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The following is a list of notable alumni, faculty and affiliates of
University of Guelph , mottoeng = "to learn the reasons of realities" , established = May 8, 1964 ()As constituents: OAC: (1874) Macdonald Institute: (1903) OVC: (1922) , type = Public university , chancellor ...
in Canada.


Chancellors

At its first convocation on May 21, 1965 George Drew was installed as chancellor of the University. * George Drew (1965–1971) *
Emmett Matthew Hall Emmett Matthew Hall (November 29, 1898 – November 12, 1995) was a Canadian lawyer, civil liberties advocate, Supreme Court of Canada judge and public policy advocate. He is considered one of the fathers of the Canadian system of Medicare, ...
(1971–1977) *
Pauline Mills McGibbon Pauline Mills McGibbon (21 October 1910 – 14 December 2001) served as the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1974 to 1980. In addition to being the first woman to occupy that position, she was also the first woman to serve as a vi ...
(1977–1983) *
William Atcheson Stewart William Atcheson Stewart (February 26, 1915 – December 8, 1990) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1957 to 1975 who represented the southwestern Ontar ...
(1983–1989 *
Lincoln Alexander Lincoln MacCauley Alexander (January 21, 1922 – October 19, 2012) was a Canadian lawyer who became the first Black Canadian member of Parliament in the House of Commons, the first Black federal Cabinet Minister (as federal Minister of Labou ...
(1991–2007) *
Pamela Wallin Pamela Wallin (born April 10, 1953) is a Canadian senator, former television journalist, and diplomat. She was appointed to the senate on January 2, 2009, where she initially sat as a Conservative. Early life and career Wallin was born in W ...
(2007–2011) *
David Mirvish David Mirvish, (born August 29, 1944) is a Canadian art collector, art dealer, theatre producer, real estate developer and son of the late Toronto discount department store owner "Honest" Ed Mirvish and artist Anne Lazar Macklin. Life and caree ...
(2012–2017) * Martha Billes (2017–2022) *
Mary Anne Chambers Mary Anne Veronica Chambers, (born September 8, 1950) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada, and is the recently named Chancellor of the University of Guelph. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2003 until 2007, and s ...
(2022–present)


Presidents

* John Douglas MacLachlan (1964–1967) *
William Winegard William Charles Winegard, (September 17, 1924 – January 31, 2019) was a Canadian educator, engineer, scientist and member of Parliament. Life and career Born in Hamilton, Ontario, he served during World War II in the Royal Canadian Navy from ...
(1967–1975) *
Donald Forster Donald Forster (1934 – August 8, 1983) was a Canadian academic. He was president of the University of Guelph, and was appointed president of the University of Toronto just before his death. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he was a graduate of the ...
(1975–1983) * Burton Matthews (1983–1988) * Brian Segal (1988–1993) * Mordechai Rozanski (1993–2003) *
Alastair Summerlee Alastair J. S. Summerlee was the Interim President and Vice-Chancellor of Carleton University located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He was previously the seventh president of the University of Guelph. President Summerlee, whose career as a schola ...
(2003–2014) * Franco Vaccarino (2014–2020) * Charlotte Yates (Interim) (2020–2021) * Charlotte Yates (2021–present)


Notable alumni

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Edmund Abaka Edmund Abaka is a photographer and historian of Africa at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. He is a graduate of the University of Cape Coast in Ghana and received his master's from the University of Guelph in Canada. He received ...
- professor of African history at the
University of Miami The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. , the university enrolled 19,096 students in 12 colleges and schools across nearly 350 academic majors and programs, incl ...
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Allan Armitage Allan M. Armitage (1 June 1946) is professor of horticulture at the University of Georgia, US, where he teaches, conducts research, and runs the University of Georgia Horticulture Gardens—producing annual guidelines for annuals and perennials s ...
– author and professor at the
University of Georgia , mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things." , establ ...
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Rupan Bal Rupanjit Singh Bal (born January 26, 1990) is an Indian-Canadian YouTuber, actor, director and comedian. Bal became famous for his comedic roles in videos produced by fellow Indo-Canadian comic and YouTuber Jus Reign, and parleyed that role int ...
