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Bissonnette undertook university studies in education science at the Université De Montréal from 1965 to 1970 , then pursed doctoral studies at the University Of Strasbourg and the École pratique des Hautes études in Paris. A reporter for the daily newspaper '' Le Devoir '' since 1974 , she became the parliamentary correspondent in Quebec, then in Ottawa, before taking on the position of editorialist and, finally, that of writer-in-chief in 1982. From 1986 to 1990, she was an independent journalist and consultant, and collaborated with many Quebec and Canadian media organizations. She writes a weekly article on Quebec affairs for the Canadian daily newspaper '' The Globe And Mail '' (Toronto), as well as monthly articles for the magazines '' L'actualité '' and '' Montreal Magazine ''. She returned to ''Le Devoir'' in 1990 to take direction of it. Lise Bissonnette appears regularly with the title of analyst on news programs of the public and private radio and television networks, in both French and English Canada. Lise Bissonnette received the Order of Francophones of America in 1993. She was elected member of the Academy of Letters and the Social sciences of the , State University Of New York , Concordia University (Montreal), Laurentian University (Sudbury) and Université Laval (Quebec). In February 2000 , she was awarded the French Légion D'honneur , then, in March of the same year, she received the new ''mérite d'honneur'' of French and of Francophone education, bestowed by the Quebec Minister of International Relations, Louise Beaudoin . She is a member of the Union of Quebec Writers. Lise Bissonnette is the president and general director of the Bibliothèque Nationale Du Québec . |
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