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Paquette
Paquette is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * B. P. Paquette, Canadian film director, screenwriter, producer and academic * Brad Paquette, American politician * Cedric Paquette, Canadian hockey player * Craig Paquette, American baseball player * Gilbert Paquette, Canadian politician * Karl Paquette, étoile at the Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris * Leo Paquette, American chemist * Pierre A. Paquette, Canadian politician * Robert Paquette, Canadian singer-songwriter * Robert L. Paquette, (born 1951), American historian * Stéphane Paquette, Canadian singer-songwriter * Yanick Paquette, American illustrator * Renee Jane Paquette, an on-air personality with the WWE, otherwise known as Renee Young Fictional characters * Paquette, a character in Voltaire's novel ''Candide'' *Natalie "Wattson" Paquette, a character in Respawn Entertainment's Apex Legends ''Apex Legends'' is a free-to-play Battle royale game, battle royale-hero shooter game developed by Re ...
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Renee Young
Renee Jane Paquette is a Canadian-American television personality currently working as a backstage interviewer for All Elite Wrestling (AEW). She was previously known for her time in WWE between 2012 and 2020, where she served as a commentator, presenter, and interviewer under the ring name Renee Young. During her time in WWE, Young also appeared as a main cast member on the reality television series ''Total Divas''. Prior to signing with WWE, she was a sports broadcaster for The Score Television Network. Early life Renee Jane Paquette was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. After high school, she applied to several colleges and began training in Improvisation#Comedy, improv comedy. At the age of 19, she relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a comedic actress, but later moved back to Toronto and auditioned for films, music videos, and commercials there instead. After becoming frustrated with her lack of auditions, she became interested in broadcasting instead of acting. ...
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Robert Paquette
Robert Paquette (born July 2, 1949) is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter. In 1970, he worked with the student theatre group at Laurentian University, composing songs for the Franco-Ontarian stage musical ''Moé, j'viens du nord, 'stie!'' The troupe, which was one of the creative initiatives of the CANO artistic movement, evolved into the Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario. Paquette released his first album as a soloist in 1974, and toured Canada and the United States. He performed at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa in 1975. In 1978, Paquette represented Canada at the Festival de Spa in Belgium. Following his 1984 album ''Gare à vous'', Paquette concentrated on television and stage work for TVOntario's Chaîne française, SRC and the Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario. He released a compilation of his songs in 1995. He toured with Marcel Aymar and Paul Demers in the 1990s as the performing group Paquette-Aymar-Demers. He also has collaborated with singer-songwriter Chuck Labelle. Paque ...
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Cédric Paquette
Cédric Paquette (born August 13, 1993) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the HC Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Paquette was selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the fourth round, 101st overall, of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft and won the Stanley Cup as a member of the Lightning in 2020. Playing career As a youth, Paquette played in the 2006 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Chandler, Quebec. Junior Paquette played major junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) with Montreal Juniors and Blainville-Boisbriand Armada, scoring 200 goals and 300 assists for 500 points, with 193 penalty minutes, in 130 games played. Professional Tampa Bay Lightning On May 3, 2013, the Tampa Bay Lightning signed Paquette to a three-year, entry-level professional contract, assigning him to their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch, to start the 2013–14 season. On April 1 ...
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Brad Paquette
Brad Paquette (born May 24, 1987) is a Republican member of the Michigan House of Representatives. Early life and education Paquette was born on May 24, 1987 in Marquette, Michigan. In 2009, Paquette graduated from Northern Michigan University, earning a B.A. in political science and pre-law. In 2012, Paquette earned a master's degree in teaching from Andrews University. Career Paquette has worked as a public school educator, teaching at the Niles New Tech Entrepreneurial Academy. Paquette has also served on the Niles Planning Commission. On November 6, 2018, Paquette was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives, where he has been representing the 78th district ever since he was sworn in to office in 2019. As a legislator, Paquette has introduced legislation that aimed to remove concealed pistol license renewal fees. Paquette has been vocal critic of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state of Michigan, thinking that he ...
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Leo Paquette
Leo Armand Paquette ( – January 21, 2019) was an American organic chemist. Biography He was born on July 15, 1934 to parents Armand and Clarice with roots in Quebec (great-grandfather Edmund was born in Contrecoeur, Quebec) and he received his B.S. degree from Holy Cross College in 1956 and his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1959 with Professor Norman Allan Nelson. After serving as a research associate at the Upjohn Company from 1959 to 1963, he joined the faculty of Ohio State University. He was promoted to full professor in 1969 and was named Distinguished University Professor in 1987. Paquette was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1984, and was the founding editor of the '' Electronic Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis (e-EROS). Paquette is perhaps best known for achieving the first total synthesis of the Platonic solid dodecahedrane. Scientific misconduct In 1993, an Ohio State University i ...
