In 2001, it achieved high rankings in the annual Maclean's University Rankings, including Best Overall for Primarily Undergraduate University in their opinion survey, and it received the Canadian Information Productivity Award in 1997 as it was praised as the first university in Canada to fully utilize information technology in the undergraduate curriculum.

Charles played the emotionally disturbed and violent prisoner, Eugene Buffy, in the high successful Lynda La Plante drama series The Governor ( 1995 ); the title role in the Channel 4 pirate sitcom Captain Butler ( 1997 ); the warden of a women's prison in the Canadian sci-fi fantasy Lexx ( 2001 ); Detective Chief Inspector Mercer in 7 episodes of the BBC soap opera Doctors ( 2003 ); and soccer agent, Joel Brooks, in the Sky TV football soap Dream Team ( 2004-5 ).

Barrymore married Canadian comedian Tom Green in July 2001.

* 1913 – Roger Gaudry, French Canadian chemist, businessman and corporate director ( d. 2001 )

* 2001 – The Canadian province of Newfoundland is renamed Newfoundland and Labrador.

The Detroit River was designated as an American Heritage River in 1998 and a Canadian Heritage River in 2001 — the only river to have dual designations.

As of 2001, some 10 mining companies ( including Canadian and South African firms ) had obtained licenses to prospect for different minerals in Eritrea.

* 1915 – Denis Whitaker, Canadian soldier, businessman and author ( d. 2001 )

* 1910 – Robert Fletcher Shaw, Canadian businessman, academic and civil servant ( d. 2001 )

Garnet Edward " Ace " Bailey ( June 13, 1948 – September 11, 2001 ) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and scout who was a member of Stanley Cup and Memorial Cup winning teams.

* 2001 – Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian writer ( b. 1923 )

* 1948 – Garnet Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and executive ( d. 2001 )

* 2001 – Mordecai Richler, Canadian author ( b. 1931 )

* 1924 – Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and museum curator ( d. 2001 )

* 1931 – Mordecai Richler, Canadian author, screenwriter and essayist ( d. 2001 )

* Mullet Fever, the fifth album by Canadian grindcore band Fuck the Facts originally released in 2001

* 1915 – Malak Karsh, Canadian photographer ( d. 2001 )

* 1935 – Al Waxman, Canadian actor ( d. 2001 )

* 1934 – Yvonne Dionne, Canadian quintuplet ( d. 2001 )

* 2001 – Norma MacMillan, Canadian actress ( b. 1921 )

* 2001 – Aryana Engineer, Canadian actress

* 1931 – Georges Dor, Canadian author, playwright, singer-songwriter ( d. 2001 )

* 2001 – Robert Fletcher Shaw, Canadian civil servant, deputy commissioner general of the Expo 67 ( b. 1910 )

* 1923 – Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian author ( d. 2001 )

In 2001, the Vancouver Grizzlies relocated to Memphis, which left the Raptors as the only Canadian team in the NBA.

album title ", writes Greg Kot in The Chicago Tribune ( published September 11, 2001 ), " the myths, mysteries and folklore of the South as a backdrop for one of the finest roots rock albums ever made.

During the Labor Day weekend in 1952, The Saddlemen were renamed Bill Haley with Haley's Comets ( inspired by a popular mispronunciation of Halley's Comet ), and in 1953, Haley's recording of " Crazy Man, Crazy " ( co-written by Haley and his bass player, Marshall Lytle although Lytle would not receive credit until 2001 ) became the first rock and roll song to hit the American charts, peaking at no. 15 on Billboard and no. 11 on Cash Box.

Love performing in London, England on her 43rd birthday ( 2007 ). With Hole in disarray, Love began a " punk rock femme supergroup " called Bastard during autumn 2001, enlisting Schemel, Veruca Salt co-frontwoman Louise Post, and bassist Gina Crosley, whom Post recommended.

* Dark Star ( band ), an English psychedelic rock band, 1998 – 2001

Electric Light Orchestra ( ELO ) were a British rock group from Birmingham who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001.

* 1952 – Graeme Strachan, Australian rock singer ( Skyhooks ) ( d. 2001 )

Jeffry Ross Hyman ( May 19, 1951 – April 15, 2001 ), best known by his stage name Joey Ramone, was an American musician, vocalist and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the punk rock band the Ramones.

Opening in the summer of 2001 and scheduled for only a few weeks of performances, the show won acclaim and packed houses and was held over several times, the demanding role of the singing Janis attracting rock vocalists from relative unknowns to pop stars Laura Branigan and Beth Hart.

Hybrid Theory was a massive commercial success ; it sold more than 4. 8 million copies during its debut year, earning it the status of best-selling album of 2001, while singles such as " Crawling " and " One Step Closer " established themselves as staples among alternative rock radio play lists during the year.

A 2001 autobiography entitled The Dirt packaged the band as " the world's most notorious rock band ".

* Members of the English rock group Radiohead have stated that the book influenced them particularly during the making of their fourth and fifth albums, Kid A ( 2000 ) and Amnesiac ( 2001 ) respectively.

" Crow won Grammy best female rock vocal performance for " There Goes the Neighborhood " in 2001.

Long Way to the Top was a 2001 Australian Broadcasting Corporation six-part documentary on the history of Australian rock and roll from 1956 to the modern era.

** Joey Ramone, American rock musician ( Ramones ) ( d. 2001 )

* Raphael ( band ), a former Japanese rock band, active from 1997 – 2001

* Andy Edwards, drummer, was born in Kidderminster, and worked with Plant between 1999 and 2001 before becoming a member of the progressive rock band IQ in 2005.

In his review of Opeth's 2001 album Blackwater Park, Allmusic's Eduardo Rivadavia wrote ; " Tracks start and finish in seemingly arbitrary fashion, usually traversing ample musical terrain, including acoustic guitar and solo piano passages, ambient soundscapes, stoner rock grooves, and Eastern-tinged melodies — any of which are subject to savage punctuations of death metal fury at any given moment.

* Researcher: Mars rock varnish hints of life July 2, 2001 By Richard Stenger CNN

* Japanese — Közi often wore a Pierrot costume while a member of the visual rock band Malice Mizer ( 1992 – 2001 ); Pierrot was a rock band active from 1994 to 2006.

Something for Kate's third album, Echolalia won the Australian Rolling Stone Readers Poll for Best album, Best band, Best single, Best male vocalist and Best rock album of 2001 while also topping the Triple J listeners poll for Best album of 2001.

* d. b. s., a Canadian punk rock band from 1992 – 2001

During the summer of 2001, the band released its fifth album, Shangri-La Dee Da, which produced one modest rock radio hit in " Days of the Week ".