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An-Lun Huang

An-Lun Huang is a composer based in the Greater Toronto area. 
An-Lun Huang was born in China in 1949, and studied piano at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. The Chinese Cultural Revolution of the 1960s forced him to abandon his formal studies, but he continued to study independently, and was appointed resident composer and assistant conductor at the Central Opera House of China in Beijing in 1976. He immigrated to Canada in 1980 to study composition at the University of Toronto before continuing his composition studies at Trinity College in London, England, and eventually at Yale University. In 1986, he returned to Ontario where he currently resides.
==Career==
His symphonic, operatic, ballet, choral, chamber and film works are performed and broadcast internationally, possessing what has been described as a perfect synthesis of Western and Eastern elements. He has been sponsored by the Department of Foreign Affairs as an ambassador for Canadian music to China, and was President of the Canadian Chinese Music Society of Ontario until 1996. In 2004, he received a New Pioneer Award, intended to showcase the outstanding contributions made by immigrants to the Greater Toronto Area.
André Arthur

André Arthur (born December 21, 1943 in Quebec City) is a Canadian radio host and politician. He was the independent Member of Parliament for the riding of Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier from 2006 to 2011. He is known for his outspoken style and anti-statist politics in a province known for mainly supporting left-of-centre policies, but has nonetheless earned widespread popularity, earning the nickname le Roi Arthur ("King Arthur").Quebec shock jock only Independent MP elected, cbc.ca, January 24, 2006.
André Arthur/fr

, le controversé animateur a dominé les ondes de Québec durant un quart de siècle, trônant au sommet des cotes d'écoute partout où il est passé, de CHRC sur la bande AM, à CJMF sur la bande FM. Son influence est inégalée dans le milieu radiophonique de la capitale québécoise. Adulé par plusieurs, il a aussi beaucoup d'ennemis, comme en font foi les nombreuses poursuites — souvent pour diffamation —, intentées contre lui au cours de sa carrière. On lui attribue aussi la paternité d'une orientation de radio de ligne ouverte très contrôlante, plus agressive ou belliqueuse que celle de Montréal et spécifique à la radio de la ville de Québec. Ce style, popularisé depuis les années 1970, est qualifié depuis les années 1990 et 2000 de , par ses détracteurs.
Andy Quan

Andy Quan is a Chinese-Canadian author who now lives in Sydney, Australia. In his writing, he frequently explores the ways in which sexual identity and cultural identity interact. Quan is openly gay.
Andy is the author of four books, the poetry collections Bowling Pin Fire and Slant, a book of short fiction, Calendar Boy and one of gay erotica, Six Positions. He was the co-editor of Swallowing Clouds, an Anthology of Chinese Canadian Poetry. His fiction, poetry, erotica, sex writing and essays have appeared in over sixty anthologies, literary journals and magazines in North America, Australia, Spain and the United Kingdom. Born in Vancouver of Cantonese origins, he lived in Toronto, London, and Brussels before settling in Sydney, Australia in 1999. 
After working in policy and project management in the international response to HIV, he now works as an editor and copywriter.
Andy Thê-Anh

Born in Vietnam in 1965, Andy Thê-Anh came to Canada in 1981. He studied fashion design at LaSalle College before working for manufacturers like Parasuco, Ma Divine Clémentine, Tristan-America and Irving Samuel. 
Inspired by historical eras and historical characters, movies and visual arts, Andy Thê-Anh made his mark with a style that is modern and refined. The designer, one of the most known creators of his generation, offers an ultra-feminine and totally trendy line. His muse is the career woman who likes a touch of glamour in her everyday life. His signature style shows a careful choice of luxurious modern materials coupled with the respect and emphasis of a woman’s natural curves. 
One of the most coveted designers in the media thanks to his exclusive creations for the biggest names in Canadian show business, Andy Thê-Anh’s creations have appeared in the most important dailies and fashion magazines in Canada, as well as in the American publication Women Wears Daily. His Andy By Andy Thê-Anh collection includes stylish ready-to-wear, glamorous dresses and striking accessories. The first two Andy stores opened their doors in 2006 to help meet the demand of a growing clientele. They offer all of the designer’s creations for the season.
Angela Chang

