Francine Saillant | |
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| Born | 1953 (age 71–72) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Awards | Royal Society of Canada |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | McGill University |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Laval University |
| Main interests | anthropologist |
| Notable works | Anthropologie et sociétés |
Francine Saillant (born 1953)[ citation needed ] is a Canadian anthropologist and intellectual.
Saillant received her Ph.D. from McGill University in 1987. [1] She is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Laval University since 1996;and serves as the director of the Centre interuniversitaire sur les lettres,les arts et les traditions (Interuniversity Centre for letters,arts and traditions;CÉLAT). [2] Saillant has directed the efforts of the journal Anthropologie et sociétés for more ten years. She was appointed in 2008 to be a member of the Royal Society of Canada. In 2013,she was co-chair of the 81st Congress of the Association francophone pour le savoir.