Muriel Kent Roy

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Muriel Kent Roy
Born
Muriel Kent Blanchard

15 September 1921
Died2 June 2020(2020-06-02) (aged 98)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
NationalityCanadian
OccupationDemographer

Muriel Kent Roy (née Blanchard; 15 September 1921 – 2 June 2020) was a Canadian demographer.

Biography

Muriel Kent Blanchard was born on 15 September 1921 in Moncton, New Brunswick.[1] She studied at the Université de Montréal, then at the Sorbonne. She taught sociology and demography at the Université de Moncton and headed the Center d'études acadiennes Anselme-Chiasson.

She played an important role in preserving

Memramcook. Roy co-chaired the Special Commission of Inquiry on the Kouchibouguac National Park alongside Gérard La Forest
, starting in 1981.

This commission eventually led to the foundation of the Kouchibouguac National Park. She directed several commissions, advisory boards, and professional associations in New Brunswick, Canada, and abroad.[2] She was made a member of the Ordre des francophones d'Amérique in 1989,[3] and the Order of Canada on 27 October 1993.[4]

Personal life and death

The daughter of Alice (née Kent; from England) and Alfred Blanchard, Muriel married Louis-François Roy, who predeceased her. The couple had four children: Leslie, Louise, Michelle, and Maurice (who predeceased his mother). [5]

Muriel Kent Roy died on 2 June 2020 at St. Mary’s Hospital, Montreal, aged 98.[6]

Publications

  • Démographie et démolinguistique en Acadie, 1871-1991, L'Acadie des Maritimes (1993)

References

  1. ^ "Muriel Roy". Brunswick News Inc.
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  3. ^ "L'Ordre des francophones d'Amérique". Gouvernement du Québec (in French).
  4. ^ "Muriel Kent Roy, C.M., D.E.A., D.H.C." Order of Canada.
  5. ^ "Fonds Muriel-Kent-Roy - ArchivesCANB". search.canbarchives.ca.
  6. ^ "Muriel Kent Roy est décédée, l'Acadie rend hommage à une bâtisseuse". Radio-Canada (in French). 11 June 2020.