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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910965605903321
• Autore: Savoie Donald J
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2009
• ISBN: 9786612866753; 9780773584440; 0773584447; 9781282866751; 1282866753; 9780773576308; 0773576304
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 electronic text (x, 281 p. : ill.) : digital file
• Collana: Footprints series ; ; 11
• Disciplina: 971.5/104092
• Soggetti: Acadians - New Brunswick; College teachers - New Brunswick; Canada Politics and government
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Issued also in French under title: Moi, je suis de Bouctouche.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.