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Jocelyne M. Couture-Nowak (February 17, 1958 – April 16, 2007) was an instructor of French in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia and was the only Canadian victim of the Virginia Tech shootings. She was a native of Canada, and while residing in Truro, Nova Scotia, she co-founded the first Francophone school in the region. ==Life and career== Born in Montreal, she was raised in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, the eldest of five children. She graduated from Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School in 1981. Couture initially worked at a newly opened daycare operated by the Yarmouth Boys and Girls Club. She began to pursue her teaching career at the Nova Scotia Teachers College in Truro. She graduated in 1989 then obtained a degree from St. Mary's University in Halifax in the early 1990s. While living in Truro, Couture worked as a French instructor in the Humanities Department at Nova Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC). She married Jerzy Nowak, an instructor in the Horticulture Department at NSAC. Couture-Nowak had two daughters, Sylvie and Francine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://nsac.ca/development/memorial/JocelyneCouture.pdf )〕 With two other local Francophone parents, Couture-Nowak established the ''École acadienne de Truro'', the first French language public school for central Nova Scotia in September, 1997.〔 Operated by the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial, the École acadienne de Truro has grown from 36 students in 1997 to 118 students in grades Primary through 10. The school's first class of seniors graduated in 2006.〔 In 2001, Couture-Nowak and her husband moved their family to Blacksburg, Virginia, where her husband had accepted a position as Professor and Head of the Department of Horticulture at Virginia Tech. Couture-Nowak accepted a position as an Instructor of French in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Nova Scotia Agricultural College )〕 Throughout her life Couture-Nowak described herself as being a proud French-Canadian.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jocelyne Couture-Nowak」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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