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Pierre Jeanniot - Aux commandes du ciel

Autor: Jacqueline Cardinal , Laurent Lapierre

Número de Páginas: 480

Emprunter le parcours de Pierre Jeanniot, c’est suivre l’évolution du transport aérien. Connaître Pierre Jeanniot, c’est comprendre comment naît et se développe un leader. •Comment il apprend à survivre et à se débrouiller pendant les bombardements de Rome, sa vie dans la France occupée et la Résistance dans les monts du Jura. •Comment le désir d’ouvrir l’accès aux études supérieures l’amène à participer à la fondation de l’Université du Québec. •Comment l’accident de Sainte-Thérèse et la menace de perdre son emploi le conduisent à créer la boîte noire. •Comment, sous sa direction, Air Canada choisira l’Airbus pour renouveler sa flotte. •Comment Air Canada fut privatisée en dépit d’obstacles de toutes sortes. •Comment, à l’IATA, le discours d’Amman esquissera les grandes priorités de l’aviation moderne en prévention d’accident, en protection de l’environnement et en avancées technologiques. •Comment, par la diplomatie, il contribuera à résoudre des problèmes politiques avec l’Iran, la Lybie, la Corée du Nord, la Palestine. •Comment il gérera l’embouteillage aérien découlant de la crise du...

Taking Aviation to New Heights

Autor: Jacqueline Cardinal , Laurent Lapierre

Número de Páginas: 543

To chart the inspiring journey of Pierre Jeanniot is to trace the remarkable development of the air transport industry. In his youth, Jeanniot survived the bombing of Rome, the occupation of France, and was a witness to the Resistance in the Jura Mountains. In 1963, after the Sainte-Thérèse air tragedy and the threat of finding himself jobless, Jeanniot was inspired to create the famous Black Box, which has since become a pillar of aviation security. Under his direction, Air Canada chose the Airbus rather than the Boeing to renew its fleet, in the midst of a highly visible political crisis. Against all odds, Jeanniot also orchestrated the successful privatization of the airline. His visionary speech at Amman, delivered when he was at the helm of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), laid out modern aviation’s most urgent priorities regarding accident prevention, protection of the environment, and technological progress. A master of logistics, he successfully negotiated the impasse in the skies following the September 11 terrorist attacks and handled the many complications that came in their wake. Pierre Jeanniot’s influence has been felt far beyond the aviation ...

La presse québécoise, des origines à nos jours

Autor: André Beaulieu , Jean Hamelin

Número de Páginas: 392

Harold Innis on Peter Pond

Autor: William J. Buxton

Número de Páginas: 329

Best known for his writings on economic history and communications, Harold Innis also produced a body of biographical work that paid particular attention to cultural memory and how it is enriched by the study of neglected historical figures. In this compelling volume, William Buxton addresses Innis's engagement with the legacy of the fur trader and adventurer Peter Pond. Harold Innis on Peter Pond comprises eight texts by Innis, including his 1930 biography of Pond as well as his writings on the explorer's myriad activities. The book also features a collection of eight letters exchanged between Innis and Florence Cannon, a descendent of Pond with a strong interest in her ancestor's life and times, and an unpublished 1932 article on Pond's 1773–75 activities as a fur trader on the upper Mississippi, written by Innis's former student R. Harvey Fleming. Situating Innis's writings on Pond in relation to his broader body of biographical work, Buxton interprets what these texts tell us about Innis's intellectual practice, historiography, and the writing of biography. The book explores how Innis's perspectives shifted with changing intellectual and political circumstances and shows...

America Unbound

Autor: Antonio Barrenechea

Número de Páginas: 248

This original contribution to hemispheric American literary studies comprises readings of three important novels from Mexico, Canada, and the United States: Carlos Fuentes's Terra Nostra, Quebecois writer Jacques Poulin's Volkswagen Blues, and Native American writer Leslie Marmon Silko's Almanac of the Dead. The encyclopedic novel has particular generic characteristics that serve these writers as a vehicle for the reincorporation of hemispheric histories. Starting with an examination of Moby-Dick as precursor, Barrenechea shows how this narrative genre allows Fuentes, Poulin, and Silko to reflect the interconnected world of today, as well as to dramatize indigenous and colonial values in their narratives. His close attention to written documents, visual representations, and oral traditions in these encyclopedic novels sheds light on their comparative cultural relations and the New World from pole to pole. This study amplifies the scope of "America" across cultures and languages, time and tradition.

