Gaétan Gervais, CM (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]
Gaétan Gervais | |
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 Gaétan Gervais in 2014 | |
| Born | August 10, 1944 |
| Died | October 20, 2018 (aged 74) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | historian, author, flag designer |
| Known for | Co-creator of the Franco-Ontarian flag |
| Notable work | Dictionnaire des écrits de l'Ontario français : 1613–1993 |
Biography
editBorn 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
edit- 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
edit- 2013 – Member of the Order of Canada[5]
- 2012 – A high school in Oakville, Ontario is named after him as Gaétan-Gervais Secondary School.[6]
- 2005 – Award of Merit Horace-Viau[7]
- 1994 – Franco-Ontarian Order of Merit by the Association canadienne-française de l'Ontario, ACFO (now Ontario Francophonie Assembly, AFO)
References
edit- ^ François-Olivier Dorais (30 January 2017). "Gaétan Gervais et l'expérience historique de l'Ontario français". L'Express. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Jean-Yves Pelletier (27 March 2006). "Notre drapeau franco-ontarien par Gaétan Gervais". MonDrapeauFranco.ca.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Gaétan Gervais reçoit le prix du Mérite Horace-Viau". Société Radio-Canada. 18 March 2005.
- ^ "Gaétan Gervais nommé membre de l'Ordre du Canada". Radio-Canada. 28 June 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Work and publications at Laurentian University (pre-2004)
- Work and publications at Laurentian University (post-2004)