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Lavoie
Lavoie is a surname of French origin. The meaning of ''la voie'' is "the way". The Lavoie name dates to the year 900, during the first Viking invasions, relating to nobles living close to a road. The name has remained throughout France and Canada. People with Lavoie as surname * Alexandre Lavoie (born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player * Cheryl Lavoie, politician in New Brunswick, Canada * Claude Lavoie Richer (1929–2014), Canadian cross-country skier * Daniel Lavoie (born 1949), Canadian singer–songwriter * Dominic Lavoie (born 1967), Canadian-born Austrian former professional ice hockey player * Djane Lavoie-Herz (1889–1982), Canadian pianist and teacher * Don Lavoie (1951–2001), American economist * Donald Lavoie (born 1942), self-proclaimed former hit man for the Dubois Gang organized crime group * Elyse Lemay-Lavoie (born 1994), Canadian water polo player * Francis T. Lavoie (1874–1947), Canadian politician * François Lavoie (born 1993), Canadian ten-pin bowler * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Lavoie
Daniel Lavoie (; born Joseph-Hubert-Gérald Lavoie on March 17, 1949) is a Canadian singer–songwriter, actor, producer, poet, and radio host, known for his song " Ils s'aiment" and the role of Frollo in musical ''Notre-Dame de Paris''. He releases albums and performs on stage in Canada and France and tours in Canada and Europe. Early life Daniel Lavoie was born in Dunrea, Manitoba on March 17, 1949. He is bilingual in English and French, since his family was part of a small French-speaking community in the predominantly anglophone province. He is the eldest of six children. His father was a shopkeeper and his mother a housewife. Daniel took piano lessons with nuns as a little boy and continued his musical education in a French-language Jesuit boarding school, Collège de St-Boniface (now Université de Saint-Boniface), in St. Boniface neighborhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Career Music In 1967, Daniel Lavoie won the CBC's competition for singer-songwriters, in the television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Lavoie
François Lavoie (born February 27, 1993) is a right-handed Canadian ten-pin bowler from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, now making his home in Wichita, Kansas. He is a member of the Professional Bowlers Association, and has been a member of Team Canada. Lavoie has won five PBA Tour titles, including three major championships. He is one of only three players in history to roll a perfect 300 game in two televised PBA Tour title events, and the only player to bowl a 300 game in a U.S. Open telecast. Lavoie is a member of the Storm and Turbo Grips pro staffs. Amateur career Lavoie won the 2013 World Bowling Championships trios gold medal (partners: Mark Buffa and Patrick Girard). In 2014, Lavoie won the Intercollegiate ''Singles'' Championship as a member of the Wichita State University bowling team. In 2015, Lavoie won the Intercollegiate ''Team'' Championship with Wichita State University, and the Pan Am Games doubles gold medal (with partner Dan MacLelland) in Toronto. During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Lavoie
Marc Lavoie (born 1954)Marc Lavoie profile at the Canadian Olympic Committee website is a Canadian professor in economics at the University of Ottawa and a former Olympic Games, Olympic fencing athlete. Academic career Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Marc Lavoie is a professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Ottawa, where he started teaching in 1979. He got his doctorate from the University of Paris-1. Besides having published nearly two hundred articles in Peer review, refereed journals, he has written a number of books, among which are ''Post-Keynesian Economics: New Foundations'' (2014), ''Introduction to Post-Keynesian Economics'' (2006), translated into four languages, ''Foundations of Post-Keynesian economics, Post-Keynesian Economic Analysis'' (1992), as well as ''Monetary Economics: An ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavoie V
Lavoie is a surname of French origin. The meaning of ''la voie'' is "the way". The Lavoie name dates to the year 900, during the first Viking invasions, relating to nobles living close to a road. The name has remained throughout France and Canada. People with Lavoie as surname * Alexandre Lavoie (born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player * Cheryl Lavoie, politician in New Brunswick, Canada * Claude Lavoie Richer (1929–2014), Canadian cross-country skier * Daniel Lavoie (born 1949), Canadian singer–songwriter * Dominic Lavoie (born 1967), Canadian-born Austrian former professional ice hockey player * Djane Lavoie-Herz (1889–1982), Canadian pianist and teacher * Don Lavoie (1951–2001), American economist * Donald Lavoie (born 1942), self-proclaimed former hit man for the Dubois Gang organized crime group * Elyse Lemay-Lavoie (born 1994), Canadian water polo player * Francis T. Lavoie (1874–1947), Canadian politician * François Lavoie (born 1993), Canadian ten-pin bowler * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Lavoie
Donald Lavoie (born 21 May 1942) is a self-proclaimed former hit man for the Dubois Gang, situated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. During his career as a hit man, Lavoie assassinated at least 15 people, to which he later confessed. Lavoie's testimony was used by the Montreal Police Force to convict members of the Dubois Gang. Until his testimony, the Dubois Gang had been nearly impossible to infiltrate. Early childhood Donald Lavoie was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada, and was one of three children. At a young age, his parents surrendered him and his siblings to a local orphanage.True Face of Crime in Quebec (Director). (2006). The Hitman (Le Tueur) otion picture Canada. The parents´ reasons for handing their children into care is unclear. Lavoie claims he was a smart, young man who received good grades as a student in high school. As a teenager he committed various crimes, such as breaking and entering or robbing convenience stores. Hit man Lavoie moved to Montreal and soon aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Lavoie
Alexandre Lavoie (born November 17, 1992) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing with Mora IK of the HockeyAllsvenskan (Allsv). Playing career Lavoie started playing in Chicoutimi Saguenéens in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) from 2008 to 2011 followed by a season in the same league's Cape Breton Screaming Eagles and one more season in the league's Rimouski Oceanic. He then moved to play on the Allen Americans in the Central Hockey League (CHL) for two seasons including a loan assignment to American Hockey League club, the Oklahoma City Barons. Lavoie was voted Best of the "Best Rookie of the Year" in 2014. After 7 games with the Barons, he returned to the Allen Americans to help capture the Ray Miron Cup. On August 1, 2014, Lavoie opted to move to the ECHL, signing a one-year deal with the Florida Everblades. In the 2014–15 season, Lavoie was the main offensive threat for the Everblades, registering 57 points in 67 games. On Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Lavoie
