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Le Caine, Trudi
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- Janowská, Gertrude
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Dates of existence
1911-1999
History
Trudi Le Caine was a patron of the Arts in Ottawa, Ontario. She was born Gertruda Janowská in Passau, Czechoslovakia, and moved to Canada in 1940. While working as a French teacher in the Ottawa public school system, she helped organise the Ottawa Children's Concerts in the 1940s and 1950s. She served on the National Arts Centre Orchestra Association Board. She was also instrumental in bringing skating to the Rideau Canal. She was the step-daughter of Arnold Walter, a composer and former Dean of the Faculty of Music at the Univerity of Toronto.
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Authority record identifier
CA QUA02129
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- English