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Larissa Lai

Larissa Lai is a Canadian writer, critic, and professor.
Born in La Jolla, California, she grew up in St. John's, Newfoundland. She attended the University of British Columbia and, in 1990, graduated with a B.A. in Sociology. Subsequently, she earned her MA from the University of East Anglia, and her PhD from the University of Calgary (2006). She is currently an Assistant Professor in Canadian Literature in the English Department at the University of British Columbia. She is an active committee member of the reading series Play Chthonics at UBC's Green College. She also edited poetry for the journal Canadian Literature from 2007 to 2010.
Her first novel, When Fox is a Thousand (1995) (Press Gang) was shortlisted for the 1996 Books in Canada First Novel Award. When Fox Is a Thousand was republished by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2004, slightly revised, and with a new Afterword. Her second novel, Salt Fish Girl (Thomas Allen), was published in 2002, and shortlisted for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award, the Sunburst Award and the City of Calgary W. O. Mitchell Award.
From 1997 to 1998 she was the Writer-in-Residence at the Markin-Flanagan Distinguished Writers Program at the University of Calgary, and she held a similar position as Writer-in-Residence at Simon Fraser University in 2006. She was awarded a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship at UBC in 2006-2007.
Lai has twice been an instructor at Clarion West science fiction and fantasy writer's workshop (in 2004 and 2007). She was also an instructor at the original Clarion workshop at UCSD in 2009.
She has published articles and criticism in such journals as West Coast Line, Canadian Literature, The Capilano Review, English Studies in Canada and Fuse Magazine, as well as several anthologies including Asian Canadian Writing Beyond Autoethnography and Bringing it Home: Women Talk About Feminism in Their Lives.
Laurin Liu

Laurin Liu, MP (traditional Chinese: 劉舒雲; simplified Chinese: 刘舒云; Jyutping: Lau Syu Wan, born November 13, 1990) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 federal election. She represents the electoral district of Rivière-des-Mille-Îles as a member of the New Democratic Party. She is the youngest female Member of Parliament in Canadian history.
She was one of five candidates, alongside Mylène Freeman, Matthew Dubé, Charmaine Borg and Jamie Nicholls, who were McGill University students when elected in the 2011 election following the NDP's unexpected mid-campaign surge in Quebec. At the time of her election, she was pursuing a double major in History and Cultural Studies. She was active on campus as a board member of CKUT radio, a representative to the CKUT Programming Committee, an employee of McGill university's undergraduate student union, and a staff member of the McGill Daily.
Liu was raised in Pointe-Claire, Quebec. Prior to attending McGill, she was a student at Royal West Academy and Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf. At Jean-de-Brébeuf, she became politically active by founding the NDP campus club. She later moved on to be co-president of the youth wing of the Quebec section of the NDP.
Liu, whose parents came to Canada from China in the 1980s, is fluent in French, English and Cantonese.
==MP for Rivière-des-Mille-Îles==
Liu had not expected to win, and spent most of the campaign helping NDP Quebec lieutenant Thomas Mulcair win reelection. She was working in a polling station in Mulcair's Outremont riding as an NDP scrutineer[10] when a friend texted her that she was leading Bloc Québécois incumbent Luc Desnoyers.
Ultimately, she crushed Desnoyers by a staggering 11,000-vote margin. By comparison, no NDP candidate had finished higher than fourth since the riding's creation in 1997, and all previous NDP challengers had gotten below the 10% necessary for their expenses to be refunded. At the age of 20 years, 196 days, Liu became the youngest woman in Canadian history to be elected to Parliament. She is the second-youngest MP in the 41st parliament, after Pierre-Luc Dusseault.
Liu was named deputy critic for the environment.[11] In this capacity, she represented the NDP at the December 2011 conference on climate change in Durban, South Africa, where she denounced the Conservatives' environmental policies.
In the 2012 NDP leadership race following the death of Jack Layton, Liu supported Peggy Nash.
Following the accession of Thomas Mulcair as party leader, Liu was named deputy critic for science and technology.
Laya Bhava Dance Academy

