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Graduate Program in History

Yves Frenette

Degrees:  Ph.D. Université Laval
M.A. Carleton University 
B.A. Université Laval 
D.E.C. Collège de Sainte-Foy 
 
Current Position: 

2002 - Chair, Department of Multidisciplinary Studies, Glendon College

2001 - Associate Scholar, Centre d'études nord-américaines, École des hautes études en sciences sociales and Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)

1991 - Associate professor of History Glendon College and Faculty of Graduate Studies, York University
 
Recent Publications:

(in collaboration), Les Français aux Amériques (XVIIe_XXIe siècles) : bibliographie . Paris, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, 2002. 187 p.

Brève histoire des Canadiens français (Montréal, Boréal, 1998)

(With Marc Desjardins) Histoire de la Gaspésie (Montréal, Boréal Express/Institut québécois de recherche sur la culture, 1981).

The Anglo-Normans in Eastern Canada, Ottawa, Canadian Historical Society, 1996. 17 p.

 
Courses taught recently:  
History 5532.06: North American Immigration and Ethnic History (1996-99)
History 5531.03: North American Immigration and Ethnic History since the Depression (Winter 1994 & Winter 1995)
History 5530.03: North American Immigration and Ethnic History through the Depression (Fall 1993)
 
Research Interests: North American social, especially immigration and ethnicity; regional and local; Canadian-American relations; Francophone minorities
 
Awards/Grants: 

2001: Elected member, Société Charlevoix

1998: Classbuilders Award
in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the recruitment effort, York University

1986: James Phinney Baxter Award
for the best article published in the Maine Historical Society Quarterly in 1985-86:
"Understanding the French Canadians of Lewiston, 1860-1900: An Alternative Framework" Maine Historical Society

1981: Regional History Certificate of Merit
for an outstanding contribution to Regional History: Histoire de la Gaspésie Canadian Historical Association

1977: Monseigneur Pelletier Scholarship
awarded for the best academic performance, Department of History, Université Laval