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Jeune-Canada ( French for "Young Canada") was a French Canadian right-wing nationalist movement founded in
Quebec
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and active during the 1930s. Launched in 1932 in reaction to the public nominations of unilingual
anglophones
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, the movement reached its apogee the following year, in 1933.
As a movement, Jeune-Canada was
corporatist
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and
ultramontanist
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; the group advocated for francophone rights in Canada and political and economic autonomy for Quebec. The movement gathered together many of the future elites who would later contribute to the
Quiet Revolution
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, even though the ideals of the Quiet Revolution were quite different from those of Jeune-Canada.
The movement was never officially dissolved; some members still declared themselves as members of Jeune-Canada in 1939. The files of the organization are maintained by the Lionel Groulx Foundation.
Gérard Filion
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Born in L'Isle-Verte, Quebec, the youngest of 17 children, he received a Bachelor of Arts from Université Laval in 1931 and a diploma in 1934 f ...
, journalist, president from 1936 to 1938
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Lucien L'Allier Lucien L'Allier (1909 - 1978) was a Canadian engineer who is best known for having built the Montreal Metro, the city's subway system.
Early life
Born in the suburb of Saint-Laurent, Quebec he studied with the Frères des écoles chrétiennes, C ...
André Laurendeau
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, journalist, president from 1933 to 1935
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Claude Robillard Claude may refer to:
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, urban planner
Supporters of the movement
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Le Devoir
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''Le Devoir'' is one of few independent large-c ...
Esdras Minville
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, writer
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Lionel Groulx
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Biography
Early life and ordination
Lionel Groulx, né Joseph Adolphe Lyonel Groulx, the son of a farmer and lumber ...