Laya Bhava Dance Academy
Laya Bhava Dance Academy is a school of Bharathanatyam, Indian Classical Dance. It was established in 1986 by our artistic director, Mrs.Kirupanithy Ratneswaran. We have locations in Markham, Scarborough and Toronto. Our school trains students to learn this Indian classical dance and perform as well. Students from the age of 5 to 35 continue to learn dance. Our school provides yearly examinations for all students and offers high school credit courses. We have two textbooks written by our artistic director, Mrs.Kirupanithy Ratneswaran which we use to teach dance and theory. Many students from other schools use these books for exams as well. In addition, we conduct arangetrams for all graduating students. Students continuing their education in dance are taught nattuvangam and the opportunity to learn in special workshops. Many graduates from our school go on further to become dance teachers, performers and even have their own schools.
Lee Ka-sing

Lee Ka-sing (born in Hong Kong, 1954), photo-based artist and writer. He was the recipient of "Artist of the Year" (1989) granted by Hong Kong Artist's Guild. And in 1999 he was granted Fellowship for Artistic Development by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Selected monographs: Thirty-one Photographs (1993, Photo Art), Forty Poems, photographs 1995-98 (1998, Ocean & Pounds, with Hong Kong Arts Development Council publication grant), The Language of Fruits and Vegetables (2004, Hong Kong Heritage Museum). Lee Ka-sing's works are in private and corporation collections, and in public collections such as the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong Heritage Museum and other institutions.
Lekui

Lekui (乐葵) is a freelance photographer and artist from Hangzhou who is now established in Montreal. A bachelor in art and design, her career truly began in 2008 with photography assignments for China’s largest music festival, capturing the intensity of international scene artists. She founded LKVM Studio in 2014 and became known for both her powerful yet humanistic portraits as well as her still life photography of worldwide renown furniture designs. Gradually incorporating abstractionism into her work, she launched various series of exhibitions, including a well-fare project in Nepal and photography-based installations in Beijing. As of 2018, she created three series of abstract acrylic paintings with a fascination for very large formats. Recurring themes in her work include the power of nature within our lives and the importance of soulfulness.
Lekui/fr

Lekui (乐葵) est une artiste photographe interdisciplinaire diplômée en art et design dont l’émancipation prendra racine dans la capitale historique de Hangzhou. C’est après une décennie fructueuses dédiée à la photographie de portraits, de mobilier d’intérieur, de scènes musicales et de mode vestimentaire - un parcours hautement estimé de ses paires - qu’elle se réorientera graduellement vers l’art abstrait photographique et peinturé, faisant ultimement le grand saut de s’établir à Montréal à l’aube de 2021. L’expression humaine dépictée par ses clichés monochromes granuleux est une ode attendrie au mouvement japonais Provoke, et ses peintures grand-formats cherchent à réinterpréter la technique de coulée acrylique selon une perspective plus taoïste et reposée, mettant de front les tonalités terreuses et la maîtrise du “geste unique”.
Leslie Uyeda

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Leslie Uyeda is a composer, pianist and conductor. 
She studied piano with the late Dorothy Morton at McGill University and with William Aide at the University of Manitoba. She has played chamber music since her student days and continues to perform her own music with her colleagues.
During 20 years in opera, Leslie worked as a coach, pianist and conductor with the Canadian Opera Company, L’Opera de Montreal, Manitoba Opera, Opera Hamilton, the Banff Centre and the Chautauqua Institute of Music in New York. She also collaborated with some of Canada’s best singers, performing recitals with Tracy Dahl, Richard Margison, Brett Polegato, Wendy Neilsen, Heather Pawsey, Liping Zhang, Jean Stilwell and Viviane Houle. After moving to Vancouver, B.C., Leslie became Chorus Music Director at Vancouver Opera, where she also conducted several mainstage productions.
Leslie started composing at a very young age. A few years ago she left her positions at Vancouver Opera and the University of British Columbia to compose full time. Leslie is an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre, and is a member of SOCAN.
Leslie Uyeda's principal publisher is The Avondale Press (AvP).
Leslie lives very happily with her family in Vancouver. She loves reading, walking her dog Opus, gardening, and cheering for Le Club de Hockey Canadien – the Montreal Canadiens!
Leveraging social media

