at the MUSEUM

Drawn from the collections of the McCord Museum, this selection consists of some 100 cartoons on the Quiet Revolution from the 1950s to today. Most of the drawings were done by cartoonists John Collins (1917-2007), Normand Hudon (1929-1997), Aislin (born 1942), Serge Chapleau (born 1945) and Éric Godin (born 1964), who all worked, or still work, for Montreal newspapers.

Profile:

• Major figures of the Quiet Revolution: Jean Drapeau, Jean Lesage, René Lévesque
• Major accomplishments: nationalization of hydroelectric power, educational reform
• Expo 67 in Montreal and Charles de Gaulle's visit to Québec, international context of decolonization

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