Vanier

American  

[van-yey, van-yey, va-nyey] / ˈvæn yeɪ, vænˈyeɪ, vaˈnyeɪ /

noun

1. Georges P. 1888–1967, Canadian soldier and diplomat: governor-general 1959–67.

2. a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada, near Ottawa, on the Ottawa River.

3. a town in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Quebec.

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Example Sentences

She was 49, a full-time professor of sociology and humanities at Vanier College in Montreal and a mother raising five teenagers; she’d tried to start a support group with friends, but everyone was too busy to schedule a second meeting.

From The Wall Street Journal

"This technology could be helpful in rapidly limiting outbreaks ," says co-author Akansha Prasad, a Vanier Scholar and PhD student in biomedical engineering.

From Science Daily

"It's one thing to do research in the lab, publish papers and file patents, but it's another to have a product that's tangible -- that people can use," says the paper's lead author Shadman Khan, a PhD candidate and Vanier Scholar in Didar's lab.

From Science Daily

The two rounds of revelations about Jean Vanier and the L’Arche federation he founded have rocked the group to its core, all the more because L’Arche itself commissioned independent scholars to investigate after receiving a first complaint from a victim a few years before Vanier died in 2019.

From Seattle Times

Emotions were still raw, as L’Arche’s most devoted staff processed the gravity of Vanier’s deceptions and what it means for the organization’s future, according to interviews at the retreat with The Associated Press.

From Seattle Times