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    Nicole Beaudry

    Nicole Beaudry. Ethnomusicologist, teacher, b Montreal 26 Aug 1945; BA (Montreal) 1966, B MUS musicology (McGill) 1971, MA anthropology (Laval) 1977, PH D ethnomusicology (Montreal) 1986.

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    Nicole Brossard

    Nicole Brossard, writer, publisher (b at Montréal 27 Nov 1943). Brossard is a leading exponent of so-called formalist poetry in Québec and a major theoretician and promoter of literary and cultural feminism.

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    Nicole Labelle

    Nicole Labelle, musicologist, teacher, pianist, organist (born 2 June 1946 in Montreal, QC; died 9 March 2020 in Ottawa, ON).

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    Nicole Lorange

    (Marie Thérèse Rolande) Nicole Lorange. Soprano, b Montreal 28 Nov 1942; M MUS (Montreal) 1965. She began her studies privately with Roger Filiatrault, continuing at the École Vincent-d'Indy with Pierrette Alarie, Louise André, Bernard Diamant, Filiatrault, and Roy Royal.

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    Nigel Wright

    Nigel S. Wright, lawyer, businessman, chief of staff to Prime Minister Stephen Harper 2010–14 (born 18 May 1963 in Hamilton, ON; died 30 September 2025). In 2010, Nigel Wright took a leave of absence from his role as managing director at Onex, a private equity firm, to become chief of staff in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). He was a key figure in the Stephen Harper government and a prominent witness at the fraud and bribery trial of Senator Mike Duffy. Wright resigned as chief of staff in 2014. (See also Mike Duffy Case; Canadian Senate Expenses Scandal.)

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    Nijinsky

    Nijinsky, champion colt by Northern Dancer (b 1967; d at Kentucky, US 1992). Bred in Oshawa, Ont, by E.P. Taylor's stables, Nijinsky was sold as a yearling and trained in Ireland. 

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    Nil Parent

    Parent, Nil. Composer, teacher, b Quebec City 6 Oct 1945; premier prix musicology (CMQ) 1968. He took courses at the Institut de technologie de Québec in 1964 while pursuing his musical studies at the CMQ 1963-8.

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    Phil Nimmons

    Nimmons, Phil (Philip Rista). Composer, arranger, bandleader, clarinetist, educator, b Kamloops, BC, 3 Jun 1923; BA (British Columbia) 1944, honorary D MUS (McGill) 2011.

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    Nina Dempsey

    Nina (Gray) Dempsey (b Ferguson). Teacher, soprano, b Regina 22 Jun 1893, d San Francisco 30 Dec 1984; ATCM 1930, ARAM 1931, AMM 1936.

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    Nina Gale

    Nina (Hungerford Maud) Gale. Soprano, teacher, adjudicator, b Elora, near Guelph, Ont, 6 Oct 1884, d Toronto 29 Aug 1964. She studied at the TCM (RCMT) as a scholarship pupil of Ethel Shepherd, in London with Albert Visetti and Sir Henry Wood, and in Milan with Madame Norri-Baj and Teresa Arkel.

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    Nina Raginsky

    Nina Raginsky, photographer (b at Montréal 14 Apr 1941). Educated at Rutgers University in New Jersey, Raginsky turned to photography seriously in 1964, doing freelance work for the National Film Board. She worked first in black and white but later began to sepia tone and hand-colour her prints.

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    Nine Hour Movement

    The Nine Hour Movement was an international phenomenon, taking place in Canada between January and June 1872. The movement’s goal was to standardize shorter working days. Though this particular mandate was unsuccessful, the movement did have an impact, including setting the foundation for the Canadian Labor Union.

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    Nipissing (Nbisiing) First Nation

    Nipissing (also Nbisiing) First Nation people are of Algonquin and Ojibwe descent. (See also Anishinaabe and Algonquian.) The First Nation is made up of several communities along the north shore of Lake Nipissing. Their motto is an affirmation for protection of A-Kii (land), Bemaadzijik (people) and E-Niigaanwang (future). Nipissing First Nation was the first Anishinaabe nation in Ontario to ratify their own constitution in 2014. The population of Nipissing First Nation, as of November 2025, was 3,604. Two-thirds of the population reside off-reserve, while 1,002 live on-reserve.

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    Nisga'a

    The Nisga’a are the original occupants of the Nass River Valley of Northwestern British Columbia. As of 2021, 1,794 Nisga’a continue to live on traditional lands in this area. In the 2021 Census, 4,890 people identified as Nisga’a. Granted self-government in a landmark case in 2000, the Nisga’a Lisims Government now governs the Nisga’a nation.

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    Nisga'a Land Treaty

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on July 27, 1998. Partner content is not updated. A mere 111 years after a group of northwestern B.C. natives first asked Ottawa and Victoria for a treaty confirming their title to hundreds of square kilometres of the remote and lovely Nass River valley, their descendants may finally be on the verge of satisfaction.

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