Activists from Toronto

The list Activists from Toronto includes Mia Kirshner, Natasha Negovanlis, Anastasia Lin, Mary Jo Leddy and Bridget Perrier. The list consists of 96 members.

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City in Canada and capital of Ontario

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Mia Kirshner

Canadian actor

Overview: Mia Kirshner (born January 25, 1975) is a Canadian actress, writer and social activist. She is known for television roles as Mandy in 24 (2001–2005), as Jenny Schecter in The L Word (2004–2009), and as ...

Date of birth: 25 January 1975

Age: 50

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

Partner: David Sutcliffe (Dating)

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Canadian Sephardi Jews 15T

Canadian Ashkenazi Jews 18T

21st-century Canadian women writers 1,451T
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Natasha Negovanlis

Canadian actress and writer

Overview: Natasha Negovanlis (born April 3, 1990) is a Canadian actress, writer, producer, and singer. She achieved international recognition for portraying Carmilla Karnstein in the web series Carmilla (2014–2016) ...

Date of birth: 3 April 1990

Age: 35

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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21st-century Canadian LGBT people 861T

Canadian LGBT actors 57T

Pansexual actresses 35T
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Paul Watson

Canadian environmentalist and politician

Overview: Paul Franklin Watson (born December 2, 1950) is a Canadian-American marine wildlife conservation and environmental activist, who founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an anti-poaching and direct ...

Date of birth: 2 December 1950

Age: 74

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Activist

Gender: Male

Partner: Yana Rusinovich (Married)

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Sierra Club directors 26T

Animal rights activists 263T

Veganism activists 188T
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Anastasia Lin

Chinese-Canadian actress and human rights advocate

Overview: Anastasia Lin (born January 1, 1990) is a Chinese-Canadian actress, model, beauty pageant titleholder, human rights advocate and Falun Gong practitioner.

Date of birth: 1 January 1990

Age: 35

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Model

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Female models from Ontario 73T

Women human rights activists 748T

Miss World 2016 delegates 32T
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Mark Steyn

Canadian writer

Overview: Mark Steyn (born December 8, 1959) is a Canadian conservative author. He has written several books, including the New York Times bestsellers America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It and After ...

Date of birth: 8 December 1959

Age: 65

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Author

Gender: Male

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Christian critics of Islam 94T

People from Woodsville, New Hampshire 6T

Counter-jihad activists 25T
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Jack Layton

Canadian politician (1950–2011)

Overview: John Gilbert "Jack" Layton PC MSC (July 18, 1950 – August 22, 2011) was a Canadian politician and leader of the Official Opposition. He was leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2003 to 2011 and ...

Date of birth: 18 July 1950

Date of death: 22 August 2011

Age: 61 (age at death)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Politician

Gender: Male

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Burials at Toronto Necropolis 20T

Politicians who died in office 2,943T

People who died in office 731T
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Arsham Parsi

Iranian activist

Overview: Arsham Parsi (born September 30, 1981) is an Iranian LGBT human rights activist living in exile in Canada. He is the founder and head of the Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees.

Date of birth: 20 September 1980

Age: 44

Nationality: Iranian

Occupation: Activist

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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Iranian dissidents 88T

Iranian memoirists 23T

Iranian emigrants to Canada 70T
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Bridget Perrier

Canadian activist

Overview: Bridget Perrier (born 1977) is an activist and former trafficked prostitute who cofounded Sex Trade 101 with Natasha Falle. She became a child prostitute at the age of 12 while she was staying at a group ...

Date of birth: 1977

Age: 48

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Activist

Gender: Female

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Victims of underage prostitution 13T

Women human rights activists 491T

Canadian female prostitutes 12T
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Rathika Sitsabaiesan

Canadian politician

Overview: Rathika Sitsabaiesan (born December 23, 1981) is a Canadian politician and activist of Sri Lankan origin. She was formerly part of the New Democratic Party and represented Scarborough—Rouge River in the ...

Date of birth: 23 December 1981

Age: 43

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Activist

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Canadian politicians of Sri Lankan descent 3T

21st-century Canadian women politicians 807T

21st-century women politicians 8,825T
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Rahul Singh (paramedic)

Canadian paramedic

Overview: Rahul Singh, OOnt (born October 1970 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Toronto paramedic and founder and Executive Director of GlobalMedic, a humanitarian relief organization that provides disaster relief in areas ...

