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Kickstart : how successful Canadians got started / Alexander Herman, Paul Matthews, Andrew Feindel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Herman, Alexander, 1981- author.
- Matthews, Paul, 1981- author.
- Feindel, Andrew, 1981- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Successful people--Canada--Biography.
- Successful people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, Ontario : The Dundurn Group, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Kickstart reveals how more than 50 successful Canadiand started their careers. Their collective wisdom just might help you ""kickstart"" something of your own.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Origin of Kickstart
- Searchers: Canadians Who Took Their Time
- Former International President, Medecins sans Frontieres (James Orbinski)
- Former Partner and President, Body Shop Canada (Margot Franssen)
- China's Best-Loved Foreign TV Personality (Mark Rowswell)
- Director, I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (Patricia Rozema)
- Painter (Christopher Pratt)
- Federal Liberal MP and Former Minister of State (John Godfrey)
- CEO, Alliance Atlantis (Phyllis Yaffe)
- CEO, Angus Reid Strategies (Angus Reid)
- Creator, Fox TV's House, M.D. (David Shore)
- Children's Entertainer and Activist (Raffi)
- Sidebars
- Normie Kwong
- Ron Foxcroft
- Alex Colville
- Barry Avrich
- Rossana Magnotta
- Jennifer Welsh
- Survivors: Canadians Who Persevered
- Former Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan (Lynda Haverstock)
- Defence Lawyer (Eddie Greenspan)
- Artistic Director, National Ballet of Canada (Karen Kain)
- Former Prime Minister of Canada (Brian Mulroney)
- President, Home Depot Canada (Annette Verschuren)
- Host, Canadian Antiques Roadshow (Valerie Pringle)
- Chairman, President, CEO, and Owner, Jim Pattison Group (Jim Pattison)
- Creator, For Better or Worse (Lynn Johnston)
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (Beverley McLachlin)
- First Person to Climb the World's Seven Summits (Patrick Morrow)
- Founder, Man In Motion World Tour (Rick Hansen)
- Indira Samarasekera
- Sherry Cooper
- Philippe Couillard
- Alan Sullivan
- Rosemarie Landry
- Hazel McCallion
- Deepa Mehta
- Daniel Igali
- Ralph Goodale
- Dreamers: Canadians Who Blazed Their Own Trails
- Journalist, Author, and Activist (June Callwood)
- Founder, Famous PEOPLE Players (Diane Dupuy)
- Photographer (Edward Burtynsky)
- Founder and Chairman, Barrick Gold (Peter Munk)
- Inventor, Java Programming Language (James Gosling)
- First Canadian Woman Astronaut in Space (Roberta Bondar)
- Creative Director, Bruce Mau Design (Bruce Mau)
- Former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (Matthew Coon Come)
- Artistic Director, Orchestre Metropolitain du Grand Montreal (Yannick Nezet-Seguin)
- Former Executive Chef and Owner, Lumiere Restaurant (Rob Feenie)
- Founder, Moriyama and Teshima Architects (Raymond Moriyama)
- Founder and CEO, G.A.P Adventures (Bruce Poon Tip)
- Bob Rumball
- Phil White & Gerard Vroomen
- Tirone David
- David Pecaut
- Robert Schad
- Ujjal Dosanjh
- Red Kelly
- James Bartleman
- Huldah Buntain
- Robert Bateman.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-09150-X
- 9786613091505
- 1-77070-309-8
- OCLC:
- 666231575
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