Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Alex vii
4. Dedication ix
5. Acknowledgments xi
6. Preface xiii
7. Ancestors 3
8. Growing Up in Montreal and Murray Bay 9
9. On and Off the Ships and Before the Courts 24
10. Bishop’s University 36
11. The Poirier Commission 67
12. The Montreal Olympics 74
13. Elementary Schools 79
14. The Positive Action Committee, Language Legislation, and the 1980 Referendum 88
15. McGill University 100
16. The Oka Crisis 122
17. The McGill Teaching Hospitals 138
18. In Memoriam 161
19. Epilogue 164
20. Appendices 171
21. Bibliography 183
22. Index 185