Browse "People"

Displaying 4951-4965 of 11283 results

  • Article

    Janusz Zurakowski

    Janusz Zurakowski, aviator (born 12 September 1914 in Ryzawka, Russia ; died 9 February 2004 in Barry's Bay, ON ). Raised in Poland, he joined the Polish Air Force in 1937, escaped to England and took part in the Battle of Britain. 

    "https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/f6a77dfe-35ee-4c01-933b-848cfe09fe10.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/f6a77dfe-35ee-4c01-933b-848cfe09fe10.jpg Janusz Zurakowski

  • Article

    Japanese Canadians

    Japanese Canadians, or Nikkei (meaning Japanese immigrants and their descendants), are Canadians of Japanese heritage. Japanese people arrived in Canada in two major waves. The first generation of immigrants, called Issei, arrived between 1877 and 1928, and the second after 1967. The 2016 census reported 121,485 people of Japanese origin in Canada, or 0.35 per cent of the Canadian population. The first generations of Japanese Canadians were denied the full rights of citizens, such as the right to vote in provincial and federal elections and to work in certain industries. During the Second World War, the federal government interned and dispossessed over 20,000 Japanese Canadians. Japanese Canadians have settled primarily in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario, and have contributed to every aspect of Canadian society. Well-known Japanese Canadians include novelists Kerri Sakamoto, Aki Shimazaki, Michelle Sagara, Hiromi Goto, Kim Moritsugu and Joy Kogawa, poet Roy Miki, writer Ken Adachi, filmmakers Midi Onodera and Linda Ohama, scientist David Suzuki, public servant Thomas Shoyama, architects Raymond Moriyama and Bruce Kuwabara, community leader Art Miki, judoka Mas Takahashi, and agriculturalist Zenichi Shimbashi. Artists include Takao Tanabe, Miyuki Tanobe, Roy Kiyooka and Kazuo Nakamura. Politicians include Bev Oda, the first Japanese Canadian Member of Parliament and cabinet minister; BC Liberal cabinet minister Naomi Yamamoto; and former Ontario Progressive Conservative cabinet minister David Tsubouchi. Vicky Sunohara was part of the national women’s hockey team that won silver (1998) and gold (2002, 2006) at the Olympic Winter Games. Devin Setoguchi of the Minnesota Wild and AHL players Jon Matsumoto and Raymond Sawada are Japanese Canadian hockey players.

    "https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/029bb18d-a341-42f2-b08b-ef73d8ba802e.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/029bb18d-a341-42f2-b08b-ef73d8ba802e.jpg Japanese Canadians

  • Editorial

    Japanese Canadian Internment: Prisoners in their own Country

    Beginning in early 1942, the Canadian government detained and dispossessed more than 90 per cent of Japanese Canadians, some 21,000 people, living in British Columbia. They were detained under the War Measures Act and were interned for the rest of the Second World War. Their homes and businesses were sold by the government to pay for their detention. In 1988, Prime Minister  Brian Mulroney apologized on behalf of the Canadian government for the wrongs it committed against Japanese Canadians. The government also made symbolic redress payments and repealed the War Measures Act.

    "https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/c61c85b5-d92f-44a0-8602-7e2c38458873.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/c61c85b5-d92f-44a0-8602-7e2c38458873.jpg Japanese Canadian Internment: Prisoners in their own Country

  • Article

    Jared Keeso

    Jared Keeso, actor, screenwriter, director, producer (born 1 July 1984 in Listowel, Ontario). Jared Keeso is best known for creating and starring in the popular CraveTV sitcom Letterkenny (2016–23). Known for its deadpan humour and quirky rural vernacular, the series became an international cult hit. It earned Keeso six Canadian Screen Awards, including one for Best Comedy and several for his writing and acting. The series led to a spinoff, Shoresy, also starring Keeso. He also won a Gemini Award for playing Don Cherry in a CBC mini-series and two Writers Guild of Canada Awards for his work on Letterkenny.

    "https://development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/images/tce_placeholder.jpg?v=e9dca980c9bdb3aa11e832e7ea94f5d9" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/images/tce_placeholder.jpg?v=e9dca980c9bdb3aa11e832e7ea94f5d9 Jared Keeso

  • Article

    Jarome Iginla

    ​Jarome Iginla, hockey player (born 1 July 1977 in Edmonton, AB). Jarome Iginla played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League, including 16 with the Calgary Flames. He is the all-time leader for the Calgary Flames in games played (1219), goals (525) and points (1095).

    "https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/3dd7ae23-d16f-46ad-b158-30fd7031229c.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/3dd7ae23-d16f-46ad-b158-30fd7031229c.jpg Jarome Iginla

  • Article

    Jasey-Jay Anderson

    Jasey-Jay Anderson, snowboarder (born 13 April 1975 in Montreal, QC). Anderson has competed in every Olympic Winter Games since 1998, when snowboarding made its Olympic debut. At the 2018 Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, he became the first Canadian to compete in six Games. Anderson won the gold medal in parallel giant slalom at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. Over his career he has also won four World Championship titles, as well as six World Cup titles, including four as overall World Cup champion (2001–04). 

