Sylvie Vincent Explained

Sylvie Vincent
Birth Name:Sylvie du Crest
Birth Date:27 April 1941
Death Place:Montreal, Quebec
Nationality:Canadian
Occupation:Anthropologist

Sylvie Vincent (née du Crest;[1] 27 April 1941 – 30 April 2020) was a Canadian anthropologist and ethnologist.[2]

Life

Vincent was editor-in-chief of the magazine Recherches amérindiennes au Québec, which she co-founded in the early 1970s.[3]

In 1972, she began working with the Innu writer Joséphine Bacon, who helped Vincent as an interpreter.[4] During her various projects, Vincent worked with numerous First Nations tribes of Canada, such as the Cree, the Algonquins, and the Wyandots.[5] Throughout her career, she collaborated with many well-known anthropologists, such as Bernard Arcand, Serge Bouchard, José Mailhot, and Rémi Savard.

In 2009, Vincent received the Prix des Dix for her remarkable, personal contribution to the history of the First Nations of Quebec.[6]

Death

A diabetic, Vincent died from COVID-19 on 30 April 2020, at the age of 79, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.[7]

Works

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: VINCENT NeE DU CREST Sylvie 1941 2020. Nécrologie Canada . May 7, 2020. May 7, 2020.
  2. Web site: Autorités de noms Canadiana en français (CaOONL). Fichier d'autorité international virtuel (VIAF). French.
  3. Web site: Sylvie Vincent, les innus et la tradition orale. 21 October 2010. Musée de la Civilisation. French.
  4. News: Joséphine Bacon: toundra, tu me gâtes. 19 December 2014. La Presse. French . Blais . Marie-Christine .
  5. Web site: In memoriam Sylvie Vincent. May 2020. Recherches amérindiennes au Québec. French. 2020-05-03. 2016-04-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160420141041/https://recherches-amerindiennes.qc.ca/site/. dead.
  6. Chronique de la recherche des Dix. Consortium Érudit. 2008 . 10.7202/038128ar . French. Gallichan . Gilles . Delâge . Denys . Harvey . Fernand . 62 . 283–291 . free .
  7. Web site: Décès de l'anthropologue Sylvie Vincent. 2 May 2020. Le Devoir. French.
  8. Book: Chapitre 27. La révélation d'une force politique : les Autochtones*. 1992. Le Québec en jeu. Comprendre les grands défis. Thématique Sciences sociales . 749–790 . Presses de l’Université de Montréal . 9791036513817 . French.
  9. Web site: Les relations entre le Québec et les autochtones. Brève analyse d'un récit gouvernemental. January 1995. McGill University. French.
  10. Web site: Publications. Eaford. French.