Born in 1944, Yvan Lamonde was educated in Quebec. He received his B.A. degree from Joliette and the University of Montreal in 1964 and a M.A. in philosophy from the University of Montreal in 1967. He attended Laval University and graduated with a M.A. in history in 1969 and a PhD in 1978. His doctoral study was entitled L’enseignement de la philosophie au Québec (1665-1920). He began teaching at McGill University in 1972 as a faculty lecturer. In 1978 be became an assistant professor and in 1980 an associate professor. In 1993 he became a full professor and in 2009 a professor emeritus in the French Language and Literature Department. He served as the Director of the French Canadian Studies program from 1980-1985. He has written many publications on Quebec cultural and intellectual history. He won the Governor General’s Literary award for Louis-Antoine Dessaulles, 1818-1895: un seigneur libéral et anti-clerical in 1995. He was also a major contributor for the three volumes of the Histoire du livre et de l’imprimé au Canada.