Important People

Backeland, Gérald

Executive assistant to Laurent Desjardins and to the Secretariat of Dominion-Provincial Cultural Relations.

Bateman, Scott B.

Chairman, University Grants Commission, Government of Manitoba.

Bonneau, Marcel A.

Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba.

Brown, J. M.

Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba.

Chaput, Hélène, s.n.j.m.

Graduate of the Sorbonne university in Paris, professor at the University of Manitoba Faculty of Education, came to the Institut pédagogique to teach français courses from 1972 to 1974.

Chevrier, Douglas

Executive Director of the University Grants Commission, Government of Canada.

Cormier, Clement, c.s.c.

Chancellor, Université de Moncton. Conducted a study for the Secretariat on the possiblity of establishing a French teacher training institute in Manitoba.

Corriveau, Arthur

Director, Romance Language Curriculum Branch, Department of Education. Government of Manitoba; seconded to the Secretariat as a researcher.

Delaquis, Hubert

President of the Association des commissaires de langue française du Manitoba..

Desjardins, Larry

Member of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly. Joined the ranks of the New Democratic Party which formed the government after the June 1969 election. Desjardins became legislative assistant to Premier Edward Schreyer and Director of the Secretariat of Dominion-Provincial Cultural Relations.

Duckworth, H. E.

Vice-President, Academic, University of Manitoba.

Fillion, Origène

Director of the Institut pédagogique from 1972 to 1980.

Gauthier, Maurice

President of the Société franco-manitobaine.

Hedly, R. L.

Associate Dean of the Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba.

Legal, Roger

Rector of the Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface, 1985-1986 and dean of the faculty of education since 1981.

Marion, Fernand, c.s.v.

Assistant superintendent, Seine River School Division and director of the Directorat de l'éducation of the Société franco-manitobaine. Marion was seconded from Seine River to the Secretariat as a researcher.

Miller, Saul A.

Minister of College and University Affairs.

Monnin, Alfred

Judges of the County Court and President of the board of directors of the Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface.

Pelletier, Gérard

Secretary of State, Government of Canada.

Ruest, Paul

First lay Manitoban rector of the Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface from 1981 to 1985 and from 1986 to the present.

Saint-Denis, Roger

Former administator at the University of Ottawa, he was the first lay rector of the Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface.

Schreyer, Edward

Premier of Manitoba from June 1969 to October 1977.

Valiquette, Stéphane

Rector of the Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface from 1969 to 1970. He was also Chairman of the ad hoc committee.

ACLFM

Association des commissaires de langue française du Manitoba.

AECFM

Association d'éducation des Canadiens français du Manitoba.

ÉFM

Éducateurs franco-manitobains, now known as Éducatrices et éducateurs francophones du Manitoba.

MTS

Manitoba Teachers' Society.

SFM

Société franco-manitobaine, a lobby representing the Franco-Manitoban community.

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