Hélène Pelletier-Baillargeon Explained

Hélène Pelletier-Baillargeon
Birth Date:1932
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Known For:political advisor (1981-1983) to Minister Camille Laurin, in the area of education
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Hélène Pelletier-Baillargeon (born 1932) is a Canadian femme de lettres, journalist, essayist, and biographer from Quebec.

Early life and education

Hélène Pelletier-Baillargeon was born in Montreal in 1932.[1] [2] She is the daughter of Dominique Pelletier, notary (1892-1950). Her uncle, Georges Pelletier (1882-1950), was director of Le Devoir from 1932 to 1947.

After obtaining a Master of Arts degree from the Université de Montréal in 1954, she completed two years of post-graduate studies, from 1957 to 1959, at the Sorbonne and at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, and did research at the Bibliothèque nationale de France for a doctorate in literature,[3] with a doctoral thesis in stylistics devoted to the work of François Mauriac.[4]

Career

When she returned to Quebec, she joined the editorial team of the magazine, Maintain, from its founding in 1962. A Dominican magazine administered by lay people from 1969, it came under Pelletier's direction in 1973 and closed in 1974.[5]

She was a freelance journalist from 1974 to 1981, including at Châtelaine as a political and union columnist, at the magazine Critère, as vice-president of the Board of Directors and editor, as well as at Le Devoir, Revue Desjardins, Communauté chrétienne, La Presse, Possibles, and others. From 1981 to 1983, she was a political advisor to the Quebec Minister of Education, Camille Laurin, on the issue of denominational education. She was a weekly columnist for La Presse from 1986 to 1989. She continues to participate in a large number of collective works and cultural, historical and religious periodicals in Quebec and Canada. She participated in many conferences as a guest speaker on education, the status of women, ecclesial life, family or cultural politics.

In addition, she participates in several organizations of social, educational and cultural interest including the Board of Directors of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Conseil supérieur de l'éducation du Québec, Conseil des affaires sociales de l'Assemblée des évêques du Québec, Board of Directors of the Lionel-Groulx Foundation, Board of Directors of Éditions Fides, among others. She is a member of the Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois.

Awards and honours

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Book: Livernois, Jonathan . Les intellectuel.Les au Québec: Une brève histoire . Del Busso éditeur . 978-2-923792-81-1 . 1158922814 .
  2. Web site: Pelletier-Baillargeon, Hélène . www.litterature.org . 7 February 2023.
  3. Web site: Hélène Pelletier-Baillargeon : Notice biographique . eausecours.org . 7 February 2023 . fr . PDF.
  4. Web site: Hélène Pelletier-Baillargeon – Ordre national du Québec . www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca . 7 February 2023 . fr.
  5. Book: Roy, Martin . Une réforme dans la fidélité : la revue Maintenant (1962-1974) et la « mise à jour » du catholicisme québécois . Québec . Les Presses de l'Université Laval, collection « Cultures québécoises » . 2012 . 978-2-7637-9557-7 . 7 February 2023 . fr.
  6. Web site: Action Nationale 2011 Hélène Pelletier-Baillargeon . www.tagtele.com . November 2011 . 7 February 2023 . video . fr.
  7. Web site: Prix Rosaire-Morin 2011 : Allocution d'Hélène Pelletier-Baillargeon. www.action-nationale.qc.ca . 2 November 2011 . fr.
  8. Web site: fr . Les lauréats et les finalistes - Bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationale du Québec . www.bibliotheque.assnat.qc.ca .

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