Jeanne Lapointe

Her essays and actions contributed to the advent of literary modernity in Québec,[1] thanks to her intellectual debates published in the journal Cité Libre (1950) and its influence on major Quebec writers such as Marie-Claire Blais, Anne Hébert and Gabrielle Roy,[2] for whom she played the role of mentor.

It was then that her words were defined ironically against the discourse of domination and sexual inequality, rhetoric she developed in psychoanalytic literary analysis (1970) and feminism (1980-1990).

It is used to award bursaries for excellence as well as to support new research projects, feminist community services, and training and outreach activities for women's studies.

The Claire-Bonenfant Chair - Women, Knowledge and Societies assumes the evaluation of submitted projects; the Fonds is under the responsibility of the Laval University Foundation.

It is awarded annually to encourage the dissemination of feminist research and creation by graduate students in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Laval University.