Gérard Bouchard
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Gérard Bouchard (December 26 1943 – ) is a historian, sociologist, and writer from Quebec, Canada. Born in Jonquière, Quebec he obtained his Master's Degree in Sociology from Laval University in 1968 and later obtained his Ph.D. in History from the Université de Paris in 1971. Gérard Bouchard had authored, co-authored, edited, or co-edited 26 books, and published 230 papers in scientific journals in 2005. He is the younger brother of Lucien Bouchard, Premier of Quebec from 1996 to 2001.
- 1971 - He begins teaching at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi.
- 1972 - He founds the BALSAC project, which aims to construct a population database covering the whole of Quebec.
- 1976 - He founds the Société de recherches sur les populations (SOREP), which became the Institut interuniversitaire de recherche sur les populations (IREP) in 1994.
- 1985 - He receives the Prix Jacques-Rousseau of the Association canadienne-française pour l'avancement des sciences.
- 1993 - he receives the Prix du Québec (Prix Léon-Gérin for Science) for his contribution to social studies.
- 1996 - He receives the Prix Lionel-Groulx, the Prix François-Xavier-Garneau et the Prix John A. Macdonald for his work Quelques arpents d'Amérique. Population, économie, famille au Saguenay, 1838-1971.
- 1999 - His work La Nation québécoise au futur et au passé is published.
- 2000 - He receives the Governor General Literary Award for his work Genèse des nations et cultures du Nouveau Monde.
- 2001 - He reiceves the Prix Gérard-Parizeau.
- 2002 - His first fictional work, Mistouk is published. A second novel entitled Pikauba followed in 2005.
- 2003 - His work Les Deux Chanoines - Contradiction et ambivalence dans la pensée de Lionel Groulx is published.
- 2004 - His work La pensée impuissante. Échecs et mythes nationaux canadiens-français, 1850-1960 is published.
External links
- [Various newspaper articles on Gérard Bouchard]
- [Personnal homepage of Gérard Bouchard at the UQAC]
- [Profile on the Website of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research]
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