Montreal

Autor: Dany Fougères , Roderick Macleod

Número de Páginas: 1505

Surrounded by water and located at the heart of a fertile plain, the Island of Montreal has been a crossroads for Indigenous peoples, European settlers, and today's citizens, and an inland port city for the movement of people and goods into and out of North America. Commemorating the city's 375th anniversary, Montreal: The History of a North American City is the definitive, two-volume account of this fascinating metropolis and its storied hinterland. This comprehensive collection of essays, filled with hundreds of illustrations, photographs, and maps, draws on human geography and environmental history to show that while certain distinctive features remain unchanged – Mount Royal, the Lachine Rapids of the Saint Lawrence River – human intervention and urban evolution mean that over time Montrealers have had drastically different experiences and historical understandings. Significant issues such as religion, government, social conditions, the economy, labour, transportation, culture and entertainment, and scientific and technological innovation are treated thematically in innovative and diverse chapters to illuminate how people's lives changed along with the transformation of...

Geographers

Autor: Patrick H. Armstrong , Geoffrey Martin

Número de Páginas: 171

Geographers is an annual collection of studies on individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought. Subjects are drawn from all periods and from all parts of the world, and include famous names as well as those less well known, including explorers, independent thinkers and scholars. Each paper describes the geographer's education, life and work and discusses their influence and spread of academic ideas. Each study includes a select bibliography and a brief chronology. The work includes a general index, and a cumulative index of geographers listed in volumes published to date.Published under the auspices of the International Geographical Union.

Crossing the 49th Parallel

Autor: Bruno Ramirez

Número de Páginas: 236

In the hundred years ending in 1930, an estimated 2.8 million Canadians moved south of the 49th Parallel and settled in the United States. The human and technical resources they brought made Canadian immigrants integral to the growth of New England, the Great Lakes region, and the west coast. Crossing the 49th Parallel is the first book to encompass that entire, continent-wide population shift. It brings Canadian migration to the center of both Canadian and U.S. history. Bruno Ramirez researches the contents of previously unused border records to bring to light the wide variety of local contexts and historical circumstances that led Canadian men, women, and children to cross the border and become key actors in the U.S. economy and society. Ramirez goes beyond these statistical data, consulting qualitative sources and case studies to reveal the motives and aspirations of individuals and family groups. The comparative perspective of Crossing the 49th Parallel allows Ramirez to explain the distinctive roles of French- and Anglo-Canadians in the immigrant movement. By shifting the viewpoint from a continental to a transatlantic one, Ramirez also unveils Canada's important role in...

The Memory of Nature in Aboriginal, Canadian and American Contexts

Autor: Françoise Besson , Claire Omhovère , Héliane Ventura

Número de Páginas: 380

This volume engages the reader’s interest in the relationship that binds man to nature, a relationship which makes itself manifest through certain literary or visual artefacts produced by Native or non-Native writers and artists. It ranges from the study of literatures (mainly from Canada – including Quebec and Acadia – but also from Britain, the United States of America, France, Turkey, and Australia) to the exploration of films, photographs, paintings and sculptures produced by Aboriginal artists from North America. Thanks to a relational paradigm founded on spatial and temporal enlargement, it re-imagines the critical outlook on indigenous production by instigating a dialogue between endogenous and exogenous scholars, novelists and artists, and by weaving together interdisciplinary approaches spanning anthropology, geology, ecocriticism and the study of myths. From the writings by Scott Momaday to those by Tomson Highway, from Pauline Johnson to Louise Erdrich, or from the photographs by William McFarlane Notman and Edward Burtynsky or the films by Randy Redroad to the paintings by Emily Carr, it explores art as the sedimentation of nature. It simultaneously interrogates...

