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    Caribbean Music in Canada

    Caribbean music is an important component of musical life in Canada on two grounds: firstly, significant numbers of Caribbean peoples have immigrated to Canada, particularly beginning in the 1960s, and have continued the musical traditions of their homelands in the new environment; and secondly as early as the 1920s successive styles of Caribbean-derived music began to form part of the fabric of Euro-American pop music and thus part of the musical experience of many Canadians over the years.

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    Kivallirmiut (Caribou Inuit)

    The name “Caribou Inuit” stemmed from Europeans who took part in the Fifth Danish Thule Expedition (1921–24) and observed that the Kivallirmiut relied on caribou for food, clothing and shelter. Based on recent estimates, the Kivallirmiut today number about 3,000.

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    Carl Beam

    ​Carl Beam (Carl Edward Migwans), artist (born 24 May 1943 in West Bay, Manitoulin Island, ON [now M’Chigeeng First Nation]; died 30 July 2005 in M’Chigeeng First Nation). The first contemporary Indigenous artist whose work was acquired by the National Gallery of Canada, Beam was one of Canada’s most ground-breaking Indigenous artists. (See also Contemporary Indigenous Art in Canada.)

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    Carl Dair

    Carl Dair, typographer, typographic designer, teacher, writer (b at Welland, Ont 14 Feb 1912; d on flight from New York C to Toronto 28 Sept 1967). Dair became interested in typesetting as a child and by age 18 was doing advertising and layouts for the Stratford Beacon-Herald.

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    Carl Duggan

    Carl Duggan. Tenor, b Leacross, Sask, 23 Jan 1935, d 1992; LMM 1960, ARCT 1960, ARCM, LRAM, FTCL 1969, B MUS (Durham 1974, M MUS (Durham) 1986. He studied in Saskatoon with Mary Anderson (voice) and Mabel Sanda (piano) and in Winnipeg after 1955 with Filmer Hubble (organ).

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    Carl Fellman Schaefer

       Carl Fellman Schaefer, artist, teacher (b at Hanover, Ont 30 Apr 1903; d at Toronto, Ont 21 May 1995).

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    Carl Frederick Klinck

    Carl Frederick Klinck, literary historian, educator (b at Elmira, Ont 24 Mar 1908; d at London, Ont 22 Oct 1990). Klinck helped make CANADIAN STUDIES a central part of the curriculum: his Canadian Anthology (edited with R.E.

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    Carl Little

    Carl (Maurice) Little, administrator, pianist, organist, radio producer (born 17 March 1924 in Campbellton, NB; died 2 June 2016 in Courtenay, BC). L MUS (Dalhousie) 1945, B SC (Dalhousie) 1945, LRAM performance 1952, ARCM teaching 1952.

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    Carl Morey

    Carl Reginald Morey, musicologist, teacher (born 14 July 1934 in Toronto, ON; died 3 December 2018 in Toronto). ARCT 1953, B MUS (Toronto) 1957, M MUS (Indiana) 1961, PhD (Indiana) 1965. Morey studied piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music and music history and literature at the University of Toronto. A Canada Council doctoral fellowship in 1963 enabled him to work in Italy on his dissertation 'The late operas of Alessandro Scarlatti.' He taught 1962-63 at Wayne State University, Detroit, and 1964-70 at the Music Department at the University of Windsor (1967-70 as its head). He began teaching as an associate professor at the University of Toronto in 1970, became a full professor in 1977, and was dean 1984-90 of the Faculty of Music and concurrently chairman of the Graduate Department of Music. In 1991 he was appointed Jean A. Chalmers professor of Canadian music and director of the faculty's Institute for Canadian Music. Morey retired from the university in 2000.

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    Carl Ray

    Carl Ray, Cree artist, illustrator, editor and art teacher (born January 1943 in Sandy Lake, ON; died 26 September 1978 in Sioux Lookout, ON). Ray was known for his innovative paintings in the Woodlands style and was a founding member of the Indian Group of Seven. Ray’s work has influenced Indigenous art in Canada and can be found in the collections of various galleries and museums across the country.

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    Carl Schwende

    ​Carl Schwende (born 20 February 1920 in Basel, Switzerland; died 29 December 2002 in Montréal, Québec) was an athlete who participated in the fencing competition at the 1960 Summer Olympic Games.

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    Carl Tapscott

    Carl (Harry) Tapscott. Choir conductor, tenor, arranger, organist, b Toronto 14 May 1910, d Lindsay, Ont, 17 Nov 1993; ARCT 1948. A pupil of Albert Whitehead (voice) and S.

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    Carl Toth

    Carl (b Karol) Toth. Violinist, cimbalom maker, b near Stare Karasnow, Czechoslovakia, 1905, d Toronto 1958. He moved to Canada in 1925 and made his home in Toronto in 1933, working as a gypsy fiddler and a master cabinet maker.

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    Carla Qualtrough

    Carla Qualtrough, politician, athlete, lawyer (born 15 October 1971 in Calgary, AB). Carla Qualtrough is the Liberal member of Parliament for Delta, a suburban constituency south of Vancouver. She has served as Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities and is currently Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility. Prior to entering politics, she worked in human rights law and in sports administration. Qualtrough, who is legally blind, was the first Paralympian elected to the House of Commons. She won three bronze medals in swimming at the Paralympic Games and four medals at the world championships.

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    Carleton Elliott

    Carleton (Weir) Elliott. Theorist, composer, choir conductor, b Welland, Ont, 15 Mar 1928, d Fredericton 24 Aug 2003; B MUS (Mount Allison) 1951, M MUS (Redlands, Cal) 1959; further studies in theory and choral conducting at Indiana University.

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