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WMichael Christie is a Canadian writer, whose debut story collection The Beggar's Garden was a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize and a shortlisted nominee for the 2011 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.
WRupert Clague is a Canadian-British filmmaker and writer.
WDr. Penny Serafina Petrone was a Canadian writer, educator, patron of the arts, and philanthropist.
WRoy Piovesana, is a Canadian teacher and historian. He is one of three children born to Enrico Piovesana (1900–1987) and Christina Brescia (1913–1990). His father emigrated from Pasiano Pordenone in 1924 and his mother was a second generation Italian Canadian born in Fort William.
WJohn Potestio immigrated to Canada in 1953. He is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario, (B.A.) and Lakehead University (M.A.) and was a teacher of history in Thunder Bay until his retirement in 1996. Presently, he is a sessional lecturer in Italian culture and language at Lakehead University.
WPaul Allen Wood Shaffer is a Canadian singer, composer, actor, author, comedian, and multi-instrumentalist who served as David Letterman's musical director, band leader, and sidekick on the entire run of both Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993) and Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2015).
WJay Sparrow is a Canadian singer-songwriter.