– Canadian–Indian YouTuber"From YouTube sensations to Punjabi movie stars"
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Toronto Star The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is the country's largest daily newspaper by circulation. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part ...
'', May 15, 2014. * Chris Banks – poet *
Toby Barrett Theobald Butler "Toby" Barrett (born November 3, 1945) was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the district of Haldimand—Norfolk for the Progressive Conservative Party from 1995 until 2022. B ...
– politician, Member of Provincial Parliament for
Haldimand—Norfolk Haldimand—Norfolk is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1997, and since 2004. The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Conservative Leslyn Lewis. Geograph ...
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Alexandra Beaton Alexandra Beaton (born ) is a Canadian actress. She is known for starring as Emily on the Canadian teen drama series '' The Next Step'' during its first seven seasons. Early life Beaton grew up near Claremont, Ontario. Beaton also has a younge ...
– actress and dancer *
Karen Beauchemin Karen Beauchemin is a federal scientist in Canada who is recognized as an international authority on methane emissions and ruminant nutrition. Her research helps develop farming techniques that improve how we raise cattle for meat and milk, while ...
– research scientist * Deni Ellis Béchard –
Canadian-American Canadian Americans is a term that can be applied to American citizens whose ancestry is wholly or partly Canadian, or citizens of either country that hold dual citizenship. The term ''Canadian'' can mean a nationality or an ethnicity. Canadians ...
novelist *
Jennifer Beech Jennifer Beech is a Canadian television host. In the early 1990s she appeared on YTV (TV channel), YTV as "PJ Jenn." She left YTV in 1994 to become the host of BBS Master Control which consisted of a line-up of children's programming from Walt Dis ...
– Canadian television host *
Laura Bertram Laura Maureen Bertram (born 5 September 1978Laura Bertram's bio
at www.northernstars.ca/
– actress *
Mark Bourrie Mark Bourrie (born 1959 or 1960) is a Canadian journalist and author. He has worked as a contract lecturer at Carleton University and the University of Ottawa. In 2020, his biography of Pierre-Esprit Radisson, ''Bushrunner: The Adventures of Pi ...
– lawyer and journalist *
Tim Bray Timothy William Bray (born June 21, 1955) is a Canadian software developer, environmentalist, political activist and one of the co-authors of the original XML specification. He worked for Amazon Web Services from December 2014 until May 2020 whe ...
–
software developer Software development is the process of conceiving, specifying, designing, Computer programming, programming, software documentation, documenting, software testing, testing, and Software bugs, bug fixing involved in creating and maintaining applic ...
and entrepreneur *
Sara Angelucci Sara Angelucci (born 1962) is a Canadian artist based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Education She has a B.A. (Hons.) in Art History and B.F.A in Fine Arts from University of Guelph, and an M.F.A. from NSCAD University. Work Angelucci works pri ...
– artist and professor at
Ryerson University Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU or Toronto Met) is a public university, public research university located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The university's core campus is situated within the Garden District, Toronto, Garden District, although i ...
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Harry Brightwell Arthur Harry Brightwell (born 4 August 1932) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1984 to 1993. He was a veterinarian by career. Born in Matheson, Ontario, he attended the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph, Ontario where he ...
* Ryder Britton *
Christa Brosseau Christa L. Brosseau is a Canadian chemist, currently a Canada Research Chair at Saint Mary's University (Halifax) Saint Mary's University (SMU) is a formerly Catholic, public university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The school is be ...
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James Robert Brown James Robert Brown (born 1949) is a Canadian philosopher of science. He is an emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto. In the philosophy of mathematics, he has advocated mathematical Platonism, visual reasoning, and in th ...
* Krista Buecking *
Tyler Clark Burke Tyler Clark Burke is a Canadian artist, illustrator, designer, and writer based in Toronto, Ontario. She is the co-founder of Canadian independent record label Three Gut Records. She has written and illustrated two children's books. Early life and ...
– artist, illustrator, designer, and writer *
Kathy Butler Kathy Butler (born 22 October 1973) is a long-distance runner who competes in the 10,000 metres and marathon, as well as cross country running and road running. Born in Scotland, she has competed internationally for both Great Britain and Canada. ...
