George R. D. Goulet

George was born on September 27, 1933, in Saint Boniface, Manitoba, as the fifth of 8 children to George Wilfrid Goulet and Marie Alexina Laura McDougall, a granddaughter of Pierre Delorme.{{cite web|url=http://www.mta.ca/acdc/news6.html |title=Mount Allison University Press Release |accessdate=2011-08-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318184206/http://www.mta.ca/acdc/news6.html |archivedate=2012-03-18 }} He counts amongst his ancestors early French Canadian settlers Louis Hébert, Jean Guyon du Buisson, and Zacharie Cloutier, in addition to political figure Alexander MacDonell of Greenefield and John Siveright, Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company.The Saint Boniface Historical Society, Ancestors of George R. D. Goulet, 1999. He is the father of five children including Tag Goulet, Laura de Jonge, Catherine Goulet and John McDougall-Goulet.{{cite web |url=https://www.coastreporter.net/photos-and-videos/metis-authors-present-new-book-to-mla-simons-5719829|title=Metis authors present new book to MLA Simons|date=21 August 2022 |accessdate=2022-09-23}}

George attended St. Paul's High School in Winnipeg.{{cite web |url=http://www.stpauls.mb.ca/images/alumni_finder/sphs_class_of_1951.pdf.pdf|title=Alumni Class List - Class of '51 |accessdate=2011-02-09}} He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Manitoba, a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Manitoba Law School, and a Master of Laws degree from the University of Toronto. The admissions guide for the University of Toronto lists George as one of four distinguished alumni along with Astronaut Roberta Bondar, Sociologist Daniel G Hill and Simon Cooper, former President and COO of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company.{{cite web |url=http://www.sgs.utoronto.ca/Documents/Admissions_Guide.pdf |title=University of Toronto School of Graduate Studies Admission Guide |accessdate=2015-08-31 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023514/http://www.sgs.utoronto.ca/Documents/Admissions_Guide.pdf |url-status=dead }}

George is the author of several historical books including The Trial of Louis Riel: Justice and Mercy Denied, The Metis: Memorable Events and Memorable Personalities, and Louis Hebert and Marie Rollet: Canada's Premier Pioneers, the latter two with his wife Terry Goulet as co-author. Together, they have spoken at numerous schools, universities, libraries, and public events,{{cite web

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}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} including at the Manitoba Pavilion during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.{{cite web |url=http://umanitoba.ca/people/alumni/media/OnMB_Aug2011_web.pdf |title=On Manitoba magazine, August 2011 p. Sec2:35 |accessdate=2011-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110922140717/http://www.umanitoba.ca/people/alumni/media/OnMB_Aug2011_web.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-22 |url-status=dead }} In the spring of 2012, they spoke at the Centre of Canadian Studies at the University of Edinburgh{{cite web|url=http://www.cst.ed.ac.uk/events_at_the_centre/open_research_seminars/2011_2012/the_historic_metis_people_of_canada,_including_their_scottish_ancestry|title=The Historic Metis People of Canada, including their Scottish Ancestry|accessdate=2019-12-30}} and at the British Association of Canadian Studies conference on Sustaining Canada at Murray Edwards College at the University of Cambridge where they gave a talk on the Aboriginal rights of the Métis in relation to the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines.{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/a/canadian-studies.org/bacs2012/home/programme

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In 2007, George and his wife Terry were commissioned by the Metis Nation of British Columbia to write a book about the history of the Métis people within British Columbia in honour of the BC 150 celebration. The book, The Metis in British Columbia: From Fur Trade Outposts to Colony, was officially released at the Annual General Meeting of the Métis Nation of British Columbia in September 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.mnbc.ca/pdf/MNBC%202008%20AGM%20minutes%20-%20Sep%2026-28%20-%20draft.pdf |title=BC Metis Nation Press Release |accessdate=2008-11-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706185521/http://www.mnbc.ca/pdf/MNBC%202008%20AGM%20minutes%20-%20Sep%2026-28%20-%20draft.pdf |archivedate=2011-07-06 }} The two were also the Historical Consultants to the BC Metis Federation.{{cite web |url=http://bcmetis.com/wp-content/uploads/George-and-Terry-Goulet-Outline-Senate-Metis-Identity-Report.pdf |title=Senate of Canada Committee Report on Métis Identify |accessdate=2014-10-29}}

