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Asselin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Christopher Asselin (born 1969), American former politician * Edmund Tobin Asselin (1920–1999), Canadian politician, administrator and businessman * Émile Asselin (born 1996), Canadian curler * Félix Asselin (born 1994), Canadian curler * Guillaume Asselin (born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player * Gérard Asselin (1950–2013), Canadian politician * Jacques J.A. Asselin, Canadian diplomat * Janelle Asselin (born 1983), American comic book editor * Jean-Louis Asselin de Cherville (1772–1822), French Orientalist * Joe Asselin (born 1977), American musician * Jonathan Asselin (born 1958), Canadian equestrian * Joseph-Omer Asselin (1890–1961), Canadian businessman and politician * Josh Asselin (born 1978), American basketball player * Kevin Asselin (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player * Louis-Napoléon Asselin (1850–1921), Canadian lawyer and politician * Marie-Anne Asselin (1888–1971), Canadian mezzo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Asselin
Christopher P. Asselin (born 1969) is an American former politician. Early life Christopher Asselin was born on March 10, 1969, one of five children to parents Raymond Sr. and Janet Asselin. He graduated from Western New England College with a bachelor of arts degree. He later earned a master's of education degree at Westfield State College. Christopher Asselin is married to Merylina S. Asselin. Public office Asselin first ran for public office in 1999, losing a Democratic Party primary to Jack Keough prior to a special election called to replace Dennis M. Murphy on the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Asselin defeated Keogh in a party primary the next year, and succeeded him in office. Asselin won reelection uncontested in 2002. Investigation In September 2002, Christopher Asselin's house was raided during a joint investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Claude Asselin
Marie-Claude Asselin is a Canadian former freestyle skier competing from 1977 to 1982 in which she was a three-time world champion. Skiing career Asselin competed from 1977 to 1982 in the aerial, ballet and moguls categories of freestyle skiing. In that time, she won 35 Freestyle World Cup competitions, was the Freestyle World Cup champion in both combined and aerials in 1981, 1982, and 1983 and was the Freestyle World Cup overall champion in 1981 and 1982. In 1983, Asselin was awarded the Elaine Tanner Trophy for Canadian Female Athlete of the year. Asselin was inducted into the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame The Canadian Ski Hall of Fame (french: Le Temple de la renommée du ski canadien) was created by the Canadian Ski Museum in 1982 to honour skiing pioneers, competitors, coach (sports), coaches, officials, and builders. List of inductees Denotes d ... in 1991. World Cup podium finishes References External links * Canadian female freestyle skiers 1962 births Livin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Asselin
Robert Asselin (born 1974) is an author, a public policy expert and a former advisor to Canadian prime ministers and ministers under various liberal governments. In July 2020, he was appointed senior vice-president, policy at the Business Council of Canada. Asselin is a senior fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. Career Asselin was the associate director of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa from 2007 to 2015. He served as a senior advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during his leadership campaign and in the 2015 federal election. In 2014, he was appointed visiting public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. From November 2015 to November 2017, he served as Budget and Policy Director to Canada's Finance Minister Bill Morneau. References 1974 births Living people Canadian academic administrators {{C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre-Aurèle Asselin
Pierre-Aurèle Asselin (1881–1964) was a French Canadian furrier and tenor singer. Asselin came from a musical family; he was the brother of mezzo-soprano Marie-Anne Asselin and great uncle of pianist André Asselin. Asselin was born in the town of Sainte-Famille on Île d'Orléans in 1881. He moved with his family to Montreal around 1901, and, in 1903, he married Cora Laviolette in Notre-Dame cathedral. Singing career Asselin began a career as a furrier soon after his marriage. He would remain a furrier until his retirement. Asselin sang in church for some time, but it would not be until 1916, when he was 35, that he would make his first professional performance. He performed for Ladies' Morning Musical Club of Quebec City, a club devoted to classical music appreciation. He was well received and, within a year, had signed a contract with Columbia Records. Under this contract, he recorded arias from French operas, various songs from operettas, and other classical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Léon Gérard Asselin
Pierre Léon Gérard Asselin is a former Canadian diplomat. He was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ..., Gabon, Cameroon and the Central African Republic. His terms for each post ended concurrently on November 24, 1974. References Ambassadors of Canada to Chad Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Ambassadors of Canada to Gabon Ambassadors of Canada to Cameroon Ambassadors of Canada to the Central African Republic {{Canada-diplomat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Tobin Asselin
Joseph Patrick Tobin Asselin (March 29, 1930 – August 31, 2005), known as Patrick Tobin Asselin, was a Canadian politician. A Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Canada for two terms in the 1960s, he returned to Parliament a quarter-century later to work as a security guard. He was born on a farm in Bromptonville, Quebec in the Eastern Townships and was educated in Montreal at both English and French high schools. Asselin was descended from politicians on both sides of his family. He was the grandson of Edmund William Tobin, who had spent thirty years in the House of Commons, representing the same Quebec riding Asselin later represented. Tobin was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1930. His father, Joseph-Omer Asselin, was chairman of Montreal City Council's powerful executive committee. His mother, Beatrice Tobin, was a Liberal organizer in the era of William Lyon Mackenzie King, and served as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Asselin
