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    Pitseolak Ashoona

    Pitseolak Ashoona, CM, RCA, artist (born between 1904 and 1908 on Nottingham Island (Tujajuak), NT [now NU]; died 28 May 1983 in Cape Dorset, NT [now Kinngait, NU]). Among the first generation of Inuit printmakers, Pitseolak Ashoona was born en route from Nunavik in arctic Quebec to the south coast of Baffin Island (Qikagtaaluk). She is known for her lively prints and drawings, which show "the things we did long ago before there were many white men" and for her imaginative renderings of spirits and monsters.

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    P.J. Perry

    In 1975 he moved to Edmonton, working extensively with Tommy Banks' jazz group, big band, and studio orchestra, with his own jazz band, and (on call) with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (he played the alto saxophone solo in that orchestra's recording of Ibert's suite Paris).

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    P. K. Page (Patricia Kathleen Page)

    Patricia Kathleen Page, poet, prose writer, visual artist (b at Swanage, Dorset, England 23 Nov 1916, d at Victoria, BC 14 Jan 2010). With her family, P.K. Page left England in 1919 and settled in Red Deer, Alberta. 

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    Plain-Language Summaries

    This collection gathers together plain-language summaries of some of The Canadian Encyclopedia's curriculum connected articles.

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    Plamondon Libel Case

    The Plamondon Libel Case was a landmark legal case lasting from 1910 until 1914. The case was likely the first attempt to fight antisemitism in court in Canada. Two Jewish residents of Quebec City, Louis Lazarovitch and Benjamin Ortenberg, initiated the libel suit against Jacques-Édouard Plamondon. The latter had given an antisemitic speech, which caused a wave of antisemitic violence directed at Quebec City’s small Jewish community. The events occurred during a period of strong, often nationalistic, antisemitism in Quebec.

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    Plank House

    Historically, plank houses were structures built by various Indigenous peoples on the Northwest Coast of Canada, such as the Coast Salish, Kwakwaka’wakw, Nuu-chah-nulth, Nuxalk, Haida, Tsimshian, Gitxsan and Nisga'a. Plank houses varied in size and design, depending on the community. Plank houses still exist in some communities and are used mainly for community and ceremonial purposes. (See also Architectural History of Indigenous Peoples in Canada.)

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    Planters

    The terms of settlement promised religious freedom, except to Roman Catholics, but the Church of England initially had advantages and gave leadership for schooling youths. Most of the settlers were Congregationalists.

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    Platinum Blonde

    Platinum Blonde. Pop group. It was formed in Toronto in 1982 by the singer-songwriter and bass guitarist Mark Holmes with the guitarist Sergio Galli and the drummer Chris Steffler, who was replaced in 1987 by Sascha (Tukatsch). Kenny MacLean (guitar, bass guitar, keyboards) was added in 1985.

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    W. Gunther Plaut

    W. Gunther Plaut, rabbi, author (born at Münster, Germany 1 Nov 1912, died at Toronto, 8 Feb 2012). He left Germany, where he was raised and educated, to escape the Nazis before WWII.

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    Plume Latraverse

    Plume Latraverse, born Michel Latraverse, author, composer, performer and writer (b at Montréal 11 May 1946).

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    Plume Latraverse

    Plume (b Michel) Latraverse. Singer-songwriter, author, b Montreal 11 May 1946.

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    Polish Canadians

    Polish immigrants began to arrive in Canada shortly after the First Partition of Poland in the late 1700s. According to the 2021 census, in Canada, 982,820 people claimed full or partial Polish ancestry, and 176,010 people speak Polish as a mother tongue language.

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    Obwandiyag (Pontiac)

    Obwandiyag (Pontiac), Odawa chief (born c. 1720 along the Detroit River; died 20 April 1769 in Cahokia, Illinois Country). Obwandiyag was the leader of a loose coalition of Indigenous nations that opposed British rule in what became known as Pontiac’s War (1763–66). The uprising is regarded by many as a historical antecedent to more contemporary Indigenous rights movements.

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    Porkeater

    Porkeater [French, mangeur de lard ], in the parlance of the fur trade, was a derogatory term for a Voyageur hired by the North West Company who made only the short run between Montréal and Grand Portage (and not into the North-West) and whose staple diet was pork, unlike the Winterer, or homme du nord, who made do with fish and pemmican. Later it came to refer to any voyageur who was a newcomer to...

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    Portia White

    Portia May White, contralto, teacher (born 24 June 1911 in Truro, NS; died 13 February 1968 in Toronto, ON). Portia White was the first Black Canadian concert singer to win international acclaim. She was considered one of the best classical singers of the 20th century. Her voice was described by one critic as “a gift from heaven.” She was often compared to the celebrated African American contralto Marian Anderson. The Nova Scotia Talent Trust was established in 1944 specifically to enable White to concentrate on her professional career. She was named a “person of national historic significance” by the Government of Canada in 1995.This article is a full-length entry about Portia White. For a plain-language summary, please see Portia White (Plain-Language Summary). 

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