Linda Montreuil:  

I have been back in Canada since summer 1966 - we came back for EXPO 67 - one of the most magical events of the century (I may be a bit biased, but I think anyone who was 16 or 17 during that summer would agree). I finished high school here in an all-girls school run by nuns. It was a shock... After high school, I worked as a nanny in France and then in England. When I came back, I found a job at the British Consulate General here in Montreal, and studied part-time at night, and so began a life-long addiction to classrooms! I worked at the consulate for 8 1/2 years and then went to work for McGill University as a recruiter. Thirty years later, I am still at McGill, (not always as a recruiter) although this year I took an unpaid leave to be able to spend more time with both my husband and my mother, both of whom have ongoing health issues. I continued going to school intermittently all the way through my career and the last thing I did was a graduate program in translation, so this year I am translating a book on French monetary history around the time of the French Revolution. It is great, because I can pretty much make my own schedule. I went to a large number of schools and each one was very special in its own way - and very different! I attended three high schools; in Quebec City, Malverne and Montreal. I spent longer at Malverne (3 years) than anywhere else and have incredibly fond memories of all the people I met there. I would love to hear from you! Update Summer 2011. I finally retired from McGill after close to 35 years! It was a decision long in the making and I am thoroughly enjoying the new-found sense of freedom. I have just opened my own translation office and am embarking on a second career! Update Summer 2014: Well, retirement didn't last long. In addition to the translation, I am also managing an exciting project for one of the professors I used to work with in the Economics Department at...Expand for more