Angela Chang was born in Taiwan. Her family moved to Canada when she was 12. Chang is the eldest child in her family and has a sister and a brother. She is three quarters Han Chinese and one-quarter Uyghur. Her first language is Mandarin Chinese and also fluent in English.
She attended many singing contests when she lived in Canada. At the "Rothenacker Village Festival" singing contest "BBC Star," Chang won first place when she sang Chang Yu-sheng's popular song "The Days Without Smoking (没有煙抽的日子)". She was offered the chance to go to Taiwan for the final, which she did not attend due to school commitments.
Chang started her career after she graduated from Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School in 2000. She became popular after starring in the TV series My MVP Valentine.
In 2007, she starred in Romantic Princess with Wu Chun, Calvin Chen and George Hu.
Angela Cheng

Consistently cited for her brilliant technique, tonal beauty and superb musicianship, Angela Cheng is one of Canada's brightest stars. She has appeared as soloist with virtually every orchestra in Canada, as well as the Birmingham Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Colorado Symphony, Houston Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, Saint Louis Symphony, Syracuse Symphony, Utah Symphony and the Israel Philharmonic, among others. The frequency with which she is re-engaged is remarkable.
Angela Cheng's debut recording of two Mozart concerti with Mario Bernardi and the CBC Vancouver Orchestra received glowing reviews. Other CDs include: for Koch International, Clara Schumann's Concerto in A Minor with JoAnn Falletta and the Women's Philharmonic; for CBC Records, selected works of Clara and Robert Schumann, four Spanish concerti with Hans Graf and the Calgary Philharmonic, and both Shostakovich concerti with Mario Bernardi and the CBC Radio Orchestra. AN all- Chopin recital CD for Universal was released in fall 2006.
Ms. Cheng appears regularly on recital series throughout the U.S. and Canada and has collaborated with numerous chamber ensembles including the Takács, Colorado and Vogler quartets. Her many festival appearances include Chautauqua, Colorado, Houston, Vancouver and the Festival International de Lanaudière in Quebec
Angela Cheng was the 1986 Gold Medal winner at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Masters Competition as well as the first Canadian to win the prestigious Montreal International Piano Competition (1988). In the same year, the Canada Council awarded Ms. Cheng its coveted Career Development Grant. For her outstanding interpretations of Mozart, she received the Medal of Excellence at the Mozarteum in Salzburg in 1991.
Anita Rau Badami

Anita Rau Badami (born 24 September 1961) is an Indian-Canadian novelist. 
Born in Rourkela, Orissa, India, she was educated at the University of Madras and Sophia College in Bombay. She emigrated to Canada in 1991, and earned an M.A. at the University of Calgary. Her first novel, Tamarind Mem (1997), grew out of her university thesis.
Her novels deal with the complexities of Indian family life and with the cultural gap that emerges when Indians move to the west.
Badami's third novel, Can You Hear the Nightbird Call explores the Golden Temple Massacre and the Air India Bombing.
Badami cites as among her favourite books Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, Cat's Eye and Surfacing by Margaret Atwood, A House for Mr Biswas by V. S. Naipaul and Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson.
*Tamarind Mem - 1997 ISBN 0-670-86916-3 (U.S. title: Tamarind Woman - 2002)
*The Hero's Walk - 2001 ISBN 0-676-97225-X
*Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? - 2006
Anna Minh-Thu Quach

Anne Minh-Thu Quach is a New Democratic Party Member of Parliament and a teacher. 
She was elected in the riding of Beauharnois- Salaberry in 2011. NDP leader Thomas Mulcair appointed her Deputy Spokesman NDP industry in his shadow cabinet. Minh-Thu Quach exclaimed that "These are great responsibilities. Every week, I work on a variety of issues, aerospace digital via IP. It's exciting." 
Before becoming a Member of Parliament, Anne Minh-Thu Quach taught French at the Commission scolaire de la Vallée-des-Weavers, École Edgar-Hébert, and École Baie-St-François. 
She was very active in the Syndicat de l'enseignement de Champlain, the regional teachers union that includes Longueuil. Serving three years on its executive committee, she represented it on the general council of the Centrale des Syndicats du Québec, the union central that includes over 100,000 teachers and about 75,000 other employees in health, social services, community, culture and recreation. 
Education
Anne Minh-Thu Quach graduated from the Cégep de Valleyfield with a diploma in health sciences in 2001. Later she completed a Bachelor's degree in secondary education from the Université de Sherbrooke in 2005. 
She was born on August 14, 1982 in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield parents of Vietnamese parents. She is one of three Vietnamese Canadians to have been elected to the House of Commons, following Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac and alongside Hoang Mai.
Anne-Marie Mediwake