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== 1. Building an Audience (Using Ping.fm and the Following Tools) ==
* http://www.ping.fm
* http://www.facebook.com
* http://www.twitter.com
* http://www.upcoming.com
* http://www.ning.com
Using Ping.fm users will be able to post to multiple social networks simultaneously. 
Once you set up ping.fm, create a Facebook Page which is tied to the service as it will appear in News Feeds every time users update the Page’s status. Creating a Facebook Event is also key, as well as having guests and members update their own status. 
== 2.Optimize the event for social media sharing ==
* http://www.ustream.tv
* http://www.qik.com
* http://www.polleverywhere.com
With smartphones, users are able to stream key portions of events, keeping in mind that users don’t have to stream everything – just the good stuff. Live services like qik.com make this possible, and, if not, users can always use www.youtube.com. One can also do live-polling with a tool like www.polleverywhere.com.
== 3. Post-event social media communication ==
* http://www.youtube.com
* http://www.flickr.com
* http://www.facebook.com
To ensure that your event leaves a lasting impression, users are able to upload photos to Flickr and post videos on YouTube.
Category:Social media
Levon Ichkhanian

Levon Ichkhanian is a Toronto based guitarist/world stringed instruments specialist, versed in Jazz, World and Traditional music. He is the son of Edouard Ichkhanian, a renowned Musical Director of Middle Eastern artists, nephew to Professor Joseph Ichkhanian, founder of the classical guitar program at the Beirut Conservatory of Music, and cousin of Hovannes Darbinian, the world leading scholar and performer of the Armenian Tar. As a youngster, Levon lived in and traveled to Jordan, Cyprus and Isfahan. In 1977, his family immigrated to Canada during the Lebanese Civil war.
Ichkhanian performing his first professional gig at the age of 13 with Adiss Harmandian. At age 17 he won a scholarship to study on the jazz programme at the University of Toronto. Since then, he has become a recording and touring artist, composer and producer. 
He has released 3 solo CDs, played on over 100 commercially released and diverse recordings (e.g. Waqt Par Bolna Hariharan, Tango Notturno Isabel Bayrkdarian, Canadian Idol: Greatest Moments BMG Music Canada), performed on soundtracks for the likes of Atom Egoyan and David Suzuki, and is an orchestra member in theatre stage productions (including Jersey Boys, Lord of the Rings and Spamalot). 
Immediately following the tragic Armenian earthquake of 1988, Levon played an integral role in the development of a benefit concert in Toronto to raise funds for an Armenian medical clinic. Levon was the musical director, bringing together the top Armenian musicians to participate in the event.
He has toured throughout Canada, United States, Caribbean, South America and Europe, both with his own world/jazz group, as well as with other notable international musicians/groups as Dee Dee Bridgewater, Sattar, Svik Apik, Hariharan, Shankar, Mahadevan, A.R.Rahman, and Peter Murphy. Levon is an avid explorer of improvisation, which forms the basis for his workshops, masterclasses and clinics. Levon has published articles in Guitar Player Magazine and is a regular contributor to Canadian Musician Magazine.
Lexa Doig

Lexa Doig is a Canadian TV and movie actress. She portrayed the title role in the Canadian-American Andromeda (TV series) which premiered on October 2, 2000 and concluded on May 13, 2005 after 5 Seasons that included 110 episodes. She portrayed the female lead role of Rowan in the science fiction-horror slasher Jason X (2002), the 10th installment of the Friday the 13th (franchise) film series.
Li Ka-shing

Praise for Li Ka-shing: Hong Kong's Elusive Billionaire
Anthony B. Chan, Li Ka-shing: Hong Kong’s Elusive Billionaire. Toronto: Macmillan, 1996, Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1996.
“This is one of the best selling books in Hong Kong.”
	*Nicholas Reynolds, South China Morning Post
“Li is the richest, most powerful man in Hong Kong and now he is poised to move into America.”
	*Kenneth Howe, San Francisco Chronicle
“Li Ka-shing: Hong Kong’s Elusive Billionaire is required reading for those who want to delve into the personality of one of the key players in one of Asia’s most historic moments.”
	*K.I. Woo, The Nation, Bangkok
“Chan is a competent journalist and a respected academic and the overall tone of the work reflects this. Li Ka-shing: Hong Kong’s Elusive Billionaire is a recommended read.”
	*Linda Richards, Vancouver Courier
“Chan views Li not as Hong Kong’s canary in the cage but as China’s hooded falcon.”
	*Ann Walmsley, Report on Business Magazine
	
