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    Joseph Sánchez

    Joseph Marcus Sánchez, artist, curator (born 24 February 1948 in Trinidad, Colorado, United States). In 1970, Joseph Sánchez travelled to Canada, settling in Richer, Manitoba. He became a founding member of Professional Native Indian Artists Inc., known widely as the Indian Group of Seven. Sánchez remained in Canada until 1975-76, leaving a lasting impact on the recognition and exposure of First Nations art and artists. Sánchez went on to become a community elder and political activist. He has worked as a museum director and curator for major galleries and exhibitions. His artwork has been exhibited extensively in Canada, the United States and Europe, and he has provided essays for a number of exhibition catalogues.

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    Joseph Saucier

    Joseph Saucier. Baritone, choirmaster, teacher, pianist, b Montreal 24 Feb 1869, d there 10 Apr 1941. He studied piano with his father, Moïse, and later with Charles-Marie Panneton and Dominique Ducharme, and first played in public at 10.

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    Joseph Umbrico

    Joseph Umbrico. Trumpeter, teacher, b Thorold, Ont 26 Apr 1934, d Toronto 6 Jan 2007. Joseph Umbrico was a pupil of Samuel Krauss at the Curtis Institute, and became principal trumpet of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in 1957 and principal emeritus in 1983.

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    Joseph Vermandere

    Vermandere, Joseph (Émile) (Brother Placide). Composer, organist, critic, b Heule, Belgium, 18 Jan 1901, d Montreal 23 Apr 1971; B MUS (Montreal) 1932, L MUS (Montreal) 1935, D MUS (Montreal) 1945. He and his family emigrated to Canada and settled in Montreal in 1908.

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    Joseph Vézina

    Joseph Vézina, conductor, organist, choirmaster, teacher, composer, music dealer, publisher (b at Québec City 11 Jun 1849; d there 5 Oct 1924).

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    Joseph Vézina

    (François) Joseph Vézina. Bandmaster, organist, choirmaster, teacher, composer, music dealer, publisher, b Quebec City 11 Jun 1849, d there 5 Oct 1924; honorary D MUS (Laval) 1922. He was educated at the École St-Jean-Baptiste and the Séminaire de Québec.

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    Joseph W. Baumann

    Joseph W. Baumann. Violinist, teacher, b Berlin (Kitchener), Ont, 29 Oct 1847, d Hamilton, Ont, 3 Apr 1905. He was self-taught until at 21 he departed for Vienna to study with Adolf Brodsky. Two years later he went to Berlin for private study with Joseph Joachim.

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    Joseph Wiseman

    Joseph Wiseman, actor (b at Montréal 15 May 1918; d at Manhattan 19 Oct 2009). Joseph Wiseman is unforgettable as the titular archfiend Dr. No bent on destroying the world in the first James Bond film (1962). Wiseman often played villains of a cerebral nature.

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    Josèphe Colle

    Josèphe Colle. Soprano, teacher, b Nancy, France, 24 Aug 1929, naturalized Canadian 1958; BA, psychology (Montreal) 1955; premier prix, analysis and musical aesthetics (Cons national, Paris) 1956.

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    Joséphine Bacon

    Joséphine Bacon, OC, OQ, poet, teacher, documentary filmmaker (born 1947 in Pessamit, Quebec). Joséphine Bacon is an Innu poet and storyteller who publishes primarily in Innu-aimun (the Innu language) and French (see also Indigenous Languages in Canada). Over the course of her career, she has used her knowledge of Innu-aimun, as well as the history and traditional stories of the Innu people, to be a translator, interpreter, documentary filmmaker and teacher. She is the subject of Kim O’Bomsawin’s 2020 documentary Call Me Human. Bacon is considered an ambassador for Innu culture in Quebec, in Canada and internationally. Her career as a translator and interpreter of Innu-aimun spanned approximately 50 years. Bacon’s work with Innu Elders helped preserve and promote both Innu-aimun and traditional Innu knowledge. As a poet, her work is distinguished for its exploration of Innu culture and the relationships between Indigenous people and their land.

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    Josephine Toth

    Josephine (Jo) Toth, maiden name Chuchman, violinist, lyricist (born in Edmonton, Alberta). 

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    Josephte Dufresne

    Josephte Dufresne. Pianist, teacher (Trois-Rivières, Québec, January 9, 1929 - Ste-Hyacinthe, Québec, February 7, 1995). She studied piano in Trois-Rivières and Montreal with Jean-Marie Beaudet and, thanks to the Prix d'Europe (1950), in Paris with Yves Nat.

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    Joshua Jackson

    Joshua Jackson, actor (b at Vancouver 11 Jun 1978). Joshua Jackson attended Kitsilano Secondary School in Vancouver and had appeared onscreen as a very young child, deciding at age 11 to make acting his career.

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    Joshua Slocum

    Joshua Slocum, sea captain and author (b at Wilmot Township, NS 20 Feb 1844; d at sea sometime after 14 Nov 1909).

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    Josiah Henson

    Josiah Henson, spiritual leader, author, founder of the Black community settlement at Dawn, Canada West (born 15 June 1789 in Charles County, Maryland; died 5 May 1883 in Dresden, ON). Born enslaved, Henson escaped to Upper Canada in 1830.

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