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Laurier Macdonald High School
, motto_translation = "The end crowns the work" , established = 1968 , schoolboard = English Montreal School Board , principal = Pasquale Buttino (2000 - 2007)Eileen Kelly (2007 - 2011)Luigi Santamaria (2011 -2020)Cristina Celzi (2020-Present) , grades_label = Grades , grades = Secondary III, IV and V (?-2020) Secondary I-V (2020-Present) , enrollment = over 800 , accreditation = International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) , colors = Orange and Black , mascot = Rams , free_label1 = Radio station , free_text1 = 560 AM ( Carrier current) , website = Laurier Macdonald High School (french: École secondaire Laurier Macdonald), abbreviated traditionally as "LMAC" but occasionally as "LMHS," is an English-language public school in the east end of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The school is name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Leonard, Quebec
Saint-Leonard ( ; french: Saint-Léonard ) is a borough (''arrondissement'') of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Formerly a separate city, it was amalgamated into the city of Montreal in 2002. The former city was originally called Saint-Léonard de Port Maurice after Leonard of Port Maurice, an Italian saint. The borough is home to Montreal's Via Italia. Geography Saint-Leonard is located in the northeastern part of the Island of Montreal. It is bordered by five boroughs: Montréal-Nord to the north and northwest, Anjou to the east, Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve to the southeast, Rosemont–La-Petite-Patrie to the south and Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension to the southwest and west. Jean-Talon Street East (Rue Jean-Talon Est) traverses through the borough, connecting it to Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension and Anjou. Features Highways Quebec Autoroute 40 (''Autoroute Métropolitaine''), part of the Trans-Canada Highway, traverses the area. Exits 76, 77 and 78 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Canadians In Greater Montreal
Montreal and its suburbs have a substantial Italian Canadian community. As of 2021, 17.3% of the ethnic Italians in Canada live in Greater Montreal. Montreal's Italian community is one of the largest in Canada, second only to Toronto. With 267,240 residents of Italian ancestry as of the 2021 census in Greater Montreal, Montreal has many Italian districts, such as La Petite-Italie, Saint-Leonard (Città Italiana), Rivière-des-Prairies, Montreal-Nord, LaSalle, and the Saint-Raymond area of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce; the community has also since spread into Laval and the West Island suburbs. Italian is the third most spoken language in Montreal and in the province of Quebec. History In 1893 there were about 1,400 ethnic Italians in Montreal.Linteau, Paul-André, René Durocher, and Jean-Claude Robert (translator into English: Robert Chodos). ''Quebec: A History 1867-1929'' (Volume 1 of Quebec, a History, Paul André Linteau). James Lorimer Company, 1983. , 9780888626042. p47 Dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pointe-aux-Trembles
Pointe-aux-Trembles was a municipality, founded in 1674, that was annexed by Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1982. This was the last city to be merged into Montreal until the 2002 municipal reorganization. On January 1, 2002 this neighbourhood at the far east end of the Island of Montreal became part of the borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles–Montréal-Est. On January 1, 2006 Montreal East demerged, and the borough became Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles. One can find a windmill, at the corner of Notre-Dame Street and Third Avenue, which was built in 1719. Its three storeys make it the tallest windmill in Québec that still stands. In 1650 the Grou family of Rouen France established a land holding here. Education The ''Commission scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île'' (CSPI) operates Francophone schools in this area. The district's headquarters is in Pointe-aux-Trembles. The ''École secondaire Pointe-aux-Trembles'' and the '' École secondaire Dani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roussin Academy High School
Roussin Academy High School was located in Pointe-aux-Trembles (''12085-1212, rue Notre-Dame Est''), a district in the eastern part of Montreal. The school served the English-speaking Catholic population of Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montreal-Est, Anjou and some off-island cities including Charlemagne. Roussin was amalgamated into Laurier Macdonald High School in the 1983–84 school year. It was also originally Napoleon Courtemanche High School in a different location. Roussin Academy was part of a school board called Commission Scolaire Jérôme-Le-Royer and was opened due to a great demand for English speaking students that could not go to Laurier Macdonald High School , motto_translation = "The end crowns the work" , established = 1968 , schoolboard = English Montreal School Board , principal = Pasquale Buttino (2000 - 2007)Eileen Kelly (2007 - 2011)Luigi Sant ... because of overpopulation. The school commission took over t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Ministry Of Education
The Ministry of Education and Higher Education (in French: Ministère de l’Éducation et de l'Enseignement supérieur, abbreviated as MEES) is the government ministry of Quebec that governs education, recreation, and sports. The minister is the individual who has the political responsibility for the regulation and oversight of educational services offered in the province as well as for the Ministry of Education. History The Quebec government abolished the Ministry of Public Instruction in 1875 to submit to the ultramontane Roman Catholic clergy which considered education the domain of the family and the Church, not the state. Under the new provincial government of Premier Jean Lesage, in 1964 a Ministry of Education was established with Paul Gérin-Lajoie appointed the first Minister of Education since 1875. For the majority of the time since the creation of the position, the minister has been responsible for both the period including up to and including secondary education an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viau Street