Labour and Capital in Canada 1650-1860

Autor: H. Clare Pentland

Número de Páginas: 332

First published in 1981, H. Clare Pentland's Labour and Capital in Canada 1650-1860 is a seminal work that analyzes the shaping of the Canadian working class and the evolution of capitalism in Canada. Pentland's work focuses on the relationship between the availability and nature of labour and the development of industry. From that idea flows an absorbing account that explores patterns of labour, patterns of immigration and the growth of industry. Pentland writes of the massive influx of immigrants to Canada in the 1800s--taciturn highland Scots who eked out a meagre living on subsistence farms; shrewd lowlanders who formed the basis of an emerging business class; skilled English artisans who brought their trades and their politics to the new land; Americans who took to farming; and Irish who came in droves, fleeing the poverty and savagery of an Ireland under the heel of Britain. Labour and Capital in Canada is a classic study of the peoples who built Canada in the first two centuries of European occupation.

The French-Canadian Heritage in New England

Autor: Gerard J. Brault

Número de Páginas: 324

"In this book, Gerard J. Brault offers an introduction to Franco- American culture, covering the group's history, ideology, language, and literature; architecture, art, folklore, and music; demography, education, politics, religion, and sociology. " Back cover of book.

Geographers

Autor: Elizabeth Baigent , André Reyes Novaes

Número de Páginas: 199

Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 37 explores the concept of distinction in geography. Through the lives of six geographers working in Brazil, North America, Europe and Réunion, it investigates what distinction consists of, how we identify and celebrate it and how it relates to quotidian practices in the discipline. The volume highlights the continuing importance of biography and the International Geographical Union in recording and assessing distinction. It also considers the relevance of personal networks for the circulation and translation of distinguished geographical knowledge, and how this knowledge can underpin applied projects and critical appraisal of geographical scholarship, both at a national and sub-national level. Gendered notions of distinction are also addressed, particularly through June Sheppard, who found limited recognition for her work as a result of gendered expectations within the discipline and society at large. By reflecting on how we locate distinguished geographers and tell their histories, Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 37 makes an important contribution to fostering less canonical work in historical geography.

Aménagement, développement et environnement au Québec

Autor: Clermont Dugas

Número de Páginas: 511

Cet ouvrage présente une analyse des interrelations aménagement, développement et environnement qui façonnent le cadre de vie, affectent le niveau de bien-être des individus et des collectivités, et contribuent aux importantes différenciations socioéconomiques qui caractérisent les milieux de vie et en déterminent les perspectives. Il porte un regard critique sur les nombreuses mesures mises en place, des années 1960 à aujourd’hui, pour gérer l’aménagement et favoriser le développement des régions du Québec.

Comptes Rendus Du Congres International de Geographie Amsterdam 1938

Autor: International Geographical Congress

Número de Páginas: 378

Montreal in Evolution

Autor: Jean-claude Marsan

Número de Páginas: 488

Montreal in Evolution presents the rich and complex history of Montreal's architectural and environmental development from the first fort of Ville-Marie to the skyscrapers of today. It also examines the forces which shaped the city during the past three hundred and fifty years.

The French Canadians of Michigan

Autor: Jean Lamarre

Número de Páginas: 224

This book is a major contribution to the study of the French Canadian migration to the Midwest and will be valuable to researchers of both Michigan and French Canadian history.

Montréal en évolution

Autor: Jean-claude Marsan

Número de Páginas: 756

Le présent ouvrage retrace l’évolution de l’architecture et de l’environnement urbain montréalais, des premières visites du Sieur de Champlain jusqu’à la métropole postmoderne d’aujourd’hui. Cette fresque historique unique, accompagnée de plus de 200 photographies en couleur et en noir et blanc, s’étend sur quatre siècles. Jamais Montréal, avec ses structures, ses rues, ses parcs, ses édifices publics, ses habitations, ses lieux de travail et de culte, n’aura paru aussi passionnante.

