Hubert de Ravinel


Hubert de Ravinel was a French-born Canadian television producer, writer, and academic.

Biography

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.

Publications

  • Vieillir au Québec
  • L'Âge démasqué
  • Les Enfants du bout de la vie
  • Au fil de l'âge
  • Le Défi de vieillir
  • Le Courage et la Tendresse
  • Car j'aime et j'espère
  • Vieillir au masculin
  • ''Le Temps libéré''

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