About Jean Burnet
Lived 1920 – 2009 (aged 89). Jean Burnet was a Canadian sociologist.
Jean Robertson Burnet (1920 – September 14, 2009) was a Canadian academic specializing in ethnic studies. Burnet, a specialist in Canadian ethnic relations, founded the Glendon Sociology Department at York University.
Burnet was a native of Toronto and studied for her undergraduate degree in Sociology at Victoria College, Toronto, including under Harold Innis. She received her master's degree and PhD at the University of Chicago.
She left the University of Toronto in 1967 to join York University and was the founding chair of the Glendon Department of Sociology.
Her archival papers are held at the University of Toronto Archives and Record Management Services.
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Who was Jean Burnet?
Canadian sociologist (1920-2009)
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Jean Burnet was born on 10 July 1920 in Toronto.
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Jean Burnet died on 14 September 2009 in Toronto.
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Jean Burnet was a sociologist.
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Jean Burnet was Canadian.
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