Nadya Larouche (Pointe-du-Lac, 1956-) is a Canadian writer from Quebec. After studying in University of Ottawa, she travelled to Mexico, West Canada and Ontario. When she was back in Quebec, she published several books for children and theatre plays. [1]
Lise Payette was a Canadian politician, journalist, writer, and businesswoman. She was a Parti Québécois (PQ) minister under the leadership of Premier René Lévesque and National Assembly of Quebec member for the riding of Dorion. Originally a journalist, Payette became a television host in the 1960s. She left politics in 1981 and returned to a successful career in television production and writing.
Angèle Dubeau, is a retired Canadian classical violinist. She has devoted a large part of her career to making classical music accessible to a wide audience and also frequently played works by contemporary composers. In October 2024, she announced that due to nerve damage in her right hand, she was no longer able to play the violin.
Marie Denise Pelletier is a francophone Canadian singer. She served as President of Artisti, a copyright collective for music artists operated by Quebec's l'Union des artistes (UDA).
Francine Pelletier is a Canadian science fiction writer, whose work often features strong female protagonists. She has been a winner of several literary prizes for science fiction, including the Prix Aurora Award.
Diane Lemieux is a Canadian politician and administrator who serves as the president and chief executive officer of the Commission de la construction du Québec.
Henri Wittmann is a Canadian linguist from Quebec. He is best known for his work on Quebec French.
Larouche is a municipality in Quebec, Canada, part of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality. It is located along Quebec Route 170 between Saguenay and Saint-Bruno, just south of the Saguenay River.
Louise Laurin was an educator and activist in Quebec. She was a prominent supporter of both secular education and Quebec sovereignty.
André Roy is a Canadian poet and arts critic from Quebec. He won the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry in 1985 for Action writing and was a shortlisted nominee for the award on three other occasions.
Christian Larouche is a Canadian film and television producer from Quebec. He is most noted as producer of the film Louis Cyr , which was the winner of the Jutra Award for Best Film at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014.
Pierre Turgeon is a Canadian novelist and essayist from Quebec.
The Prix Émile-Nelligan is a literary award given annually by the Fondation Émile-Nelligan to a North American French language poet under the age of 35. It was named in honour of the Quebec poet Émile Nelligan and was first awarded in 1979, the 100th anniversary of his birth.
Marie Laberge is a Quebec actress, educator and writer.
André Brochu (born 3 March 1942 in Saint-Eustache, Quebec) is a poet, essayist and professor of Quebecois literature.
Mira Falardeau is a French Canadian historian, professor, and author of comic strips. Falardeau has devoted works to Québec animated films, Québec comic strips and caricatures in Québec, focusing on visual humour in all its forms. She taught as a professor of cinema and communication at Laval University and the University of Ottawa. Falardeau has also curated exhibitions in the visual arts and operated a small publishing house.
The Cascouia River is a tributary of Kenogami Lake, flowing in the municipality of Larouche in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality and in the city of Saguenay, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
Claude Beausoleil was a Canadian writer, poet, and essayist.
Christine Fréchette is a Canadian politician who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2022 Quebec general election. She represents the Sanguinet electoral district as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec.
Claude Villeneuve was a Canadian academic and biologist.
Louise Bombardier is a Canadian actress and writer from Quebec.