Roland Arpin Explained

Roland Arpin
Birth Date:1934 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Montréal, Rosemont, Canada
Death Place:Quebec, Canada
Known For:Deputy Minister for Education, Deputy Minister for Culture, Director General of the Musée de la Civilisation.

See main article: Musée de la civilisation. Roland Arpin (27 April 1934 – 2 September 2010)[1] was an educator, communicator, and public administrator in the Canadian province of Quebec. There, he served as Deputy Minister for Education, Deputy Minister for Culture, and as Director of Working Groups which report to the government of Quebec. He is most known for his work as founder and first Director General of the Musée de la civilisation in the city of Quebec.[2]

Biography and early career

Arpin was born in 1934 in Montreal to Jean, a furrier, and Florence (née Courte). He attended a high school run by a catholic order of teaching lay brothers. He decided to join them upon graduation and after a year of novitiate training, he began attending a normal school in Laval-des-Rapides. He obtained a certificate of higher education and began teaching in 1955 while simultaneously completing a Bachelor's degree in education, earned in 1960, and then a second degree in literature, earned in 1967, both from the University of Montreal.[3] That same year, after having taught for 12 years at primary to university level, he decided to leave the lay brothers and become a school administrator at the Collège de Maisonneuve in Montreal just at the point in time that it transitioned from being a private, family-run institution to a publicly-funded college. He progressed there from Director of Personnel to the General Director during a five-year span. From 1972 to 1975, he served as president of the Federation of General and Professional Colleges (cegeps) and the Centre for Research and Animation in Education.[4] In 1975, Arpin became Deputy Minister for Planning and Budget at the Quebec Ministry of Education. Many government missions led him abroad as when, from 1976 to 1980, he joined the Education Commission of the OECD in Paris, serving as vice-president for two years.

The Museum of Civilization (Musée de la civilisation)

Returning to Quebec, Arpin was appointed Deputy Minister of Cultural Affairs in 1980, during which time he oversaw the designing and planning of the future Museum of Civilization in Quebec. In 1984 he moved closer to the heart of Quebec's provincial government administration when he was appointed Secretary of the Treasury Board in 1984.

By 1987 the Museum of Civilization was foundering; its director had resigned and it was suffering from lack of interest in completion. As Treasury Secretary, Arpin was close enough to Quebec premier Robert Bourassa to accept Bourassas's suggestion that he return to the ailing project. Under Arpin's leadership it opened its doors the following year. He led the institution as its director until 2001.[5] He saw a museum as having a place in the political life of a community and also placed great value on an evolving relationship between the museum and the public, placing the visitor at the center of its approach.[6] He is known for innovating a collaborative style of museum management that favored producing exhibits under teams of professionals from widely disparate disciplines rather than relying curators on alone. He advocated for researchers, designers, educators, IT specialists, audiovisual specialists, lighting designers and graphic designers to join curators to produce exhibits.[7] The museum, a combination of anthropology museum and history museum, still operates according to his vision.[8]

In 1991 the Director of Musées de France asked him to develop a plan to revive the ailing National Museum of Folk Arts and Traditions in Paris.[9] Though Arpin's ideas have proved popular with the public, his groundbreaking recommendations of reliance on researchers over curators were not followed. The museum ultimately failed, was moved to Marseille and entirely restructured. [10]

Earlier that year, in February, Quebec's Minister of Cultural Affairs had assigned Arpin to chair the Groupe-conseil sur la politique culturelle du Québec, which developed a draft cultural policy for Quebec.[11] Bourassa incorporated this into his cultural policy in 1992.[12] However, aboriginal people complained that they had not heard about the plan in time to provide input.[13] Other criticisms of Arpin's vision have surfaced, specifically from Isak Chiva, who felt that museums were focusing on theatre rather than leading in research. Nonetheless, Arpin's Museum of Civilization is credited as the model along which many other museums have been organized or restructured, including the Musée d'Orsay and the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, Lyon's Musée des Confluences, Marseille's Musée des Civilizations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée, the Musée d'histoire de l'Europe in Brussels and Cairo's National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.[14]

Later career

In 2001, Roland Arpin established the association that would organize the celebration of the 400th anniversary of Quebec City in 2008. He led it as the first president and general director until 2004 when changes in government at the federal, provincial and municipal level led him to retire at the age of 70. Arpin then said:[15]

Questioned about his lasting work, the Museum of Civilization that he founded and directed in Quebec City, he concluded:

Personal life

Roland Arpine married Aline St-Marie in 1969. Together they were the parents of Ginette, Jacqueline and Jacques.[16] Arpin died at the age of 76, on September 2 2010, from Parkinson's disease.[17]

Awards and honours

Selected publications

  1. La complémentarité du secteur privé dans la poursuite des objectifs fondamentaux du système public de santé au Québec : rapport du groupe de travail, 120 p. ;
  2. La présence du privé dans la santé au Québec : état détaillé de la situation, 48 p. ;
  3. Constats et recommandations sur les pistes à explorer : synthèse, 60 p. .

