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    June Kowalchuk

    June Marie Hollis Ann Kowalchuk, soprano, actress, administrator (born 20 June 1929 in Regina, SK).

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    Justin Bieber

    Justin Drew Bieber, singer, songwriter, actor (born 1 March 1994 in London, ON). 

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    K-os

    K-os (né Kevin Brereton), rap artist, songwriter, singer, producer (born 20 February 1972 in Trinidad and Tobago). K-os' inventive sound has been classified as "alternative hip hop," and draws influence from rock, pop, soul, jazz, reggae, R&B, and electronic music. He writes his own material and his albums are largely self-produced.

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    Ka Nin Chan

    Ka Nin Chan, composer, teacher (b at Hong Kong 3 Dec 1949, naturalized Canadian 1971). Chan moved with his family to Vancouver in 1965 and later studied composition at the University of British Columbia with Jean COULTHARD while pursuing a degree in electrical engineering.

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    Ka Nin Chan

    Ka Nin (Francis) Chan. Composer, teacher, b Hong Kong 3 Dec 1949, naturalized Canadian 1971; BA SC (University of British Columbia) 1974, B MUS (University of British Columbia) 1976, M MUS (Indiana) 1978, D MUS (Indiana) 1983.

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    Felicita Kalejs

    Felicita (Vilma) Kalejs (b Maizite). Pianist, teacher, born Riga, Latvia, 20 Oct 1911, naturalized Canadian 1955, died Wolfville, NS 1 Oct 2000.

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    Kamouraska

    Kamouraska, novel by Anne Hébert (1970), is a psychological gothic romance based on an actual murder committed in 1839 in the village of Kamouraska, Qué, by a female ancestor of the author.

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    Kananginak Pootoogook

    In 1980 Kananginak Pootoogook was elected a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts, and in 2010 he was the recipient of a National Aboriginal Achievement Award.

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    Kardinal Offishall

    Jason D. Harrow, rapper, music producer (born 12 May 1976 in Scarborough, ON). Dubbed “the best-kept secret in Canadian hip hop” by Billboard magazine, Kardinal Offishall played a central role in bringing Canadian hip hop from the underground to the mainstream in the late 1990s and early 2000s. An energetic and boisterous live performer, he is known for his wit and social conscience, reggae and dancehall influences and a lyrical delivery often peppered with Jamaican patois. A prolific producer who has recorded and performed with some of the biggest names in hip hop, he is an international ambassador for both Toronto and Canadian hip hop, and has won multiple Juno Awards and SOCAN Awards. 

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    Karel ten Hoope

    Karel (Joseph) ten HOOPE. Organist, conductor, critic, composer, born Amsterdam 28 May 1917, died White Rock, BC, 20 Aug, 2012; naturalized Canadian 1958. He studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory and in Utrecht at the School voor Katholieke Kerkmuziek.

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    Karen Jean Jamieson

    After graduating with a BA in anthropology and philosophy from the University of British Columbia, Karen Jamieson studied dance at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC.

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    Karen Kain

    Karen Alexandria Kain, CC, OOnt, dancer, artistic director, arts administrator (born 28 March 1951 in Hamilton, ON). Karen Kain is one of Canada's finest and most internationally renowned dancers. In her 28 years as a dancer with the National Ballet of Canada (NBC), she won renown for her strong technique, breadth of movement, sensitive musicality, daring attack and versatile dramatic ability. Her repertoire spanned both classical and contemporary works, including all the major full-length ballerina roles and a range of leading roles in shorter works. She continued working with the NBC beyond her retirement as a ballerina; she served as the company’s artistic director from May 2005 until January 2021 and is now artistic director emeritus. She is a Companion of the Order of Canada, an Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de France, and a Member of the Order of Ontario and Canada’s Walk of Fame. She has received a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement and numerous other honours.

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    Karen Marie Connelly

    Karen Marie Connelly, poet, novelist (b at Calgary, Alta 12 Mar 1969). Karen Connelly grew up in Calgary. In 1986, at the age of 17, she won a Rotary Scholarship that allowed her to spend a year living in a village in northern Thailand.

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    Karen Solie

    Karen Solie, poet (b at Moose Jaw, Sask 6 Jul 1966). Prize-winning and internationally celebrated poet Karen Solie grew up on her family's farm in rural Saskatchewan. 

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    Karen Young

    Karen (Elizabeth) Young. Singer, songwriter, guitarist, percussionist, b Montreal 19 Jun 1951. A great-niece of Berkley E. Chadwick, she was raised in Hudson, Que, began playing guitar at 14, and had a minor folk hit, 'Garden of Ursh' (for Reprise), at 19.

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