lake Isle, Alta, and educated in Edmonton, Rodewalt's artistic talent came naturally. He won a scholarship to the Banff School of Fine Arts when he was 10 years old but didn't attend.

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    Vancouver Asahi

    The Asahi was a Japanese Canadian baseball club in Vancouver (1914–42). One of the city’s most dominant amateur teams, the Asahi used skill and tactics to win multiple league titles in Vancouver and along the Northwest Coast. In 1942, the team was disbanded when its members were among the 22,000 Japanese Canadians who were interned by the federal government (see Internment of Japanese Canadians). The Asahi were inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003 and the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.

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    Vancouver Cantata Singers

    Vancouver Cantata Singers. A mixed choir ranging from 20 to 55 voices, founded in 1958 by Hugh McLean. The Vancouver Cantata Singers was originally an amateur choir, but beginning in about 1995 has employed a core group of six to eight professional singers.

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    Vancouver Feature: Billionaire Recluse Commandeers a Hotel

    The following article is a feature from our Vancouver Feature series. Past features are not updated. Early Tuesday morning, March 14, 1972, a long-haired and bearded old man shuffled into the lobby of the Bayshore Inn. He wore an old bathrobe and sandals, and he was surrounded by burly men. “This is pretty nice,” he said. He was the billionaire Howard Hughes, and that was the start one of the oddest visits in Vancouver history.

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