Hubert de Ravinel CQ (22 February 1934 – 14 February 2022) was a French-born Canadian television producer, writer, and academic.[1]

Hubert de Ravinel
Born(1934-02-22)22 February 1934
Died14 February 2022(2022-02-14) (aged 87)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
NationalityCanadian
EducationUniversité de Montréal
Occupation(s)Television producer
Writer
Professor

Biography

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De Ravinel earned a law degree in 1956, a degree in political science in 1957, and a master's degree in andragogy from the Université de Montreal in 1991. He arrived in Montreal in 1962 after spending two years in Chicago. He was a co-founder of the International Federation of Little Brothers of the Poor in Canada and served as its Director until 1977. He was also a founding member of the Association québécoise de gérontologie. From 2000 to 2010, he was an administrator of the Conseil d’administration de l'organisme Baluchon Alzheimer, serving as treasurer and vice-president.

A gerontology professor from 1977 to 1988, de Ravinel also published a weekly column in La Presse from January 1986 to December 1989. He published four essays on aging, a topic on which he also hosted numerous radio and television programs on Ici Radio-Canada Télé and Télé-Québec.

De Ravinel died in Montreal, Quebec on 14 February 2022, at the age of 87.[1]

Publications

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  • Vieillir au Québec (1972)
  • L'Âge démasqué (1979)
  • Les Enfants du bout de la vie (1980)
  • Au fil de l'âge (1988)
  • Le Défi de vieillir (1991)
  • Le Courage et la Tendresse (1992)
  • Car j'aime et j'espère (1994)
  • Vieillir au masculin (1997)
  • Le Temps libéré (2003)

Distinctions

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Hubert de Ravinel". Dignity Memorial (in French).
  2. ^ "Les prix québécois de la citoyenneté" (in French).
  3. ^ "Hubert De Ravinel". National Order of Quebec (in French).
  4. ^ "La légion d'honneur pour Hubert de Ravinel". Les Petits Frères (in French). 16 October 2012.