Also in September 2008, George was one of the featured speakers at the commemoration of the Elzéar Goulet Memorial Park in Saint Boniface, as George is a great-grand-nephew of the eponymous Métis martyr.{{cite web |url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-258598606 |title=The Story of Elzear Goulet |accessdate=2011-08-31}}

An annual scholarship, the George and Terry Goulet Bursary in Canadian History, was established at the University of Calgary in their honor.{{cite web |url=https://www.ucalgary.ca/pubs/calendar/current/awards-ug-details-2.html |title=University of Calgary Undergraduate Awards Detail |accessdate=2010-11-17}}{{cite web |url=http://www.canadian-universities.net/Scholarships/G/George-and-Terry-Goulet-Bursary-in-Canadian-History.html |title=Canada's Higher Education and Career Guide |accessdate=2010-11-17}}

The Okotoks Western Wheel newspaper has referred to George and Terry Goulet as "Experts on Louis Riel".The Okotoks Western Wheel newspaper article, January 2007, p. 19. The two are strong supporters of the exoneration of Louis Riel; George has been quoted on his support of the Private member's bill introduced by Pat Martin in the House of Commons.{{cite web |url=http://aborigin.sasktelwebhosting.com/Resources/January_2011.pdf |title=Justice for Louis Riel requires exoneration |author=Eagle Feather News |accessdate=2011-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125134056/http://aborigin.sasktelwebhosting.com/Resources/January_2011.pdf |archive-date=2011-01-25 |url-status=dead }} In May 2011 in a National Post article, in which Martin argues that Riel was a hero and not a traitor, Martin refers to Goulet's book title in that Riel's execution was "a case of both justice and mercy denied."{{cite web |url=https://nationalpost.com/todays-paper/hero+traitor/4736838/story.html |title=A hero, not a traitor |author=National Post Newspaper |accessdate=2011-05-08 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In October, 2012 George and Terry spoke before a Standing Committee of the Senate of Canada to examine and report on the legal and political recognition of Métis identity in Canada.{{cite web|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/SenCommitteeBusiness/Notice.aspx?parl=41&ses=1&comm_id=1&Language=E&meeting_id=13275|title=Senate Committees Notice of Meeting|author=Parliament of Canada website|accessdate=2012-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515060838/http://www.parl.gc.ca/SenCommitteeBusiness/Notice.aspx?parl=41&ses=1&comm_id=1&Language=E&meeting_id=13275|archive-date=2013-05-15|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/content/sen/committee/411/APPA/49705-E.HTM|title=The Standing Senate Committee on Aboroginal Peoples Evidence|author=Parliament of Canada website |accessdate=2012-10-24}}

George and Terry are also staunch supporters of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and published a paper in April 2018 titled: “Requirements for Recognition and Implementation of Indigenous Rights Framework” arguing for the Canadian government to uphold the declaration.{{cite web |url=https://rielity.ca/2018/06/01/indigenous-rights-framework/|title=Indigenous Rights Framework |author=Friends of Louis Riel |date=June 2018 |accessdate=2021-06-22}}

• 1994. Public share offerings and stock exchange listings in Canada: going public, staying public, getting listed, staying listed. North York: CCH.
• 1999. The Trial of Louis Riel: Justice and Mercy Denied. Calgary: Tellwell.
• 2005. Prostate Cancer Treatment and Healing. Calgary: FabJob.
• 2006. The Métis: Memorable Events and Memorable Personalities. Calgary: FabJob.
• 2007. Louis Hébert and Marie Rollet: Canada's Premier Pioneers. Calgary: FabJob.
• 2008. The Métis in British Columbia: From Fur Trade Outposts to Colony. Calgary: FabJob.
• 2022. Along the Métis Trail: Métis history, heritage, and culture. Calgary: IAPCC.{{cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1306079749|title=World Cat listing, Along the Métis trail : Métis history, heritage, and culture|author=WorldCat|oclc=1306079749 |accessdate=2022-06-09}}

• List of Canadian historians
• Notable Aboriginal people of Canada

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