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Jacob Penner
Jacob Penner, radical politician (b in Russia 12 Aug 1880; d at Winnipeg 28 Aug 1965). Already a Marxist when he arrived in Winnipeg in 1904, he helped found the Social-Democratic Party and was prominent in both the anti-conscription movement in 1917-18 and the WINNIPEG GENERAL STRIKE.
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Jacob Scheier
Jacob Scheier, poet, essayist, journalist, teacher (born 2 February 1980 in Toronto, ON).
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Jacob Siskind
Jacob (Kohos) Siskind. Critic, broadcaster, b Montreal 9 Jun 1928, d Ottawa 17 Sep 2010. His first piano teachers included Rose Goldblatt and, 1939-44, Alfred La Liberté. At McGill University 1944-9 he studied mathematics, physics, and music.
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Jacob Tierney
Jacob Daniel Tierney, actor, director, writer, producer (born 26 September 1979 in Montreal, QC). Jacob Tierney began acting at the age of seven. He established a long and successful career before transitioning to writing and directing with the Genie Award-winning feature film Twist (2003). He is perhaps best known for the comedy The Trotsky (2009), starring Jay Baruchel and Emily Hampshire, and the TV series Letterkenny (2016–23), for which he has won six Canadian Screen Awards.
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Jacob Tremblay
Jacob Tremblay, actor (born 5 October 2006 in Vancouver, BC). Child actor Jacob Tremblay shot to fame at the age of eight following his acclaimed performance in the award-winning film Room (2015), based on the book by Emma Donoghue. He won at least 20 awards for the role, including a Canadian Screen Award for best lead actor and a National Board of Review award for Breakthrough Performance. He has also appeared in such films as The Book of Henry (2017), Wonder (2017), Luca (2021) and The Little Mermaid (2023).
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Jacobus Hoedeman
Hoedeman revised his methods and style in Mascarade (1984). In Charles et François (1987), he touched on the theme of old age and in La boîte (1989) on that of apprenticeship and discovery. In this fable, he mixes puppets, real action shots and computer-generated images.
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Jacqueline Lemay
(Marie Adée) Jacqueline Lemay. Singer-songwriter, guitarist, b Guérin, Témiscamingue, Que, 23 May 1937; supplementary teaching certificate (École normale Ville-Marie, Témiscamingue) 1954, advanced teaching certificate (École normale de Sherbrooke) 1958.
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Jacqueline Lemieux
Jacqueline Lemieux, dancer, choreographer and dance teacher (b at East Angus, Québec 13 Nov 1957). Jacqueline Lemieux is an eloquent, passionate dancer well known to international audiences.
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Jacqueline Lemieux-Lopez
Lemieux-Lopez studied ballet primarily under local teachers Gérald Crevier, Séda Zaré, Marc Beaudet and Elizabeth Leese. She danced on television and attended one NATIONAL BALLET SCHOOL summer program before turning her attention to teaching.
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Jacqueline Martel
Jacqueline Martel. Soprano, b Quebec City 6 Aug 1940. She began piano studies in 1946 at the Mallet convent in Quebec City and continued in 1952 at the CMQ. In 1955 she began voice lessons there with Ria Lenssens.
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Jacqueline Richard
Jacqueline Richard, pianist, coach, conductor (born 8 March 1928 in Montréal, QC; died 2 August 2015 in Montréal, QC). B MUS (Montreal) 1953. Jacqueline Richard studied piano with Marie-Thérèse Paquin, who taught her the skills of opera accompaniment. She was awarded the Quebec Lieutenant-Governor's medal in 1953.
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Jacques Allard
Jacques Allard, professor, essayist (b at La Tuque, QC 1939). Jacques Allard successively pursued his studies at the Collège de Valleyfield (B.A., 1961), l'Université de Montréal (licence, 1964), l'École normale supérieure de Paris (C.A.P.E.S.,1964) and l'Université de Paris VIII (doctorate, 1976).
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Jacques Beaudry
(Joseph René) Jacques (André) Beaudry, conductor (born 10 October 1924 in Sorel, QC; died 3 June 2017 in Sorel). BA (Montreal) 1945.
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Jacques Benoît
Jacques Benoît, writer (b at Lacolle, Qué 1941). In 1967 Benoît published Jos Carbone, a short narrative blending violence with the fantastic, which won the Québec Literary Competition in 1968.
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Jacques Blanchet
Jacques Blanchet. Singer-songwriter, b Montreal 11 April 1931, d there 9 May 1981.
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