Jean Le Moyne, OC (February 17, 1913 – April 1, 1996) was a Canadian theologian, journalist, social theorist, and screenwriter. He was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1982.
The Hon. Jean Le Moyne | |
|---|---|
| Senator for Rigaud senate division | |
| In office 1982–1988 | |
| Appointed by | Pierre Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Carl Goldenberg |
| Succeeded by | Gérald Beaudoin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 17, 1913 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | April 1, 1996 (aged 83) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Suzanne Rivard-Lemoyne |
Born in Montreal, Quebec, in 1961 he wrote Convergences, a collection of essays, which won him the 1961 Governor General's Award for French non-fiction. An English translation appeared in 1966. He won the Molson Prize in 1968.
In the mid-1960s Le Moyne, as a humanist, was interested in "the importance of developing a philosophically grounded approach to science and technology".[1] His work in radio and television documentary during this period attests to this. One project with Claude Jutra, the documentary Comment savoir (1966), examined the role of technology in education.
In 1968 he moved from Montreal to Ottawa to work as a speechwriter and advisor for Pierre Trudeau, the recently elected Prime Minister of Canada.
On December 23, 1982 he was appointed to the Senate on Trudeau's recommendation, representing the senatorial division of Rigaud, Quebec. He retired on his 75th birthday on February 17, 1988. He sat as a Liberal.[2]
In 1982, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "in recognition of his important contribution to Canadian humanities".[3]
References
edit- ^ Hayward, Mark; Thibault, Ghislain (2014). "Jean Le Moyne's Itinéraire mécanologique: Machine Poetics, Reverie, and Technological Humanism". Canadian Literature. 221 (Summer 2014): 56–72.
- ^ Jean Le Moyne – Parliament of Canada biography
- ^ Order of Canada citation
Further reading
edit- Quesnel, C. (2015). Rencontre de Jean Le Moyne, le mauvais contemporain. (PhD dissertation), Université McGill, Montréal
- Thibault, G., & Hayward, M. (2014). Jean Le Moyne’s Itinéraire mécanologique: Machine Poetics, Reverie, and Technological Humanism. Canadian Literature: A Quarterly of Criticism and Review (221), 56-72.
- Thibault, G., & Hayward, M. (2017). Understanding Machines: A History of Canadian Mechanology. Canadian Journal of Communication, 42(3), 449-466.
- Thibault, G. (2017). Filming Simondon: The National Film Board, Education, and Humanism. Canadian Journal of Film Studies, 26(1), 1-23.
- Fonds Jean Le Moyne, Library and Archives Canada. The description of the fonds is in French.
External links
edit- Jean Le Moyne at IMDb
- Jean Le Moyne at The Canadian Encyclopedia
- Mécanologie Research portal by professors Mark Hayward (York University, Canada) and Ghislain Thibault (Université de Montréal, Canada) supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council on the history of Canadian Mechanology, including exploring the relationship between Le Moyne and French philosophers of techniques (Gilbert Simondon, Jacques Lafitte, Henri Van Lier).
- (in French) Fonds Jean Le Moyne (R6195) at Library and Archives Canada