    "https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/a7e9f9b3-48b7-4c70-9167-ba194f7fd71c.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/a7e9f9b3-48b7-4c70-9167-ba194f7fd71c.jpg Jasey-Jay Anderson

  • Article

    Jasmine Dubé

    Jasmine Dubé, actor, playwright, director, author (b at Amqui, Que 11 Apr 1957). Cofounder and artistic director of the Théâtre Bouches Décousues, Jasmine Dubé has maintained an artistic commitment to young audiences for 30 years.

    "https://development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/images/tce_placeholder.jpg?v=e9dca980c9bdb3aa11e832e7ea94f5d9" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/images/tce_placeholder.jpg?v=e9dca980c9bdb3aa11e832e7ea94f5d9 Jasmine Dubé

  • Article

    Jason Priestley

    Jason Bradford Priestley, actor, director, producer (born at Vancouver 28 Aug 1969). Jason Priestley, who graduated from Argyle Secondary School in North Vancouver, is best known for his work in American film and television.

    "https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/816ea647-db11-43ea-8510-50f9dff6dab1.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/816ea647-db11-43ea-8510-50f9dff6dab1.jpg Jason Priestley

  • Article

    Jason Kenney

    Jason Kenney, politician, Member of Parliament (1997–2016), leader of the United Conservative Party of Alberta (2017–22), premier of Alberta (2019–22) (born 30 May 1968 in Oakville, ON). Jason Kenney was Member of Parliament for Calgary Southeast for nearly 20 years. He held several cabinet positions in the Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, including Minister for Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism; Minister of Employment and social development; and Minister of National Defence. Kenney resigned his seat in Parliament in 2016. In 2017, he was elected leader of Alberta’s United Conservative Party (UCP). It won a majority government in April 2019. Kenney stepped down as premier and UCP leader in May 2022 following a leadership review.

    "https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/8f50dd62-47c2-483f-9f5e-4c1ec0985193.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/8f50dd62-47c2-483f-9f5e-4c1ec0985193.jpg Jason Kenney

  • Article

    Jason Sherman

    When he applied his hand to dramatic writing, critical acclaim quickly followed. His first works to be professionally produced were A Place Like Pamela (1991) for Walking Shadow Theatre, and To Cry Is Not So (1991) for Theatre Smith-Gilmour.

    "https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/e48b99c5-b63e-42fa-92d3-5fb716f54c12.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/e48b99c5-b63e-42fa-92d3-5fb716f54c12.jpg Jason Sherman

  • Article

    Jason Wu

    Made famous by designing Michelle Obama's gowns for the first and second inauguration of Barack Obama as president of the United States, Jason Wu has been called a designer from a different era, reinventing classical feminine silhouettes while incorporating traditional techniques.

    "https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/7ac58ded-b938-4034-a7a6-779f2ced9b44.JPG" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/7ac58ded-b938-4034-a7a6-779f2ced9b44.JPG Jason Wu

  • Article

    Jay Baruchel

    Jonathan Adam Saunders Baruchel, actor, writer, producer, director (born 9 April 1982 in Ottawa, ON). An idiosyncratic actor with a slacker charm and a geeky disposition, Jay Baruchel has built a successful career playing perennial underdogs, awkward but likeable outsiders and comedic versions of himself. He has enjoyed great success in Hollywood, particularly with the hugely successful How to Train Your Dragon franchise, while working just as consistently in the Canadian film industry, for which he is a passionate advocate.

    "https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/d747ccbf-eeeb-4383-a6e7-1ebb89a4ec22.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/d747ccbf-eeeb-4383-a6e7-1ebb89a4ec22.jpg Jay Baruchel

  • Article

    Jay Rahn

    (Douglas) Jay (Philip) Rahn. Ethnomusicologist, musicologist, music theorist, b St Catharines Ont 28 Dec 1947; B MUS (Toronto) 1969; MA, M PHIL (Columbia) 1972, PH D (Columbia) 1978.

    "https://development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/images/tce_placeholder.jpg?v=e9dca980c9bdb3aa11e832e7ea94f5d9" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/images/tce_placeholder.jpg?v=e9dca980c9bdb3aa11e832e7ea94f5d9 Jay Rahn

  • Article

    Jay Silverheels

    Harold J. Smith (commonly known as Jay Silverheels), actor (born 26 May 1912 in Six Nations of the Grand River, ON; died 5 March 1980 in Woodland Hills, California). A leading athlete on his reserve as a youth, Jay Silverheels was a top lacrosse player and boxer. He had a successful acting career, with perhaps his best-known role being Tonto in the Lone Ranger television series and films.

    "https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/629d9b21-036e-40e1-9738-4768c22a4b57.JPG" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/629d9b21-036e-40e1-9738-4768c22a4b57.JPG Jay Silverheels

  • Article

    Jayne Eastwood

    From the early 1970s to the mid-1980s Eastwood appeared in stage productions of works by Michel TREMBLAY, Tom Stoppard, and Neil Simon, by such companies as Theatre in the Dell, Toronto Arts Productions, Centrestage Company, and Toronto Truck Theatre.

    "https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/03c503ee-e2d8-44d9-a561-8a8bce4b3273.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/03c503ee-e2d8-44d9-a561-8a8bce4b3273.jpg Jayne Eastwood