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    Boom Boom Geoffrion

    Joseph André Bernard Geoffrion, "Boom Boom," hockey player (b at Montréal 16 Feb 1931; died on 11 March 2006 at Atlanta, USA). Geoffrion is known by hockey fans as the inventor of the slapshot.

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    Bora Laskin

    Bora Laskin, lawyer, judge (b at Fort William [Thunder Bay], Ont 5 Oct 1912; d at Ottawa 26 Mar 1984). After graduating from U of T (BA 1933, MA 1935), Laskin received an LLB from Osgoode Hall in 1936 and an LLM from Harvard in 1937.

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    Boris Berlin

    Boris Berlin. Piano teacher, composer, b Kharkov, Russia, 27 May 1907, naturalized Canadian 1931, d Toronto 24 Mar 2001. He studied at the Sebastopol Conservatory, at the Conservatoire de Genève 1923-5, and with Mark Hambourg and Leonid Kreutzer at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik.

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    Boris Brott

    Boris Brott, conductor, violinist (born 14 March 1944 in Montreal, QC; died 5 April 2022 in Hamilton, ON).

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    Boris Brott

    Boris Brott, conductor, violinist (born 14 March 1944 in Montreal, QC; died 5 April 2022 in Hamilton, ON). 

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    Boris Hambourg

    Cellist, administrator, b Voronezh, Russia, 27 Dec 1884 (Julian Calendar, 8 Jan 1885), naturalized Canadian 1910, d Toronto 24 Nov 1954. The family moved to England when he was five, and he had cello lessons in London from Herbert Walenn.

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    Boris Peter Stoicheff

    Boris Peter Stoicheff, physics professor (b at Bitola, Yugoslavia 1 June 1924). A specialist in spectroscopy, laser physics and nonlinear optics, he is known for his innovative use of lasers. After receiving a PhD from U of T in 1950 he joined the National Research Council of Canada in 1951.

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    Boris Roubakine

    Pianist, teacher, b Clarens, Switzerland, of Russian parents, 9 May 1908, d Calgary, 30 Apr 1974. He studied piano with his mother 1916-20 and with Mathilde de Ribaupierre in Lausanne.

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    Boris Spremo

    Boris Spremo, photojournalist (born 20 October 1935 in Susak, Yugoslavia; died 21 August 2017 in Toronto, ON). Accalimed for his dramatic reportage of Canadian and international current events, Boris Spremo was one of Canada's most acclaimed photojournalists.

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    Boris Vladimirovich Volkoff

    Boris Vladimirovich Volkoff, dancer, choreographer, ballet master and director (b Boris Vladimirovich Baskakoff at Schepotievo, Russia 24 Apr 1900; d at Toronto 11 Mar 1974). Although he often felt under-appreciated, Volkoff is now considered by many to be the godfather of Canadian ballet.

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    George Bornoff

    George Bornoff. Violinist, educator; born Winnipeg 5 Nov 1907, died Feb 1998; LAB 1926, BA (Manitoba) 1932, MA (Columbia) 1946, D MUS (Montreal) 1949. His studies were in Winnipeg: 1916-18 with Gus Hughes, 1919-20 with John Waterhouse, 1922-4 with I.S.

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    Monique Bosco

    Monique Bosco, author (born at Vienna, Austria 1927, died at Montréal, 17 May 2007). She completed her studies in France and immigrated to Canada in 1948, where she obtained a doctorate with a thesis titled L'Isolement dans le roman canadien-français (Isolation in the French Canadian Novel) (1953).

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    Boucar Diouf

    Boucar Diouf, CQ, scientist, teacher, writer, poet, storyteller, comedian and columnist (born 26 May 1965 in Fatick, Senegal). Diouf is beloved for his inspired, sincere and relatable outlook. In his books and monologues, Diouf explores the themes of immigration and integration into Quebec society. As an educator, Diouf manages to defuse controversial subjects by using humour and shining a philosophical light on them. 

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    Bouchard and Morisset

    Bouchard and Morisset, piano duo. Victor Bouchard (born 11 April 1926 in Ste-Claire-de-Dorchester, Québec) and Renée Morisset (born 13 June 1928 in St-Damien-de-Bellechasse, Québec)

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    Bouchard Launches a Broadside

    THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES, Lucien. The charismatic leader who came this close to driving his flock out to greener pastures in a referendum 10 years ago now warns that Quebec is bound for the slag heap of history if it doesn't reform quickly.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on October 31, 2005

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