W. Donald Wilson joined the faculty of the University of Waterloo in 1970, where he remained until his retirement. A former chair of the Department of French Studies at UW, he is the translator of "Babies for the Nation: The Medicalization of Motherhood in Quebec, 1910 1970" (WLU Press, 2009) and "A Brief History of Women in Quebec" (WLU Press, 2014), both by Denyse Baillargeon, and, with Paul G. Socken, of "Aaron: A Novel", by Yves Th?riault (WLU Press, 2007).