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    Barry Dempster

    Barry Dempster, poet, editor, fiction writer (born at Scarborough, ON, 17 January 1952). Barry Dempster came to literature through a side door.

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    Barry Johns

    Johns studied architecture at the Technical University of Nova Scotia (now Dalhousie University). In 1973 he moved to Vancouver, where he worked with leading firms including those of Bruno Freschi and Arthur ERICKSON. He credits Erickson as an inspiration to his own work.

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    Barry Truax

    Barry Truax, electroacoustic composer, acoustic communication researcher, professor (b at Chatham, Ont 10 May 1947).

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    Barry Truax

    Truax, Barry (Douglas). Composer, soundscape researcher, b Chatham, Ont, 10 May 1947; B SC (Queen's) 1969, M MUS (British Columbia) 1971.

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    Barry Vance Downs

    Barry Vance Downs, CM, architect (born 19 June 1930 in Vancouver, BC; died 19 July 2022). Downs has been recognized for his contributions to the West Coast Modernist architectural style (see Architecture). In 2014, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.

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    Barton Myers

    Barton Myers, RCA, FRAIC, architect (born 6 November 1934 in Norfolk, Virginia; died 11 August 2026 in Connecticut). Barton Myers was considered one of Toronto’s most influential architects (see Architecture). During his career he demonstrated a passion for the health of cities and the need to balance preservation and renewal (see Urban Design). Much of his early seminal work in Canada focused on mixed-use prototypes, infill housing and the sensitive combination of old and new to create richly layered urban environments. His innovative approach breathed new life into neighbourhoods slated for the wrecking ball and left a lasting mark on the city of Toronto.

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    Basil H. Johnston

    Basil H. Johnston, OOnt, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) author, linguist, teacher (born 13 July 1929 on Wasauksing First Nation, ON; died 8 September 2015 in Wiarton, ON). One of the foremost Indigenous authors in Canada, Basil Johnston, a lecturer at the Royal Ontario Museum, wrote widely about Anishinaabe traditions, language and modern life. Johnston has influenced various contemporary writers, including Drew Hayden Taylor and Joseph Boyden.

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    Beatrice Gladys Lillie

    Beatrice Gladys (Lady Robert Peel) Lillie, comedienne (b at Toronto 29 May 1894; d at Henley-on-Thames, Eng 20 Jan 1989). Her saucy songs and unruly rope of pearls made her a beloved revue entertainer. To Noël Coward, a frequent collaborator, she was simply "the funniest woman in the world.

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    Béatrice La Palme

    Béatrice La Palme, soprano, violinist, teacher (b at Beloeil, near Montréal 27 July 1878; d at Montréal 8 Jan 1921). She was the second Québec vocalist, after Emma Albani, to appear on the great lyrical stages.

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    Béatrice La Palme

    (Marie Alice) Béatrice (Béatrix) La Palme. Soprano, violinist, teacher, b Beloeil, near Montreal, 27 Jul 1878, d Montreal 8 Jan 1921; ARCM 1900. She studied violin with Frantz Jehin-Prume and performed successfully in public in 1894.

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    Beatrice Lillie

    Beatrice (Gladys) Lillie (Lady Peel),. Comedienne, singer, b Toronto 29 May 1894, d Henley-on-Thames, Eng, 20 Jan 1989. (Contrary to the widely published birth year of 1898, she was reported on her death to have been 94.

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    Béatrice Picard

    Béatrice Picard (née Marie Thérèse Béatrice Picard), CM., O.Q., actress, spokesperson (born 3 July 1929 in Montreal, QC; died 9 December 2025). Picard is a key figure in modern arts and television in Quebec. She is widely known for having played the roles of Aunt Aline in the movie Ma tante Aline and Blanche Bellemare-Tasse in the television series Syphorien. In addition, she voiced Marge Simpson in the Quebec French version of The Simpsons series.

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    Beau Dommage

    Beau Dommage was a Quebec folk-rock group that was formed around 1972 and became known for its distinctive urban poetry and songs about adolescence and daily life in Montreal. The group’s second album, Où est passée la noce?, came out in 1975 and was one of the first in the history of music in Canada to go platinum according to the Canadian Recording Industry Association (100,000 copies sold). Beau Dommage was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2017. 

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    Beau Dommage

    Beau Dommage. Leading Quebec rock band of the mid-1970s, its name an old Quebec expression meaning 'most certainly' or 'why not'. As early as 1969, Michel Rivard, Pierre Bertrand, and Michel Hinton had formed an amateur group called La famille Casgrain.

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    Fleurette Beauchamp-Huppé

    (Marie Berthe) Fleurette Beauchamp-Huppé (b Beauchamp). Pianist, teacher, soprano, born Montreal 12 Dec 1907, died there 15 Mar 2007. She studied piano with Alice McCaughan 1915-22 and with Romain-Octave Pelletier, Arthur Letondal, and Romain Pelletier 1922-32.

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