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rolland Arpin . live . https://archive.today/20231121045308/https://www.lepinecloutier.com/fr/avis-de-deces/18484-rolland-arpin . November 21, 2023 . 2023-11-21 . www.lepinecloutier.com . fr.
  2. Book: Roland Arpin et le Musée de la civilisation . Geneviève . Sicotte . Francine . Séguin . Laurent . Lapierre . Presses de l'Université du Québec et Presses HEC, collection Les grands gestionnaires et leurs œuvres, 194 pages . 2-7605-0741-6 . 1993 . Presses de l'Université du Québec . 2 September 2010 . registration .
  3. Web site: Arpin . Roland . Côté . Michel . Dionne . Hélene . October 2010 . ROLAND ARPIN : Visions Culturelles . live . https://archive.today/20231117020153/https://www.yumpu.com/fr/document/read/16708319/roland-arpin-visions-culturelles-musee-de-la-civilisation . November 17, 2023 . November 17, 2023 . yumpu.com . Musée de la Civilisation . fr.
  4. Web site: M. ROLAND ARPIN: Président de la Société du 400e anniversaire de Québec Doctorat ès-lettres honoris causa . live . https://archive.today/20130101084930/http://www.rec.ulaval.ca/rectorat/Honneuretdistinctions/docteurshonoriscausa/NotesbiodesDHC/notesbioDHC0203/RArpin2002-03.htm . January 1, 2013 . 2023-11-21 . www.rec.ulaval.ca.
  5. Web site: Josée Guimond . 2 September 2010 . Le fondateur du Musée de la civilisation est décédé . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100905221745/http://www.cyberpresse.ca:80/le-soleil/actualites/societe/201009/02/01-4312158-le-fondateur-du-musee-de-la-civilisation-est-decede.php . 5 September 2010 . 2 September 2010 . Le Soleil.
  6. Web site: Un nouveau musée pour un nouveau monde : musée et muséologie selon Roland Arpin WorldCat.org . 2023-11-21 . search.worldcat.org . en.
  7. Ouellet . Line . 2008-09-30 . La muséographie au Canada: une pratique réputée, une formation en devenir . Perspective . fr . 3 . 513–526 . 10.4000/perspective.3297 . 201486604 . 1777-7852. free .
  8. Rivet . Michèle . 2020-12-15 . La définition de musée, défis et compromis au XXIe siècle : Que nous en disent les musées eux-mêmes ? . ICOFOM Study Series . fr . 48–2 . 193–207 . 10.4000/iss.2765 . 234581163 . 2309-1290 . https://archive.today/20231121083358/https://journals.openedition.org/iss/2765 . November 21, 2023. free .
  9. Web site: 1995 . Papiers de Jean Guibal chargé d'une mission de réflexion sur le musée national des Arts et Traditions populaires . live . https://archive.today/20231117022645/https://www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/siv/rechercheconsultation/consultation/ir/consultationIR.action?irId=FRAN_IR_057889 . November 17, 2023 . 2023-11-17 . FranceArchives.
  10. Fournier . Laurent Sébastien . 2006-11-01 . Martine Segalen, Vie d'un musée. 1937-2005 . live . Gradhiva. Revue d'anthropologie et d'histoire des arts . fr . 4 . 125–127 . 10.4000/gradhiva.548 . 0764-8928 . https://archive.today/20231121112047/https://journals.openedition.org/gradhiva/548 . November 21, 2023. free .
  11. Book: La Group-conseil sous la présidence de monsieur Roland Arpin, Roland . Une Politique de la culture et des arts : proposition présentée à Liza Frulla-Hébert, ministre des Affaires culturelles du Québec . August 1991 . Groupe-conseil sur la politique culturelle du Québec . Internet Archive . 978-2-551-14672-7 . Quebec . fr.
  12. Poirier . Christian . 2005 . Andrew . Caroline . Gattiger . Monica . Jeannotte . Sharon M. . Vers des indicateurs culturels élargis? . Accounting for Culture . fr . Ottawa . Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa . 235–256 . 10.2307/j.ctt1ckphqj.21 . 978-0-7766-2714-4 . November 21, 2023 . OpenEdition.
  13. Web site: November 19, 1992 . Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Uashat, QUE 92-11-19 (translated) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231121043634/https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/fra/accueil/notice?app=rcap&IdNumber=79&q=roland%20arpin . November 21, 2023 . 2023-11-21 . Canada Bibliothèque et Archives . 195.
