Editing Lionel Groulx (section)

===Writings on New France===
In order to inculcate pride in a nation he considered degraded by Conquest, Groulx engaged in national myth-making, celebrating the days of New France as a golden age and elevating [[Adam Dollard des Ormeaux|Dollard des Ormeaux]] into a legendary hero. He has been described as the first French Canadian historian to consider the period of French colonial rule superior to that of the British control that followed it, evaluating the [[Conquest of New France (1758–1760)|conquest of New France]] as a disaster rather than the common 19th-century Canadian view of it as a 'blessing' that saved Quebec from the [[Atheism|atheist]] terrors of the [[French Revolution]].<ref>Olivar Asselin, ..L'Oeuvre de l'abbé Groulx.., 1929.</ref>

He also developed a Quebec history curriculum that glorified [[New France|French colonization in Canada]], the difficulties imposed upon the ''[[French Canadians|Canadiens]]'' by the conquest of New France, and how these were countered by lengthy political struggles for democratic rights. He insisted, as had many before him, on the [[Quebec Act of 1774]] as the official recognition of his nation's rights. He bore particular affection for the undertaking of [[Robert Baldwin]] and [[Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine]], that in 1849 successfully restored the rights of the French language along with the obtention of responsible government, thus thwarting the assimilation plans of [[John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham|Lord Durham]]'s policy of a union between the colonies of Upper and Lower Canada.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

He received the [[Royal Society of Canada]]'s [[J. B. Tyrrell Historical Medal]] in 1948.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Past Award Winners |url=https://rsc-src.ca/en/awards-excellence/past-award-winners#TyrrellMedal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240629010729/https://rsc-src.ca/en/awards-excellence/past-award-winners#TyrrellMedal |archive-date=June 29, 2024 |publisher=The Royal Society of Canada}}</ref>