*
Mikey Bustos Mikey is a masculine given name, often a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Michael. It may also refer to: People * Mikey Ambrose (born 1993), American Major League Soccer player * Mikey Arroyo (born 1969), Filipino actor and politician, son of Phili ...
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Cassie Campbell Cassie Dawin Campbell-Pascall (born November 22, 1973) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and a current broadcaster for Sportsnet and ESPN. Born in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Campbell grew up in Brampton, Ontario, playing for the Brampton Canad ...
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Dom Cardillo Dominic Cardillo (October 26, 1930 – April 14, 2013) was a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Kitchener, Ontario from 1982 to 1994.David Castle *
Anna Chatterton Anna Chatterton is a Canadian playwright,"Chatterton, Anna"
''Canadian Theatre Encyclo ...
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Laurel Schafer Laurel Schafer is a Canadian Organic chemist. She is a full professor at the University of British Columbia and Canada Research Chair in Catalyst Development. Schafer's research is at the intersection of organometallic and organic chemistry. E ...
,
Canada Research Chair Canada Research Chair (CRC) is a title given to certain Canadian university research professors by the Canada Research Chairs Program. Program goals The Canada Research Chair program was established in 2000 as a part of the Government of Canada ...
in Catalyst Development * Dicki Chhoyang *
George Chiang George Chiang is a Canadian writer, composer, producer, and actor. He is best known for creating the internationally acclaimed musical and film ''Golden Lotus (musical), Golden Lotus''. He has also authored several children's books, including '' ...
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Meredith Chivers Meredith L. Chivers is a Canadian sexologist and clinical psychologist noted for her research on female sexuality, sexual orientation, paraphilias, sex differences, gender identity, and the physiology of sexual arousal. She is an associate prof ...
*
Olivia Chow Olivia Chow (; born March 24, 1957) is a Canadian retired politician who was a federal New Democratic Party (NDP) member of Parliament (MP) representing Trinity—Spadina from 2006 to 2014. Chow ran in the 2014 Toronto mayoral election, placin ...
– 66th Mayor of Toronto *
Reid Coolsaet Reid Coolsaet (born July 29, 1979) is a Canadian long-distance runner who competes in the marathon. Career He is a University of Guelph alumnus, having competed as a Gryphon during his time there. He made his first international appearances for ...
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Claude Cormier Claude Cormier (born June 22, 1960) is a landscape architect from Quebec. The majority of his projects are located in Montreal and Toronto. See also * ''18 Shades of Gay'', Montreal References

1960 births Living people Urban desig ...
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Anne Croy Barbara Anne Croy (née McLeish) is a Canadian reproductive immunologist and professor emerita in Biomedical and Molecular Sciences at Queen's University. From 2004 until 2016, Croy was a Canada Research Chair in Reproduction, Development and S ...
, Reproductive immunologist * Elisabeth de Mariaffi *
Diane Deans Diane Elizabeth Deans is a member of Ottawa City Council, Canada, representing Gloucester-Southgate Ward in the city's southeast, representing more than 49,500 residents. Career A graduate of the University of Guelph, she was active in the Cana ...
* Susan Dobson *
Peter Donaldson Peter Ian Donaldson (23 August 1945 – 2 November 2015) was an English newsreader on BBC Radio 4. Early life Donaldson was born in Cairo, Egypt, and moved to Cyprus in 1952 at the time of the overthrow of King Farouk. He was a frequent ...
* Maura Doyle, multimedia artist *
Rick Ferraro Enrico Eugenio "Rick" Ferraro (born January 7, 1950) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1990. Background Ferraro was educated at the University of Guelph, and wa ...
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Graham Forsythe Basil Graham Forsythe (17 October 1952–16 March 2012) was a Canadian artist. Although Forsythe was classified blind at birth he traveled extensively. He did not start painting until 1991 when his eyesight was restored by an operation. Ear ...
* James E. Fraser * Harry L. Garrigus * Nora Gould – poet * Tim Grant * Peter S. Gray * Michael Grimes (Associate Diploma 1920), Irish scientist and first Professor of Microbiology at
University College Cork University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh) is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, and located in Cork. The university was founded in 1845 as one of ...