“This book should be compulsory reading for those who want to understand the great business power developing in Asia and even more so for those many others who have not yet grasped its importance.”
	*Diana Lary, University of British Columbia, The Globe & Mail (cir: 330,030)
“(Chan) has translated the language of international commerce into an engaging read.”
	*Martin Cash, Winnipeg Free Press (cir: 144,000)	
	“(Chan) is well equipped to tell the story. Back in 1974, he was one of the first Chinese Canadians to live and study in the People’s republic of China, and has authored two other books on the country.”
	*Robert Collison, Toronto Star (486,828)
“(Chan) provides ample documentation of the historical and geographical context that made his (Li Ka-shing’s) success possible.”
	*John Givner, Quill & Quire (cir: 7,000)
	
“Chan’s book provides a useful examination of an important player in Hong Kong 	politics.” 
	*Holly Porteous, Calgary Herald (cir: 118,862)
 “Li Ka-shing: Hong Kong’s Elusive Billionaire is as much a chronicle of extraordinary economic events in the Pacific Rim as it is the biography of one man.”
	*Colleen Leung, Vancouver Sun, The Whig Standard, Kingston, Ontario (cir: 29,333)
Lien Chao

Poet, anthologist and critic, Lien Chao was born in China in 1950 and came to Canada in 1984 to study Canadian literature. She eventually completed both M.A. and Ph.D. degrees at York University. Her Ph.D. dissertation is an examination of Chinese-Canadian literature and it formed the basis for her book of literary criticism Beyond Silence. Chao continues to live in Toronto.
Lien Chao has also edited two art books on the Chinese-Canadian painter Peng Ma, and the Chinese painter Wang Dehui. Both works were published in Sept. 2008 by TSAR.
Lillian Dyck

Lillian Eva Quan Dyck (born August 24, 1945) is a Canadian senator from Saskatchewan. She was appointed to the Senate on the recommendation of Prime Minister Paul Martin on March 24, 2005.
Upon appointment, Dyck wished to sit as a New Democratic Party senator, but NDP spokesperson Karl Belanger immediately indicated that the party would not recognize her as a member of the NDP caucus: as the party platform specifically favours abolition of the Senate, it refused to confer legitimacy on the body by accepting Dyck; additionally, Dyck's membership in the NDP was revealed to have lapsed. Under the rules of the Senate, senators are free to designate themselves however they see fit, and Dyck changed her designation to say Independent New Democratic Party. On January 15, 2009, she joined the Liberal Senate caucus.
Before being appointed to the Senate, Dyck was a neuroscientist with the University of Saskatchewan, where she was also associate dean. On March 12, 1999, Dyck, who is of Cree and Chinese heritage and was one of the first Aboriginal women in Canada to pursue an academic career in the sciences, was presented with a lifetime achievement award by the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation. She continues to teach at the university as well as conduct research on a part-time basis.
She is a member of the Gordon First Nation.
Lillian Michiko Blakey

== About ==
"Lillian Michiko Blakey is a sansei, a third generation Canadian. She is a past president of the Ontario Society of Artists, which was founded in 1872. Her artwork can be found in the Government of Ontario Art Collection as well as in private collections in many countries. " 
== On Being Michiko ==
"a sansei artist’s journey
Who am I? Being not wholly Canadian and yet not entirely Japanese, the nature of my identity has been a troubling issue. On the one hand, I inherited the strong feelings of shame that Japanese Canadians experienced following the repressive actions of the Canadian government in World War II. On the other hand, the fact is that my family members have been loyal Canadians for over 100 years and we had nothing to be ashamed of. Nevertheless, I grew up denying my cultural roots, my first language and my people.
It is only in recent years that I have tried to reconcile my dilemma by depicting my family's story in my art work. I have attempted to bring past and present together by including myself, as I am now, looking back at the events which happened so long ago and analysing the effects on succeeding generations.
Alienation and persecution continue to be suffered by people all over the world. As a result, many people have come to Canada seeking a peaceful existence in a just society. I hope that my work serves as a tribute to the courageous people who came before me, and as a visual warning that the persecution suffered by any family can be repeated, even in the most democratic of countries - even in Canada - if we are not vigilant. "
Little Pear Garden

