CANADA. A COUNTRY DIVIDED.
The Times of London and Canada, 1908-1922.

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"... it is essential to point out the originality of the author's bases for study. With the help of archival documents, correspondence and administrative reports, Mr. Girard tackled the analysis of a newspaper. The paper was none other than the indestructible, some may say uncompromising, Times of London, the paper which, as its champion and propagandist, best personified British 'imperialism. The newspaper was in a class by itself: it was founded at the end of the eighteenth century and became famous in the following century for its defence of British expansionism. It was most influential among the ruling class but was barely read by a public which preferred popular publications." (Claude Fohlen : Preface)

Camil Girard has a doctorate in Contemporary History from the Sorbonne. He has taught at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi since 1977. He also taught at the Université du Québec à Rimouski from 1982-1983. From 1986 until 1990, Mr. Girard worked for the Institut québécois de recherche sur la culture (IQRC) which led to the publication of L'Histoire du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean. In 1993, he contributed to the work of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Mr. Girard has been guest professor at the Institut national de recherche scientifique (Culture et Société) since 1995.