Trois-Rivières,Quebec
AndréGabias (born May 20,1956) is a lawyer,governance expert and politician in Quebec,Canada. He holds a degree in law from the Universitéde Sherbrooke,and has been a member of the Quebec Bar since 1981. Since 1984,he has taught law at the Universitédu Québec àTrois-Rivières (UQTR) and was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec. He represented the electoral district of Trois-Rivières and is a member of the Quebec Liberal Party (QLP).
Born in Trois-Rivières,Quebec,Gabias was first elected in the 2003 election,and originally served as the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Public Security. In the spring of 2005,he was appointed as the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Economic Development,Innovation and Export Trade.
Gabias is preceded in his political career by his father,past Trois-Rivières MLA and Union Nationale Minister Yves Gabias,and his grandfather Joseph-Maurice Gabias,once Liberal MLA for Montréal—Saint-Henri and Assistant Mayor of the City of Montreal. Prior to serving as a member of the Quebec legislature,he maintained a private civil and commercial practice in municipal and administrative law. He is also the founder and President of the Jeune Chambre de Commerce (Junior Chamber of Commerce) of the Mauricie,and is the founder of Opération Nez rouge (Operation Red Nose) for Trois-Rivières.
In the 2007 Quebec elections,Gabias lost the seat to the Action démocratique du Québec's Sébastien Proulx who had received the support of Trois-Rivières mayor Yves Lévesque during the campaign. [1]
He served as board chair of the Musée québécois de culture populaire from July 2013 until March 2014,and was secretary general of UQTR from February 2008 until May 2014. [2]
The Universitédu Québec is a system of ten provincially-run public universities in Quebec,Canada. Its headquarters are in Quebec City. The university coordinates 1400 programs for over 100,000 students. The government of Quebec founded the Universitédu Québec,a network of universities in several Quebec cities. In a similar fashion to other Canadian provinces,all universities in Quebec have since become public.
The Universitédu Québec àTrois-Rivières,also known as "l'universitédu peuple",established in 1969 and mainly located in Trois-Rivières,Quebec,Canada,is a public university within the Universitédu Québec network. As of April 2016,the university had 14,500 students in 9 different campuses,including the main one in Trois-Rivières. About 788 of them come from overseas,from 50 countries. The university has given more than 88,000 diplomas since its founding. The Trois-Rivières campus also holds a large library with about 400,000 documents.
The Universitédu Québec àChicoutimi,is a branch of the Universitédu Québec network founded in 1969 and based in the Chicoutimi borough of Saguenay,Quebec,Canada. UQAC has secondary study centres in La Malbaie,Saint-Félicien,Alma,and Sept-Îles. In 2017,7500 students were registered and 209 professors worked for the university,making it the fourth largest of the ten Universitédu Québec branches,after Universitédu Québec àMontréal (UQAM),Universitédu Québec àTrois-Rivières (UQTR),and École de technologie supérieure (ETS).
The UQTR Patriotes are the athletic teams that represent the Universitédu Québec àTrois-Rivières in Trois-Rivières,Quebec,Canada. The university features teams in swimming,golf,hockey,soccer,cross-country,volleyball and cheerleading. Notably,the men's ice hockey team has won four University Cup national championships since the program was first established in 1969. The men's soccer team has won one national championship,coming in 2019.
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Jean Lamarche is a Canadian politician. He currently serves as the mayor of Trois-Rivières,Quebec.
RenéVillemure is an ethicist,philosopher,international lecturer and Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Trois-Rivières in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2021 Canadian federal election.
Luc Tardif is a Canadian-born French ice hockey executive,and former professional ice hockey player. A native of Trois-Rivières,he played junior ice hockey in Quebec,then was an all-star player for the Universitédu Québec àTrois-Rivières. During his professional career,he became a naturalized citizen of France,won two Nationale A League titles,and won the Charles Ramsay Trophy four times with Chamonix HC as the league's top scorer. Later in his career,he was a player-coach for the Dragons de Rouen,then served as the team's vice-president and oversaw the youth hockey program.
On 2 October 2024,Alexandra Martine Diengo Lumbayi,a 21-year-old Congolese international student at the University of Quebec in Trois-Rivières (UQTR),was reported missing in the afternoon around Saint-Quentin Island in Trois-Rivières. Search efforts were organized promptly on 4–5 October to track her down. On Sunday,6 October,divers from the Sûretédu Québec (SQ) collaborated with investigators from the Trois-Rivières Police Department to draft a strategic approach for underwater search missions. An SQ helicopter carried out reconnaissance flights over Saint-Quentin Island. On the same day,Diengo's mother,Rosemine Ndjondo,posted a TikTok video raising awareness about her daughter's disappearance. The video went viral,receiving over 5 million views and evoking a massive show of support on social media in Canada and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.