About Cornelius J. Jaenen Cornelius J. Jaenen is emeritus professor in the Department of History at the University of Ottawa. He has written extensively on Canadian ethnic and religious history and on the history of New France. Books by Cornelius J. Jaenen Promoters, Planters, and Pioneers The Course and Context of Belgian Settlement in Western Canada by (author) Cornelius J. Jaenen Les Franco-Ontariens edited by Cornelius J. Jaenen