Chrystine Brouillet | |
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 Chrystine Brouillet in Quebec City in 2012 | |
| Born | 15 February 1958 Loretteville, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | Author |
| Genre | Children's Literature |
Chrystine Brouillet, CM CQ (born 15 February 1958) is a Canadian novelist. [1]
Chrystine Brouillet | |
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| Chrystine Brouillet in Quebec City in 2012 | |
| Born | 15 February 1958 Loretteville, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | Author |
| Genre | Children's Literature |
Chrystine Brouillet, CM CQ (born 15 February 1958) is a Canadian novelist. [1]
Born in Loretteville, Quebec, Canada she was educated at Collège Notre-Dame-de-Bellevue, the Séminaire de Québec, and the Université Laval. [2] [3]
Brouillet is well known in Quebec as the author of novels for children, adults and young adults. She specializes in historical and thrillers. Several of her stories take place in Quebec City or Paris.
Brouillet's first novel, Chère Voisine, published in 1982, was adapted for the screen by writer/director Jacob Tierney as Good Neighbours , starring Jay Baruchel, Emily Hampshire and Scott Speedman. [4] It debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival 2010. [5]
Among the many awards she has received are the French Ordre de la Pléiade and the Popular Choice award from the Salon du livre de Montréal. In 2007, she made a Member of the Order of Canada [6] and in 2018 was made a knight of the National Order of Quebec. [7]
Jacques Godbout, OC, CQ is a Canadian novelist, essayist, children's writer, journalist, filmmaker and poet. By his own admission a bit of a dabbler (touche-à-tout), Godbout has become one of the most important writers of his generation, with a major influence on post-1960 Quebec intellectual life.
Julie Payette is a Canadian engineer, scientist and former astronaut who served from 2017 to 2021 as Governor General of Canada, the 29th since Canadian Confederation.
Louise Forestier is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actress.
Anik Bissonnette OC CQ, is a Canadian ballet dancer. She started her professional ballet career with the Ballet de Montreal Eddy Toussaint in the 1980s. She was a principal dancer beginning in 1990 with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. Her father, Jean Bissonnette, was a television director with Télévision de Radio-Canada.
Good Neighbours is a 2010 Canadian thriller film written and directed by Jacob Tierney. It is based on the book by Chrystine Brouillet.
Margie Gillis is a Canadian dancer and choreographer. Gillis has been creating original works of modern dance for over thirty-five years. Her repertoire includes more than one hundred pieces, which she performs as solos, duets, and group pieces.
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Clairette, was a Quebec-based French actress and singer. After her own career slowed down she became the proprietor of Montreal's "Chez Clairette" nightclub. In later life she received official honors for her cultural influence in giving a career break to many up-and-coming entertainers who later became famous.
Françoise Bertrand, is a Canadian business personality. She is the first woman to head a North American television network, as CEO and president of Télé-Québec, and was the first woman to serve as chairperson of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), a position she held from 1996 to 2001. Bertrand was inducted into the National Order of Quebec in 2008 and appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2013. She has served as president and CEO of Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec from 2003 to 2016, the first woman to hold the position. She is currently the first woman to serve as Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Via Rail Canada Inc., a position she has held since April 2017.
TVA Nouvelles is the news division of TVA, a French language television network in Canada.
Marie Laberge is a Quebec actress, educator and writer.
The Collector is a Canadian thriller film, released in 2002. Written and directed by Jean Beaudin based on the crime novel of the same name by Chrystine Brouillet, the film stars Maude Guérin as Maude Graham, a police detective trying to track down a serial killer while simultaneously sheltering two homeless teenagers, a 16 year old hustler and a 12 year old runaway.
Pénélope McQuade is a Canadian radio and television host.
Atelier TAG is a Canadian architecture firm based in Montreal, Quebec that specializes in architecture, interior design and urban design. The firm was founded in 1997 by McGill School of Architecture graduates Manon Asselin and Katsuhiro Yamazaki, and its name is in reference to the interdisciplinary matter of the practice, with "TAG" being an acronym for “technique + architecture + graphism”.
Luc Brouillet is a Canadian botanist. He has focused his research on genetics of the Asteraceae family, flora of Quebec-Labrador and Newfoundland, and has been significantly involved in the Flora of North America project. In 2016 the Canadian Botanical Association awarded him the George Lawson Medal.
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Claude Provencher OAQ, OAA, AAPPQ, ARAC (RCA), FRIAC was a Canadian architect. In 1983, together with Michel Roy he founded the architecture firm Provencher_Roy in Montréal. He is considered one of the pioneers of modern urban architecture.
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