Olivier Asselin is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec. He is most noted for his films '' The Moving Statue (La Liberté d'une statue)'', which was the winner of the Prix L.-E.-Ouimet-Molson from the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma in 1991, and '' The Cyclotron (Le Cyclotron)'', for which he won the Borsos Competition Award for Best Screenplay at the 2016 Whistler Film Festival. He is a professor of art and film history at the Université de Montréal.Mario Cloutier"Olivier Asselin: le statut de la liberté" '' La Presse'', November 1, 2008. His filmmaking style is marked by the exploration of philosophical and scientific themes, presented in a highly stylized manner that pays tribute to the aesthetic of older periods in film history, and has been compared to the styles of Guy Maddin and early Lars von Trier.Martin Gignac"Le cyclotron: les particules élémentaires d’une romance" '' Métro'', February 14, 2017. He is married to Lucille Fluet, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Asselin
Olivia Asselin (born 24 February 2004) is a Canadian freestyle skier Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails and ... who competes internationally in the big air and slopestyle disciplines. Career Asselin joined the national team in 2019. Asselin won the bronze medal at the 2022 Winter X Games in the big air event. On January 24, 2022, Asselin was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team in the big air and slopestyle events. References External links * 2004 births Living people Canadian female freestyle skiers Sportspeople from Quebec City Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic freestyle skiers of Canada {{Canada-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivar Asselin
Olivar Asselin (November 8, 1874 – April 18, 1937) was a writer and journalist in Quebec, Canada. He was a prominent nationalist, pamphleteer and polemist. Biography Asselin was born in Saint-Hilarion, Charlevoix, Quebec. His name is a combination of the French first name "Olivier" and the last name of Latin American independence leader Simón Bolívar. He did his primary studies in a Sainte-Flavie school (near Rimouski) and his secondary studies at the Séminaire de Rimouski. For financial reasons, his family emigrated to the United States in 1891. After a while working at the Coton Mills there, he worked for numerous newspapers in what was then called the "French Canadian" community. He was first journalist for ''Le Protecteur Canadien'' of Fall River, in 1894. A year later, he was editor of ''Le National'' of Lowell, Massachusetts (notorious as an emigration target for Quebecers of the day) and ''Le Jean-Baptiste'' of Pawtucket, Rhode Island. From 1896 to 1898, he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michèle Asselin
Michèle Asselin is a Canadian activist and former president of the Fédération des femmes du Québec. Career In 1988, she became coordinator of the Regroupement des centres de femmes du Québec. In June 2003, she succeeded Vivian Barbot as president of the Fédération des femmes du Québec. In September 2009, she stepped down as FFQ president after reaching the Federation's term limit A term limit is a legal restriction that limits the number of terms an officeholder may serve in a particular elected office. When term limits are found in presidential and semi-presidential systems they act as a method of curbing the potenti ...s for presidents. Upon stepping down, she re-affirmed her support for the Federation's opposition to the Quebec ban on religious symbols. After leaving the FFQ, she served as coordinator for the Centre international de solidarité ouvrière from 2010 to 2015. In 2015, she was named as head of the Association québécoise des organismes de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Asselin
Maurice Paul Jean Asselin (24 June 1882 – 27 September 1947) was a French painter, watercolourist, printmaker, lithographer, engraver and illustrator, associated with the School of Paris. He is best known for still lifes and nudes. Other recurring themes in his work are motherhood, and the landscapes and seascapes of Brittany. He also worked as a book illustrator, particularly in the 1920s. His personal style was characterised by subdued colours, sensitive brushwork and a strong sense of composition and design. He was awarded the rank of Officier de la Légion d'honneur in 1939. Biography Early life Maurice Asselin was born on 24 June 1882 in Orléans. His father was a coachman, and his mother ran the tobacco shop ''La Pipe d'or'' at the corner of rue Sainte-Catherine and rue Jeanne-d'Arc, before they took over a restaurant called ''L'Auberge de la rue Sainte-Catherine''. After studying design and painting at the Collège Sainte-Croix in Orléans, which ended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathieu Asselin
Mathieu Asselin (born 25 June 1973) is a French-Venezuelan photographer artist specializing in documentary photography and portraiture related to social issues. He is based in New York City. In 2017 his book ''Monsanto: A Photographic Investigation,'' "a powerful indictment of corporate power and ecological irresponsibility", won the Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation First PhotoBook Award and was a finalist for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize. Life and work Asselin began his career working on film productions in Caracas, Venezuela and then as a photographer in Europe. He currently works as a photographer in New York City. In 2011 Asselin photographed Occupy Wall Street protestors in Zuccotti Park, using a small open-air studio. The same year he made portraits of people who had lived through the 2011 Joplin tornado in Joplin, Missouri. In 2014, he was Artist in Residence with Imagine Science Films. For his book ''Monsanto: A Photographic Investigation,'' Asselin spent five ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
