Gaétan Gervais
Gaétan Gervais, 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, and was a founding member of the Franco-Ontarian Institute.
Biography
Born in August 10, 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, Dictionnaire des écrits de l'Ontario français : 1613–1993, Ottawa, Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa, 1097 p.
- 2003 – Des gens de résolution : le passage du Canada français à l'Ontario français, Sudbury, Éditions Prise de parole, 230 p.
- 2000 – Les jumelles Dionne et l'Ontario français, 1934–1944, Sudbury, Éditions Prise de parole, 246 p., Prix Christine-Dumitriu-Van-Saanen
- 1985 – Bibliographie : histoire du nord-est de l'Ontario / Bibliography : history of North-Eastern Ontario, Sudbury, Société historique du Nouvel-Ontario, 112 p.
Awards and recognition
- 2013 – Member of the Order of Canada
- 2012 – A high school in Oakville, Ontario is named after him as Gaétan-Gervais Secondary School.
- 2005 – Award of Merit Horace-Viau
- 1994 – Franco-Ontarian Order of Merit by the Association canadienne-française de l'Ontario, ACFO