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Gisèle Quenneville, Linda Godin and Daniel Lessard meet exceptional francophones from throughout Canada and beyond. Discover politicians, artists, entrepreneurs and scientists whose extraordinary stories are worth telling.

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Catherine Cano: CEO at Public Affairs TV Channel CPAC - vidéo
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In 2012, the Women´s Executive Network named Catherine Cano one of the 100 most powerful women in Canada. She was Head of the Réseau de l´information (RDI), developed CBC shows, worked as Deputy News Director at Al Jazeera, and acted as Executive Dire...
Catherine Cano: CEO at Public Affairs TV Channel CPAC - vidéo
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Marc Labrèche: Actor - vidéo
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Even though actor Marc Labrèche makes many people laugh, he doesn´t see himself as a comedian. His unique, thought-provoking way of handling the absurd with dexterity and finesse has earned him appearances on television, on the stage and on the big scr...
Marc Labrèche: Actor - vidéo
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Antonine Maillet: Writer - vidéo
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Award-winning Acadian author Antonine Maillet is just as iconic as her most famous character, La Sagouine, protagonist of the book by the same name. Another one of Maillet´s novels, Pélagie, not only earned her the distinction of being the only Canadi...
Antonine Maillet: Writer - vidéo
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Monica Heller: Linguistic Anthropologist - vidéo
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Linguistic anthropologist Monica Heller pores over different vocabularies, dialects and accents to better understand how they impact people´s social and economic lives. For over 30 years, she has been a member of faculty at the University of Toronto, ...
Monica Heller: Linguistic Anthropologist - vidéo
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Josée Bourgoin and Michel Dubé: Saskatchewan Bison Ranchers - vidéo
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More than bison ranchers, Michel Dubé and Josée Bourgoin are advocates for local products from the Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, area. Michel, a Fransaskois, and Josée, an Acadian, have chosen to call the Saskatchewan Plains their home. They raise bi...
Josée Bourgoin and Michel Dubé: Saskatchewan Bison Ranchers - vidéo
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Denis Rouleau: Fransaskois Theatre Director - vidéo
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Even though Saskatoon is far from being Canada´s Francophone theatre capital, it gets about six French-language plays a year, in all styles--traditional and creative, professional and amateur. Denis Rouleau, a Quebecer, is the artistic director for S...
Denis Rouleau: Fransaskois Theatre Director - vidéo
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Louise Arbour: Former SCC Justice - vidéo
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Former Justice Louise Arbour is without a doubt the world´s best known Canadian jurist. She was the first woman to be appointed to the Court of Appeal for Ontario, and her career culminated with her nomination to the Supreme Court of Canada. This fi...
Louise Arbour: Former SCC Justice - vidéo
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Paul Martin: Former PM of Canada - vidéo
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Since he retired from politics, former Canadian PM Paul Martin has been keeping quite busy travelling around the world and meeting some of its greatest inhabitants. He is fascinated by Africa, aboriginal peoples, international development, and he is ...
Paul Martin: Former PM of Canada - vidéo
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Françoise Baylis: Bioethicist - vidéo
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From her office at Dalhousie University in Halifax, bioethicist Françoise Baylis weighs the pros and cons of so-called medical advances to determine whether one person´s health benefits infringe upon the rights of another. These are the kinds of issue...
Françoise Baylis: Bioethicist - vidéo
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Clara Dugas: Storyteller - vidéo
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Clara Dugas learned the craft of storytelling from her mother, who would often tell her about the good old days. But she really cut her storytelling teeth while working as a teacher. Every day, she would regale her students with a new story. Storytel...
Clara Dugas: Storyteller - vidéo
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Ronald Bourgeois: Singer-Songwriter - vidéo
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Ronald Bourgeois sings about the things he knows best: his land, the ocean, the wind. His songs talk about Acadia, his family, his loved ones. He has penned over 300 songs, whether for his own musical career or for other artists. His music is a mixture...
Ronald Bourgeois: Singer-Songwriter - vidéo
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Clint Bruce: Centre Acadien Director - vidéo
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Clint Bruce is a professor at Nova Scotia´s Université Sainte-Anne, where he is also the head of the Centre acadien. He is, however, not Acadian. In fact, he is an Anglophone from Louisiana who fell in love with French when he was just a teenager. H...