Founded by William Lau in 1994, the Little Pear Garden Collective is a federally incorporated non-profit cultural arts organization in Canada.
== Mission ==
Our mandate is to raise the profile of professional Chinese-Canadian artists through the presentation and production of high caliber artistic programming. Members of the collective include professional artists, cultural workers, and community leaders. We are committed to preserving and promoting the richness of the Chinese performing arts to a wide range of audiences in Canada.
== History of the Name ==
The collective’s name is derived from Peking opera’s tradition of nomenclature. During the Tang dynasty in China, approximately 712 – 755 AD, Emperor Hsuan Tsung founded the Pear Garden Academy inside his royal court, thereby establishing China’s first professional music and dance performance troupe.
This important institution is considered to be the origin of Chinese opera. Subsequently, Chinese opera has been referred to as the “pear garden profession,” and opera performers may be referred to as the “children of the pear garden.” Thus, when William Lau founded the collective to promote Canadian appreciation of Chinese performing arts, he named it the Little Pear Garden Collective.
== About the Collective==
Emily Cheung
As the new artistic director of LPGC, my vision is to stay true to the ideas and mission of our founder, William Lau, while at the same time evolving the artistic foundation of LPGC in bold, new and exciting directions. 
While maintaining the high artistic calibre that you have come to expect from LPGC, in the very near future we will start to place an increased emphasis on creating dynamic and ground-breaking artistic collaborations and full-length productions. These new productions will aspire to introduce our audiences to a new dimension in Chinese contemporary dance and aesthetics, one that fuses ancient traditions with modern dance vocabularies to create a dance rich in creativity, color, nuance and meaning. We hope these new dance vocabularies will perfectly balance the ancient and the modern and will appeal to audiences of all cultural backgrounds. Naturally, we will also continue to embrace our Chinese traditions by introducing various educational workshops, lectures and demonstrations.
Liu Fang/fr

Talent précoce, Liu Fang, née à Kumming, province du Yunnan (Chine méridionale), donne son premier concert à l’âge de neuf ans, et à onze ans elle est choisie pour jouer devant la Reine Elisabeth II d'Angleterre lors de sa visite en Chine. Récompensée par de nombreux prix et distinctions nationales, elle sort du Conservatoire de Shanghai en 1993.
En 1996 elle choisit de s'installer au Canada où elle entreprend une impressionnante carrière internationale. Elle donne des concerts dans le monde entier et se produit fréquemment à la télévision et à la radio. Que se soit à Paris, au Théâtre de la Ville, ou participant en Grande-Bretagne et en Espagne aux festivals WOMAD ou encore dans les séries de concerts offerts par la BBC à Londres, Liu Fang sait captiver audiences et critiques tant par sa maîtrise musicale que par la variété de son répertoire.
Jeune virtuose, ambassadrice d'instruments venus du fond des temps, le pipa - luth à quatre cordes - et le guzheng - de la famille des cithares -, Liu Fang interprète des compositions classiques ou contemporaines, seule ou avec orchestre, et volontiers avec d'autres instrumentistes traditionnels (oud, shakuhachi, kora, sitar, guitare). Son répertoire guerrier ou poétique, à l'étonnant pouvoir évocateur, musique de cour, élégiaque et harmonieuse, fait voyager l'imagination exaltée de scènes d'estampes en purs moments d'éternité. A ce jour, elle a à son actif 11 albums, en solo ou en collaboration. Célébrée comme étant «l'impératrice du pipa" (L'Actualité, 2001) et «médiatrice divine" (le magazine français World, 2006), son art est reconnu et salué au plan international par de nombreuses récompenses, notamment au Canada (Prix du Nouveau Millénaire, 2001) et en France (Grand Prix de l'Académie Charles-Cros, 2006).
Discography
Albums solo :
The soul of pipa, vol. 3 : Pipa Music from Chinese folk traditions, Philmultic, 2006
Emerging Lotus : Chinese traditional guzheng music, Philmultic, 2005
The soul of pipa, vol. 2 : Chinese classical Pipa Music: from the ancient to the recent, Philmultic, 2003
The soul of pipa, vol. 1 : Chinese Pipa Music from the classical tradition, Philmultic, Canada, 2001
Chinese Traditional Pipa Music : Oliver Sudden Productions Inc, Canada/USA, 1997
Collaborations :
Along the Way - Duo pipa & violin : Philmultic, 2010
Changes - Duo pipa & Guitar : Philmultic, 2008
Le son de soie : Accords-Croisés/Harmonia Mundi, Paris, 2006
Mei Hua - Fleur de prunier : ATMA Classique, Canada, 2004
Arabic and Chinese music : Liu Fang et Farhan Sabbagh, Philmultic, 2000
Musique chinoise : Solo, duo, et avec orchestre de chambre, Philmultic, 1999