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Yanick Paquette
Yanick Paquette is a Canadian comic book artist. He has worked for Antarctic Press, Topps Comics, Topps, Marvel Comics, Marvel, and DC Comics and since 1994. Career In 1996 Paquette drew two miniseries adapted from the TV series ''Space: Above and Beyond'', written by Roy Thomas, for Topps Comics. The following year he and Thomas reunited to draw ''Xena: Warrior Princess: Year One'' for Topps. In 1997 Paquette drew two issues of ''JLA Secret Files'', his first work on the Justice League of America. He would return to those characters in 1998 with ''JLA (comic book), JLA: Tomorrow Woman'' and "Madmen and Mudbaths", one of the stories in the 1999 anthology book ''JLA 80-Page Giant'' #2. From 1998 to 1999, Paquette drew nine issues of ''Wonder Woman'' for DC Comics. Clément Sauvé was his assistant on background on a wide number of issues from 2000 to 2002. From 2000 to 2001, Yanick drew ten issues of ''Gambit (Marvel Comics), Gambit''. Paquette was the regular artist on ''Ultim ...
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Stéphane Paquette
Stéphane "Stef" Paquette (born December 18, 1973, in Chelmsford, Ontario) is a Franco-Ontarian singer-songwriter, actor and politician. Career A founding member of the band Les Chaizes Muzikales in 1993, Paquette launched a solo career in 2002 with his first solo album, ''L'Homme exponentiel''. His second solo album, ''Salut de l'arrière pays'', was released in 2011 and won a number of awards, including the ''Prix Trille Or'' from the ''Association des professionels de la chanson et de la musique'' in 2013. In January 2014, he won five of the seven prizes at the annual ''Contact ontarois'' music competition, with his prize package including an extensive series of music festival bookings across Canada. In 2009, he appeared on the debut album by Patricia Cano, as a duet vocalist on the track "Nada de nieve". In 2011, he participated as a supporting musician in a reunion tour by the rock band CANO. In 2012, Paquette released a full length album, ''Le Salut de l'arrière-pays'' ...
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Candide
( , ) is a French satire written by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment, first published in 1759. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled ''Candide: or, All for the Best'' (1759); ''Candide: or, The Optimist'' (1762); and ''Candide: Optimism'' (1947). It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Garden of Eden, Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Gottfried Leibniz#Theodicy and optimism, Leibnizian optimism by his mentor, Professor Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow and painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes Candide with, if not rejecting Leibnizian optimism outright, advocating a deeply practical precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds". ''Candide'' is characterized by ...
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Pierre Paquette
Pierre A. Paquette (born June 1, 1955) is a Canadian economist, professor, union leader and politician. Born in Sorel, Quebec, Paquette was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a member of the Bloc Québécois in the 2000 Canadian federal election in the riding of Joliette. He was re-elected in the 2004 Canadian federal election defeating the Liberal candidate by nearly 20,000 votes. He is the Bloc former critic of International Financial Institutions and Finance, and is the current critic of Globalization, Financial Institutions, and International Trade. After his promotion to House Leader in April 2007, many pundits claimed he was being groomed as Gilles Duceppe's successor. Paquette made no attempt to dispel rumours that he was considering a run for BQ leadership, openly stating he was "considering" a run during the 24-hour period in which it seemed Duceppe would depart for the 2007 Parti Québécois leadership election. Paquette was the Bloc's House Leader unt ...
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Gilbert Paquette
Gilbert Paquette (born October 19, 1942) is a Canadian university professor, businessman, researcher and politician. Paquette is a researcher at the ''Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur le téléapprentissage'' (CIRTA-LICEF), which he founded in 1992. He was National Assembly of Quebec member for the riding of Rosemont from 1976 to 1985 under the Parti Québécois banner and in the final months of his second term as an Independent MNA. Profile Gilbert Paquette is a professor at UQAM. He holds a master's degree in computer science and mathematics and a doctorate from the University of Maine in artificial intelligence and education. He holds a Canada Research Chair. He was the scientific director of theLORNET network arguably the largest Canadian Semantic Web initiative. LORNET ran in the period 2003–2008. He has been the keynote speaker at several international conferences and he is on the board of five journals. Paquette has also founded two companies, Micro-Intel ...
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Craig Paquette
Craig Harold Paquette (; born March 28, 1969) is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics, Kansas City Royals, New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals, and Detroit Tigers. In 2007, he played for the Camden Riversharks. A native of Long Beach, California, Paquette attended Rancho Alamitos High School and then went on to play college baseball for Golden West College. In 1988, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He was selected by Oakland in the 8th round of the 1989 Major League Baseball draft, 1989 MLB Draft. References External links

* 1969 births Living people Baseball players at the 1999 Pan American Games Baseball players from Long Beach, California Brewster Whitecaps players Camden Riversharks players Detroit Tigers players Golden West Rustlers baseball players Huntsville Stars players Kansas City Royals players Major League Basebal ...
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Karl Paquette
The Paris Opera Ballet () is a French ballet company that is an integral part of the Paris Opera. It is the oldest national ballet company, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it. It is still regarded as one of the four most prominent ballet companies in the world, together with the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, the Mariinsky Ballet in Saint Petersburg and the Royal Ballet in London.Pourquoi les ballets de l'Opéra de Paris font partie des spectacles favoris des fêtes
article by Martine Robert, 27 December 2013, Les Echos.
The position of director of dance is currently vacant, but
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