Father Jacques Monet, SJ, FRSC (born January 26, 1930) is a Canadian historian and Catholic priest.

Biography

Born in Saint-Jean-d'Iberville,

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, Monet joined the

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in 1949 and was ordained in 1966. He studied history at

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and the

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, where he received a Ph.D. in History. He joined the Department of History of the

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in 1969 and was the chairman of the Department from 1972 to 1976. He left in 1980 to join

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. He was President of the

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from 1975 to 1976. He was also Rector of the University of Sudbury. In 2012, Fr Monet was appointed to the Advisory Committee on Vice-Regal Appointments by Stephen Harper.

Selected bibliography

* ''The Last Cannon Shot: A Study of French-Canadian Nationalism 1837-1850'' (1969) * ''The Canadian Crown'' (1979) * ''Union of the Canadas 1837-1867'' (1985)

References

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