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    Rowena Hume

    Rowena Grace Douglas Hume, doctor, birth control advocate (born 14 January 1877 in Galt, ON; died 2 October 1966 in Toronto, ON). Rowena Hume was a pioneer in women’s medicine, earning her medical degree at a time when many women were forced to study medicine separately from men. As part of her long career in medicine, Hume was a co-founder of Women’s College Hospital in Toronto and served as the institution’s first President and first Chief of Obstetrics. (See also Childbirth in Canada.) In 1932, she helped co-found Canada’s first birth control clinic in Hamilton, at a time when advertising or selling birth control was illegal. (See also History of Birth Control in Canada.) This article was created in collaboration with Museum of Toronto.

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    Rowland Bourke

    Rowland Richard Louis Joseph Bourke, VC, DSO, farmer, naval officer (born 28 November 1885 in London, England; died 29 August 1958 in Esquimalt, BC). During the First World War, Bourke joined the British navy, serving in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. In May 1918, Bourke commanded a motor launch during a naval attack to block the entrance to the Belgian port of Ostend. He received the Victoria Cross for rescuing several sailors under fire. During the Second World War, he served in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve. He retired from the navy in 1950.

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    Rowland Cardwell Frazee

    Rowland Cardwell Frazee, banker (born 12 May 1921 in Halifax, Nova Scotia; died 29 July 2007 in New Brunswick). From 1979 to 1986, he was chief executive officer with the ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, the largest chartered bank in the country.

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    Rowland Pack

    Rowland (Sterling) Pack. Cellist, organist, choir conductor, b London, Ont, 15 Jul 1927, d Toronto 3 Jan 1964. As a child he studied piano with his aunt, Ruby Pack, organ with Thomas C. Chattoe, and cello with Goldwin Quantz. At 15 he became organist-choirmaster of Robinson United Church, London.

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    Roxolana Roslak

    Roxolana (Audry) Roslak. Soprano, b Chortkiv, Ukraine, 11 Feb 1940, naturalized Canadian 1953; Artist Diploma (Toronto) 1964. She studied voice as a child in Edmonton with Mrs. J.B. Carmichael and later at the University of Toronto and the RCMT with Howell Glynne, Irene Jessner, and Ernesto Vinci.

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    Roy Akira Miki

    Roy Akira Miki, academic, poet, critic, editor, activist (born 10 October 1942 in Winnipeg, MB).

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    Roy Arden

    Employing such diverse media as photography, video, sculpture, and collage, Roy Arden's work has assiduously tracked the radical transformation of Vancouver over the past thirty years.

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    Roy Bonisteel

    Roy Earnest Bonisteel, CM, broadcast journalist, television host (born 29 May 1930 in Ameliasburg, ON; died 16 August 2013 in Quinte West, ON). 

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    Roy Daniells

    Roy Daniells, professor, poet, critic (b at London, Eng 6 Apr 1902; d at Vancouver 13 Apr 1979). Educated at the University of British Columbia and the University of Toronto, Daniells taught for most of his career at UBC, retiring in 1974.

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    Roy Dupuis

    Roy Dupuis, actor (b at Haileybury ON 21 April 1963).

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    Roy Eric Peterson

    Roy Eric Peterson, cartoonist (b at Winnipeg 14 Sept 1936). Editorial cartoonist at The Vancouver Sun since 1962, Peterson has won six National Newspaper Awards but is perhaps best known for his illustrations that accompany AllanFOTHERINGHAM's column each week on the back page of Maclean's magazine.

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    Roy Forbes

    Roy (Henry Charles) ("Bim") Forbes. Singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, broadcaster, b Dawson Creek, near Prince George, BC, 13 Feb 1953; hon Associate of Arts (Northern Lights College) 2007.

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    Roy Henry Vickers

    Roy Henry Vickers, CM, OBC, artist (born 4 June 1946 in Greenville [aka Laxgalts'ap], BC). Roy Henry Vickers is one of Canada’s most successful artists. He is perhaps best known for his limited edition prints, which are characterized by bold, often primary colours and inspired by such First Nations imagery as animals, nature and spiritual symbols. He also produces carvings, paintings and totem poles, has written several books for adults and children and is a popular motivational speaker. He is the founder of the Eagle Aerie Gallery in Tofino, British Columbia, and has received the Queen Elizabeth II Golden and Diamond Jubilee Medals. He is a recognized leader in the First Nations community and has spoken openly about his recovery from various addictions.

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    Roy Romanow

    Roy John Romanow, PC, OC, premier of Saskatchewan 1991-2001, lawyer, politician, author, royal commissioner (born 12 August 1939 in Saskatoon, SK). Roy Romanow was a leading figure in the negotiations that led to the 1982 patriation of the Constitutionand the creation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. As premier, he restored Saskatchewan’s fiscal health in the 1990s. A passionate advocate for publicly-funded medicare, he headed the 2001-2002 Royal Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada.

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    Roy Kiyooka

    Roy Kenzie Kiyooka, painter and poet (b at Moose Jaw, Sask 18 Jan 1926; d at Vancouver 8 Jan 1994). Of Japanese ancestry, Roy Kenzie Kiyooka grew up in the Prairies. He was multitalented and tackled other disciplines, including sculpture, photography, filmmaking, music and writing.

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