Jacques Monet

{{Short description|Canadian historian (1930–2024)}}

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| honorific_prefix = The Reverend

| name = Jacques Monet

| honorific_suffix = SJ {{postnominals|CAN|SJ|FRSC|size=100%}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|01|26}}

| birth_place = Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|05|14|1930|01|26}}

| death_place = Pickering, Ontario, Canada

| occupation = Historian, Catholic priest

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Jacques Monet, SJ {{postnominals|CAN|FRSC|size=100%}} (January 26, 1930 – May 14, 2024) was a Canadian historian and Catholic priest. He was a member of the Society of Jesus.

Biography

Born in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Monet joined the Society of Jesus in 1949 and was ordained in 1966.{{cite web |url=https://jesuits.ca/stories/a-most-interesting-life-father-jacques-monet/ |title=A most interesting life — Father Jacques Monet |work=Jesuits of Canada |publisher=Society of Jesus |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523230438/https://jesuits.ca/stories/a-most-interesting-life-father-jacques-monet/ |archive-date=May 23, 2024 |access-date=May 23, 2024}} He studied history at Université Laval and the University of Toronto, where he received a PhD in history.{{Cite web|title=Liste des fonds d'archives et collections|url=http://www.archives.uottawa.ca/archive-fonds/fr/index.php?id=245|access-date=2021-04-05|website=www.archives.uottawa.ca}}

Monet joined the department of history of the University of Ottawa in 1969 and was the chairman of the department from 1972 to 1976. He left in 1980 to join Regis College, Toronto. He was president of the Canadian Historical Association from 1975 to 1976. He was also rector of the University of Sudbury.

In 2012, Monet was appointed to the Advisory Committee on Vice-Regal Appointments by Stephen Harper.

Monet died in Pickering, Ontario, on May 14, 2024, at the age of 94.{{cite web |title=Fr. Jacques Monet, S.J. |url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/fr-ca/obituaries/toronto-on/fr-jacques-monet-sj-11820606 |website=Dignity Memorial |access-date=22 May 2024}}

Selected bibliography

  • The Last Cannon Shot: A Study of French-Canadian Nationalism 1837-1850 (1969) {{isbn|0802052118}} {{LCCN|70455781}}
  • The Canadian Crown (1979) {{isbn|0772012520}} {{LCCN|80453228}}
  • French version: {{cite book|title=La monarchie au Canada|publisher=Le Cercle du livre de France|year=1979|lccn=79125761|postscript=; 96 pages : illustrated; 21 x 27 cm.|isbn=2890510123}}
  • Union of the Canadas 1837-1867 (1985) {{isbn|0717218678}} {{OL|16355380M}}

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