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Alex Colville
Painter of such works as To Prince Edward Island and Horse and Train
Barry Avrich
Filmmaker; President of Endeavour Marketing
Bruce Mau
Designer; Creative director of Bruce Mau Design; Founder of Institute without Boundaries
Christopher Pratt
Painter; Contemporary realist
David Shore
Writer; Emmy-Award Winning Writer for TV show 'House'
Diane Dupuy
Founder of Famous People Players, theatre employing people with physical and mental disabilities
Edward Burtynsky
Photographer; Inspiration for Jennifer Baichwal’s 2006 film
Manufacturing Landscapes
Deepa Mehta
Filmmaker whose works inclue
Water
and
Earth
June Callwood
Former journalist for
Globe and Mail
and
Macleans
; Host of the CBC’s
In Touch
, 1997-1978; Founder of Casey House and PEN Canada
Karen Kain
Ballet Dancer; Artistic Director of National Ballet of Canada
Lynn Johnston
Cartoonist; 'For Better or For Worse'
Patricia Rozema
Filmmaker whose works include
I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing
and
Mansfield Park
Patrick Morrow
Mountain Climber; First Canadian to climb Seven Summits
Raffi
Musician; Children's entertainer
Raymond Moriyama
Architect; Founder of Moriyama and Teshima Architects
Rob Feenie
Host New Classics with Chef Rob Feenie; Executive Chef and Owner of Lumière Restaurant; Winner Iron Chef America
Robert Bateman
Painter; Naturalist and wildlife artist
Rosemaire Landry
Opera Singer; Head of Voice Department, University of Montreal
Valerie Pringle
Host of Canada AM
, 1993-2002; current host of the Canadian edition of
Antiques Roadshow
Mark Roswell/Dashan
Comedian; Most Famous Westerner in China
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Conductor; Artistic Director of the Orchestre Metropolitain
Vivienne Poy
Former Canadian senator; Chancellor of the University of Toronto
Mary Walsh
Comedian; 'This Hour has 22 Mintues'
Business
Phyllis Yaffe
CEO, Alliance Atlantis
David Pecaut
Senior Vice-President of The Boston Consulting Group
Jim Pattison
Chairman, President, CEO, and sole owner of Jim Pattison Group
Peter Munk
Chairman and Founder of Barrick Gold, the world's largest gold mining corporation
Robert Schad
Founder, President and CEO of Husky Injection Molding Systems
Rossana Magnotta
President and Co-founder of Magnotta, the award-winning winery
Ron Foxcroft
Referee; Inventor of Fox 40 Whistle and Founder of Fox 40 International
Sherry Cooper
Global Economic Strategist; Executive Vice-President of BMO
Annette Verschuren
President of The Home Depot
Margot Franssen
Former partner and president Body Shop; President and CEO Accessorize Canada
Phil White and Gerard Vroomen
Founder and Owners of Cervélo Cycles
Bruce Poon Tip
CEO, G.A.P. Adventures
Wallace McCain
Co-founder of McCain Foods Limited; Chairman of Maple Leaf Foods Inc.
Science and Medicine
James Orbinski
President Dignitas International; former President of Médicins Sans Frontieres Canada and the MSF International Council
Huldah Buntain
Missionary, 'Mission of Mercy', Fifty Years in Calcutta, worked with Mother Teresa
Indira Samarasekera
President of University of Alberta; Reasearcher and Metallurgical Engineer
Roberta Bondar
Canada's First Woman Astronaut; Chancellor of Trent University
Tirone David
Head of Cardiovascular Surgery at the University Health Network
Lynda Haverstock
Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan (2000-2006)
Zoe Brabant
Médicins du Monde Canada
James Gosling
Inventor of the Java Programming Language
Philippe Couillard
Ministre de la Santé et des Services Sociaux in the Quebec National Assembly
Dennis Chitty
Zoologist, author of
Do Lemmings commit suicide?
Joseph MacInnis
Oceanic Explorer
Law and Politics
Brian Mulroney
Prime Minister of Canada (1984-1993)
Beverley McLachlin
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
E.D. Bayda
Cheif Justice of Saskatchewan
Edward Greenspan
Criminal Lawyer who has represented the likes of Conrad Black, Garth Drabinsky and Michael Rose
Hazel McCallion
Mayor of Mississauga (1978-present)
James Bartleman
Canadian Ambassador to Cuba, 1981-1983; Ambassador to NATO 1990-1994; Current Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario
John Godfrey
Editor of the Financial Post, 1987-1991; Liberal Minister of State for Infrastructure and Communities, 2004-2006
Ralph Goodale
Minister of Finance (2003-2006)
Jennifer Welsh
Professor of International Relations, Oxford University; Author
At Home in the World: Canada’s Global Vision for the 21st Century
Alan Sullivan
Diplomat
Ujjal Dosanjh
Federal Minister of Health (2004-2006), Premier of British Columbia (2000-2001)
Matthew Coon-Come
National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (2000-2003)
Angus Reid
Political Analyst; Former Head of Angus Reid Group (now Ipsos-Reid)
Daurene Lewis
First Female African-American Mayor in North America
Larry Campbell
Mayor of Vancouver (2002-2005), Member of Canadian Senate (2005-present)
Sports
Bob Rumball
Founder of The Bob Rumball Centre for the Deaf; CFL Football Player; Evangelical Minister
Daniel Igali
Olympic Champion Wrestler; President Igali Foundation
Red Kelly
Former Detroit Red Wing and Toronto Maple Leaf; Liberal Member of Parliament, 1962-1965
Rick Hansen
Wheelchair Athlete; Founder of
Man In Motion World Tour
Norman Kwong
Football Player, Co- Owner of Calgary Flames, name on Grey Cup and Stanley Cup; Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta