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Chartrand () is a surname that originates from France. It is a variation of the word "Chartrain", meaning someone from the city of Chartres. Notable people with the name include: *Alaine Chartrand (born 1996), Canadian figure skater *Aurèle Chartrand (1903–1975), Canadian barrister *Brad Chartrand (born 1974), Canadian athlete in ice hockey *Céline Chartrand (born 1962), Canadian javelin thrower at the 1988 Olympics *David Chartrand (born 1960), Canadian politician and activist *Ervin Chartrand, Canadian Ojibway/Métis film director, writer and producer *Gary Chartrand (born 1936), US mathematics professor *Gilbert Chartrand (born 1954), Canadian politician *Isabelle Chartrand (born 1978), Canadian athlete in ice hockey *Joseph Chartrand (1870–1933), US religious figure *Judy Chartrand (born 1959), Canadian artist and political activist *Lina Chartrand (1948-1994), Canadian writer *Martine Chartrand (born 1962), Haitian-Canadian filmmaker, visual artist and teacher *Michel Char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chartres
Chartres () is the prefecture of the Eure-et-Loir department in the Centre-Val de Loire region in France. It is located about southwest of Paris. At the 2019 census, there were 170,763 inhabitants in the metropolitan area of Chartres (as defined by the INSEE), 38,534 of whom lived in the city (commune) of Chartres proper. Chartres is famous worldwide for its cathedral. Mostly constructed between 1193 and 1250, this Gothic cathedral is in an exceptional state of preservation. The majority of the original stained glass windows survive intact, while the architecture has seen only minor changes since the early 13th century. Part of the old town, including most of the library associated with the School of Chartres, was destroyed by Allies of World War II, Allied bombs in 1944. History Chartres was one of the principal towns in Gaul of the Carnutes, a Celts, Celtic tribe. In the Gallo-Roman period, it was called ''Autricum'', name derived from the river ''Autura'' (Eure), and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Chartrand
Judy Chartrand (born 1959) is a Cree artist from Manitoba, Canada. She is an artist who grew up in the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia. Her works frequently confronts issues of postcolonialism, Indigenous feminism, socio-economic inequity and Indigenous knowledge expressed through the mediums of ceramics, found objects, archival photography and traditional Indigenous techniques of beadwork, moose hair tufting and quillwork. Life and work Chartrand is a self-taught ceramicist, she was initially inspired by the Pueblo San Ildefonso potter, Maria Martinez whose instructional videos she initially learned from. She was in her formative years influenced by trips to visit the Vancouver Museum located at the Carnegie Community Centre in downtown Vancouver where she developed an awareness of design and painting of ceramics. And early motif utilized in her work was referencing Mimbres bowl forms and surface decoration, which is a design language she has refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanya Chartrand
Tanya L. Chartrand is a social psychologist known for her research on consumer behavior and on non-conscious processes influencing emotions, cognition, and behavior. Chartrand is the Roy J. Bostock Marketing Professor and Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University. She and her doctoral advisor, John Bargh, are widely cited for their groundbreaking research on social mimicry, which they referred to as the chameleon effect. Biography Chartrand completed her B.S. degree in Psychology and Spanish at Santa Clara University in 1994. She attended graduate school at New York University where she obtained a M.A. in 1996 and a Ph.D in Social Psychology with a concentration in Quantitative Psychology in 1999. Her dissertation was titled "Consequences of success and failure at automatic goal pursuit for mood, self-efficacy, and subsequent performance." Chartrand was Assistant Professor of Psychology at The Ohio State University from 1999-2003 before joining the Faculty o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simonne Monet-Chartrand
Simonne Monet-Chartrand (November 4, 1919 – January 18, 1993) was a Canadian labor activist, feminist writer, and pacifist. She was an advocate for syndicalist causes and a proponent of women in the labor movement. A co-founder of Concordia University's Simone de Beauvoir Institute, dedicated to feminist studies, Monet-Chartrand also co-founded the Federation des femmes du Quebec, the pacifist movement Voix des Femmes, and the Movement for Nuclear Disarmament. Early life Simonne Monet-Chartrand was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1919. Her parents were Aurore-Berthe Alain and Amédée Monet, who was a judge, as was her grandfather Dominique Monet. Her family was well-off, spending summers on the Richelieu River in Beloeil. She studied at a Catholic boarding school in Montreal, and began noting the inequalities between boys and girls at a young age. A dark stain on her otherwise idyllic childhood was the death of her brother Roger, of tuberculosis; Monet-Chartrand also c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Chartrand
Philippe Chartrand (born 23 December 1963) is a Canadian gymnast. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... References 1963 births Living people Canadian male artistic gymnasts French Quebecers Olympic gymnasts for Canada Gymnasts at the 1984 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1988 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Laval, Quebec {{Canada-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miranda Chartrand
Miranda Chartrand (born 3 May 1990) and Adam Nichols (born 10 September 1991) are a musical duo. They met and began working together through the BBC television series ''Chartjackers'', which was challenging the online community to write, record and release a pop song through crowdsourcing in ten weeks. After initially auditioning through separate YouTube videos, Chartrand and Nichols then successfully auditioned in person to provide vocals on the single. They recorded the song, entitled "I've Got Nothing", at the University of Wales in Newport, South Wales on 7 October 2009. The single was given a worldwide release on 9 November through the iTunes Store, and went on to peak at number 36 on the UK Singles Chart. Lives and career 1990–2008: Early lives Chartrand was born on 3 May 1990, and was raised in Guelph, Ontario. She studied at the John F. Ross Collegiate Vocational Institute, where she played on the open girls' rugby team until 2009. At the age of 16, Chartrand regist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Chartrand