Anne-Marie Mediwake is a Canadian television news anchor. Formerly co-anchor of Global Toronto's 6 p.m. News Hour, she was hired in September 2009 by the CBC News Network. In October 2010, she became co-anchor of CBC News Toronto's supper hour newscasts, alongside Dwight Drummond.
Her parents immigrated to Canada from her native Sri Lanka when she was just a child. They settled in southern Alberta and she started her television career in Lethbridge in 1993. Six years later she moved to Toronto where she was a reporter for CTV. While at CTV, she co-hosted the award-winning 21©, a current-affairs program aimed at Canada's younger generation, and reported for Canada AM and CTV National News.
Mediwake's father is Sri Lankan while her mother is of Scottish origin. She is married to Darryl Konynenbelt, who is also a journalist and together they have triplets Annabel Abeyesinghe, Maxim Bandara and Libby Abeyesinghe who were born in 2007. An ongoing series on the pregnancy and the births was carried in the National Post.
Anosh Irani

Anosh Irani (born 1974) is an Indian-Canadian novelist and playwright. An Irani (like Parsi, but of more recent Iranian extraction), he was born and raised in Mumbai, although he has indicated that he personally prefers the city's traditional English name, Bombay. After working in advertising in India, he moved to Vancouver in 1998 to study and pursue writing.
His first full-length play, The Matka King, premiered in October 2003 at the Arts Club Theatre Company in Vancouver. His play, Bombay Black, won four Dora Awards, including Outstanding New Play. Irani was also featured in Quill & Quire as one of a handful of young Canadian “writers to watch.” 
He published his debut novel, The Cripple and His Talismans, in 2004. This dark fable won critical acclaim for its magic realist depiction of the seedy beggars' underworld of India. 
Irani's second novel, The Song of Kahunsha, was chosen as a CBC Book Club One pick, and was selected for the 2007 edition of Canada Reads, where it was championed by Donna Morrissey. Kahunsha is a story about the abandoned children of Bombay, struggling for survival and to hold onto hope amidst the violence of the 1993 racial riots. 
His third novel, Dahanu Road (novel), was published in 2010.
His latest play, My Granny the Goldfish, premiered at the Arts Club Theatre Company's new venue, The Revue Stage, in Vancouver on April 16, 2010.
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Apsara Theatre Company

==Mission Statement==
Apsara Theatre Company is a non-profit organization whose mission is to create multicultural and intercultural theatre that is inclusive and meaningful in order to build bridges of dialogue amongst Canada’s diverse population. The creation process is focused on exploration, creativity and playfulness, using all the possibilities that the language of theatre has to offer. Its young artists wish to create theatre that is socially, politically and culturally relevant.
==The Beginning==
This project started in late 2007, when Chantria Tram had been going through some tough personal circumstances, questioning her relationship with her parents, her culture and her upbringing, while at the same time trying to find her place as an “ethnic” actress in the theatre circle. The need to speak about her experience as a Cambodian woman growing up in Canada has been germinating within her ever since she moved away from her parents and the Cambodian community, and finally found its outlet in writing. The project quickly defined itself as a semi-biographical one-woman show.
Before starting work on the preliminary text, Chantria Tram invited Mike Czuba, a playwright, to help her with the dramaturgy, and Milena Buziak, a young director, to stage the first reading of the play. The first version of the text, part of the Art Matters Festival, was seen at Theatre Ste. Catherine in March 2008 as a staged reading, performed by the author. The response was overwhelming. Chantria’s singular experience took on universal tones through the sharing of the text. It was an inspiring example of how cultural diversity can be used as a tool of exchange and communication, a way to recognise a common human experience within each individual. Chantria Tram and Milena Buziak decided to form a theatre company that would accommodate new works of theatre which would reflect the present Canadian reality, and Apsara Theatre Company was born.
In June 2008, the two women organized The Launch, a fundraiser and launching of Apsara Theatre Company, with performances from different Montreal artists and a silent auction of donated art. It allowed them to collect part of the funds for the Company’s first production, Someone Between.
Arashi Daiko

