ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

• Main Authors: Présenté À, Québec À Chicoutimi, Comme Exigence Partielle, De La, Maitrise En Lettres, Par Ginette Tremblay
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Christiane; Mathew; Premières Nations
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.628.2282; http://constellation.uqac.ca/2610/1/030430409.pdf

I would like to take this opportunity to offer my esteem and blessings to all those who supported me in any respect during the completion of my thesis project. I would like to thank my family for supporting me through the difficult process that was the writing of this thesis. I appreciate their support. I pay tribute to Mrs. Christiane Perron and to M. Mathew Benson for the help they provided in editing my work. I would like to acknowledge the generosity of Marco Bacon and the team from the Centre des Premières Nations Nikanite for believing in me and providing me with a space to think and reflect. Their support was most precious. I am indebted to my many friends and colleagues for their understanding, their constant encouragement, and support in various ways. I extend special acknowledgement to Melissa Lapointe, Jean-Philippe Pouliot, and Jonny Perron for sharing their experience and ideas during my difficult episodes. Natalie and Robert, you are in my heart. Last but not least, my utmost and deepest gratitude is conveyed to my supervisor, Professor Mustapha Fahmi whose charismatic passion sparked and nurtured my intellectual