Browse "People"
-
Article
Nick Ayoub
Nick (Nicholas) Ayoub. Saxophonist, oboist, english hornist, composer, b Trois-Rivières, Que, of Lebanese parents, 7 Sep 1926, d Montreal, 2 May 1991; premier prix (CMM) 1953.
"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
-
Article
Nick Cordero
Nicholas Eduardo Alberto Cordero, actor, dancer, musician (born 17 September 1978 in Hamilton, Ontario; died 5 July 2020 in Los Angeles, California). Nick Cordero came to prominence with the 2014 Broadway production of Bullets Over Broadway, which earned him a Tony Award nomination. The imposing, six-foot-five actor also played many gangsters in film and television productions. His life was cut short in 2020 due to complications from COVID-19.
"https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/new_article_images/NickCordero/dreamstime_xxl_40407929.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/new_article_images/NickCordero/dreamstime_xxl_40407929.jpg
-
Article
Nick Gilder
Nick Gilder. Singer, songwriter, b London, UK, 21 Dec 1951. Nick Gilder moved with his family to Vancouver at 10, and sang with a number of amateur bands until joining Rasputin with high-school friend Jim McCulloch, a guitarist.
"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
-
Article
Nick Taylor
Nicholas Alexander Taylor, golfer (born 14 April 1988 in Winnipeg, MB). In 2006, Nick Taylor won the Canadian Junior Boys Championship by a record-setting 11 strokes. The following year, at 19, he won the Canadian Amateur Championship and finished in the Top 10 at the US Amateur tournament. Attending the University of Washington on a golf scholarship, he was a two-time Co-Pac-10 Player of the Year and won the Ben Hogan award for the top collegiate golfer in his senior year. Taylor turned pro in 2010 and earned his PGA Tour card in 2014. In 2021, he became the first Canadian golfer to win the Canadian Open since 1954. Taylor has represented Canada at the amateur and professional level and competed at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris.
"https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/Nick_Taylor_-_2016.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/Nick_Taylor_-_2016.jpg
-
Article
Nick Weslock
Nick Weslock, golfer (born 13 December 1917 in Winnipeg, MB; died 27 October 2007 in Burlington, ON).
"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
-
Article
Nickelback
Nickelback. Rock band formed in Hanna, Alta, with Chad Kroeger (vocals, guitar), Ryan Peake (guitar, vocals), Mike Kroeger (bass) and Ryan Vikedal (drums), and moved to Vancouver in 1996.
"https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/d390d192-df0e-4e4f-a6bc-c2d3ba9b1020.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/d390d192-df0e-4e4f-a6bc-c2d3ba9b1020.jpg
-
Article
Nicola-Similkameen
The Nicola-Similkameen were an enclave of Athapaskans living in the Nicola and Similkameen river valleys of south-central BC (and, marginally, north-central Washington state), surrounded by Interior Salish.
"https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/f78eb160-4435-47f0-b8d4-d0694aa6ac55.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/f78eb160-4435-47f0-b8d4-d0694aa6ac55.jpg
-
Article
Nicolas Denys
Nicolas Denys, trader, colonial promoter (b at Tours, France 1598; d 1688). A young La Rochelle merchant, Denys sailed for Acadia in 1632 with Isaac de RAZILLY, and spent the next 40 years trying to develop the colony.
"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
-
Article
Nicolas Dickner
Nicolas Dickner, writer (b at Rivière-du-Loup, Qué 1972). After studies in literature and the visual arts, Nicolas Dickner found himself travelling in South America, where he held diverse positions in the not-for-profit sector (Dominican Republic), and as a website designer (Peru).
"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
-
Article
Nicolas Fontaine
Nicolas Fontaine, freestyle skier - aerials (b at Magog, Qué 5 October 1970) As a pupil of former Canadian aerialist Jean-Marc Rozon, he won his first-ever World Cup medal (silver) as a member of Canada's national development team.
"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
-
Article
Nicolas Gilbert
Gilbert studied analysis, and composition at the CMM with Michel Gonneville and Serge Provost, and at McGill with John Rea.
"https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/4f117e6c-f1e9-4de1-9628-89670332c11c.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/4f117e6c-f1e9-4de1-9628-89670332c11c.jpg
-
Article
Nicolas Gill
Nicolas Gill, judoka (born 24 April 1972 in Montréal, QC). Nicolas Gill has been called a “legend” in the sport of judo.
"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
-
Article
Nicolas Koudriavtzeff
Nicolas (de) Koudriavtzeff. Impresario, b Nikolayev, near Odessa, 7 Feb 1896, naturalized Canadian 1960, d Montreal 31 Aug 1980. He studied violin, then piano, while attending university in Odessa and St Petersburg.
"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
-
Article
Nicole Beaudry
Nicole Beaudry. Ethnomusicologist, teacher, b Montreal 26 Aug 1945; BA (Montreal) 1966, B MUS musicology (McGill) 1971, MA anthropology (Laval) 1977, PH D ethnomusicology (Montreal) 1986.
"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
-
Article
Nicole Brossard
Nicole Brossard, writer, publisher (b at Montréal 27 Nov 1943). Brossard is a leading exponent of so-called formalist poetry in Québec and a major theoretician and promoter of literary and cultural feminism.
"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