* Tara Hedican * Graham Henderson *
Stephen Hicks Stephen Ronald Craig Hicks (born August 19, 1960) is a Canadian-American philosopher. He teaches at Rockford University, where he also directs the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship. Career Hicks earned his Bachelor of Arts (Honours, 19 ...
* Robert Horner *
Nasrin Husseini Nasrin Husseini is an Afghan-born Canadian advocate of refugees, veterinary researcher, and a food activist, working to remake the food system. Her research focuses on advancing animal health through breeding and improving the productivity of the ...
– (MSc 2020) Afghani
refugee A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a displaced person who has crossed national borders and who cannot or is unwilling to return home due to well-founded fear of persecution.
advocate, veterinary
researcher Research is " creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness ...
, and food activist *
Alexis Jordan Alexis Jordan (born April 7, 1992) is an American singer and actress from Columbia, South Carolina. Jordan rose to fame as a contestant on the first season of ''America's Got Talent'' in 2006 at the age of 14. After being eliminated from the sho ...
* David Joseph *
Mark Lautens Mark Lautens, OC, (born July 9, 1959) is a Canadian organic chemist and is a University Professor at the University of Toronto. He is known for his involvement in the developments of asymmetric ring-opening chemistry, synthetic utility and scop ...
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Robert Leigh Robert Leigh is a Canadians, Canadian physicist working on string theory. Biography Leigh obtained his B.Sc. degree from the University of Guelph in 1986, and his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1991, working with Joseph Polchin ...
* Matt Lennox * Karen Ludwig *
Judy Maddren Judy Maddren is a Canadian radio announcer who works primarily for CBC Radio. She first joined CBC in 1972, and worked as a consumer affairs reporter; at that time, CBC was not hiring women as announcers. When this policy changed, in 1975, Maddren ...
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Charlie Masters Charles Frederick Masters (born 1951) is a Canadian bishop. He served from 2014 to 2022 as moderator bishop of the Anglican Network in Canada within the Anglican Church in North America. He was reared at Lennoxville, Quebec, and Guelph, Ontario, ...
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Brandon Maxwell Brandon Maxwell (born September 18, 1984) is an American fashion designer, television personality, director, and photographer. He is the founder and creative director of Brandon Maxwell, the luxury women’s ready-to-wear label. Early life an ...
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Tom McBroom Thomas McBroom, (born September 17, 1952) is a Canadian golf course architect. McBroom is the principal and founder of Thomas McBroom Associates Ltd., a Toronto-based landscape architecture firm specializing in golf course design. McBroom holds a ...
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Scott McGillivray Scott McGillivray (born April 7, 1978) is a Canadian entrepreneur, investor, television host, author and educator. McGillivray is the host and executive producer of the series ''Income Property'', a home renovation show on HGTV Canada and the D ...
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Audrey McLaughlin Audrey Marlene McLaughlin (née Brown; born November 8, 1936) is a Canadian politician and former leader of the New Democratic Party from 1989 to 1995. She was the first female leader of a political party with representation in the House of Co ...
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Heather McNairn Heather McNairn, is a federal research scientist at the Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. She specializes in remote sensing technology, and her research focuses on the use of Synthetic Aperture Radar satell ...
* Gord Miller * K. D. Miller * Kenneth Mitchell * Kimberly Moffit * Peter Moss *
Jacey Murphy Jacey Murphy Grusnick (born March 21, 1989) is a Canadian rugby union player. She represented at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup, and 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup. She made her debut at the 2013 Nations Cup against . On July 2, 2019, nine mo ...
* Ian Murray * Brendan Myers *
Opendra Narayan Opendra "Bill" Narayan (November 28, 1936 – December 24, 2007) was an HIV/AIDS researcher at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the University of Kansas Medical Center. A veterinarian, Narayan researched animal models of HIV. His focus on fi ...
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Piers Nash Piers David Nash (born 8 August 1969) is an entrepreneur, cancer biology professor, data evangelist, writer and technology futurist. He is the son of academic Roger Nash. Early life and education Born in Exeter, England, and grew up in Sud ...
