Star Académie is a Canadian reality television series that started in 2003, aimed primarily at the Quebec television audience, featuring an array of young women and men under the age of 30 competing for the title of the next solo singing sensation. It is the French-Canadian adaptation of the French television show Star Academy produced by Dutch company Endemol, based on the Spanish format called Operación Triunfo.
Le Combat des livres is an annual "battle of the books" competition organized and broadcast by Ici Radio-Canada Première in Canada. A French edition of the Canada Reads competition, the program was launched in 2004. It aired annually from 2004 to 2014, and was then discontinued until being revived in 2018.
The Prix France-Québec is a Canadian literary award, presented to a Canadian French language writer who has published work in either Canada or France.
Normand de Bellefeuille (born 31 December 1949, in Montreal) is a Quebecois poet, writer, literary critic, and essayist. He is a two-time winner of the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry, winning at the 2000 Governor General's Awards for La Marche de l'aveugle sans son chien and at the 2016 Governor General's Awards for Le poème est une maison de bord de mer.
Michèle Taïna Audette is a Canadian politician and activist. She served as president of Femmes autochtones du Québec from 1998 to 2004 and again from 2010 to 2012. She was also the president of Native Women's Association of Canada from 2012 to 2014. From 2004 through 2008, she served as Associate Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Relations with Citizens and Immigration of the Quebec government, where she was in charge of the Secretariat for Women.
Catherine Leroux is a Canadian novelist who usually writes in French.
Serge Bouchard was a Canadian anthropologist, writer, and media personality. Bouchard studied contemporary life in Canada from an anthropological perspective; his subjects ranged from Innu hunters to Quebec truck drivers. Through his frequent appearances in the media, Bouchard's commentary reached both a popular and scholarly audience. He received the Prix Gérard-Morrisset in 2015 and a Governor-General's Award in 2017.
Naomi Fontaine is a Canadian writer from Quebec, noted as one of the most prominent First Nations writers in contemporary francophone Canadian literature. She is a member of the Innu nation.
Hélène Pedneault was a Québécoise writer of many mediums who contributed much to the advancement of the feminist cause and also to Quebec sovereignty and the environment.
François Gravel is a Canadian writer from Quebec. Most noted as an author of literature for children and young adults, he has also published a number of adult novels.
Nadine Bismuth is a Canadian writer from Montreal, Quebec. She is most noted for her short story collection Êtes-vous mariée à un psychopathe?, which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 2009 Governor General's Awards, and her novel Un lien familial, which won the 2020 edition of Le Combat des livres.
The Prix Iris for Best Cinematography in a Documentary is an annual film award, presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris awards program, to honour the year's best cinematography in documentary films made within the Cinema of Quebec.
The Prix Iris for Best Editing in a Documentary is an annual film award, presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris awards program, to honour the year's best film editing in documentary films made within the Cinema of Quebec.
Jean-François Beauchemin is a Canadian writer from Quebec. He is most noted as a two-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction, receiving nominations at the 2008 Governor General's Awards for Ceci est mon corps and at the 2009 Governor General's Awards for Cette année s'envole ma jeunesse.
2Frères is a Canadian folk rock duo from Chapais, Quebec, consisting of brothers Erik and Sonny Caouette. They are most noted as two-time winners of the Félix Award for Group of the Year, winning at the 38th Félix Awards in 2016 and at the 40th Félix Awards in 2018.
Tanya Lapointe is a Canadian filmmaker and former journalist, most noted for her 2020 documentary film The Paper Man .
Claude Jasmin was a Canadian journalist, broadcaster, and writer from Quebec.
François Blais was a Canadian writer from Quebec who received the 2020 Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature for his novel Lac Adélard.
Roxanne Bouchard is a Canadian writer and educator from Quebec. She is best known for her series of maritime crime fiction novels following the investigations of detective Joaquin Moralès in the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec.
Nicholas Dawson is a Canadian writer from Quebec, most noted for his 2020 book Désormais, ma demeure.