Clint Bruce: Centre Acadien Director - vidéo
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Allister Surette - vidéo
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Allister Surette is the president of the only French university in Nova Scotia: Sainte-Anne University. Sainte-Anne University is also the first university of the Maritimes, ahead of Moncton University. An Acadian teacher from Nova Scotia, Allister Sur...
Allister Surette - vidéo
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Paul Demers: Singer-Songwriter - vidéo
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Paul Demers is a seasoned singer-songwriter from Ontario who has quite the collection of prizes and accolades. His song Notre place has become the Franco-Ontarian anthem; you can hear it sung at schools and gatherings all over French Ontario. Paul Dem...
Paul Demers: Singer-Songwriter - vidéo
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Diane Pacom: Sociologist - vidéo
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Sociologist Diane Pacom has been studying young people for over thirty years¿their music, their clothes, their behaviour, who they are, what they like, and what they don´t like. And working on the University of Ottawa campus, she has a privileged posit...
Diane Pacom: Sociologist - vidéo
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Esther Beauchemin: A Woman of the Theatre - vidéo
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It is no surprise that Esther Beauchemin finds herself at the helm of the Théâtre de la Vieille 17, in Ottawa; she has been a part of this cultural institution for the better part of 25 years. Having started off as an actor, then a stage director, she ...
Esther Beauchemin: A Woman of the Theatre - vidéo
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Mavis Arnaud Frugé: NUNU Arts and Culture Collective - vidéo
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Mavis Arnaud Frugé, 77 years old, is a direct descendant of Jacques Arnaud, a Frenchmen who arrived in Louisiana in 1805 and founded the small town of Arnaudville, where Mavis still lives. When she started school, she was a unilingual Francophone, a...
Mavis Arnaud Frugé: NUNU Arts and Culture Collective - vidéo
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Barry Ancelet: Cajun Culture Specialist - vidéo
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Every Saturday evening for 24 years, radio host Barry Jean Ancelet regaled Radio-Acadie listeners with the best of Cajun and zydeco music, live from Eunice, Louisiana´s Liberty Theatre. Barry Ancelet, a retired University of Louisiana at Lafayette pr...
Barry Ancelet: Cajun Culture Specialist - vidéo
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Glen Pitre: Louisiana Filmmaker - vidéo
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Glen Pitre, known as the father of Louisiana film, is usually associated with Gumbo Westerns, a typically Louisianan genre. From the bayou to the Hollywood jungle, he carved a name for himself and rubbed elbows with some of the greatest, including Rob...
Glen Pitre: Louisiana Filmmaker - vidéo
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Denis Perreaux: Albertan Historian - vidéo
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Historians like Franco-Albertan Denis Perreaux love to remember and tell stories. Francophones only account for 2% of Alberta`s population, but with the economic boom the province has seen for the past several years, Francophones from all over have com...
Denis Perreaux: Albertan Historian - vidéo
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Ariane Mahrÿke Lemire: Artist - vidéo
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Singer-songwriter, Ariane Mahrÿke Lemire sings in English and in French, and she loves the stage, where she often plays barefoot. She sometimes even plays the role of characters from her songs. Ariane Mahrÿke Lemire loves Edmonton. She thinks of its c...
Ariane Mahrÿke Lemire: Artist - vidéo
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Roger Dallaire: Franco-Albertan Storyteller - vidéo
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Franco-Albertan storyteller Roger Dallaire loves to tell stories based on true events as well as completely fictional ones. Through his manner of speech and his accordion playing old tunes, Roger Dallaire breathes life into the past. The tale, his favo...
Roger Dallaire: Franco-Albertan Storyteller - vidéo
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Jean Grand-Maître: Artistic Director, Alberta Ballet - vidéo
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Jean Grand-Maître is, they say, one of the most interesting Canadian choreographers of his generation. First a dancer, he then becomes a choreographer and, in 2002, becomes the artistic director of the Alberta Ballet. Creating ballet choreographies for...
Jean Grand-Maître: Artistic Director, Alberta Ballet - vidéo
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François Therrien: Albertan Paleontologist - vidéo
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François Therrien is one of the seven paleontologists working for the Tyrrell Royal Museum in Drumheller, in the badlands of Alberta. The badlands are an arid Canadian desert where dinosaurs once roamed millions of years ago. It's one of the most amazi...
François Therrien: Albertan Paleontologist - vidéo
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