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    Viola MacMillan

    Violet “Viola” Rita MacMillan (née Huggard), CM, prospector, entrepreneur (born 23 April 1903 near Windermere, ON; died 26 August 1993). Viola MacMillan was an early female figure in Canada’s mining industry. She spent decades prospecting for mines across Canada with her husband, George. In 1933, MacMillan established a successful business to invest in mines. She was the longest-serving president of what is now the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, transforming the small regional association into a national body. Although later fully pardoned, MacMillan was the first person in Canada to be convicted of wash trading for manipulating the stocks of one of her investment mines.

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    Violet Archer

    Violet Louise Archer (born Balestreri), CM, composer, teacher, pianist, organist, percussionist (born 24 April 1913 in Montréal, QC; died 21 February 2000 in Ottawa, ON). 

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    Violet Archer

    Violet Archer (b Balestreri) [the name "Archer" was legally adopted in 1940].

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    Virginia Garrison

    Virginia (Hope) Garrison. Ethnomusicologist, teacher, b Indianapolis, Ind, 6 Jun1938; B SC (Ball State) 1960, M MUS (Michigan) 1966, PH D (Wisconsin) 1985.

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    Vittorio Rossi

    Rossi's awakening as a writer came when, as an acting student at Montréal's Dawson College, he was encouraged by his writing instructor, John Lucas, to write about what he knew best - the Italian community in Montréal.

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    Vitus Jonassen Bering

    Vitus Jonassen Bering, explorer (b at Horsens, Denmark 1681; d on Bering Island 8 Dec 1741). An officer in the Russian navy, Bering was appointed in 1725 by Peter the Great to explore the Siberian coast.

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    Vivienne Poy

    Vivienne May Poy (née Lee), fashion designer, author, philanthropist, entrepreneur, senator (born 15 May 1941 in Hong Kong). Vivienne Poy is a fashion designer who founded Vivienne Poy Mode in 1981. In 1998, she became the first Canadian of Asian descent to be appointed to the Senate. She is an accomplished author and publisher of histories and biographies. She was also governor of McGill University and chancellor of the University of Toronto, and played a key role in founding Asian Heritage Month in Canada.

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    Vivienne Spiteri

    Vivienne Spiteri, harpsichordist, composer, writer, translator (born 1953 in Malta). Vivienne Spiteri specializes in contemporary works for harpsichord, as well as avant-garde compositions and performances of electroacoustic music. She has performed and recorded throughout Canada and around the world. She is a member of SOCAN, the Canadian Electroacoustic Community, and the Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique (SACEM).

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    Vivine Scarlett

    Vivine Scarlett, dancer, choreographer, administrator (born in London, United Kingdom). Vivine Scarlett is the founder, executive director and curator of dance Immersion, a Toronto-based organization that produces, presents and supports dancing of the African diaspora. She is also an award-winning choreographer and a renowned instructor. Scarlett has received a K.M. Hunter Artist Award for dance from the Ontario Arts Foundation, the Muriel Sherrin Award from the Toronto Arts Foundation and a Lifetime Achievement Award from Dance Ontario.

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    Vladimír Jelínek

    Jelínek, Vladimír. Conductor, composer, b Nove Strašeci, Czechoslovakia, 16 Aug 1923, naturalized Canadian 1975, d Montreal 23 Nov 1989; diploma in orchestra conducting (Prague Academy of Music) 1951.

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    Vladimir Joseph Krajina

    Vladimir Joseph Krajina, scientist, educator (b at Slavonice, Austria-Hungary [Czech Republic] 30 Jan 1905, d at Vancouver 31 May 1993). He earned his doctorate summa cum laude in 1927 at Charles University, Prague, where he remained on staff until 1948.

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    Vladimir Landsman

    Landsman, Vladimir. Violinist, teacher, b Dushambe, USSR, 21 Dec 1941, naturalized Canadian 1981. He started studying the violin at five and, following David Oistrakh's recommendation, continued his studies at the Moscow Music School with Yuri Yankelevitch.

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    Vladimir Orloff

    Vladimir (Vadim) Orloff (Orlov), cellist, teacher (born 26 May 1928 in Odessa; died 1 April 2019); naturalized Canadian 1977; first prize (Bucharest Cons) 1947.

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    Vladimir Simosko

    Vladimir Simosko. Music librarian, clarinetist, saxophonist, flutist, percussionist, composer, b Pittsburgh 15 Nov 1943; BA (Rutgers) 1966, MLS (Rutgers) 1968. While a librarian 1967-74 in Princeton, NJ, he served 1968-71 as curator of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers U.

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    Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry

    Donald BRITTAIN's documentary film Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry (1976) presents the life of troubled British novelist Malcolm Lowry and the creation of his famous novel Under the Volcano, now considered a classic of 20th-century literature.

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