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    Helen (Ma) Armstrong

    Helen (Ma) Armstrong (née Jury), labour activist, women’s rights activist (born 17 June 1875 in Toronto, Ontario; died 17 April 1947 in Los Angeles, California). Helen Armstrong was a labour activist who fought for the rights of working-class women throughout her life. She was the leader of the Winnipeg Women’s Labor League and a central figure in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike. She campaigned for unions, a minimum wage and social security, and against conscription. Armstrong was arrested for her activism at least three times, including twice during the Winnipeg General Strike. Historian Esyllt Jones described Helen Armstrong as “the exception in a male-dominated labour movement.”

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    Helen Mamayaok Maksagak

    Helen Mamayaok Maksagak, CM, politician, public servant, community leader (born 15 April 1931 in Bernard Harbour, NT [NU]; died 23 January 2009 in Cambridge Bay, NU). Maksagak was the first woman and Inuk to serve as the commissioner of the Northwest Territories. A vocal and engaged advocate for Inuit affairs, she contributed to efforts to establish Nunavut as Canada’s third territory in the 1990s. In March of 1999, she was chosen as the first commissioner of the newly created Nunavut territory; her term lasted until March 2000. Maksagak returned to a formal political role in November 2005, when she was appointed deputy commissioner of Nunavut. In addition to her political career, Maksagak performed advocacy work, focusing on Inuit and, more broadly, Indigenous initiatives, such as improving access to social services.

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    Helen Martens

    Helen Martens. Teacher, choir conductor, ethnomusicologist, b Sagradowska, Ukraine, 21 Feb 1928, naturalized Canadian 1935; LRSM 1952, BA (Minnesota) 1954, MA (Minnesota) 1956, PH D (Columbia) 1968. Her family emigrated to Canada in 1930, settling in Sanford, Man.

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    Helen Sawyer Hogg

    Helen Battles Sawyer Hogg (née Sawyer), CC, FRSC, astronomer and educator (born 1 August 1905 in Lowell, Massachusetts; died 28 January 1993 in Toronto, ON). Recognized internationally for her research on globular star clusters, Helen Sawyer Hogg significantly advanced astronomers’ understanding of the location and age of stars as well as the origins and evolution of our galaxy, the Milky Way. She also contributed greatly to the Canadian public’s understanding of astronomy and inspired women to enter scientific professions.

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    Helen Sherry

    Helen Sherry (b Davies). Soprano, teacher, adjudicator, b Levenshulme, near Manchester, England, 15 Sep 1884, d Saskatoon 27 Feb 1964.

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    Helen Vanderburg

    Helen Vanderburg, synchronized swimmer (b at Calgary 12 Jan 1959). Vanderburg was the first Canadian to dominate international synchronized swimming. A member of the national team from 1971 to 1979, she won 11 Canadian solo, duet and figure titles.

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    Helena Gutteridge

    Helena Rose Gutteridge, feminist, trade unionist, socialist politician (b at London, Eng 1879 or 1880; d at Vancouver 3 Oct 1960). Gutteridge immigrated to BC in 1911 and organized the BC Women's Suffrage League.

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    Hélène Baillargeon

    Hélène (Marie) Baillargeon. Folklorist, singer, b St-Martin-de-Beauce, south of Quebec City, 28 Aug 1916, d Montreal 25 Sep 1997. She studied voice in Quebec City 1935-8, in New York 1939-40 with Franz Rupp, and in Montreal 1940-4 with Alfred La Liberté, who introduced her to folk music.

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    Hélène Dugal

    Hélène Dugal. Organist, teacher, b Verdun (Montreal), 2 Nov 1949; premier prix organ (CMM) 1972. She studied at the CMM with Bernard Lagacé (organ) and Kenneth Gilbert (harpsichord). On a scholarship from the Quebec government, she attended (1972-3) the Geneva Cons.

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    Hélène Fortin

    Hélène Fortin. Soprano, b Dolbeau, Lac-St-Jean, Que, 2 July 1959, d Québec City, 26 October 2008; B MUS (Laval) 1985, M MUS (Laval) 1987. Hélène Fortin studied at Laval University with Louise André and received further training from Jane Randolph in California.

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    Hélène Gagné

    Hélène (Marie Gisèle Marcelle) Gagné. Cellist, teacher, b Montreal 30 Jan 1950; performance diploma cello (Lausanne Conservatory) 1968. A pupil of Walter Joachim 1961-6 at the CMM, she also studied 1963-8 with Paul Tortelier and Guy Fallot at the JMC Orford Art Centre.

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    Hélène Grenier

    (Anne Marie) Hélène Grenier. Writer, librarian, b Quebec City 25 Jul 1900; d 22 Quebec City March 1992; MA (Montreal) 1944. She studied at McGill University as well as the University of Montreal, where her master's dissertation was entitled 'Les précurseurs de la musique symphonique'.

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    Hélène Joy

    Hélène Joy, aka Helene Joy, actor (born in Perth, Australia). 

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    Hélène Landry

    Hélène Landry. Pianist, teacher, b Ottawa. She studied in Ottawa at the Canadian Conservatory of Music (Ottawa) under its director Henry Puddicombe and obtained diplomas in teaching and performance.

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    Hélène Loiselle

    Hélène Loiselle, actress (born 17 March 1928 in Montreal, QC; died 7 August 2013 in Quebec City) An outstanding figure on the Quebec stage and screen, Hélène Loiselle shone in major roles in the international repertoire as well as in works by local authors. Her career spanned six decades to include television plays, radio-dramas, children's programs, television miniseries and major films.

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