* Joe Neilands * Greg O’Gallagher *
Penny Park Penelope Dawn (Penny) Park (July 26, 1953 – December 14, 2018) was a Canadian science journalist. Early life and education Penny Park was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1953. She received a Bachelor of Arts in linguistics from the University of ...
* Roula Partheniou – artist * Cecil Frederick Patterson * Mirela Rahneva *
Lisa Raitt Lisa Sarah MacCormack Raitt (born May 7, 1968) is a former Canadian politician who served as a Cabinet of Canada, federal Cabinet minister and Member of Parliament (Canada), member of Parliament (MP) from 2008 to 2019. A member of the Conservativ ...
* Jordan Raycroft *
Jus Reign Jasmeet Singh Raina (born November 4, 1989), professionally known as Jus Reign, is a Canadian comedian and music artist of Indian descent. He is most prominently known as a YouTube personality, and one of Much Digital Studios' original creators. ...
– Canadian Comedian and YouTube Personality * Sue Richards *
Jael Richardson Jael Ealey Richardson is a Canadian writer and broadcaster. The daughter of former Canadian Football League quarterback Chuck Ealey, she is best known for ''The Stone Thrower'', a book about her father which has been published both as an adult memo ...
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Doug Rollins E.J. Douglas Rollins (November 7, 1938 – November 19, 2012) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represented the riding of Quinte from 1995 to 1999. Backgroun ...
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Liz Sandals Liz Sandals (née MacNaughton; born ) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2003 to 2018 who represented the ridings of Guelph—Wellington and Guelph. She served in cabinet a ...
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Dolph Schluter Dolph Schluter (born May 22, 1955) is a Canadian professor of Evolutionary Biology and a Canada Research Chair in the Department of Zoology at the University of British Columbia. Schluter is a major researcher in adaptive radiation and currently ...
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James Schroder James Duncan Schroder (27 August 1918 – 13 December 2013) was a Canadian Liberal Party politician who served as a member of the House of Commons of Canada. He practised and taught Veterinary medicine by career. He was born in Guelph, Ontario. ...
* H. B. Sharman * Jonathan Sherbino * Kalidas Shetty *
Vandana Shiva Vandana Shiva (born 5 November 1952) is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and anti-globalisation author. Based in Delhi, Shiva has written more than 20 books. She is often referred to as "Gandhi ...
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Jane Siberry Jane Siberry ( ; ; born 12 October 1955) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, known for such hits as " Mimi on the Beach", "I Muse Aloud", "One More Colour" and "Calling All Angels". She performed the theme song to the television series ''Maniac Ma ...
– singer / songwriter *
Michael Sona Michael Sona is a Canadian political figure known for his involvement in the Robocall scandal, which occurred while he was employed as a Conservative campaign worker in the Guelph riding for the 2011 federal election. During the election, voter ...
– political figure * Ralph Spence *
John Steffler John Steffler (born November 13, 1947) is a Canadian poet and novelist. He served as Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate from 2006 to 2008. Biography John Steffler was born in Toronto, Ontario, on November 13, 1947, and grew up in a rural area ne ...
* Bernadine Strik (1962–2023),
horticulturist Horticulture is the branch of agriculture that deals with the art, science, technology, and business of plant cultivation. It includes the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbs, sprouts, mushrooms, algae, flowers, seaweeds and no ...
. * Derek Sullivan * Mary Swan *
Marwan Tabbara Marwan Rached Tabbara (born August 23, 1984) is a former Canadian politician who represented the electoral district (Canada), riding of Kitchener South—Hespeler in the House of Commons of Canada from 2015 to 2021. He was first elected in the 2 ...
* Stephen J. Tanner *
Chase Tang Chia-Hao Tang (; born August 24, 1988), professionally known as Chase Tang, is a Taiwanese-Canadian actor. After completing a degree in commerce from the University of Guelph, Tang gave up a corporate career and instead sought out training as an a ...
- actor / mental health advocate * Lisa Thompson *
Jane Urquhart Jane Urquhart, LL.D (born June 21, 1949) is a Canadian novelist and poet. She is the internationally acclaimed author of seven award-winning novels, three books of poetry and numerous short stories. As a novelist, Urquhart is well known for her e ...
* Dennis vanEngelsdorp – assistant professor at
University of Maryland The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of M ...
