Gaétan Gervais

Gaétan Gervais (August 10, 1944 – October 20, 2018)[1][2] was a Canadian author, historian and university professor, most noted as a prominent figure in Franco-Ontarian culture. With a group of university students at Laurentian University, he designed the Franco-Ontarian flag,[3] and was a founding member of the Franco-Ontarian Institute.[4]

Biography

Born in 1944 in Sudbury, Ontario, Gervais graduated from Laurentian University in 1965. He also obtained a master's degree and a doctorate from the University of Ottawa in 1968 and 1979. From 1972, he was a professor at Laurentian University.

Publications
  • 2010 – Avec Jean-Pierre Pichette (dir.), Dictionnaire des écrits de l'Ontario français : 1613–1993, Ottawa, Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa, 1097 p. (ISBN 978-2-7603-0757-5)
  • 2003 – Des gens de résolution : le passage du Canada français à l'Ontario français, Sudbury (Ontario), Éditions Prise de parole, 230 p. (ISBN 978-2-8942-3159-3)
  • 2000 – Les jumelles Dionne et l'Ontario français, 1934–1944, Sudbury (Ontario), Éditions Prise de parole, 246 p. (ISBN 978-2-8942-3117-3), Prix Christine-Dumitriu-Van-Saanen
  • 1985 – Bibliographie : histoire du nord-est de l'Ontario / Bibliography : history of North-Eastern Ontario, Sudbury (Ontario), Société historique du Nouvel-Ontario, 112 p. (ISBN 978-2-8942-3159-3)

Awards and Recognition
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References
  1. François-Olivier Dorais (30 January 2017). "Gaétan Gervais et l'expérience historique de l'Ontario français". L'Express. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  2. "Mort de Gaétan Gervais, l'historien de l'Ontario français et cocréateur du drapeau franco-ontarien". Ici Radio-Canada. 20 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  3. Jean-Yves Pelletier (27 March 2006). "Notre drapeau franco-ontarien par Gaétan Gervais". MonDrapeauFranco.ca.
  4. "Gaétan Gervais reçoit le prix du Mérite Horace-Viau". Société Radio-Canada. 18 March 2005.
  5. "Gaétan Gervais nommé membre de l'Ordre du Canada". Radio-Canada. 28 June 2013.
  6. "Les élèves d'Oakville fréquentent désormais l'École élémentaire du Chêne et l'École secondaire Gaétan Gervais". Conseil Scolaire Viamonde. 30 January 2012. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012.
  7. Jean-François Fecteau (23 March 2005). "Le père du drapeau franco-ontarien honoré". Francopresse.ca. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
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