Patrick Lavoie (born October 19, 1987) is a Canadian football fullback who is a free agent. He most recently played for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played in parts of three seasons for the Montreal Alouettes and for four years with the Ottawa Redblacks where he won his first Grey Cup championship in 2016. He has also played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. He played CIS football for the Laval Rouge et Or and won Vanier Cup championships in 2008 and 2010. Professional career Montreal Alouettes Lavoie was drafted 11th overall by the Montreal Alouettes in the 2012 CFL Draft and signed with the team on May 16, 2012 to a two-year contract. He scored his first touchdown on July 6, 2012 against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He finished his first season with 33 catches for 307 yards and four touchdowns and was the Alouettes nominee for the CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award. After the season, on December 4, 2012, he signed a new, three-year deal tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Lavoie
Kathleen Hoey Lavoie (September 28, 1949 – May 23, 2022) was an American microbiologist and explorer who was Professor of Biological Sciences at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. Lavoie was a Fellow of the National Speleological Society and the Cave Research Foundation. She was a specialist in biospeleology, and, in particular, the Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. Early life and education Lavoie was an undergraduate student at the University of New Hampshire. She graduated in 1972 and moved to Indiana University Bloomington, where she worked toward a master's degree in microbiology. Lavoie joined the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle for doctoral research, where she investigated the decomposition of cave rat dung. After earning her doctorate, she joined the faculty at the University of Michigan–Flint. Research and career In 1997, Lavoie joined State University of New York at Plattsburgh (SUNY Plattsburgh) as Dean of Arts and Sciences. Lavoie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Lavoie
Donald Charles Lavoie (April 4, 1951 – November 6, 2001) was an American economist of the Austrian School. He was influenced by Friedrich Hayek, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Michael Polanyi and Ludwig Lachmann. He wrote two books on the problem of economic calculation. His first book on this subject was ''Rivalry and Central Planning'' (Cambridge University Press 1985). This book stressed the importance of the process of competitive rivalry in markets. His second book was ''National Economic Planning: What Is Left?'' (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1985). This book dealt with the problem of non-comprehensive planning. Early life and education Lavoie earned a BS in computer science in 1973 from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He then earned a PhD in economics in 1981 from New York University under Israel Kirzner. His thesis was entitled ''Rivalry and central planning: a re-examination of the debate over economic calculation under socialism''. Career Don La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omer Lavoie
Lieutenant-General Omer Lavoie, CMM, MSC, CD was a senior officer in the Canadian Army and the Canadian Armed Forces. He was the commander of the 4th Canadian Division until the summer of 2014. He was promoted to major general in January 2016, and appointed commander of 1st Canadian Division. He served as battle group commander of the 1 RCR Battle Group, Task Force 3-06, from July 2006 to February 2007 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. In 2021, he retired from the Canadian Army. Biography Lavoie joined the CF in 1983 as a private soldier in The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment. Upon high school graduation, he transferred to the Regular Force and attended Royal Roads Military College from 1985-1989. Upon completion of infantry phase training, he was posted to Second Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment. Lavoie's regimental employment includes service with 2 RCR, 1 RCR and as the regimental adjutant. As a member of 2 RCR, he was employed as a platoon commander, officer commanding recon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Noël Lavoie
Jean-Noël Lavoie (November 24, 1927 – March 17, 2013) was a notary and former political figure in Quebec. He represented Laval in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and then the National Assembly of Quebec from 1960 to 1981 as a Liberal. He was born in Montreal, the son of Zéphirin Lavoie and Laura Gaudreault, and was educated at the Saint-Arsène Orphanage there, at the Collège Laval in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, at the Collège de Saint-Laurent and the Université de Montréal. He also received officer training at CFB Borden. Lavoie qualified as a notary in 1951 and entered practice in (later part of Laval). He served as alderman for L'Abord-à-Plouffe and was mayor from 1959 to 1961. Lavoie was mayor of the newly formed city of Chomedey from 1961 to 1965. In 1962, he founded ''Opinions de l'Île-Jésus/Citizen of Île-Jésus''. He was a driving force behind the formation of the city of Laval and was its first mayor in 1965; he was defeated when he ran for reelection later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thérèse Lavoie-Roux
Thérèse Lavoie-Roux (March 12, 1928 – January 31, 2009) was a Canadian politician and social worker who served in the National Assembly of Quebec and the Senate of Canada. She was the Minister of Health and Social Services from 1985 to 1989. Early life Lavoie-Roux was born on March 12, 1928 in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, the daughter of Lauréat Lavoie and Charlotte Dubé. She received her undergraduate degree in 1949, and her masters degree in social work from the University of Montreal. She became a social worker and therapist at the Montreal Children's Hospital from 1951 to 1960. She served on a number of boards, including the Home Care Services for the Mentally Disturbed. In 1969, the law changed and women were allowed to be members of the Montreal Roman Catholic School Board for the first time. Lavoie-Roux was selected by the Archbishop of Montreal to be the first female member and upon her selection, she was elected as Vice-Chair. In 1970, she became the Chair, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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