Roger Savoie

1933-

Roger Savoie was born in Moncton, NB in 1933. He did his graduate studies at the University of Montreal (B.A., 1953), (L.Th., 1957), University of Strasbourg (Catechesis, 1963; Ph.D., 1970, State Doctorate, 1972). He was a professor at Collège l'Assomption in Moncton (1957-1962), at the Université de Moncton (1965-1967), then at the CEGEP of Saint-Laurent (1970-1979). He was also a philosopher, poet, and writer.  The first serious representation and treatment of Acadian poetry in a Canadian magazine occurred in Volume II, number 5, of Liberté, published in Montreal in the Fall of 1969. “La Repression en Acadie" by Roger Savoie was one of the poems featured in that issue. He also wrote “Chansons”, published in Liberté, vol. 11, no. 5, 1969. In October 2016, Savoie, 83, pleaded guilty to charges of sexual touching and invitation to sexual touching related to one of his students.

Predominant New Brunswick Residences:

Moncton

Archival Material

• Fonds Roger Savoie
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  Location

  Centre d'études acadiennes Anselme-Chiasson

  Website/Catalogue Record

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  Retrieval Number

  1024

  Date Range of Material

  [v1955]-1968

  Extent

  0.5 cm of textual records

  Scope and Content Note

  This collection contains two speeches including one by Roger Savoie delivered on February 5, 1968, at Chez Lorentin, a student club. The first is a lecture by Calixte Savoie given around 1955 on the role played by the Assumption Society in the elaboration of the dogma of the Assumption of Mary with the tacit support of the high Acadian clergy. The second concerns the role of the Université de Moncton in the rise of Acadian nationalism in the late 1960s.