An
independent scholar and philosopher, Wilfrid Boisvert was
born and raised in Morinville, Alberta. Boisvert graduated
from the Edmonton Jesuit College (an associate institution
of Quebec's Laval University) with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
He pursued an education in agronomy at Olds School of Agriculture,
where he graduated in 1926. He continued his studies at the
University of Alberta and graduated with a B.Sc. in Agriculture,
in 1932 at the age of 28.
During the Depression years, he continued his own research and studies in philosophy and physics. In the early 1940s he moved his family to New Westminster, B.C.
There, he continued his research, and in 1948 he began writing what would become his life's work: The Principles of Reality, a comprehensive philosophical
treatise.
In
1953, Boisvert self-published
his first book on the discontinuity
of motion. The publication was called Theory of Instantaneous Motion and it provided a theoretical explanation of quantum
motion, but lacked empirical evidence.
To remedy this, Boisvert
enlisted the assistance of his son, Adrien Boisvert, and the two pursued
the task of developing a simple technique to secure photographic
evidence of discontinuous motion.
Finally
capturing photographic evidence of objects making the quantum leap, he self-published
his next book in 1973, The Discontinuity of Motion.
He
continued to refine his theories and experiments and in 1988 self-published The Mechanics of Motion, wherein he identified
the duration of the atomic moment and demonstrated that the
quantum leap exists in all possible
motion.
Wilfrid Boisvert completed the typewritten manuscript of The Principles of Reality in 1985, however he
suffered a debilitating stroke before he could see the book published. His
health continued to worsen until he died December 20, 1998. His son, Adrien Boisvert, who had worked closely with him over the years, passed away in April 2010. In November 2010 The Principles of Reality was finally published by Wilfrid's grandson.
