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[[File:Max Chancy.jpg|alt=Max Chancy|thumb|300x300px|The Haitian activist Max Chancy.]]
'''Max Chancy''' (May 9, 1928 – March 25, 2005) was a [[Haiti|Haitian]] intellectual, [[Union organizer|labor leader]], and political activist.<ref></ref>
Chancy was a co-founder of the Centre d’Études Secondaires and of a major teacher's union in Haiti. He participated in the leftist resistance to the [[Duvalier dynasty|Duvalier]] dictatorship and was exiled to [[Canada]] in the 1960s, where he continued his political and educational work, before returning to Haiti after the dictatorship's fall.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== Early life ==
Max Chancy was born in [[Port-au-Prince]], Haiti, in 1928.<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He studied at the l'École normale supérieure at the [[Université d'État d'Haïti]], and he also obtained a [[philosophy]] degree from the [[Sorbonne]] in [[France]] and a doctorate in philosophy from the [[University of Mainz]] in [[Germany]].<ref name=":2">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== Career ==
After completing his university studies in Europe, Chancy returned to Haiti and taught at the Université d'État d'Haïti as well as Toussaint Louverture High School.<ref name=":3">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In 1954, he co-founded the Centre d’Études Secondaires, a distinguished school in Port-au-Prince.<ref></ref><ref name=":1" />
In parallel to his educational activities, Chancy was also engaged in [[syndicalism]], and he was one of the founding members of Haiti's national secondary school teachers' [[Trade union|union]], UNMES. He also fought against the dictatorship of [[François Duvalier]], joining the [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist-Leninist]] People's Party of National Liberation and subsequently the [[Unified Party of Haitian Communists]].<ref name=":1" /> He was arrested and tortured by the authorities in 1963.<ref name=":0" />
After being released, he was exiled to [[Canada]] alongside his family, settling as political [[Refugee|refugees]] in [[Outremont, Quebec|Outremont]], [[Montreal]], in 1965.<ref></ref><ref name=":2" />
In Canada, Chancy continued his work as an educator, teaching philosophy at [[Cégep Édouard-Montpetit]] from 1970 until 1985 and lecturing at the [[Université du Québec à Montréal]] from 1973 until 1977.<ref name=":3" /> In 1980, he became a member of [[Quebec]]'s Council of Education, where he oversaw various committees, notably one on "Quebecois Schools and Cultural Communities."<ref></ref> His work on this committee led to the "Chancy Report," which introduced the concept of intercultural education for the first time in the province.<ref></ref>
He also continued his trade unionist work, including through the 1974 International Conference of Worker Solidarity, alongside [[Michel Chartrand]].<ref name=":2" />
Chancy continued to engage with Haiti's educational system from afar.<ref></ref>
After [[Jean-Claude Duvalier]] was ousted in 1986, Chancy returned to Haiti.<ref name=":0" /> He died in [[Pétion-Ville]] in 2002, after a long illness.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />
== Personal life ==
Max Chancy married [[Adeline Magloire Chancy]], a feminist activist, educator, and public servant, in 1955.<ref>"CHANCY Magloire Adeline". ''[https://ift.tt/2R5cE1S Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen]''. [https://ift.tt/35ep0Ne Archived] from the original on 2018-06-04.</ref> The couple had three sons: Bernard Chancy, Jean-Pierre Chancy, and Michel Chancy.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" />
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:1928 births]]
[[Category:2002 deaths]]
[[Category:Haitian educators]]
[[Category:Haitian activists]]
[[Category:Trade union leaders]]
[[Category:Haitian communists]]
[[Category:Dissidents]]
[[Category:Haitian exiles]]
[[Category:Haitian Quebecers]]
'''Max Chancy''' (May 9, 1928 – March 25, 2005) was a [[Haiti|Haitian]] intellectual, [[Union organizer|labor leader]], and political activist.<ref></ref>
Chancy was a co-founder of the Centre d’Études Secondaires and of a major teacher's union in Haiti. He participated in the leftist resistance to the [[Duvalier dynasty|Duvalier]] dictatorship and was exiled to [[Canada]] in the 1960s, where he continued his political and educational work, before returning to Haiti after the dictatorship's fall.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== Early life ==
Max Chancy was born in [[Port-au-Prince]], Haiti, in 1928.<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He studied at the l'École normale supérieure at the [[Université d'État d'Haïti]], and he also obtained a [[philosophy]] degree from the [[Sorbonne]] in [[France]] and a doctorate in philosophy from the [[University of Mainz]] in [[Germany]].<ref name=":2">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== Career ==
After completing his university studies in Europe, Chancy returned to Haiti and taught at the Université d'État d'Haïti as well as Toussaint Louverture High School.<ref name=":3">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In 1954, he co-founded the Centre d’Études Secondaires, a distinguished school in Port-au-Prince.<ref></ref><ref name=":1" />
In parallel to his educational activities, Chancy was also engaged in [[syndicalism]], and he was one of the founding members of Haiti's national secondary school teachers' [[Trade union|union]], UNMES. He also fought against the dictatorship of [[François Duvalier]], joining the [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist-Leninist]] People's Party of National Liberation and subsequently the [[Unified Party of Haitian Communists]].<ref name=":1" /> He was arrested and tortured by the authorities in 1963.<ref name=":0" />
After being released, he was exiled to [[Canada]] alongside his family, settling as political [[Refugee|refugees]] in [[Outremont, Quebec|Outremont]], [[Montreal]], in 1965.<ref></ref><ref name=":2" />
In Canada, Chancy continued his work as an educator, teaching philosophy at [[Cégep Édouard-Montpetit]] from 1970 until 1985 and lecturing at the [[Université du Québec à Montréal]] from 1973 until 1977.<ref name=":3" /> In 1980, he became a member of [[Quebec]]'s Council of Education, where he oversaw various committees, notably one on "Quebecois Schools and Cultural Communities."<ref></ref> His work on this committee led to the "Chancy Report," which introduced the concept of intercultural education for the first time in the province.<ref></ref>
He also continued his trade unionist work, including through the 1974 International Conference of Worker Solidarity, alongside [[Michel Chartrand]].<ref name=":2" />
Chancy continued to engage with Haiti's educational system from afar.<ref></ref>
After [[Jean-Claude Duvalier]] was ousted in 1986, Chancy returned to Haiti.<ref name=":0" /> He died in [[Pétion-Ville]] in 2002, after a long illness.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />
== Personal life ==
Max Chancy married [[Adeline Magloire Chancy]], a feminist activist, educator, and public servant, in 1955.<ref>"CHANCY Magloire Adeline". ''[https://ift.tt/2R5cE1S Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen]''. [https://ift.tt/35ep0Ne Archived] from the original on 2018-06-04.</ref> The couple had three sons: Bernard Chancy, Jean-Pierre Chancy, and Michel Chancy.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" />
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:1928 births]]
[[Category:2002 deaths]]
[[Category:Haitian educators]]
[[Category:Haitian activists]]
[[Category:Trade union leaders]]
[[Category:Haitian communists]]
[[Category:Dissidents]]
[[Category:Haitian exiles]]
[[Category:Haitian Quebecers]]
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