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Mike Wallace Myron Leon Wallace (May 9, 1918 – April 7, 2012) was an American journalist, game show host, actor, and media personality. He interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers during his seven-decade career. He was one of the original correspo ...
– politician * Hope Weiler – associate professor at
McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter granted by King George IV,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill Universit ...
* Terry Wilson – police officer * John Wise – politician * Jane Wright –
entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...
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Elizabeth Yake Elizabeth Yake is a Canadian film producer, who is the founder and president of True West Films."Producer Yake goes Green in B.C.". ''The Province'', August 27, 2005. She is most noted for the films ''Everything's Gone Green'' and ''It's All Gone ...
– film producer * Jiyuan Yu – philosopher *
Liz Howard Elizabeth Howard (Éilís Níc Iomhair) is an Irish camogie player who was the 27th President of the Camogie Association. Background Howard, from Deerpark, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, is the daughter of Limerick hurler, Garrett Howard ...
– poet and winner of the 2016
Griffin Poetry Prize The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada's most generous poetry award. It was founded in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin. Before 2022, the awards went to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language. ...
for her book ''Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent'' *
Aisha Sasha John Aisha Sasha John (born 16 September 1980) is a Canadian poet, artist, and singing dancer. Life John was born in Montreal, Canada, and studied at the University of Toronto and University of Guelph. Her first collection of poems, ''The Shining M ...
– poet * Canisia Lubrin – poet * Elisabeth de Mariaffi – novelist and short story writer *
Soraya Peerbaye Soraya Peerbaye is a Canadians, Canadian writer."Pulled punches". ''The Globe and Mail'', January 30, 2001. She was a shortlisted nominee for the Gerald Lampert Award in 2010 for her poetry collection ''Poems for the Advisory Committee on Antarcti ...
– poet *
Ayelet Tsabari Ayelet Tsabari is an Israeli-Canadian writer. Biography She was born in Israel into a large family of Yemeni descent. She studied at the Simon Fraser University Writers' Studio and the University of Guelph MFA program in Creative Writing. Her fir ...
– novelist and winner of the Sami Rohr Prize *
Paul Vermeersch Paul Joseph Vermeerschis a Canadian poet. His first collection, ''Burn'' (2000), was a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Award. His subsequent collections, ''The Fat Kid'' (2002), ''Between the Walls'' (2005), ''The Reinvention of the Human Hand'' ...
– poet *
Zoe Whittall Zoe Whittall (born February 16, 1976) is a Canadian poet, novelist and TV writer.Zoe Whittall ...
– novelist and
Canadian Screen Award The Canadian Screen Awards (french: link=no, Les prix Écrans canadiens) are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media (web series) p ...
-winning screenwriter * Alissa York – novelist *
Edgar Archibald Edgar Spinney Archibald, (May 12, 1885 – January 23, 1968) was a Canadian agricultural scientist. He was the Director of the Dominion Experimental Farm between 1919 and 1950. Between 1951 and 1952, he was the Senior Food and Agriculture O ...
– agricultural scientist * George Atkins – broadcaster * Karen Bailey – scientist *
Roberta Bondar Roberta Lynn Bondar (; born December 4, 1945) is a Canadian astronaut, neurologist and consultant. She is Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space. After more than a decade as head of an international space medicine r ...
– Canada's first female astronaut *
Ernest Charles Drury Ernest Charles Drury (January 22, 1878 – February 17, 1968) was a farmer, politician and writer who served as the eighth premier of Ontario, from 1919 to 1923 as the head of a United Farmers of Ontario–Labour coalition government. F ...
– eighth Premier of Ontario *
John Kenneth Galbraith John Kenneth Galbraith (October 15, 1908 – April 29, 2006), also known as Ken Galbraith, was a Canadian-American economist, diplomat, public official, and intellectual. His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through t ...
– economist * Bill Hanley – Hockey Hall of Fame member *
George Stewart Henry George Stewart Henry (July 16, 1871 – September 2, 1958) was a farmer, businessman and politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as the tenth premier of Ontario from 1930 to 1934. He had acted as minister of highways while Ontario greatly ex ...
