Jacques Rousseau Award

Last updated

Jacques Rousseau Award is an award given by the Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS) to an individual or group who develop bridges between scientific disciplines. The award is named for Jacques Rousseau who was both a botanist and an anthropologist. He was a former secretary of the ACFAS. [1]

Laureates

, [4] Université du Québec à Montréal

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Université du Québec à Montréal</span> University based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

The Université du Québec à Montréal, is a French-language public research university based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the largest constituent element of the Université du Québec system.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Polytechnique Montréal</span> Engineering university in Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Polytechnique Montréal is a public research university affiliated with the Université de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The school offers graduate and postgraduate training, and is very active in research. Following tradition, new Bachelors of Engineering (B.Eng) graduating from Polytechnique Montréal receive an Iron Ring, during the Canadian Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer ceremony.

Marcel Vincent, was a Canadian businessman. He was the first French Canadian president of Bell Canada from August 1, 1963, to August 1, 1968. He was chairman and CEO from August 1, 1968, to December 31, 1972.

Régine Robin was a historian, novelist, translator and professor of sociology. Her prolific fiction and non-fiction, primarily on the themes of identity and culture and on the sociological practice of literature, earned a number of awards, including the Governor-General's Award in 1986. She was described by Robert Saletti as "Montreal's grande dame of postmodernism".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Association francophone pour le savoir</span> French-Canadian society

Acfas is the principal French-language learned society in Canada and, particularly, Quebec.

The Prix Patriote de l'année is an honorary title created in 1975. It is awarded by the patriotic Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society to people "having distinguished [themselves] in the defense of the interests of Quebec and the democracy of peoples, in memory of the Patriotes of the 1830s."

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Université de Montréal</span> University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

The Université de Montréal is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on Mount Royal near the Outremont Summit, in the borough of Outremont. The institution comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the Polytechnique Montréal and HEC Montréal. It offers more than 650 undergraduate programmes and graduate programmes, including 71 doctoral programmes.

Jean-Marie De Koninck, is a Canadian mathematician. He has served as a professor at Université Laval since 1972 and is the creator of the road safety program Opération Nez Rouge, or "Red Nose Operation", a system preventing people from drinking and driving.

The Léo-Pariseau Prize is a Québécois prize which is awarded annually to a distinguished individual working in the field of biological or health sciences. The prize is awarded by the Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas), and is named after Léo Pariseau, the first president of Acfas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">André Parent</span> Canadian neurobiologist

André Parent, is a Canadian researcher specializing in neurobiology, and Professor Emeritus at Université Laval.

Thomas De Koninck is a philosopher from Québec.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pierre Legendre (ecologist)</span> Canadian ecologist

Pierre Legendre, is a professor of ecology at Université de Montréal. He is the founder of Numerical Ecology, which is a quantitative subdiscipline of community ecology, with his brother the oceanographer Louis Legendre.

Yves De Koninck, FCAHS, FRSC, is a neuroscientist and Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at Université Laval and Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at McGill University.

Michel Bouvier is a Canadian biochemist and molecular pharmacologist. He is a professor of biochemistry and molecular medicine at Université de Montréal; a principal investigator and the chief executive officer at the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer; and an associate vice-president in Research, Scientific Discovery, Creation, and Innovation at Université de Montréal. His work focuses on the study of cell signaling towards the discovery of new pharmaceutical drugs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Karen Messing</span> Canadian geneticist and ergonomist

Karen Messing is a Canadian geneticist and ergonomist. She is an emeritus professor in the biological sciences at the University of Quebec at Montreal. She is known for her work on gender, environmental health and ergonomics. She was given the Jacques Rousseau Award in 1993, the Governor General's Award in 2009, and was named an Officer of the Order of Canada on December 27, 2019.

Bernard Bernier is a Canadian anthropologist and Professor at the Université de Montréal, where he has been working since January 1970. His main topics of research are Japanese political economy, theories of social change, nationalism and social inequalities, and Watsuji Tetsurô's philosophy. Part of Bernier's work is devoted to debunking false ideas and clichés about Japan, such as the stereotype of a harmonious and homogeneous society.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">René Roy (chemist)</span> Canadian organic chemist

René Roy is a Canadian organic chemist from Quebec, specializing in glycobiology and carbohydrate chemistry. He is professor emeritus, Department of chemistry, at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and associate professor at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) – Institut Armand-Frappier (IAF). He is the founder and former director of PharmaQAM, a biopharmaceutical research center based at UQAM, focusing on the discovery of new bioactive molecules, their mechanism of action and the vectorization of drugs. He is a pioneer in the development of synthetic glycoconjugate vaccines both for human and veterinary health, having co-developed the first and sole marketed semi-synthetic vaccine for human use, preventing bacterial meningitis and pneumonia in developing countries.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thérèse Gouin-Décarie</span> Canadian academic and psychologist (1923–2024)

Thérèse Gouin-Décarie was a Canadian developmental psychologist and educator from Quebec. She is known for her work on intellectual and emotional development in young children.

Louise Dandurand (1950–2016) was a Canadian political scientist and administrator of university research in Canada.

Pierrette Gaudreau is a Canadian scientist specializing in aging studies. She received the 2016 Prix Acfas Adrien-Pouliot for her work establishing Canada-France research partnerships.

References

  1. 1 2 "Carl-Éric Aubin - Prix Jacques-Rousseau - Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS)". Awards and Honors. 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  2. Article de l'Acfas présentant le lauréat 2008
  3. Article de l'Acfas présentant la lauréate 2009
  4. Article de l'Acfas présentant la lauréate 2010
  5. Article de l'Acfas présentant la lauréate 2011
  6. Article de l'Acfas présentant le lauréat 2012
  7. "Acfas - Association francophone pour le savoir". www.acfas.ca. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  8. "Acfas - Association francophone pour le savoir". www.acfas.ca. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  9. "Acfas - Association francophone pour le savoir". www.acfas.ca. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  10. "Du génie aux sciences de la santé". Le Devoir. Montréal, Québec, Canada. 24 October 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-29.