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Colloque« Constructions identitaires et pratiques sociales» This page intentionally left blank [18.217.8.82] Project MUSE (2024-04-26 10:04 GMT) Allocution d'ouverture DAVID STAINES Doyen de la Faculte des arts Universite d'Ottawa Ce colloque est en hommage a Pierre Savard, un grand savant, un vrai humaniste avec une grande curiosite intellectuelle sans limite. II y a deux ans et un jour, Pierre nous a quitte, et il est encore avec nous, surtout a ce colloque. From the other side of the continent, from the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of British Columbia, Eva-Marie Kroller wrote: «I know of no one who was able, in a minute or two, to confirm my faith in the importance of what we do as scholars. » Comme 1'a ecrit son collegue et amiCornelius Jaenen,« Pierre etait un homme bon, humble et tres genereux, toujours pret a aider les etudiants, a encourager les collegues, a promouvoir des projets judicieux et avantageux et a travailler d'arrache-pied a 1'avancement de la connaissance et de la cooperation. Erudit mais discret, il pouvait s'exprimer sur une gamme phenomenale de sujets. II n'avait que des amis. Son depart laisse un grand vide dans les rangs des canadianistes devoues. » When Pierre was a member of the committee for the selection of a new chair for the Department of History here, I called a meeting in my office for three o'clock one afternoon. Everyone was there except for Pierre. We waited patiently , but he did not come. Finally, at 3:15,1 telephoned the History department , and the receptionist said that he had left the building at ten to three. The building is one block from my office. Then, at 3:20, Pierre arrived, apologetic somewhat because he had happened to meet a series of students between the Department of History and my office — and he had to speak with them. Sa generosite est sans reserve. II n'avait que des amis. J'aimerais vous rappeler quelques lignes que Pierre a prononcees quand il etait president de la Societe historique du Canada. « Nous devons nous redire sans cesse que nous travaillons pour 1'honnete homme de notre temps, et non ...

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