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    Cordelia Strube

    Cordelia Strube, novelist, playwright (b at Montréal, 1960). Trained as an actor, Cordelia Strube began her career in drama, first as a performer and later as a playwright for the stage and RADIO DRAMA.

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    Cordell Barker

    Cordell Barker, animator (b at Winnipeg 1957). Cordell Barker began an apprenticeship straight out of high school with a Winnipeg advertising studio in 1974, cutting his teeth on Sesame Street spots, K-Tel commercials and local ads.

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    Corey Cerovsek

    Corey Cerovsek. Violinist, pianist, mathematician, b Vancouver 24 Apr 1972; ARCT 1984, B SC music and mathematics (Indiana) 1987, M MUS (Indiana) 1988, D MUS (Indiana) 1991.

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    Corey Hart

    Corey Mitchell Hart, singer, songwriter (b at Montréal 31 May 1962). Hart rocketed onto the music scene with the release of the international hit "Sunglasses at Night" in 1983. His song "Never Surrender" won the 1985 Juno Award for single of the year.

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    Corey Hart

    Corey Hart. Singer, songwriter, pianist, producer, b Montreal 31 May 1962. Raised in Spain, Mexico, and the USA, he returned to Montreal in his youth. He began writing songs in his teens and endeavoured to sell his early efforts there and, at 17, in New York.

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    Corliss Powers Walker

    Corliss Powers Walker, "C.P.," theatre manager and impresario (b at Poultney, Vermont 19 September 1853; d at Winnipeg 24 September 1942).

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    Cornelia Hahn Oberlander

    Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, CC, OBC, landscape architect (born 20 June 1921 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany; died 22 May 2021 in Vancouver, BC). Cornelia Oberlander moved to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1953, where she founded her own architectural firm. During her career, Oberlander established herself as a landscape architect and became recognized for her social and environmental approach to architectural design. (See also Landscape Architecture.) Oberlander was the recipient of numerous awards and honours throughout her career and life.

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    Cornélia Nelly Lajeunesse

    (Marie-Lélia) Cornélia (Cordélia) Nelly Lajeunesse. Pianist, teacher, contralto, b Chambly, near Montreal, 31 Mar 1849 or 29 May 1854, d London? ca 1932.

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    Cornelis Opthof

    Cornelis Opthof. Baritone, b Rotterdam 10 Feb 1930, d Toronto 16 Dec 2008. Emigrating to Canada in 1949, Cornelis Opthof studied voice in Belleville, Ont, with Catharina Hendrikse, and 1957-9 on scholarship at the Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM). In 1960 he was a CBC Talent Festival winner.

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    Cornelius Krieghoff

    Cornelius David Krieghoff, artist (born 19 June 1815 in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands; died 8 March 1872 in Chicago, Illinois). Cornelius Krieghoff's interpretations of life in mid-19th century Quebec were as well-known and sought after in his own lifetime as they are today. This artist with an entrepreneurial bent was prolific: an estimated 1,500 to 1,800 paintings and prints suggest a ready and eager market for his images of rural francophones, Indigenous peoples, leisure sports, and landscapes and portraits.

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    Coroner

    A coroner is a public servant responsible for carrying out investigations to determine how and why deaths other than those by natural causes occurred.

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    Corrine Hunt

    Corrine Hunt, Kwakwaka'wakw/Tlingit artist (born in 1959 in Alert Bay, BC). Hunt is a respected artist who has created hand-crafted jewelry, accessories, art installations and furniture. In 2010, she co-designed the Vancouver Winter Olympic medals. Hunt is a strong and vocal supporter of the arts. In addition to her own work, she mentors other artists and strives to promote the traditional art of Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples. Her unique designs and art installations showcase her personal history as well as her cultural heritage.

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    Cortland Hultberg

    Cortland Hultberg. Conductor, teacher, composer, b Chicago 5 Sep 1931, d White Rock, BC, 3 Jan 2002; B SC music education (Northern Illinois) 1953, M SC music education (Illinois) 1954, M MUS (Arizona) 1958.

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    Cory Monteith

    Cory Allan Monteith, actor, musician (born at Calgary 11 May 1982, died, 13 July 2013 in Vancouver, BC). Cory Monteith is best known for his starring role in the TV series Glee. Monteith grew up on Vancouver Island and attended school in Victoria.

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    Cory Doctorow

    Cory Doctorow, author, journalist, blogger, activist (born 17 July 1971 in Toronto, ON). Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author and technology journalist. He has published 15 novels, several non-fiction books and short story collections, as well as numerous short stories. His works have been translated into several languages, including German, French and Portuguese. He also served as an editor of the popular blog Boing Boing. Doctorow is known for his opposition to Digital Rights Management, technology designed to control online access to copyrighted content. He is a proponent of Creative Commons, a more accessible form of licensing for creative works. Doctorow is also known for popularizing the term “enshittification” to describe the decay in quality of Internet platforms.

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