Table of contents : Contents Alex [By my mother] Dedication Acknowledgments Preface 1 Ancestors 2 Growing up in Montreal and Murray Bay 3 On and off the Ships and before the Courts 4 Bishop's University 5 The Poirier Commission 6 The Montreal Olympics 7 Elementary Schools 8 The Positive Action Committee, Language Legislation, and the 1980 Referendum 9 McGill University 10 The Oka Crisis 11 The McGill Teaching Hospitals 12 In Memoriam Epilogue Appendices Bibliography Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z