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    Roberta Geddes-Harvey

    (Anne Catherine) Roberta Geddes-Harvey (b Geddes). Composer, organist, choirmaster, b Hamilton, Ont, 25 Dec 1849, d Guelph, Ont, 22 Apr 1930. B MUS (Trinity College, Toronto) 1899. She studied music theory with Arthur E. Fisher and was coached for her degree by Edward Fisher and Humfrey Anger.

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    Roberta Rich

    Roberta Rich, novelist (born at Buffalo, New York, USA, 9 Jan 1946). Born and raised in Buffalo, New York, Rich settled briefly in Rochester, New York before immigrating to Canada in the 1960s with her first husband, who had a job teaching at the UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY.

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    Robertine Barry (Françoise)

    Robertine Barry (pen name: Françoise), journalist, publisher, author and feminist (born 26 February 1863 in L’Isle-Verte, Canada East; died 7 January 1910 in Montreal, Quebec). The first French-Canadian woman journalist, she was also a founding member of the Fédération nationale Saint-Jean-Baptiste and the first vice-president of the Canadian Women’s Press Club.

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    Roberto Occhipinti

    Roberto Occhipinti. Bassist, composer, producer, b Toronto, Ont, 25 Mar 1955; Artist's Diploma (Toronto) 1999. Roberto Occhipinti came from a musical family that includes guitarists Michael (his younger brother) and David (a cousin).

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    Robertson Davies: A Farewell

    All mortals are replaceable, runs the modern mantra, betraying the ethic of programmed obsolescence that has come to dominate our culture. But there are exceptions, and one of them - Robertson Davies - died last week, leaving a gap in the Canadian conscience that can never be filled.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on December 18, 1995

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    Robin Blaser

    Robin Blaser, CM, poet, academic, activist (born 18 May 1925 in Denver, Colorado; died 7 May 2009 in Vancouver, BC).

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    Robin Collyer

    Robin Collyer has exhibited his sculpture and photography across Canada and the United States, and in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, England and France. In 1987 he exhibited at Documenta 8 in Kassel, Germany, and in 1993 his work represented Canada at the Venice Biennale.

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    Robin Harrison

    Robin (Keith) Harrison. Pianist, teacher, composer, b London 28 Jul 1932; LRAM (Royal Academy of Music) 1954, ARCM (Royal College of Music) 1954, FTCL (Trinity College, London) 1983, hon ARAM (Royal Academy of Music) 2002.

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    Robin Hopper

    ​Robin Hopper, ceramist, potter, teacher (born 1939 in Selsdon, Surrey, England). For over a half century, Robin Hopper has been one of Canada’s leading artists and advocates of functional clay.

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    Robin Mathews

    Robin Mathews, poet, playwright, nationalist (b at Smithers, BC 1931). Robin Mathews spent his early years in Powell River, BC and attended the University of British Columbia in the 1950s.

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    Robin Minard

    Minard, Robin. Composer, b Montreal 27 Nov 1953; B MUS theory and composition (Western Ontario) 1977, premier prix analysis (CMM) 1980, premier prix composition (CMM) 1981.

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    Robin Phillips

    Robin Phillips, director, actor, writer, designer, teacher (born 28 Feb 1942 in Haslemere, Surrey, UK; died 25 July 2015 in Lakeside, ON).

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    Robin Poitras

    Robin Poitras, CM, dancer, teacher, choreographer, administrator (born 1958 in Regina, SK). Robin Poitras is the co-founder and artistic and managing director of Regina-based New Dance Horizons. It is one of Canada’s most successful and groundbreaking contemporary dance organizations. It has played a crucial role in the development of contemporary dance in Saskatchewan since the mid-1980s. Poitras has received a YWCA Women of Distinction Award for the Arts, as well as lifetime achievement awards from the Regina Mayor’s Arts and Business Awards and the Saskatchewan Arts Board. She was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 2021.

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    Robin Skelton

    Robin Skelton, poet, critic, publisher, artist, educator (b at Easington, East Yorkshire, Eng 12 Oct 1925; d at Victoria, BC 22 Aug 1997).

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    Robin Spry

    Robin Spry Robin Spry, director, producer, writer (b at Toronto 25 Oct 1939; d at Montréal 28 Mar 2005). Robin Spry was the son of Canadian broadcast pioneer and CBC co-founder Graham SPRY. Robin Spry was educated at Oxford University, England, and the London School of Economics. He made several short films in England before returning to Canada to join the NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA (NFB) as an assistant director in 1964. An important...

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