Date of birth: 1 October 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Activist

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Activists from Montreal 52T

Paramedics 21T

Canadian humanitarians 72T
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Marc Kielburger

Canadian human rights activist

Overview: Marc Kielburger CM, OMC (born 1977) is a Canadian author, social entrepreneur, columnist, humanitarian and activist for children's rights. He is the co-founder, with his brother Craig, of the We ...

Date of birth: 1977

Age: 48

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Activist

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WE Charity 5T

Canadian child activists 8T

Social entrepreneurs 138T
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Mary Jo Leddy

Canadian writer, theologian and activist

Overview: Mary Jo Leddy, CM (born 1 February 1946) is a Canadian writer, speaker, theologian and social activist.

Date of birth: 1946

Age: 79

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Activist

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20th-century Christian nuns 359T

Canadian women activists 100T

Women magazine editors 530T
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Maude Barlow

Canadian author and activist

Overview: Maude Victoria Barlow (born May 24, 1947) is a Canadian author and activist. She is a founding member of the Council of Canadians, a citizens' advocacy organization with members and chapters across Canada ...

Date of birth: 24 May 1947

Age: 78

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Activist

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Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs 84T

Canadian women environmentalists 41T

Canadian officials of the United Nations 58T
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Henry Morgentaler

Canadian physician and abortion rights advocate (1923–2013)

Overview: Henekh "Henry" Morgentaler, CM (March 19, 1923 – May 29, 2013), was a Jewish Polish-born Canadian physician and abortion rights advocate who fought numerous legal battles aimed at expanding abortion rights ...

Date of birth: 19 March 1923

Date of death: 29 May 2013

Age: 90 (age at death)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Activist

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Canadian general practitioners 39T

Canadian secularists 8T

Łódź Ghetto inmates 31T
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Marlene Green

Canadian activist

Overview: Marlene Green (November 9, 1940–October 31, 2002) was a Canadian community activist, educator, and NGO field worker. She is best known as the founder of the Black Education Project, a volunteer-run or ...

Date of birth: 9 November 1940

Date of death: 31 October 2002

Age: 61 (age at death)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Activist

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Hannah Alper

Canadian activist

Overview: Hannah Alper is a Canadian activist, blogger, and motivational speaker who addresses issues such as the environment, anti-bullying, and social justice. Alper has travelled North America as a motivational ...

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Activist

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Canadian women activists 100T

2003 births 1,210T

People from Richmond Hill, Ontario 79T
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Jim St. James

Canadian actor and activist

Overview: Jim Bozyk (1954–1990), known professionally as Jim St. James, was a Canadian actor and HIV/AIDS activist. He was best known as the star of a series of public service announcements on AIDS awareness which ...

Date of birth: 1954

Date of death: 1990

Age: 35 (age at death)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Activist

Gender: Male

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Male actors from Toronto 475T

Canadian male stage actors 404T

HIV/AIDS activists 392T
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Timea Nagy (activist)

Canadian activist

Overview: Timea Nagy (born 1977) is a Canadian activist who has spoken on behalf of victims of human trafficking. She founded Walk With Me, a Toronto-based organization that aids survivors of trafficking. Nagy was ...

Date of birth: 1977

Age: 48

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Dancer

Gender: Female

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Hungarian female erotic dancers 1T

Canadian female erotic dancers 8T

Victims of forced prostitution 2T
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Julius Wiggins

Canadian newspaper publisher

Overview: Julius H. Wiggins (September 19, 1928 – October 13, 2001) was the founder of Silent News, the first newspaper for the deaf.

Date of birth: 19 September 1928

Date of death: 13 October 2001

Age: 73 (age at death)

Occupation: Activist

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Deaf people from Canada 16T

Deaf writers 65T

Deaf activists 38T
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Paul Nguyen

Canadian filmmaker

Overview: Paul Nguyen, MSM OMC (born February 23, 1980) is a Canadian filmmaker and social activist. In 2012, he was among the first 60 Canadians to receive the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal at the i ...

Date of birth: 23 February 1980

Age: 45

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Male

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Journalists from Toronto 110T

Canadian male journalists 353T

Journalists from Ontario 242T