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    Judith Rose Marcuse

    Judith Rose Marcuse née Margolick, dancer, choreographer, teacher, director (b at Montréal 13 Mar 1947). Her broad international background in ballet and modern dance has made Marcuse a versatile choreographer.

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    Judith Thompson

    Judith Thompson's first play, The Crackwalker (1980), produced at Toronto's THEATRE PASSE MURAILLE, was an extraordinarily bold and yet compassionate depiction of marginalized characters living in Kingston.

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    Judy Cornish and Joyce Gunhouse (Comrags)

    Joyce Gunhouse was raised in Victoria, BC. At age 6 she won a competition for design, which would develop into a lifelong passion for illustrating. She attended the University of Victoria (fine art and theatre) for one year.

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    Judy Fong Bates

    Judy Fong Bates, writer, teacher (born at Kaiping County, Guangdong, China 22 Dec 1949). Judy Fong Bates IMMIGRATED to Canada with her mother in 1955. Meeting her father in Allandale (now Barrie), Ontario, Fong Bates discovered she and her parents were the only ASIAN citizens in the area.

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    Judy Gingell

    Judy B. Gingell (née Smith), CM, OY, First Nations leader, Commissioner of Yukon, Elder (born 26 November 1946 near Rancheria, YT). Elder Judy Gingell is an Elder and member of Kwanlin Dün First Nation (see also First Nations in Yukon). For decades, Gingell has been a leader working to advance Indigenous rights in Yukon. She has held executive positions in several First Nations organizations. As chair of the Council for Yukon Indians (now Council of Yukon First Nations), Gingell negotiated and signed agreements to grant First Nations in Yukon land and self-government claims (see also Self-Governing First Nations in Yukon). She was the first Indigenous person appointed as Commissioner of Yukon.

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    Judy Jarvis

    Judy Jarvis, dancer, choreographer, teacher (born 6 June 1942 in Ottawa, ON; died 1 November 1986 in Toronto, ON). Judy Jarvis was recognized as a brilliant dance soloist, but it was in her role as a teacher that she made her most important contribution to the evolution of Canadian dance.

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    Judy Kang

    Judy Kang, violinist (born 13 July 1979 in Toronto, ON ). A child prodigy who has become a world-renowned musician, Judy Kang began violin lessons at age four and made her orchestral debut when she was 10. She studied at the Curtis Institute, Julliard and the Manhattan School of Music, and has given acclaimed performances with major orchestras, composers and conductors around the world. A versatile performer with a strong interest in improvisation, she transitions easily between classical and contemporary pop music — she was the violinist for Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball world tour (2010–11) — as well as indie rock, hip hop, jazz and electronica.

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    Judy Loman

    Judy (Judith Ann) Loman (b Leatherman). Harpist, teacher, b Goshen, Indiana, 3 Nov 1936; Diploma (Curtis) 1956.

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    Judy Rebick

    Judy Rebick, feminist, social activist, author, broadcaster, public speaker (born 15 August 1945 in Reno, Nevada). Judy Rebick has championed the rights of women, minorities and the working class since the 1960s. She was a member of the NDP’s Waffle caucus and a pro-choice spokesperson for the Ontario Coalition for Abortion Clinics. She rose to national prominence as the president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (1990–93) and as the host of CBC TV programs (1994–2000). From 2002 to 2010, she was the Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy at Ryerson University. She is also a best-selling author and was the founding publisher of rabble.ca.

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    Judy Sgro (Interview)

    SINCE NOVEMBER, former minister of citizenship and immigration Judy Sgro has been dogged by scandal. First came "strippergate" - allegations that she helped Romanian erotic dancer Alina Balaican skip the immigration line in return for volunteering on Sgro's political campaign. Then Brampton, Ont.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on May 23, 2005

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    Jules-André Brillant

    Jules-André Brillant, businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist (born 30 July 1888 in Assemetquahan, QC; died 11 May 1973 in Mont-Joli, QC). Brillant was the founder of Compagnie de Pouvoir du Bas-Saint-Laurent, Québec-Téléphone (today TELUS Québec, a subsidiary of TELUS) and the stations CJBR and CJBR-TV.

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    Jules Brazil

    (E.) Jules Brazil. Songwriter, arranger, entertainer, fl Toronto 1910-25. Known to have been a music teacher 1910-25 in Toronto, Brazil also was the composer or arranger (rarely the lyricist) of many songs published 1915-21 by Whaley Royce, Gordon V.

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    Jules Bruyère

    Jules Bruyère, baritone, (born 18 April 1928 in Murray Bay, QC; died 29 February 2020 in Montreal, QC).

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    Jules Fournier

    Jules Fournier, journalist, pamphleteer, translator (born 23 August 1884 in Coteau-du-Lac, QC; died 16 April 1918 in Ottawa, ON). Fournier began his classical studies at the Collège de Valleyfield before embarking on a career as a journalist (see Journalism). In 1903 he began his career at La Presse, then moved to Le Canada, Le Nationaliste and Le Devoir, making a name for himself as one of the most scathing columnists of his time (see Newspapers in Canada). In 1911, he founded his own weekly newspaper, L'Action. He became a French translator for the Senate in Ottawa in 1917.

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    Jules Hone

    Hone, Jules (b Gilles-Joseph). Violinist, teacher, composer, conductor, b Liège, Belgium, 7 Apr 1833, d Montreal 15 Sep 1913; shared deuxième prix violin (Liège Cons) 1851.

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