Pauline Julien

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{{infobox musical artist|birth_date=May 23, 1928|birth_place=Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada|death_date=October 1, 1998|death_place=Montreal, Quebec, Canada|spouse=Gérald Godin|occupation=singer-songwriter, actress and activist|instruments=vocals|label=Kébec-Disc}}

Pauline Julien, {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CQ}} (May 23, 1928{{dash}}October 1, 1998), nicknamed "La Renarde",{{Cite web|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/musique/529951/la-renarde-sur-les-traces-de-pauline-julien-re-payser-les-depayses|title=La Renarde, sur les traces de Pauline Julien»: Repayser les dépaysés|date=9 June 2018 }} was a singer, songwriter, actress, feminist activist and Quebec sovereigntist.{{Cite web|url=https://linitiative.ca/la-renarde-sur-les-traces-de-pauline-julien-au-thtre-outremont-le-21-fvrier/|title=LA RENARDE, SUR LES TRACES DE PAULINE JULIEN / Au Théâtre Outremont le 21 février – l'Initiative|date=3 February 2019 }}

Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec,Christian Rioux and Betty Nygaard King. [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/pauline-julien/ "Pauline Julien"]. The Canadian Encyclopedia. January 29, 2008 (original; updated March 4, 2015). Julien was the companion of the poet and Québec provincial MLA Gérald Godin, another Trifluvian and sovereignist. Julien performed pro-independence songs in Montréal clubs as early as 1964. In 1965 she hosted the CBC television series Mon pays, mes chansons.{{cite book|title=Herstory 2012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D7I_UErEQ7gC&pg=PA42|publisher=Coteau Books|isbn=978-1-55050-454-5|page=42}} At the CBC she also collaborated and recorded with pianist Herbert Ruff,{{cite book|author=Paul Helmer|title=Growing with Canada: The ƒmigrŽ Tradition in Canadian Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FMy7gLCVSb8C&pg=PA208|date=22 June 2014|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP|isbn=978-0-7735-7624-7|page=208}} and performed on the program On Stage.{{cite book|author=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|title=Rapport Annuel - Société Radio-Canada|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9g0uAQAAIAAJ|year=1968|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|page=34}}

In 1970, Julien and Godin were arrested during the October Crisis and were released eight days later without charge.