Annette Saint-Pierre is a prominent leader in the promotion of the francophonie in Western Canada. This former teacher introduced the first course in Western French Canadian literature at the Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface. A writer and proud Manitoban, she played a vital role in preserving Gabrielle Roy's birthplace and converting it to a museum. Co-founder of the first two Franco-Manitoban publishing houses and the Centre d'études franco-canadiennes de l'Ouest, she has always been passionately interested in sharing her pride in the writers of her region and of French Canada.