Geography: Discipline, Profession and Subject since 1870

Autor: Gary S. Dunbar

Número de Páginas: 335

Gary S. Dunbar "Pro-fesh-yon-al-i-zay-shun . . . pro-fesh-yon-al-i-ZAY-shunl . . . I do not think I like that word . . . I am quite certain I do not like that wordl," said A. F. Martin of Oxford University in 1980 when I mentioned to him that I was making a study of the professionalization of geography in Europe and North America from about 1870 to 1930. I should not have been surprised by his reply, because Mr. Martin, a highly regarded lecturer, tutor, and university man, was in some ways a typical example of his generation of British geographers, in that he did not have an advanced degree and his publication record was meager. Except for a single remarkable essay (Martin 1951), he was not well known in the field of geography, at least not outside the United Kingdom. Was he, then, a professional geographer? Yes, indeed, because he was a full-time scholar in a distinguished university, even though he lacked the sort of credentials that have been demanded of subsequent generations of scholars, at Oxford and elsewhere. I certainly do not mean to denigrate Martin or his ilk; I am simply using this anecdote to launch a book on the emergence of modern geography.

Histoire de Montréal et de sa région

Autor: Dany Fougères

Número de Páginas: 1624

L'historien futur de la rue Notre-Dame devra me faire causer. Je lui fournirai des renseignements précieux, des souvenirs piquants (...) car la rue Notre-Dame se dépouille de sa vieille physionomie, la rue Notre-Dame des anciens jours s'en va rapidement. Elle n'est plus étroite et resserrée sur tout son parcours ; le chemin de fer urbain augmente le nombre des passants, trouble les conciliabules des flâneurs au coin des rues, et leur donne le scandale de la vitesse. (...) Que de souvenirs dans cet étroit espace, que de flâneurs y ont promené leur curiosité, leurs caprices, leurs ennuis. Demandez à vos grands-parents qui voguent dans les eaux de la soixantaine sous pavillon neutre, comme on y flânait autrefois, plus gaiement, plus familièrement qu'aujourd'hui. La ville n'avait alors qu'une rue, la rue Notre-Dame, il y avait une rivière dans la rue Craig ; on allait à la chasse rue Sherbrooke ; il fallait être armé jusqu'aux dents pour se risquer vers le Beaver Hall. L'été on faisait des parties de canots, de la Place-Viger au Griffintown ; on pouvait pêche à la ligne Placeà-Foin.

Histoire des Hautes études commerciales de Montréal, Tome II - 1926-1970

Autor: Pierre Harvey

Número de Páginas: 465

L'heure de vérité

Autor: Yvan Lamonde

Número de Páginas: 221

"Au débat sur la laïcité, il y manquait la pesanteur de notre histoire. Cet excellent ouvrage ne pouvait pas mieux « tomber »" - Louise Mailloux, L'Aut'Journal Le long débat sur la laïcité nous a habitués aux chartes de droits, aux causes juridiques exemplaires et aux grands principes philosophiques. Le propos du professeur Lamonde vise plutôt à prendre la mesure de ce qu’ont été historiquement les enjeux de ce débat au Québec. Après deux siècles et demi d’hésitations, de tergiversations et de combats, l’heure est venue, nous dit-il, de faire des distinctions et des choix. À propos de l'auteur Professeur émérite de l’Université McGill, membre de l’Académie des lettres du Québec et de l’Académie des Arts, des Lettres et des Sciences du Canada, Yvan Lamonde est l’auteur d’une Histoire sociale des idées au Québec, I : 1760-1896; II : 1896-1929 (Fides) et d’une autobiographie scientifique, Historien et citoyen. Navigation aux longs cours (Fides)

Les sciences sociales au Canada

Autor: Donald Fisher

Número de Páginas: 132

Ce livre, Les sciences sociales au Canada, est écrit sur le contexte et l’histoire de la Fédération canadienne des sciences sociales, en l’honneur de ses cinquante années d’acitvity nationale. II est clair que la federation et les organismes qui font précédée, ont exerce une énorme influence sur l’evolution des sciences sociales canadiennes au cours des cinquante dernières années. L’histoire de l’organisme constitue sans doute le meilleur barometre des changements qui se sont produits dans les relations entre la societe canadienne et les specialistes des sciences sociales.

