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    Anthony Henday

    Anthony Henday, explorer (probably born on the Isle of Wight, England). Anthony Henday travelled farther into western Canada than any European had before him. His journal contains important glimpses of how Indigenous Peoples may have lived at that time. 

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    Anthony Morse Urquhart

    Over the years, Urquhart has evolved a uniquely transcendent multi-media mode of expression, creating a visual poetry that goes beyond merely formalist concerns and embodies imagery of universal meaning and cross-cultural relevance.

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    Anthony Rozankovic

    Anthony Rozankovic. Composer, conductor, pianist, trombonist, born Montreal 22 Jul 1962.

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    Anti-Asian Racism in Canada

    Asian communities have been present in Canada since the 18th century. Throughout their long history in Canada, they have been subjected to discrimination and prejudice based on their differences in appearance and culture from the white majority. Racism against Asian Canadians has manifested through discriminatory voting laws, exclusionary immigration policies and forced relocation and internment (see also Right to Vote in Canada; Immigration Policy in Canada). Hate crimes against Asian Canadians are ongoing.

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    Antoine Bouchard

    Antoine Rodrigue Albert Bouchard, organist, teacher, composer (born 22 March 1932 in St-Philippe-de-Néri, QC; died 21 October 2015 in Sainte-Claire, QC). Antoine Bouchard was an authority on organs and organ music. He performed as an organist in the United States, France, and particularly in eastern and central Canada. He taught organ at Université Laval from 1961 to 1997 and served as director of the School of Music there from 1977 to 1980. He was a founding member of the Amis de l'orgue de Québec and became a board member of the Canadian Music Council in 1978.

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    Antoine Del Busso

    Antoine Del Busso, publisher (born 3 March 1945 in Spinete, a small Italian village southeast of Rome). Over time, he was head of several major publishing houses, including Éditions du Renouveau pédagogique (1972–76), Éditions du Boréal (1977–89), Éditions de l'Homme, Éditions du Jour (1990–91), Éditions Fides (1992-2008) and Presses de l'Université de Montréal (1998-2015). Del Busso published works in a wide variety of fields ranging from school textbooks to art books, including = literature, academic books, comics and practical guides. (See Publishing and Printing.)

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    Antoine-Denis Raudot

    Antoine-Denis Raudot, intendant of New France, 1705-10 (b 1679; d at Versailles, France 28 July 1737). He had begun a career in the ministry of marine when he and his father Jacques Raudot were jointly appointed intendant.

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    Antoine Dessane

    Antoine Dessane, organist, pianist, cellist, teacher, composer (b at Forcalquier, near Aix-en-Provence, France 10 Dec 1826; d at Québec City 8 June 1873). Founder of the choral Société musicale.

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    Antoine Dessane

    Despite this, his father withdrew Antoine from the conservatoire in October 1841 and took him and his older brother on a concert tour to promote his music business, first to the USA, and then to the French provinces, Italy, Austria, and Germany.

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    Antoine Gérin-Lajoie

    Antoine Gérin-Lajoie, journalist, lawyer (1848), public servant, writer (b at Yamachiche, LC 4 Aug 1824; d at Ottawa 4 Aug 1882). As a student at Nicolet College, he wrote the poem "Un Canadien errant" (1842) and Le Jeune Latour (1844), the first Canadian tragedy.

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    Antoine Laumet, dit de Lamothe Cadillac

    Antoine Laumet, known as “de Lamothe Cadillac,” explorer, seigneur in Acadia, commandant of Fort Michilimackinac, founder of Detroit and of the first colony in Ontario, governor of Louisiana (born 5 March 1658 at Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave, France; died 16 October 1730 at Castelsarrasin, France).

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    Antoine Plamondon

    A fervent polemicist, Plamondon frequently wrote to the newspapers to argue his pictorial ideas and attack his rivals. In 1851, a year after winning a first prize with his Chasse aux tourtes at the Exposition de Québec, he moved his studio to Neuville, about 30 km upstream from Québec.

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    Antoine Reboulot

    Antoine Reboulot. Organist, pianist, teacher, composer, (Decize, Nièvre, France, Dec. 17, 1914 - Montreal, July 11, 2002, naturalized Canadian 1978); first prize in organ (Cons national de Paris) 1936, first prize in composition (ibid) 1947.

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    Antoine Turmel

    Antoine Turmel, OC, businessman (born 25 April 1918 in Thetford Mines, QC; died 6 December 2012 in Montreal, QC). Turmel is recognized as the co-founder of the supermarket chain, Provigo Inc.

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    Anton Emil Kuerti

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