Michel Bock (born 1971) is a

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, who specializes in the history of

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communities and cultures. His book ''Quand la nation débordait les frontières: les minorités françaises dans la pensée de Lionel Groulx'' was the winner of the 2005 Governor General's Award in the

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non-fiction category. He graduated with a master's degree in history in 1996 from

Laurentian University Laurentian University (french: Université Laurentienne), officially the Laurentian University of Sudbury, is a mid-sized Bilingualism in Canada, bilingual public university in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, incorporated on March 28, 1960. Lau ...

, and earned his PhD at the

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,Michel Bock profile at the University of Ottawa
/ref> where he is now a professor of History.

Works

* ''Bâtir sur le roc: De l'ACFEO à l'ACFO du Grand Sudbury, 1910-1987'' (

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, 1994, ) * ''Comment un peuple oublie son nom: La crise identitaire franco-ontarienne et la presse française de Sudbury, 1960-1975'' (

, 2001) * ''L'Ontario français: des Pays-d'en-haut à nos jours'' (CFORP, 2004) * ''Quand la nation débordait les frontières: les minorités françaises dans la pensée de Lionel Groulx'' (2004)

References

1971 births Living people 21st-century Canadian historians Canadian male non-fiction writers Writers from Greater Sudbury Franco-Ontarian people Laurentian University alumni Canadian non-fiction writers in French Governor General's Award-winning non-fiction writers {{Canada-historian-stub University of Ottawa alumni University of Ottawa faculty