Founded in 1983, Arashi Daiko is a Japanese percussion performance group based in Montreal and comprised of members from different communities. 
With a repertoire of both traditional and original pieces, Arashi Daiko strives to spread Japanese culture to the greater community through music. The group and its members also believe in sharing the values of consideration, appreciation and respect through their performance and in the everyday lives of the members.
==A Brief History of Arashi Daiko==
There were many involved in establishing Arashi Daiko (“storm drums”) in 1983; among them were Terry and May Yasunaka who gave their final performance at the group’s 20th Anniversary Concert in March 2003. Twenty years earlier, they had invited Vancouver's Naomi Shikaze to give a series of Japanese drumming workshops at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre of Montreal. A small group of interested community members showed up to learn about this exciting form of expression and hence, Arashi Daiko was born.
From humble beginnings practicing on old rubber tires to the group's present-day collection of over 30 drums, Montreal's taiko group has changed and evolved over the years, bearing witness to a true “melange” of backgrounds in its members, while maintaining the original mission of its founders’ vision: to be a community-based group sharing this exciting aspect of Japanese culture with the public at large.
Throughout the years, members from all walks of life have joined and left the group. Although it is the magical and transformative power of the taiko that draws people into the group, it is the members' warmth and generosity of spirit of its members that nourishes this passion for the drums. All who have encountered Arashi Daiko have been touched by the family atmosphere its founders and members continue to cultivate.
==Our Philosophy==
Arashi Daiko has three core values:
1 - Respect
We respects all cultures and backgrounds, and all ages. Regardless of ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or religion, Arashi Daiko exists with an open membership policy, respecting each member’s individuality, and asks that all members carry this respect into the group and beyond.
2 - Consideration
We each remain individuals, but when acting as a member or representative of Arashi Daiko, we must first consider what is best for the group, and remember that our actions reflect on the group as well. Consideration is also expressed in the way we treat our fellow members.
3 - Appreciation
We appreciate the drums and the equipment that we have, that has been accumulated over the years by the hard work of those who have contributed to the establishment of Arashi Daiko before us.
These core values are at the root of every culture; Arashi Daiko advocates that these human values be shared amongst all cultures. If we can help and respect one another and offer consideration and appreciation to each other on a personal level, then we are also realizing the philosophy of Arashi Daiko.
Araz Artinian

Araz Artinian () is an Armenian filmmaker and documentarian.Araz Artinian's "The Genocide" - The Armenian reporter She was born Montreal, Quebec.
In 1999, she started working with Atom Egoyan as Head Researcher for his feature film Ararat which was premiered at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. 
The Genocide in Me is the latest documentary she wrote, filmed, and directed.
Aries Cheung