– tenth
Premier of Ontario The premier of Ontario (french: premier ministre de l'Ontario) is the head of government of Ontario. Under the Westminster system, the premier governs with the Confidence and supply, confidence of a majority the elected Legislative Assembly of On ...
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Grant MacEwan John Walter Grant MacEwan (August 12, 1902 – June 15, 2000) was a Canadian farmer, professor at the University of Saskatchewan, Dean of Agriculture at the University of Manitoba, the 28th Mayor of Calgary and both a Member of the Legislativ ...
– ninth
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta The lieutenant governor of Alberta () is the viceregal representative in Alberta of the . The lieutenant governor is appointed in the same manner as the other provincial viceroys in Canada and is similarly tasked with carrying out most of the m ...
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H.R. MacMillan Harvey Reginald MacMillan, (September 9, 1885 – February 9, 1976) was a Canadian forester, forestry industrialist, wartime administrator, and philanthropist. Born in Pine Orchard, Whitchurch Township, Ontario (today part of Whitchurch–Sto ...
– forester, industrialist, wartime administrator, and philanthropist *
Harry Nixon Harry Corwin Nixon (April 1, 1891 – October 22, 1961) was a Canadian politician and briefly the 13th premier of Ontario in 1943. He is both the longest-serving member in the history of the Ontario legislature and the shortest-serving premier of ...
– thirteenth Premier of Ontario *
Stanley Thompson Stanley Thompson (September 18, 1893 – January 4, 1953) was a Canadian golf course architect, and a high-standard amateur golfer. He was a co-founder of the American Society of Golf Course Architects. Early life, family, education, and mili ...
–
golf course architect A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played. It consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a tee box, a fairway, the rough and other hazards, and a green with a cylindrical hole in the ground, known as a "cup". Th ...
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Kelly Thornton Kelly Thornton (born 13 April 1997) is an Irish actress who began her career as a child actress. She is best known for her roles as Corrina Mallon in the 2015 RTÉ drama '' Clean Break'' and Emma in the film '' Life's a Breeze'' (2013), which ...
– theatre directorRollie, Emily A. (2013)
"Women of the Northern Stage: Gender, Nationality and Identity and the Work of Canadian Women Stage Directors"
University of Missouri. p. 175-176. Retrieved May 19, 2020. *
Lyle Vanclief Lyle Vanclief, (born September 19, 1943) is a former politician who served as Canada's Minister of Agriculture from 1997 to 2003. Early life Vanclief was born in Ameliasburg, Ontario. He graduated in the class of 1967 from the University of G ...
– former
Minister of Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...
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Emma-Jayne Wilson Emma-Jayne Wilson (born September 1, 1981) is a Sovereign and Eclipse Award-winning jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. She began taking riding lessons at age nine, and after finishing high school in Brampton, she studied equine management at Kem ...
– jockey *
Charles Ambrose Zavitz Charles Ambrose Zavitz (1863–1942, born Coldstream, Ontario) was born in 1863 into a family that was a combination of both Quakers and United Empire Loyalists. Upon graduation in 1886 from the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph, Ontario, t ...
– pioneered the development of soybeans for commercial use in Ontario * Edmund Zavitz – pioneer in re-forestation in Ontario * Donald Arthur Hatch — Canadian academic *
Cara Elizabeth Yar Khan Cara Elizabeth Yar Khan is a Disability advocate, public speaker and United Nations humanitarian Yar Khan was born in Hyderabad, India to an Indian father and English mother, and was raised in Canada. Her interest in humanitarianism began whil ...
– disability advocate, public speaker and United Nations humanitarian * Azadeh Elmizadeh - visual artist] *
John Dunsworth John Francis Dunsworth (April 12, 1946 – October 16, 2017) was a Canadian actor. He was best known for playing the antagonistic trailer park supervisor Jim Lahey on the cult comedy series ''Trailer Park Boys'' (2001–2018). His other roles ...
- Actor & The Liqour


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Guelph Guelph ( ; 2021 Canadian Census population 143,740) is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Known as "The Royal City", Guelph is roughly east of Kitchener and west of Downtown Toronto, at the intersection of Highway 6, Highway 7 and Wel ...