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  • Editorial

    Celebrating Black History Month in Canada

    The following article is an editorial written by The Canadian Encyclopedia staff. Editorials are not usually updated. As we mark Black History Month in Canada in February, it’s worth reflecting on the legacy of Canada’s Black communities and the prejudice Black people have faced.

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  • Article

    Celebrating National Indigenous History Month in Canada

    The history of Indigenous peoples in Canada begins much earlier than any other group living here — and is far more complex.

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  • Article

    Célestin Lavigueur

    Lavigueur, Célestin. Violinist, composer, teacher, b Quebec City 19 Jan 1831, d Lowell, Mass, 11 Dec 1885.

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  • Article

    Celia Bizony

    Celia Bizony. Musicologist, soprano, b Berlin of Hungarian parents in 1904, naturalized British, d London 12 Mar 1950. A specialist in early music, particularly the medieval repertoire, she studied at Columbia U in 1948 prior to settling in Montreal in 1949.

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  • Article

    Celia Franca

    Her artistic and organizational gifts caused Franca to be recommended to a group of Toronto ballet-lovers who in 1950 wanted to establish a classical ballet company in Canada.

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  • Article

    Céline Bonnier

    ​Céline Bonnier, actress (born 31 August 1965 in Lévis, Québec). In a career spanning some 20 years, Céline Bonnier has shown that she has the stuff of the greatest actors—a presence that has an impact in any medium, be it stage or screen.

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  • Article

    Céline Dion

    Céline Marie Claudette Dion, CC, OQ, singer, entrepreneur (born 30 March 1968 in Charlemagne, QC). Céline Dion has been a global pop superstar for more than 30 years. She is the most commercially successful Canadian singer of all time and one of the best-selling music artists ever. A Québécoise icon since she was a teenager, she is equally successful in French and English and has sold more than 220 million albums worldwide. Known as the “queen of power ballads,” she has won five Grammy Awards, 20 Juno Awards and more than 40 Félix Awards, in addition to a myriad of other honours. Named the Best Selling Canadian Recording Artist of the Century in 1999, she has been inducted into the Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame, Canada’s Walk of Fame and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She is a Companion of the Order of Canada, an Officière of the Ordre national du Québec, a Compagne of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec and a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France.

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    Céline Dussault

    Céline Dussault. Soprano, b Thetford-Mines, Que, 14 May 1946; B MUS (Montreal) 1968, premier prix voice (CMM) 1973.

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  • Article

    Céline Marier

    Céline (also known as Célina, Célinie, Célanie) Marier. Soprano, teacher, b Montreal 17 May 1871?, d there 4 May 1940.

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  • Article

    Celtic Languages

    The Celtic languages belong to the family of languages known as Indo-European and as such are related to most of the languages of Europe and many others found as far east of Europe as India. Linguists recognize 2 main divisions of Celtic: Continental Celtic and Insular Celtic.

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  • Macleans

    Celtic Music Reels in New Fans

    Lamond, best known for Sleepy Maggie - a hit single she performed with fiddler and fellow Cape Bretoner Ashley MacIsaac on his 1995 album, Hi, How Are You Today? - is only one of the latest Celtic acts to receive a major-label release.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on April 7, 1997

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    Chalmers Jack Mackenzie

    Chalmers Jack Mackenzie, engineer, research manager (b at St Stephen, NB 10 July 1888; d at Ottawa 26 Feb 1984). He was the single most important figure in the postwar growth of Canadian science.

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  • Article

    Chamber Music Composition

    Chamber music composition. The term applies to works for from 2 to about 12 parts, intended for one performer per part.

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  • Article

    Chamber Music Performance

    Chamber music performance. Early evidence of the cultivation of classical chamber music in Canada, mainly by amateur performers, both as an edifying leisure activity and in public concerts, dates from the period 1790-1820.

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    Chamber Players of Toronto

    The Chamber Players of Toronto. A 15-piece string ensemble, formed in 1968 by the players themselves and directed until 1977 from the first chair by the violinist Victor Martin (b Elne, France, of Spanish parents, 24 Sep 1940; a pupil of Antonio Arias, Lorand Fenyves, and Max Rostal).

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