I'm from Bouctouche, me : roots matter / Donald J. Savoie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Savoie, Donald J.

Series:

Footprints (Cheltenham, England) ; 11.

Footprints series ; 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Acadians--New Brunswick--Biography.

Acadians.

College teachers--New Brunswick--Biography.

College teachers.

Canada--Politics and government.

Canada.

Savoie, Donald J.

Physical Description:

1 electronic text (x, 281 p. : ill.) : digital file.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the 1950s most of Acadian society was poor, uneducated, isolated, and dominated by the Roman Catholic clergy. In the following decade two individuals, Pierre E. Trudeau and Louis J. Robichaud, pointed the way for Acadians like Savoie to make important contributions to Canada's development. Trudeau's objective was Canadian unity and he turned to Acadie to show Quebec that there was a viable French Canadian presence outside their borders. Robichaud, New Brunswick's first elected Acadian premier, had witnessed Acadian poverty first hand and made it his mission to bring New Brunswick into the modern era. Savoie shows how their efforts led to fundamental change for both Canada and New Brunswick and changed his life.

Contents:

1. L'Acadie: How It All Began

2. Saint-Maurice: Where It All Began for Me

3. Moncton: Louis J. Robichaud to the Rescue

4. Universite de Moncton: All Hell Breaks Loose

- 5. On the Inside Looking In

6. My Oxford Days

7. Ottawa: It's Really about Ontario and Quebec

8. Going Home

9. Back in Ottawa

10. Home for Good: Up to a Point

11. Acadians: Shaped and Reshaped by Experience.

Notes:

Issued also in French under title: Moi, je suis de Bouctouche.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612866753

9780773584440

0773584447

9781282866751

1282866753

9780773576308

0773576304

OCLC:

923235117