De Québec à l'Amérique française

Autor: Commission Franco-québécoise Sur Les Lieux De Mémoire Communs. Colloque 2003

Número de Páginas: 418

L’école au Québec

Autor: Collectif Collectif

Número de Páginas: 508

Aller à l’école est une évidence aujourd’hui. Les débats qui entourent toujours cette institution révèlent son importance. Mais que sait-on de son histoire au Québec ? Dans une colonie française, puis anglaise, les petites écoles ont cédé la place à un système scolaire public au xixe siècle. Cet atlas souligne les défis à relever pour scolariser les garçons et les filles de différents groupes ethnoreligieux, linguistiques, sur un territoire immense, au fur et à mesure des vagues d’immigration et de peuplement. Ce volume présente les réponses à la demande d’instruction, depuis la Nouvelle-France jusqu’à l’orée du rapport Parent dans les années 1960, faites d’expériences, de résistances et de compromis qui accompagnent des initiatives tant publiques que privées, au primaire et au secondaire. Il invite aussi à franchir la porte des classes pour découvrir l’instruction et l’éducation offertes par un corps enseignant très diversifié. Il fallait former les élites destinées à l’université, mais aussi répondre aux besoins concrets du monde du travail. Voilà autant d’itinéraires de jeunes Canadiennes et Canadiens français,...

Histoire de l'école des Hautes études commerciales de Montréal, Tome II

Autor: Pierre Harvey

Número de Páginas: 801

TABLE DES MATIÈRES Première partie De la formation des individus à la mission nationale 1. Un grand coup d’épée dans l’eau 2. Après le beau temps l’orage 3. Le directeur Laureys opère un virage 4. Une étoile montante : Esdras Minville 5. Un nouveau directeur 6. Le développement par en haut 7. Le combat des chefs Deuxième partie Un vin nouveau dans des outres neuves 8. Faire cavalier seul ? 9. Un Institut raté mais un congrès réussi 10. Mobilisation générale ! 11. Enfin, la terre promise 12. Le temps des gestionnaires 13. Un immeuble nomade Épilogue : Une inauguration sous haute surveillance

L'âme de la Terre

Autor: Louis-edmond Hamelin

Número de Páginas: 262

Ce pionnier de géographie et d'études nordiques retrace son enfance, son éducation, ses métiers et activités mais aussi ses valeurs. [SDM].

«Une jolie cinture à flesche». Sa présence au Bas-Canada, son cheminement vers l’Ouest, son introduction chez les Amérindiens

Autor: Monique Genest Leblanc

Número de Páginas: 194

Cet ouvrage retrace l’histoire, la présence et l’origine de la ceinture fléchée : est-elle d’origine amérindienne ou canadienne ? Sans porter préjudice aux uns ou aux autres, l’auteure a voulu arriver à trancher la question avec objectivité et porter une attention particulière aux documents d’archives pour amener le lecteur à jeter un regard neuf sur les jolies ceintures fléchées.

Jean Rivard, ou, L'art de réussir

Autor: Robert Major

Número de Páginas: 354

"Lecture idéologique" d'un roman canadien-français de 1862 qui énonce les thèmes des futurs romans didactiques et patriotiques des 19e et 20e siècle. Deux pôles dans l'étude: colonisation et surtout utopie américaine. [SDM].

Les "Canadiens" de l'expédition Lewis et Clark, 1804-1806

Autor: Michel Chaloult

Número de Páginas: 202

Un récit de la fameuse expédition de Lewis et Clark qui à l'instigation du président Jefferson, effectua la première traversée du continent américain, en 1804-1806. Un livre bien documenté, au ton alerte, qui met l'accent sur la présence française, tant canadienne que créole, au sein de cette équipée et sa contribution à la toponymie des régions parcourues. Parmi les annexes, on retrouve un court guide de voyage qui indique les routes à prendre pour refaire le trajet de l'expédition.

Héritage de la francophonie canadienne

Autor: Regroupement Des Centres De Recherche En Civilisation Canadienne-française

Número de Páginas: 282

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