  14. Bergeron . Yves . Dumas . Suzanne . 2008-09-01 . Incursion du côté des visiteurs dans le réseau des musées au Québec . Téoros. Revue de recherche en tourisme . fr . 27 . 3 . 29–34 . 10.7202/1070781ar . 0712-8657. free .
  15. Leroux . Darryl R. J. . June 2010 . COMMEMORATING QUEBEC: NATION, RACE, AND MEMORY . https://web.archive.org/web/20190429143516id_/https://curve.carleton.ca/system/files/etd/9938d5d7-dd1a-4fd3-886c-d246bc95960e/etd_pdf/0701e57068f0113702b35acb35c3b195/leroux-commemoratingquebecnationraceandmemory.pdf . dead . 2019-04-29 . PhD . Carleton University . November 22, 2023.
  16. Web site: April 2020 . ARPIN, Aline (née Ste-Marie) . live . https://archive.today/20231117031920/https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/04/18/c8ff3952f8/arpin-aline-nee-ste-marie . November 17, 2023 . 2023-11-17 . Le Journal de Montréal.
  17. Web site: 2 September 2010 . Décès de Roland Arpin . live . https://archive.today/20231117005650/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/485513/arpin-deces . November 17, 2023 . 2 September 2010 . Société Radio-Canada.
  18. Web site: Ordre national du Québec . 1999 . Roland Arpin, officier . live . https://archive.today/20231121024755/https://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/membres/membre.asp?id=355 . November 21, 2023 . November 20, 2023 . Ordre national du Québec: Honneur du peuple de Québec.
  19. Web site: October 29, 1994 . Gazette du Canada, Partie I (1947-1997), vol. 128, no. 44 . live . https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/fra/accueil/notice?app=cangaz&IdNumber=10134&q=roland%20arpin . November 20, 2023 . November 20, 2023 . Bibliothèque et Archives Canada . 4.
  20. Web site: March 2002 . PRIX ROLAND-ARPIN: Prix destiné aux étudiantes et étudiants des programmes universitaires de muséologie du Québec . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231121034620/https://fas.umontreal.ca/public/FAS/fas/Documents/programmes_facultaires/Museologie/CADRE_GESTION_PRA.pdf . November 21, 2023 . November 21, 2023 . Université de Montréal .
  21. Book: Béland . Jean Pierre . La linguistique et ses applications; initiation aux études de linguistique et de littérature . Arpin . Roland . 1967 . Montreal, Centre de psychologie et de pédagogie . Internet Archive . fr.
  22. Book: Arpin, Roland . Une école centrée sur l'essentiel . 1995 . Montréal : Fides . Internet Archive . 978-2-7621-1833-9 . fr.
  23. Book: Arpin, Roland . Le Musée de la civilisation : concept et pratiques . 1992 . [Québec] : Éditions Multimondes : Musée de la civilisation . Internet Archive . 978-2-921146-12-8 . fr.
  24. Book: Arpin, Roland . Des musées pour aujourd'hui . 1997 . Québec : Musée de la civilisation . Internet Archive . 978-2-551-17826-1 . fr.
  25. Web site: Arpin . Roland . 1998 . Le Musée de la civilisation : une histoire d'amour . 2023-11-21 . search.worldcat.org . fr.
  26. Book: Arpin, Roland . La fonction politique des musées : conférence prononcée le 18 octobre 1998, Musée de la civilisation, Québec . 1999 . Montréal : Fides; Québec : Musée de la civilisation . Internet Archive . 978-2-7621-2095-0 . fr.
  27. Web site: Groupe de travail, présidé par Roland Arpin . 1999 . Rapport… sur la santé au Québec (3 documents pdf, en ligne) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042808/http://msssa4.msss.gouv.qc.ca/fr/document/publication.nsf/b640b2b84246d64785256b1e00640d74/4e182c502dcf7524852567f400531937?OpenDocument . 4 March 2016 . 4 September 2010 . fr . MSSS, Gouvernement du Québec. :
    1. rapport, 2. état, 3. synthèse.
  28. Web site: Notre patrimoine, un présent du passé (version intégrale, en ligne). Groupe-conseil sur la politique culturelle du Québec. 2000. 2 September 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090617095029/http://www.ahlp.qc.ca/documentation/Groupeconseil_Notrepatrimoineunpresentdupasse.pdf. 17 June 2009. .
  29. Book: Arpin, Roland . Territoires culturels . 2002 . [Saint-Laurent, Québec] : Bellarmin . Internet Archive . 978-2-89007-943-4 . fr.

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