Sylvie Vincent | |
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Born | Sylvie du Crest 27 April 1941 |
Died | 30 April 2020 | (aged 79)
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation | Anthropologist |
Sylvie Vincent (née du Crest;[1] 27 April 1941 – 30 April 2020) was a Canadian anthropologist and ethnologist.[2]
Vincent was editor-in-chief of the magazine Recherches amérindiennes au Québec, which she co-founded in the early 1970s.[3]
In 1972, she began working with the Innu writer Joséphine Bacon, who helped Vincent as an interpreter.[4] During her various projects, Vincent worked with numerous First Nations tribes of Canada, such as the Cree, the Algonquins, and the Wyandots.[5] Throughout her career, she collaborated with many well-known anthropologists, such as Bernard Arcand, Serge Bouchard, José Mailhot, and Rémi Savard.
In 2009, Vincent received the Prix des Dix for her remarkable, personal contribution to the history of the First Nations of Quebec.[6]
A diabetic, Vincent died from COVID-19 on 30 April 2020, at the age of 79, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.[7]