Jacques Trépanier was born on September 28, 1907, in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec. Trépanier was the son of the journalist and historian Léon Trépanier and Anne-Marie Gagnon. After attending primary school in Montreal, he attended Collège du Sacré-Cœur in Sudbury, Ontario, where he graduated in 1929. He studied law at Université de Montréal and was admitted to the Quebec bar in 1934. After practicing law in Montreal for some time, the economic crisis prompted him to leave for Abitibi where he worked in the mines. He then decided to enter the Merchant Marines where he remained for a period of 26 months. Trépanier married Yvette Clerk on September 29, 1937, with whom he had five children: François, Maurice, Hélène, Josette and Micheline. It was in this same year that he began his career in journalism, writing first for La Patrie in Montreal, and subsequently for L'Action catholique and Le Soleil in Québec City. In 1942 Trépanier was hired by the Royal Canadian Navy as head of the French language Naval Information Service. He was then transfered to London, where he would report from until the end of the war. After his demobilization in 1946, he returned to write for the newspaper La Patrie, where he would alternate between covering the Port of Montreal and Montreal night clubs. He also covered general news for the paper. In 1954, Trépanier was transferred to Quebec City, where he worked as a correspondent for La Patrie. He was later appointed to the position of parliamentary correspondent for the same paper. Trépanier returned to Montreal in 1959 to work as the Head of Information for La Patrie. Later, he worked for Le Devoir, Montréal-Matin, and the Canadian Press Agency. At the end of the 1960s, he returned once again to Quebec City as the Director of Public Relations for the Conseil des producteurs de pâtes et papiers du Québec and as head of their paper, Le Papetier. He worked for the Conseil des producteurs de pâtes et papiers du Québec for about 15 years before retiring. Trépanier died in Montreal on June 21, 2003.
Gary MacIntyre Boyd was born in Toronto on October 9, 1934 and died in Montreal on April 3, 2011. He received a B.Sc. (Physics) from Carleton University (Ottawa) in 1957, a M.Sc. (Physics) from the University of Saskatchewan in 1961, and a Ph.D in Geophysics from the University of British Columbia in 1968. He also received a Diploma in Computer Assisted Instruction Development (Education & Training Consultants, Los Angeles), in 1970.
In 1968, Dr. Boyd began his career at Sir George Williams University (SGWU) as Assistant Professor of Instructional Communications and Assistant Director (Research & Development) of the Centre for Instructional Technology (later the Concordia Audio-Visual Department). He later started teaching in the Department of Education of SGWU. In 1974, SGWU merged with Loyola College to form Concordia University. Dr. Boyd went on to teach at Concordia University until his death in 2011. He also kept his position of Assistant Director (Research & Development) in the Concordia Audio-Visual Department until the ends of the 1990s.