Michel Chartrand (20 December 1916 – 12 April 2010) was a Canadian trade union leader from Quebec. Born in Outremont and trained as a typography and print worker, Chartrand became involved in union activism in the 1940s. During the ''Grande Noirceur'', he took part in major strike actions such as the Asbestos strike in 1949, the in 1952 and the Murdochville strike in 1957. In 1968, he became president of the Montreal central council of the Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN). In 1970, during the October crisis, he was arrested without a warrant and put in jail for four months. He was president of the CSN Montreal central council until 1978. During the 1980s, he took action for the rights of injured workers; he created the ''Fondation pour l’aide aux travailleuses et travailleurs accidentés'' (FATA) in 1984. He promoted progressive values and syndicalism in the media until the end of his life. He endorsed Québec solidaire. Chartrand is considered to have been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martine Chartrand
Martine Chartrand (born 1962) is a Haitian Canadian filmmaker, visual artist and teacher. She practices a paint-on-glass animation technique to create her films. Throughout Chartrand's career, she has been involved with numerous films and has made three animated shorts which have been exhibited across Canada and internationally. Her films often deal with social and cultural issues relating to Black culture and Black history. Biography Early years Born in 1962, Chartrand was adopted and raised in Montreal, Quebec. She graduated from Concordia University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1986 and earned a certificate in Arts Education at UQAM in 1988. After graduating she began making a living by creating poster graphics and giving workshops in exhibitions across Canada and Europe. Before becoming involved in animation, Chartrand worked as a painter and illustrator. In 1986, Chartrand became working as a layout and colour artist. She joined the National Film Board officially as a col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lina Chartrand
Lina Chartrand (1948-1994) was a Canadian writer and theatre creator. She was a co-founder of the feminist theatre company, Company of Sirens. Her most famous work was the bilingual and partly autobiographical play, ''La P'tite Miss Easter Seals''. Early life Chartrand was born in 1948 in Timmins, Ontario, one of four children of Leo and Leocadie Chartland. At sixteen months old, she contracted polio which resulted in her requiring spinal surgery at age 10, following which Chartrand spent time in a full body cast. In 1960, Chartrand was selected as Little Miss Easter Seals (Canada), Easter Seals. Chartrand attended Queen's University at Kingston, Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where she received a B.A. in drama. Career In 1986, Chartrand formed the feminist theatre collective Company of Sirens, with Aida Jordão, Catherine Glen, Lib Spry, Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, Shawna Dempsey, and Cynthia Grant (director), Cynthia Grant. With ''Company of Sirens'', Chart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Chartrand
Joseph Chartrand (May 11, 1870 – December 8, 1933) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the 6th Bishop of Indianapolis, serving from 1918 until his death in 1933. Biography Joseph Chartrand was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Joseph and Margaret (née Sullivan) Chartrand. His father, who was also born in Missouri, was of French descent; his mother was a native of County Kerry in Ireland. He studied at Saint Meinrad Seminary and was ordained to the priesthood on September 24, 1892 for the Diocese of Vincennes, which later became the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. He was made vicar general of Indianapolis on February 13, 1910. On July 27, 1910, Chartrand was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Indianapolis and Titular Bishop of ''Flavias'' by Pope Pius X. He received his episcopal consecration on the following September 15 from Archbishop Diomede Falconio, with Bishops Denis O'Donaghue and Herman Alerding serving as co-consecrators. Chartrand succeeded the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alaine Chartrand
Alaine Chartrand (; born March 26, 1996) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2014 Rostelecom Cup bronze medallist, the 2016 CS Autumn Classic silver medallist, and a two-time Canadian national champion (2016, 2019). Personal life Alaine Chartrand was born on March 26, 1996 in Brockville, Ontario. She is the daughter of Heather and John Chartrand, and has a brother, Andrew. She attended Thousand Islands Secondary School, graduating in 2014. In 2018, Chartrand began studying as a kinesiology student at York University in Toronto. The following year she transferred to the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Career Early years Chartrand began learning to skate in 1999. Mary Jayne Rashotte became her coach when she was four years old. 2012–2013 season Chartrand debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in autumn 2012. After winning the senior bronze medal at the 2013 Canadian Championships, she was sent to the 2013 World Junior Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabelle Chartrand
Isabelle Chartrand (born April 20, 1978) is a Canadian retired ice hockey defenceman. As a member of the Canadian national ice hockey team, she won Olympic gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics and a gold medal at the 2001 IIHF Women's World Championship. Playing career Chartrand began playing ringette as a child but would eventually shift to ice hockey. By the age of 16, she was a member of Team Quebec. At the 1995 Canada Winter Games, she would claim a bronze medal in ice hockey. Four years later, she took gold with Team Quebec at the Esso women's hockey nationals. She played two seasons, 1998–99 and 1999–2000, with Laval Le Mistral of the National Women's Hockey League. NCAA Prior to the 2002 Olympics, Chartrand attended St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. As a member of the St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey program in the ECAC Hockey conference, Chartrand was named Rookie of the Week on January 15, 2001. She is one of only three athletes from St. Lawrence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
