DENYS ARCAND

He was born on 25 june, 1941. Arcand is a Canadian film director, Screenwriter and Producer. He raised in a strict Catholic home and spent nine years in Jesuit school. He dreamed about being a professional tennisplayer, while studying for a Masters Degreein history at the Université de Montréal.In 1963, he joined the National Film Board of Canada where he produced severalaward-winning documentaries in his native French language.

DENYS ARCAND He is a former documentarian whose

understanding of the human condition often results in movies with realistic and honest personalities.

Career Highlights: Jesus of Montreal (prize at the Cannes Film festival, 1989), The decline of the American Empire, (Oscar Nominated for Best Foreign Film, 1986)

JESUS OF MONTREAL

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EMILY CARREmily was born in December , 1871. She was a canadian artist and writer. One of the first painters in Canada to adopt a post-impressionist painting style.Carr was one of the earliest Chroniclers of life in British Columbia. She died in Victoria onMarch 2, 1945.

EMILY CARR Emily Carr was heavily inspired by the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast.The subject matter of her painting shifted from aboriginal themes to landscapes, and, in particular, forest scenes. She lived among the native Americans to research her subjectsAbove the Gravel Pit (1937)“I am striving for a wide, open sky with lots of movement … My desire is to have it free and jubilant, not crucified into one spot, static. The colour of the brilliantly lighted sky will contrast with the black, white and tawny earth.”

Potlatch Figure (Mimquimlees) (1912)

In 1898, Carr made her first visit to Ucluelet, a native community on the west coast of Vancouver Island, the first of many trips that would shape her vision and style.She was given the name Klee Wyck (Laughing One) by the people of Ucluelet, which she used as the title of her 1941 Governor General’s Award-winning book. This painting demonstrates both her interest in Native themes and, in its Gaugin-like colour and primitivist imagery, her European influences.

DONOVAN BAILEYDonovan Bailey was born on 16 of December in Manchester (Jamaica),in1967. He is a retired Canadian sprinter.His family immigrated to Canadafrom Jamaica when he was 13.He played basketball in high schooland graduated from Queen ElizabethPark School in Oakville, Ontario.The highlight of his career was the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

He was the first Canadian to legally break the 10-second barrier in the 100 m winning The Olimpic gold and breaking the world record as well with aEscuchar record of 9.84 (It was from 1996 until 1999)  

Many of his compatriots saw this victory a way to clear the name of Canada after the embarrassment suffered by the Ben Johnson scandal at the 1988 Seoul Games. Bailey was the second sprint (after Carl Lewis).

  In May 1997 he raced against Michael

Johnson in a 150 m race at Toronto's SkyDome in a bid to truly determine who the world's fastest man was. Donovan Bailey won that race, and pocketed $ 2 million for it, but Johnson was injured midway through the test.

He retired in 2001 after failing to qualify for the final 100 meters at the World Championships in Edmonton.Bailey was one of the best sprinters in the 90's.

  After racing Bailey started his own company called DBX Sport Management which helps amateur athletes find a way to promote themselves and a sport injury clinic in Oakville, Ontario.

CHANTAL PETITCLERC

Chantal Petitclerc, was born in December 15, 1969 in Quebec. She is a Canadian Wheelchair racer. At the age of thirteen, she lost the use of both legs when a heavy barn door fell on her. Gaston Jacques, a high school physical education teacher, influenced on her life. It was Petitclerc's first contact with sports and training.

• While Petitclerc was developing her skills as a wheelchair athlete, she pursued her studies, first in social sciences and then in history at the University of Alberta, where she registered in order to be able to train with Peter Eriksson, who remains her coach to this day.

• When she was eighteen, Pierre Pomerleau, a trainer at Laval University in Quebec City, introduced her to wheelchair sports. Using a homemade wheelchair, she took part in her first race and came in dead last. However, she had fallen in love with wheelchair racing and a long and fruitful career had begun.

Paralympic Games Petitclerc competed in the Paralympic Games

for the first time in Barcelona in 1992, returning with two bronze medals, the start of collection that now includes twenty one Paralympic medals. Four years later, at the Atlanta games, she took gold medals in the 100 and 200 m events and three silvers in the 400, 800, and 1500 m races. At the 2000 Summer Paralympics, she won two golds, in the 200 m and 800 m, and two silvers, in the100 m and 400 m races. She won three gold medals and a bronze at the 2002 World Championships and a gold at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the 800 m.

She became the first disabled athlete in the history of sports to register a result for her country’s teas at such an event.

In 2009, she was made a Companion of the

Order of Canada “for her achievements as a Paralympic champion known internationally as an inspiration, and for her commitment to developing sports for athletes with a disability”.

TERRY FOXHe was a canadian humanitarian athlete, and cancer research activist. He lost his right leg to cancer at age of 18. He embarked on a cross-canada run to win money for cancer research. In 1980, he began the marathon of hope, he became a hero to canadians. He lost his battle with cancer in 1981.He has many buildings, roads and parks named in his honour across the country.

Marshall MacluhanHe was a canadian educator, Philosopher, a professor of English literature. Macluhan is known for the expression “The medium is the message and global village”.His faher was a methodist and his mother was an actress. Marshall grew up and went to school, attending Kelvin technical schoolbefore enrolling in the university of Manitoba. He married Corinne Lewis. They had six children. He died in Toronto in 1980.

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