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When the federal government established the Indigenous Screen Office last year, it was the culmination of years of advocacy, something its first director, Jesse Wente (Innis, 1996), is quick to point out.

Tasha Schumann’s successful career as rap artist Tasha the Amazon comes as no surprise to her. After all, she has planned on being a musician since kindergarten.

Adrienne Clarkson has written about immigrants who struggled and thrived. An immigrant herself, she’s helped transform Canada.

The apps built by Alexander Levy's company MyVoice literally give a voice to thousands of people with profound speech disabilities.

Movies come and go but the films of Atom Egoyan stay – in the mind. This Canadian director deals with issues contemporary and eternal.

Betty Xie is perfectly comfortable being interviewed in a downtown café. After all, she made her first movie in one.

“The University of Toronto has played an important role in the lives of the Goldring family for four generations,” says Blake Goldring.

From her early beginnings as a chef to opening her renowned cooking school, Bonnie Stern has become a Canadian culinary guru.

If lawyer Brian Greenspan had a motto it might well be: Passion is the genesis of genius.

Co-hosting a show for teenagers in 1964, Carole Taylor probably didn’t think she would have a career interviewing prime ministers.

Charles Pachter, age 4, was petting a moose at the CNE 65 years ago. Who knew that he would join the moose as a Canadian icon?

“I believe that to be an artist, you need great technique, a great understanding of the past and a vision for the future,” says conjuror and former lawyer David Ben.

David Berkal is an entrepreneur, who got his start with a unique travel company.

From DNA swaps to Sigmund Freud, director David Cronenberg has challenged audiences with his vivid view of the world.

In 1984, David Onley commenced a 22-year career with CityTV as Canada’s first on-air reporter with a visible disability.

Derek Tsang is one of Hong Kong’s bright young filmmakers but when he was a student at U of T he chose to study sociology.