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    Men of the Deeps

    Men of the Deeps. Choir of Cape Breton coal miners, formed in 1966. It was founded at the instigation of Nina Cohen, whose enthusiasm for the preservation of mining culture had also led to the founding of the Miners' Museum in Glace Bay, NS.

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    Men Without Hats

    Men Without Hats formed in 1977 amid the Montreal punk scene. They became pioneers of electro-pop in Canada after adopting a New Wave sound that made extensive use of keyboard and drum synthesizers. Their sound is characterized by infectiously simple melodies, socially and politically idealistic lyrics, and the distinctive baritone voice of lead singer, principle songwriter and chief member Ivan Doroschuk. The band enjoyed phenomenal success in the 1980s with the worldwide hits “Safety Dance” and “Pop Goes the World.” Both songs were inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in September 2020.

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    Mendelson Joe

    Joe (b Mendelson), Mendelson (b Birrel Josef). Singer-songwriter, guitarist, painter, b Toronto 30 Jul 1944; BA (Toronto) 1966. Self-taught in music and the visual arts, he began his career in 1964 as Joe Mendelson, singing blues in Calgary and Toronto coffeehouses.

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    Mendelssohn Choir of Montreal

    The Mendelssohn Choir of Montreal. Founded 1864 by Joseph Gould, it began as a group of eight singers from the American Presbyterian Church who met at Gould's home to sing unaccompanied part-songs of Mendelssohn.

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    Mercy Anne Coles

    Mercy Anne Coles, diarist (born 1 February 1838 in Charlottetown, PE; died 11 February 1921 in Charlottetown, PE).

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    Merrill Denison

    Merrill Denison, playwright, journalist, writer, historian (b at Detroit, Mich 23 June 1893; d at San Diego, Calif 13 June 1975). English Canada's first important 20th-century playwright, he emerged from the Canadian Little Theatre movement in the 1920s.

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    Meryn Cadell

    Meryn Cadell, singer, songwriter, teacher (born in Brooklyn, NY). A singer-songwriter best known for the quirky spoken-word song “The Sweater,” which became a sleeper hit in 1992.

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    Meryn Cadell

    Meryn Cadell. Singer, songwriter, b Brooklyn, NY. Cadell was raised in Waterloo, Ont, before moving to Toronto in the mid-1980s and attending the Ontario College of Art and Design.

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    Messenjah

    Messenjah, is a reggae group that was formed in 1981 in Kitchener, ON, by Errol Blackwood (vocals, bass guitar) and Rupert 'Ojiji' Harvey (vocals, guitar, alto saxophone), the latter previously with the Toronto reggae bands Crack of Dawn and Inner Fire.

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    Metric

    Award-winning indie rock band Metric has gained national and international attention for their socially and politically conscious lyrics and upbeat electro-pop, which incorporates elements of rock, new wave, electronica and grunge. Comprised of Emily Haines (vocals, keyboard), James Shaw (guitar), Josh Winstead (bass) and Joules Scott-Key (drums), the band has received three Juno Awards — for Alternative Album of the Year in 2010 and 2013, and Group of the Year in 2010 — multiple CASBY Awards and three nominations for the Polaris Music Prize.

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    M.G. (Moyez G.) Vassanji

    THE BOOK OF SECRETS (1993) established Vassanji as an important voice in Canadian literature. Awarded the inaugural SCOTIABANK GILLER prize for fiction, it won both critical and popular acclaim. The Book of Secrets is representative of Vassanji's gift for storytelling.

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  • Macleans

    M.G. Vassanji on Mordecai Richler (Book Review)

    M.G. Vassanji, one of Canada's pre-eminent novelists, experienced his first moment of kinship with the late, great ​Mordecai Richler at a writer's festival in Sydney, Australia, more than two decades ago.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on March 16, 2009

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    MIAC/ACIM

    MIAC/ACIM (Music Industries Association of Canada/Association canadienne de l'industrie de la musique).

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    Micah Barnes

    Micah Barnes. Singer, songwriter, pianist, actor, b Vienna 30 May 1960. Barnes studied voice with José Hernandez and Bill Vincent, and led his own groups from the piano in Toronto cabarets and nightclubs during the 1980s while appearing in theatre, film, TV, and radio productions.

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    Micah Lexier

    Micah Lexier, artist (b at Winnipeg 13 Nov 1960), studied fine arts at the University of Manitoba and the NOVA SCOTIA COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, where he completed a Master's of Fine Art in 1984. A conceptual artist, Micah Lexier's work embraces notions of identity and its representation.

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