Born in Wedgeport, Nova Scotia, Gérald C. Boudreau retired from Université Sainte-Anne, primarily as senior management from 1973 to 2003. He obtained in 1990 a Ph. D. from Université de Montréal, and his research focuses mainly on the prodigious work of Jean Mandé Sigogne, a 19th-century French missionary among the Acadian and Mi'kmaq peoples in southwestern Nova Scotia. Dr. Boudreau volunteered extensively with several organizations and community activities at both the regional and national levels
Dr. Boudreau has received several awards including, among others, member of the Ordre des francophones d'Amérique, Prix d'excellence of the Chief Executive Officer, Parks Canada, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the UNESCO World Heritage designation in 2012 of the Landscape of Grand-Pré.
Dr. Boudreau published a few dozen articles in academic journals and a few books regarding Father Sigogne’s work, and since 2016, published two novels: Le diable est à la porte and La p'tite To-Belle.
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- Talk (français) : Gérald Boudreau - Rosalie Cotrau (Cottreau) and Anne Doucet : two possessed Wedgeport adolescents in 1810, Légion de Wedgeport, 24 Corporon Rd, Wedgeport, Monday August 12, 2024, 18:00, Read more https://cma2024.ca/en/program/official-program#/en/event/8197/Talk-(francais)-:-Gerald-Boudreau-Rosalie-Cotrau-(Cottreau)-and-Anne-Doucet-:-two-possessed-Wedgeport-adolescents-in-1810
- Talk: Gerald Boudreau - Rosalie Cotrau (Cottreau) and Anne Doucet : two possessed Wedgeport adolescents in 1810, Légion de Wedgeport, 24 Corporon Rd, Wedgeport, Wednesday August 14, 2024, 18:00, Read more https://cma2024.ca/en/program/official-program#/en/event/8247/Talk:-Gerald-Boudreau-Rosalie-Cotrau-(Cottreau)-and-Anne-Doucet-:-two-possessed-Wedgeport-adolescents-in-1810.