Directory of honorary doctorates

As Radio-Canada's first female news anchor, Céline Galipeau has been a role model for an entire generation of women aspiring to an equally distinguished career in journalism. Whether in London, Paris, Moscow, Beijing or in various war zones such as Chechnya, Kosovo or Afghanistan, she has been able to both touch her viewers while providing them with outstanding news coverage. Equally comfortable in the field and in the studio, Céline Galipeau began her career with Radio-Canada in 1984 as a rep...
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Elarbi Imad is the President and Executive Director of the Moroccan Center for Civic Education, which he founded in 2004. At a time when Morocco is engaging in political reform, the Centre educates and trains youth to better exercise their citizenship. It offers two programs aimed at students, Project Citizen and Foundations of Democracy, which use schools to encourage youth to participate in government.   In 2008, the Centre hosted the 12th World Congress on Civic Education, a forum ...
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His Highness the Aga Khan is the forty-ninth hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims. He assumed the office of the Imamat in July 1957, and since then he has worked on an international scale to improve living conditions and foster social, cultural, and economic opportunities for men and women in the developing world. The Aga Khan Development Network, which he has established over the past 50 years, encompasses foundations, universities, and programs in 30 countries, including Aga Khan Found...
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Dr. Axel Kahn is the Director of Research at the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) in France, and was head of INSERM’s Institut Cochin in Paris from 2002 to 2008. He is the former President of l’Université Paris Descartes from 2007 to 2011. His scientific work is focused on gene control, genetic disease, cancer, and nutrition. He has written a number of books and close to 500 original articles published in peer-reviewed international scientific journals such as...
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Claude Bouchard is Professor and Director of the Human Genomics Laboratory at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he holds the John W. Barton, Sr. Endowed Chair in Genetics and Nutrition. His research examines the genetics of adaptation to exercise and of obesity, along with morbidities associated with obesity, such as type 2 diabetes and hypertension.  Prior to his arrival at Pennington, he held the Donald B. Brown Research Chair on Obesity at Université...
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Daniel Lamarre is President and CEO of Cirque du Soleil, where he is responsible for both business development and operations strategy, as well as ensuring its financial stability and furthering its organizational culture and values. A University of Ottawa alumnus (Communication), he began his career as a journalist at Trois-Rivières’ Le Nouvelliste and Radio-Canada. He began working in public relations with the Fédération des caisses populaires du Centre du Québec and Cogeco. He later served a...
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Michel Brûlé, a University of Ottawa alumnus (Electrical Engineering), is President of M&M Investments, which provides strategic services and venture capital to help start-up companies become profitable. He has founded six technology companies, including InnoMediaLogic, whose 2000 sale was recognized as the best venture capital deal in Canada that year. He is seen as one of the earliest “angel investors,” and was named 2010 Canadian Angel of the Year by the National Angel Capital Organizati...
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Monique F. Leroux has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Desjardins Group, the largest cooperative financial group in Canada, since 2008. Prior to joining Desjardins in 2001, she held senior positions with Quebecor Inc., the large multimedia group, and the Royal Bank, as well as with the international accounting firm Ernst & Young. She also holds positions on many national and international boards, including the European Association of Co-operative Banks and the Internationa...
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Environmental and cultural activist, poet, singer-songwriter and filmmaker Zachary Richard is a native of Louisiana, a descendant of the Acadian deportation. Living in both the U.S. and Canada, he has recorded music in French and English, and his work has reinvigorated Cajun musical traditions. He has also published three volumes of poetry, receiving the prestigious Prix Champlain in 1998.  His documentaries have chronicled the lives of the Acadian people. Zachary Richard is co-founder of ...
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Lise Bissonnette joined the influential Quebec newspaper Le Devoir in 1974, serving as editorialist, editor-in-chief and publisher, and establishing herself as a leading opinion maker. After leaving Le Devoir, she oversaw the creation of Quebec’s Bibliothèque et Archives nationales and the Grande Bibliothèque, an ultramodern library in Montreal. She is also an accomplished novelist and essayist.   
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