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Encyclopedia > Viola Leger

The Honourable Viola Léger (born June 29, 1930) is a Acadian-Canadian actress and former Canadian Senator. The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable ( or formerly The Honble) is a title of quality attached to the names of certain classes of persons. ... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The Acadians (French: Acadiens) are the original French settlers of parts of the northeastern region of North America comprising what is now the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. ... The Senate (French: Sénat) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, which also includes the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the House of Commons. ...


Born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, received a B.A. and a B.Ed. from the University of Moncton, and an M.F.A. (Theater Education) from Boston University. She was appointed to the Senate at the recommendation of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien in 2001, representing the Senatorial division of L'Acadie, New Brunswick. She was a member of the Liberal caucus. The L.J. Brown Block, Main Street, Fitchburg, circa 1885, from a Bay State Monthly article Fitchburg is a city located in Worcester County, Massachusetts. ... The Université de Moncton is a French language university in Moncton, New Brunswick serving the Acadian commununity of Atlantic Canada. ... Boston University is a non-sectarian private university located in Boston, Massachusetts. ... The Prime Minister of Canada, the head of the Canadian government, is usually the leader of the political party with the most seats in the Canadian House of Commons. ... The Right Honourable Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien, PC , LL.D (born January 11, 1934) was the twentieth Prime Minister of Canada, serving from November 4, 1993, to December 12, 2003. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Liberal Party of Canada (French: Parti libéral du Canada) is Canadas current governing political party. ...


In 1989, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Membership in the Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, awarded to those who adhere to the Orders motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam, which means they desire a better country. ...


Senator Léger retired from the Senate when she reached the age of 75.


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Viola's commentary on the subjective experience of art can be seen in works such as 'Room for St. John of the Cross' in which a projection of a mountain is accompanied by a video showing a room with a monitor playing a view of a mountain.
Viola's working principle for the video is the feeling of 'via negativa' which is a quest for the unknowable and that which is lost from cognition.
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But it was in 1971 when she was approached by Maillet and since has performed Maillet's La Sagouine over 1400 times, in English and French, and has toured nationally and abroad with the piece.
In 1998, she appeared in the Théâtre du Rideau Vert hit, Grace et Gloria and toured the piece across the country, in French and English, in 1999.
She is an officer of the Order of Canada and has won a Dora Mavor Moore Award (1981, Sagouine) and a Masque (2001, Grace and Glorie, shared with Linda Sorgini, her co-star) among other national and international honours.
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