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    Michael J. Fox

    Michael J. Fox (born Michael Andrew Fox), OC, actor, producer, author (born 9 June 1961 Fox in Edmonton, AB). Michael J. Fox is best known for his roles in the Back to the Future trilogy and in the TV series Family Ties and Spin City. The recipient of several Emmy Awards and Golden Globe Awards, he was inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Fox, who has Parkinson’s disease, founded the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research in 2000. He has received a number of humanitarian awards and honorary degrees and is an Officer of the Order of Canada.

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    Michael J. Fox (Profile)

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on April 29, 2002. Partner content is not updated. He was a blur. That's how I remember Michael J. FOX the first time we talked. It was 1987. I'd come to Los Angeles to interview him for a Maclean's cover story, and we met at a Family Ties rehearsal at Paramount.

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    Michael John O'Brien

    Michael John O'Brien, railway builder, industrialist, philanthropist (b at Lochaber, NS 19 Sept 1851; d at Renfrew, Ont 26 Nov 1940). O'Brien left school while he was in grade 8 to work as a water boy on a railway construction site.

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    Michael Kilburn

    Michael Kilburn. Cellist, b Toronto 4 Aug 1934; Artist Diploma (Toronto) 1953.

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    Michael Kusugak

    Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak, Inuk children's writer, storyteller in English and Inuktitut (born 27 April 1948 in Qatiktalik [Cape Fullerton, NT], now NU). Kusugak is known for his picture books, almost all of which are illustrated by Vladyana Krykorka. Kusugak’s children’s stories all feature Inuit life and traditions. His books demonstrate how stories can be used to teach history and culture. Kusugak’s books have reached international audiences, with some translated into Japanese, Korean, French and Braille.

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    Michael Kusugak (Profile)

    These days, the former truant spends about three months of each year in schools, libraries and museums across Canada, entertaining and delighting children who are not much older than he was when he headed for the hills.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on April 8, 1996

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    Michael Langham

    He succeeded Tyrone GUTHRIE as artistic director of the Ontario STRATFORD FESTIVAL (1955-67), doing stellar productions of Henry V (mixing a French and English cast), King Lear, Love's Labour's Lost and Cyrano de Bergerac, among others.

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    Michael Laucke

    Michael Laucke. Guitarist, b Montreal, 29 Jan 1947.

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    Michael Lee-Chin

    Michael Lee-Chin, businessman, investor and philanthropist (born 3 January 1951 in Port Antonio, Jamaica). Lee-Chin is president and chairman of Portland Holdings, a private investment company. According to Canadian Business magazine, Lee-Chin has an estimated net worth of more than $3.95 billion (as of 2017) and was ranked the 20th wealthiest Canadian. He is also one of the richest Jamaicans. Lee-Chin is also a dedicated philanthropist and has pledged and donated more than $60 million to hospitals, universities and, most notably, the Royal Ontario Museum, where the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal is named in honour of his $30-million pledge.

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    Michael Levine

    In 1984 Levine was a resident designer at the Glasgow Citizen's Theatre, Scotland, where his imaginative costume and set designs first attracted attention for their postmodern evocation of visual styles from the past.

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    Michael Levine (Profile)

    Toronto’s COC ended up with precisely that when it hired innovative Quebec director Robert Lepage and Levine to create its double bill of Bluebeard’s Castle and Arnold Schoenberg’s Erwartung (Expectation), a half-hour 1909 work for solo soprano.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on January 16, 1995

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    Michael Luchkovich

    Michael Luchkovich, teacher, politician, author (born 13 November 1892 in Shamokin, Pennsylvania; died 21 April 1973 in Edmonton, AB). In 1926, Michael Luchkovich became the first Ukrainian Canadian to be elected to Parliament. A member of the United Farmers of Alberta (UFA), he was re-elected in 1930 but defeated in 1935, when he ran as part of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). A staunch defender of minority rights in Canada, Luchkovich was an early advocate for multiculturalism. He later translated books from Ukrainian into English.

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    Michael Matthews

    Matthews, Michael (Bass). Composer, teacher, conductor, b Gander, Nfld, 28 Aug 1950; B MUS (California State, Northridge) 1975, MA (California State, Sacramento) 1979, PH D (North Texas State) 1982.

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    Michael McMahon

    Michael McMahon. Pianist, coach, accompanist, b Gratton Township, Ont, 23 Jan 1954; B MUS piano (McGill) 1978, diploma vocal accompaniment (Vienna Academy) 1980. McMahon began piano studies at 6, then worked 1972-8 with Charles Reiner at McGill University and 1978-80 with F.

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    Michael Miller

    Miller, Michael (Richard). Composer, pianist, b Lisbon 24 Jul 1932, naturalized Canadian 1972; BA (New York University) 1955, MA (ESM) 1956, PH D (ESM) 1971. He studied composition at the ESM with Bernard Rogers and Wayne Barlow. He taught at New York University 1961-5 and Vassar College 1965-6.

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