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The Call Of The Race
''The Call of the Race'' (''L'Appel de la race'') is a book by Québécois priest and historian Lionel Groulx. The plot follows the struggle of Ottawa lawyer Jules de Lanatagnac, an anglicized French-Canadian who becomes a nationalist and joins the fight against Ontario's Regulation 17 to save French language schools in the province. Plot summary The story begins when Jules de Lantagnac, an Ottawa lawyer of French Quebec origin, visits his Gatineau priest after a pilgrimage to his native childhood village of Saint-Michel-de-Vaudreuil, Saint-Michel. Lantagnac reveals to Father Fabien that his pilgrimage has transformed him: where he was once an anglicized French-Canadian, he has become a French Canadian patriot and has sworn to return his family to its French and Catholic roots. The activist priest, Father Fabien, pleased, persuades the lawyer to join the struggle of the Franco-Ontarians against Regulation 17, the Ontario law aimed at eliminating the teaching of French in schools. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionel Groulx
Lionel Groulx (; 13 January 1878 – 23 May 1967) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest, historian, and Quebec nationalism, Quebec nationalist. Biography Early life and ordination Lionel Groulx, né Joseph Adolphe Lyonel Groulx, the son of a farmer and lumberjack, and direct descendant of New France pioneer Coulée Grou, Jean Grou, was born and died at Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec, Vaudreuil, Quebec. After his seminary training and studies in Europe, he taught at Collège de Valleyfield, Valleyfield College in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, and then the Université de Montréal. In 1917 he co-founded a monthly journal called ''L'Action nationale, Action Française'', becoming its editor in 1920. Study of Confederation Groulx was one of the first Quebec historians to study Confederation: he insisted on its recognition of Quebec rights and minority rights, although he believed a combination of corrupt political parties and French Canadian minority stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
