David Poissant was born in 1954 in Montreal, Canada, of French-Canadian parents. He was educated at the University of Montreal where he received a BA degree with honours in history. He then went on to pursue a Graduate degree in history at the University of Toronto. His doctoral thesis was on the role of memory in French Canadian nationalism during the 18th century
David Poissant is currently an Associate Professor of History at the University of Ottawa, where he specializes in the history of medicine and technology.
Aaron's therapist calls him a wounded bird, but, I ask you, who wouldn't care for a wounded bird? What kind of person sees a bird with a broken wing, cat on the horizon, and walks on by?David James Poissant
She's thirty-four years old. In fifty, sixty years, she'll be dead, and everything reminds her of this fact but him. With Arnie, she imagines she might live forever.David James Poissant
