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Muriel Kent Roy
Muriel Kent Roy (née Blanchard; 15 September 1921 – 2 June 2020) was a Canadian demographer. Biography Muriel Kent Blanchard was born on 15 September 1921 in Moncton, New Brunswick. She studied at the Université de Montréal, then at the University of Paris, Sorbonne. She taught sociology and demography at the Université de Moncton and headed the Center d'études acadiennes Anselme-Chiasson. She played an important role in preserving Acadians, Acadian heritage and helped with the restoration of the Monument Lefebvre in Memramcook, New Brunswick, Memramcook. Roy co-chaired the ''Special Commission of Inquiry on the Kouchibouguac National Park'' alongside Gérard La Forest, starting in 1981. This commission eventually led to the foundation of the Kouchibouguac National Park. She directed several commissions, advisory boards, and professional associations in New Brunswick, Canada, and abroad. She was made a member of the Ordre des francophones d'Amérique in 1989, and the Ord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
