Gaétan Gervais

Gaétan Gervais
Gaétan Gervais in 2014
Born(1944-08-10)August 10, 1944
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
DiedOctober 20, 2018(2018-10-20) (aged 74)
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)historian, author, flag designer
Known forCo-creator of the Franco-Ontarian flag
Notable workDictionnaire des écrits de l'Ontario français : 1613–1993

Gaétan Gervais, CM (August 10, 1944 – October 20, 2018) was a Canadian author, historian and university professor, most noted as a prominent figure in Franco-Ontarian culture. With a group of university students at Laurentian University, he designed the Franco-Ontarian flag, and was a founding member of the Franco-Ontarian Institute.