Bernard Arcand was a French-Canadian anthropologist. Author and communicator, he was a retired professor of the anthropology

Anthropology

Anthropology is the study of humanity. It has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The term "anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos , "man", understood to mean mankind or humanity, and -logia , "discourse" or "study", and was first used in 1501 by German...

 department of Laval University.

Born in Deschambault, Québec, he was film director Denys Arcand

Denys Arcand

Georges-Henri Denys Arcand, is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. He has won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2004 for The Barbarian Invasions...

 and comedian Gabriel Arcand

Gabriel Arcand

Gabriel Arcand is a Canadian actor. He is the brother of film director Denys Arcand.He won the Genie Award for Best Actor at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985, for his performance in Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe....

's brother. He studied in social

Social

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 sciences at the Montreal University (baccalaureate, 1965; master, 1966). He later studied at the University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...

 where he obtained a certificate (1967) and a doctorate (1972), in social anthropology. He taught at the Copenhaguen University in 1971, and then as an assistant professor at McGill University

McGill University

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 between 1972 and 1976. He was assistant and then tenured professor, at Université Laval

Université Laval

Laval University is the oldest centre of education in Canada and was the first institution in North America to offer higher education in French...

, from 1976 to 2006.

He was a member of the redaction committee of the Anthropologie et Sociétés magazine between 1982 and 1987 and president of the Société canadienne d'anthropologie from 1989 to 1991.

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Laval University retired professors

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Blog article 'Bernard Arcand R.I.P.'

Articles (in French)

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