Early life Born in
Montreal on 16 March 1931, Lachance studied at the
Université de Montréal. He began his career as a French and Latin teacher at the , the Collège St-Paul, and the
Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne. He directed educational projects at the
Ministry of Education and Higher Education of Quebec from 1968 to 1986 and at
Télé-Québec from 1986 to 1993.
Passe-Partout Between 1972 and 1975, Lachance helped create the popular children's television program
Passe-Partout. On 14 November 2007, the
National Assembly of Quebec marked the 30th anniversary of the creation of
Passe-Partout. That year, Lachance announced his intention to file a lawsuit against the distributor of the show's DVDs in order to obtain his own right to make profits. However, the court ruled against him, stating that he was not the owner of the series' copyright. The legal saga continued into 2012, when a superior court dismissed the case on merits, though Lachance had the option to appeal to the
Supreme Court of Canada.
Other work In addition to
Passe-Partout, Lachance also directed programs by . In 2019, he released
Quenotte and
Quenoeil, coloring books published online.
Death Lachance died on 4 October 2024, at the age of 93. ==Works==