Aries Cheung studied design and illustration at the Hong Kong Polytechnics University, and graduated in Visual Arts at York University. He has worked as a visual artist, graphic designer and art director for advertising for many years.
Cheung is now an independent, practicing visual artist and teacher. His interests include painting, drawing, digital imaging and photo-based, mixed media work. He has exhibited at galleries locally and abroad. He has been on the jury and programming committees for artist-run galleries in Toronto, such as A Space Gallery. He has received Ontario Arts Council Artist’s Grant and has been a Toronto Arts Council Artist’s Grant Jury Member.
Cheung’s works often deal with racial identity and sexuality, using portraits, figures, or the human body as the basis for contention. He often uses personal issues as references to explore politics that affect his communities. Cheung often collaborates with dance and theatre companies on multi-media projects. In 2008, he produced mutli-screen video projections as well as performed as a dancer and actor for the integrated mutli-media theatre, Salt Fish Girl 1 - Hope & Forgetfulness. In 2010, he created video projections and installations for Hiding Words (For You), the second multi-disciplinary theatre production with the collective, Eventual Ashes.Cheung has been facilitating and coordinating community arts projects for various organizations, such as Asian Community AIDS Services. He is now working on short and feature film projects.
== Works ==
More of Cheung's work can be found on his website here.
2010: Hiding Words for You. Taking on the theme of Nushu, a secret language developed by women in ancient China, Hiding Words for You is a multi-media theatre production which tells the story of how several women from different centuries reconnect across time and space.
2008: Salt Fish Girl 1: Hope & Forgetfulness, a theatre adaptation of the Canadian novel Salt Fish Girl by Larissa Lai.
2008: Plant Series. While subtly addressing environmental issues, Plant Series' central theme remains that of the hybrid between human and plant in all its emotional and power complexities. Plant Series also speaks of the beauty, hope, and resilience to surreal and grotesque creatures.
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Arlene Chan

Arlene Chan (Chinese: 陳林瑞玲; born in Toronto, Ontario; third generation Chinese Canadian) is a writer and retired librarian. Chan has published non-fiction works for children, young adults, and adults on Chinese festivals, dragon boat racing, and the Chinese in Canada. Her seventh book, which is about the head tax and Chinese Exclusion Act, was published in 2014.
An avid dragon boater and gold-medalist member of the Canadian National Women’s Dragon Boat Team, she lives, writes, and paddles in Toronto. She is the daughter of Jean Lumb, the first Chinese Canadian woman to receive the Order of Canada. 
Chan is the president of the Jean Lumb Foundation that supports a scholarship program for high school students of Chinese heritage, director of Little Pear Garden Collective, and member of the Ontario Medal for Young Volunteers Advisory Council. She received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Award in 2013.
Bibliography 
"Against All Odds: The Chinese Laundry" in The Ward, edited by John Lorinc et al. Toronto: Coach House, 2015.
Awakening the Dragon: The Dragon Boat Festival. Toronto: Tundra Books, 2004. 
The Chinese Community in Toronto: Then and Now. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2013.
The Chinese in Toronto from 1878: From Outside to Inside the Circle. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2011. Nominated for the 2012 Heritage Toronto Award and 2013 Ontario Speaker’s Award.
The Moon Festival: A Chinese Mid-autumn Celebration. Toronto: Umbrella Press, 1999. Nominated for the Ontario Silver Birch Award. 
Paddles Up! Dragon Boat Racing in Canada. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2009. 
“The Photography of Elaine Ling.” Ricepaper 13, No. 2 (2008), p. 44. 
Righting Canada's Wrongs: The Chinese Head Tax and Anti-Chinese Immigration Policies in the Twentieth Century. Toronto: James Lorimer & Co., 2014.
The Spirit of the Dragon: The Story of Jean Lumb, A Proud Chinese Canadian. Toronto: Umbrella Press, 1997. Selected as a Choice Book by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre.
Arsinee Khanjian

Arsinee Khanjian is an Armenian-Canadian actress and producer. In addition to her independent work and stage roles, she is regularly cast by her husband, Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan, in his films. She has a bachelor's degree in French and Spanish from Concordia University and a master's degree in political science from the University of Toronto. Her husband, Egoyan, credits her for inspiring him to further explore his Armenian roots. She lives in Toronto with her husband and their son, Arshile.
She has been announced as a member of the jury for the Cinéfoundation and Short Films sections of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.
Art Lee

Arthur John Lee (born September 30, 1947) is a politician and lawyer in British Columbia (BC), Canada.
Lee was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a candidate of the Liberal Party of Canada to represent the electoral district of Vancouver East (BC) in the 1974 federal election. He lost the subsequent election in 1979 and again in 1980.
From 1984 to 1987, he served as the leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party at a time when the party was very unpopular because of its association with the federal Liberal Party. He was the first Chinese Canadian leader of a party in Canada. The party had no seats in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly during his leadership. In the 1986 election, however, the party won 6.74% of the popular vote, more than double they had won in the previous election.
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