MONTRÉAL – Quebecor and its subsidiaries TVA and CEC Publishing announced today they are helping bring Nos Géants (Our Giants), a series of 45 educational vignettes, to television and the web.
Nos Géants “will give audiences a deeper understanding of our culture by presenting significant figures who played important roles, in various ways, in Québec’s history, from New France to the present day,” a press release says.
It is being produced and distributed by the Fondation Lionel-Groulx, which has a mission of promoting Quebec’s history, language and culture, in collaboration with the Government of Québec.
“Nos Géants is an original concept developed by the Fondation Lionel-Groulx, produced by Qolab and written by historian Laurent Turcot,” the press release says.
The series will air on TVA weekly during the Salut Bonjour morning show beginning Jan. 17. The episodes will all be broadcast several times and “a major visibility plan will be deployed on all of Quebecor’s media outlets and platforms to publicize the series.”
Episodes of Nos Géants will also be used in high school French and history classes. “Students will be able to access the videos and accompanying educational materials on the CEC Publishing platform, a leader in educational publishing,” according to the release.
There are three seasons planned, with 15 episodes in each.
“In the first season of Nos Géants, Annie-Soleil Proteau, Laurent Turcot, Sophie Faucher, Mario Dumont, Pierre Curzi, France Castel, Pauline Marois, Sophie Thibault, Émile Bilodeau, Marie-Thérèse Fortin, Konrad Sioui, Alice Pascual, Cynthia Wu-Maheux and Sébastien Ricard will tell us about historical figures such as Les filles du Roy, La Bolduc, Samuel de Champlain, Camille Laurin, Gabrielle Roy and Calixa Lavallée,” explains the press release.
“Quebecor is proud to support the mission of the Fondation Lionel-Groulx, a long-time partner with which we have worked on a number projects,” says Pierre Karl Péladeau, president and CEO of Quebecor.
“This partnership to promote Nos Géants to a wide audience and young people reflects our attachment to our roots and our commitment to preserving our cultural and historical memory.”
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Image borrowed from the Fondation Lionel-Groulx website.
