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    and MacEwan in Edmonton are named after him. MacEwan's grandparents were Highland Scottish. George MacEwen (Grant MacEwan changed his name to "MacEwan" with...
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    programs. Established in 1971 as Grant MacEwan Community College, the institution was named after Dr. J. W. Grant MacEwan, author, educator and former lieutenant...
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  • play home matches at Hamish Black Field, both of which are located at Grant MacEwan Park in the Ellerslie area of southeast Edmonton. In 2016, Edmonton...
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    MacEwan Glen (commonly known as MacEwan) is a neighbourhood in northwest Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The primarily low-density residential community is...
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    the Grant MacEwan Bridge was completed in December 2013, carrying two eastbound lanes over the river. Prior to this reconfiguration, the MacEwan's two...
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    of Australia Andy McEwan, Scottish footballer Annie McEwen (1900–1967), wife of Australian Prime Minister John McEwen Grant MacEwan (1902–2000), Canadian...
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    and October 21, 1886. Harry Hays resigned effective June 30, 1963, Grant MacEwan appointed as Mayor by Council and sworn in July 3, 1963. Ralph Klein...
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    Briana Buckmaster (category MacEwan University alumni)
    2018. Buckmaster was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. She attended Grant MacEwan University where she received her diploma in Theatre Arts. Buckmaster...
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  • Mayor of Edmonton, and was succeeded by John Walter Grant MacEwan, M.L.A. for Calgary City. MacEwan was beset by problems entirely beyond his ability to...
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  • Jimmy Herman (category MacEwan University alumni)
    were Chipewyan and Dene. Herman moved to Edmonton in 1980 to study at Grant MacEwan College's Native Communications Program. There, he received the Malcolm...
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    figure skating coach in British Columbia. McLeod has a dance degree from Grant MacEwan College in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She also took classes at York...
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    into slavery, and there is no record of his birth. The historian J. W. Grant MacEwan claimed he was born on a plantation near Georgetown, South Carolina...
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  • his negotiation of truces between the Cree and other First Nations. Grant MacEwan described him as the "Gandhi of the Plains." It has been said by Hugh...
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    Mavericks: an Incorrigible History of Alberta (2001), winner of the Grant MacEwan Author's Award. Mavericks led to a permanent exhibition by the same...
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    many times to speak and visit friends. In 2003, in honour of Nielsen, Grant MacEwan College named its school of communications after him. Also in 2003,...
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  • Mark Korven (category MacEwan University alumni)
    local bars. In 1977, he started taking formal music education at the Grant MacEwan Community College in Edmonton where he studied jazz and orchestration...
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  • 2005) won both the Margaret McWilliams Local History Award as well as Grant MacEwan Alberta Author Award. His edited volumes include: Sounds Assembling:...
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  • from new schools, as Canada West approved a bid from Grant MacEwan University (Now rebranded as MacEwan University) in 2013. In May 2005, UBC made a formal...
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    Animethon (category MacEwan University)
    Japanese anime movies and television shows within two classrooms at Grant MacEwan. It became a success by presenting well-known and more obscure anime...
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  • Briercrest, Allen became a Christian. She was studying social work at Grant MacEwan University when she was discovered. As of 2022, she was hoping to complete...
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  • writer Grant Macaskill, Scottish scholar Grant MacEwan (1902–2000), Canadian farmer and professor Grant Main (born 1960), Canadian rower Grant Major (born...
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    Lougheed was sworn in as Alberta's tenth premier by Lieutenant Governor Grant MacEwan. Lougheed was set with a majority government in the legislature and...
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    completed, commercial shipping took many more years to pick up. In 1932, Grant MacEwan was the first person to cross through Churchill customs as a passenger...
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    15% of the popular vote, placing ahead of the Liberals whose leader, Grant MacEwan lost his Calgary seat. The Tories and Liberals each won only one seat...
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  • Cassie Stocks (category MacEwan University alumni)
    2002, and subsequently left that job to study professional writing at Grant MacEwan University. Dance, Gladys, Dance (2012, NeWest Press. ISBN 978-1-897126-76-9...
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    was opposed by residents near the chosen site. Former Calgary Mayor Grant MacEwan asked the provincial government to move the project to Calgary, until...
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    primarily provide bachelor's degrees, the Alberta University of the Arts, Grant MacEwan University, and Mount Royal University. Nine comprehensive community...
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  • Jessica Johns (category MacEwan University alumni)
    Adelaide, Australia from ages 14 to 16. Johns majored in English at Grant MacEwan University and has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of...
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    the Calgary electoral district facing each other, Rose Wilkinson and Grant MacEwan, plus former MLA Aylmer Liesemer who had been defeated in the 1955 Alberta...
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    his hometown of Taber and moved to Edmonton, where he enrolled in the Grant MacEwan College to study jazz guitar and bass. Lund was a founding member of...
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