Viau is a provincial electoral district in the city of Montreal in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It consists of the Districts of Saint-Michel and François-Perrault (east of Papineau Avenue) in the Borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension in Montreal. It was created for the 1973 election from parts of Dorion, Gouin, Jeanne-Mance and Olier electoral districts. In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, its territory was unchanged. The riding is named after former Quebec businessman Charles-Théodore Viau, founder of the Biscuits Viau company. Members of the National Assembly Election results * Result compared to Action démocratique * Result compared to UFP , - , - , - , No designation , Yannick Duguay , align="right", 121 , align="right", 0.45 , align="right", – , - , - , Socialist De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Talon Street
Jean Talon Street (officially in french: rue Jean-Talon) is one of the longest streets on the Island of Montreal. It runs from Decarie Boulevard in the west through Anjou in the east to Galeries d'Anjou. Jean Talon was the first Intendant of New France. In the Town of Mount Royal, it is called Dresden Avenue. In the Montreal Borough of Saint Leonard, it is colloquially known as Via Italia. Via Italia Between Viau Boulevard and Langelier Boulevard in the Montreal borough of Saint-Leonard, Jean Talon Street passes through the heart of Montreal's Italian Community and is nicknamed ''Via Italia''. It is home to many Italian Canadian businesses and runs through the largest Italian-Canadian community in Montreal. There are 260,345 people of Italian ancestry living within the Greater Montreal Area. Transit stations on Jean-Talon Street *Namur * Canora station (REM) *Jean-Talon *Fabre * D'Iberville Within one block * Acadie * Parc * Parc train station * De Castelnau * Saint-Michel Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
École Sir George-Étienne-Cartier , a Japanese video-games developer/publisher
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École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoie, a French commune * École-Valentin, a French commune in the Doubs département * Grandes écoles, higher education establishments in France * The École, a French-American bilingual school in New York City Ecole may refer to: * Ecole Software This is a list of Notability, notable video game companies that have made games for either computers (like PC or Mac), video game consoles, handheld or mobile devices, and includes companies that currently exist as well as now-defunct companies. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aime Renaud High School
Aime Renaud High School was a Catholic public English and mixed Junior High School in the east end of Montreal. It was initially located in the then City of Saint-Leonard and then later in the Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough in the City of Montreal. Its sports teams competed as the Vikings. The team colours were black and grey. History The school was opened by the Commission scolaire Jérôme-Le Royer for the 1972-73 school year in a rented building at the corner of Aimé-Renaud Street and Metropolitan Boulevard. The students attending were there for secondary II and III (Grades 8 and 9) although there were some secondary I (Grade 7) students some years. The school was a feeder school for Laurier Macdonald High School, a senior high school. The building had been previously used as a French high school by the same school board since 1967. It was called École Aimé-Renaud. It was supposed to have changed from a French high school into an English high school for the 1968-69 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine De St-Exupéry School
Antoine is a French given name (from the Latin ''Antonius'' meaning 'highly praise-worthy') that is a variant of Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin. The name is used in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West Greenland, Haiti, French Guiana, Madagascar, Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania, Western Sahara, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Chad, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and Rwanda. It is a cognate of the masculine given name Anthony. Similar names include Antaine, Anthoine, Antoan, Antoin, Antton, Antuan, Antwain, Antwan, Antwaun, Antwoine, Antwone, Antwon and Antwuan. Feminine forms include Antonia, Antoinette, and (more rarely) Antionette. As a first name *Antoine Alexandre Barbier (1765–1825), a French librarian and bibliographer *Antoine Arbogast (1759–1803), a French mathematician *Antoine Arnauld (1612–1694), a French theologian, phi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal Star
''The Montreal Star'' was an English-language Canadian newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It closed in 1979 in the wake of an eight-month pressmen's strike. It was Canada's largest newspaper until the 1950s and remained the dominant English-language newspaper in Montreal until shortly before its closure. History The paper was founded January 16, 1869, by Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan, and George T. Lanigan as the ''Montreal Evening Star''. Graham ran the newspaper for nearly 70 years. In 1877, ''The Evening Star'' became known as ''The Montreal Daily Star''. As well as news and editorials, the ''Star'' sometimes created its own topics of interest; in the late 1890s it sponsored a world tour for journalist Sarah Jeannette Duncan, and printed a series of features about her adventures. In the 1890s the ''Star'' began voluntary audits of its circulation figures, and called for government regulation to control inflated circulation claims by other publications ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Lévesque
René Lévesque (; August 24, 1922 – November 1, 1987) was a Québécois politician and journalist who served as the 23rd premier of Quebec from 1976 to 1985. He was the first Québécois political leader since Confederation to attempt, through a referendum, to negotiate the political independence of Quebec. Starting his career as a reporter, and radio and television host, he later became known for his eminent role in Quebec's nationalization of hydro, and as an ardent defender of Quebec sovereignty. He was the founder of the Parti Québécois, and before that, a Liberal minister in the Lesage government from 1960 to 1966. Early life Lévesque was born in the Hôtel Dieu Hospital in Campbellton, New Brunswick, on August 24, 1922. He was raised in New Carlisle, Quebec, on the Gaspé Peninsula, by his parents, Diane (née Dionne) and Dominic Lévesque, a lawyer. He had three siblings, André, Fernand and Alice. His father died when Lévesque was 14 years old. Journalis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
