55 Notable alumni of
University of Sherbrooke
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The University of Sherbrooke is 1075th in the world, 391st in North America, and 26th in Canada by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 55 notable alumni from the University of Sherbrooke sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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girl in red
- Occupations
- singer-songwritersinger
- Biography
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Marie Ulven Ringheim, known professionally as girl in red (stylised in all lowercase), is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and record producer. Her first EPs Chapter 1 (2018) and Chapter 2 (2019) were recorded in her bedroom and feature songs about romance and mental health. Released through AWAL, her debut studio album If I Could Make It Go Quiet (2021) was a critical and commercial success, and won three Spellemann Awards, including Spellemann of the Year. She then signed to Columbia Records and released her second album, I'm Doing It Again Baby!, to moderate success in 2024.
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Aziz Akhannouch
- Enrolled in the University of Sherbrooke
- In 1986 studied business administration
- Occupations
- statespersonentrepreneurpolitician
- Biography
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Aziz Akhannouch is a Moroccan politician, businessman, and billionaire who has served as the Prime Minister of Morocco since 2021. He served as Minister of Agriculture from 2007 to 2021 and is also the CEO of Akwa Group. His political career has been generally characterized by several controversies, including accusations of corruption and negative relations with the press.
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Jean Charest
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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John James "Jean" Charest is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 29th premier of Quebec from 2003 to 2012. Prior to that, he was a member of Parliament (MP) between 1984 and 1998. After holding several Cabinet posts from 1986 to 1990 and from 1991 to 1993, he was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1993 to 1998.
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Moulay Hafid Elalamy
- Occupations
- computer engineerbusinesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Moulay Hafid Elalamy is a Moroccan businessman and politician. He is the founder and owner of the Saham Group. He served as the Minister of Industry, Trade, & New Technologies until 2021.
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Camille Leblanc-Bazinet
- Occupations
- athlete
- Biography
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Camille Leblanc-Bazinet is a Canadian professional CrossFit Games athlete. She is the female winner of the 2014 CrossFit Games.
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Liu Chao-shiuan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Liu Chao-shiuan is a Taiwanese chemist and politician. He is a former president of the National Tsing Hua University (1987–1993) and Soochow University (2004–2008) and a former Premier of the Republic of China (2008–2009).
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Pablo Rodríguez
- Occupations
- administratormanagement consultantcommunications adviserpolitician
- Biography
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Pablo Rodriguez is an Argentine-Canadian politician who served as the leader of the Quebec Liberal Party from June to December 2025. He previously served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Honoré-Mercier from 2015 to 2025, and before from 2004 to 2011, serving in various cabinet roles.
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Simon Jolin-Barrette
- Years
- 1987-.. (age 39)
- Enrolled in the University of Sherbrooke
- Graduated with Bachelor of Laws
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Simon Jolin-Barrette MNA is a Canadian lawyer and politician in Quebec. He was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 Quebec election. He represents the riding of Borduas as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ).
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Marwah Rizqy
- Occupations
- university teacherlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Marwah Rizqy is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election. She represents the electoral district of Saint-Laurent as an independent. She was elected as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.
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Vivian Barbot
- Occupations
- teacherpoliticiantrade unionist
- Biography
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Vivian Barbot is the daughter of Clément Barbot. She is a Canadian teacher, activist, and politician. She is a former president of the Fédération des femmes du Québec, a former member of Parliament and former vice-president of the Bloc Québécois. She was the party's interim leader and president following the resignation of Gilles Duceppe in May 2011. Barbot became the first person of a visible minority group to lead a Canadian federal political party with parliamentary representation.
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David McGuinty
- Occupations
- lawyerbusinesspersonuniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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David Joseph McGuinty is a Canadian lawyer and politician who has been Minister of National Defence since May 2025. A member of the Liberal Party, McGuinty has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Ottawa South since 2004. From 2017 to 2024, McGuinty was the first chair of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP), an agency which oversees Canadian intelligence services.
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Ruba Ghazal
- Occupations
- chartered accountantpolitician
- Biography
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Ruba Ghazal is a Canadian politician. A member of Québec solidaire, she was first elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election, representing the district of Mercier. Since 2024, she has served as Québec solidaire's female co-spokesperson.
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Marie-Claude Bibeau
- Occupations
- politiciandirectormanagerexecutive directorbusinessperson
- Biography
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Marie-Claude Bibeau PC is a Canadian politician who is the mayor of Sherbrooke, Quebec, since the 2025 municipal election. A member of the federal Liberal Party, she was elected to represent the riding of Compton—Stanstead in the House of Commons in the 2015 federal election..
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Pierre-Marc Johnson
- Occupations
- lawyernon-fiction writeruniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Pierre Marc Johnson GOQ is a Canadian lawyer, physician and politician. He was the 24th premier of Quebec from October 3 to December 12, 1985, making him the province's shortest-serving premier, and the first Baby Boomer to hold the office.
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Pierre-Luc Dusseault
- Occupations
- studentpolitician
- Biography
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Pierre-Luc Dusseault is a Canadian politician who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 federal election at the age of 19, becoming the youngest member of Parliament (MP) in the country's history. He was re-elected in 2015 but lost his seat in the 2019 Canadian federal election.
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Lionel Carmant
- Occupations
- pediatricianneurologistpolitician
- Biography
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Lionel Carmant MNA is a Canadian politician who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Taillon and was elected as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec.
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Sylvain Charlebois
- Enrolled in the University of Sherbrooke
- 2002-2006 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- researchereconomistwriter
- Biography
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Sylvain Charlebois is a Canadian professor and researcher of food distribution and policy at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is a former dean of the university's Faculty of Management. Charlebois, who goes by the moniker "The Food Professor," is the director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie. Since December 2010, he has been the lead author of Canada's Food Price Report.
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Steven Blaney
- Occupations
- environmental consultantengineerpolitician
- Biography
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Steven Blaney PC is a Canadian businessman and politician who has been the mayor of Lévis, Quebec, since 2025. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Minister of Public Safety Canada from 2013 to 2015 and previously as the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister of State for La Francophonie in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper from 2011 to 2013. He represented the Québec riding of Lévis—Bellechasse in the Canadian House of Commons from 2006 to 2021. Despite his anglophone-sounding name, Blaney is a Francophone; his English has a marked Quebecois accent. He ran in the 2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, being eliminated in the 7th round of voting.
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Nathalie Roy
- Occupations
- lawyerpoliticianjournalist
- Biography
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Nathalie Roy MNA is a Canadian politician. She is a member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Montarville, first elected in the 2012 election. From 2018 to 2022 she served as minister of Culture and Communications. Prior to her election, Roy served as a journalist and news anchor with TVA Nouvelles.
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Rhéal Fortin
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Rhéal Éloi Fortin MP is a Canadian lawyer and politician, who is the member of the House of Commons for Rivière-du-Nord.
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Ben Youssef Meïté
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Ben Youssef Meïté is an Ivorian sprinter. He competed at the 2010 African Championships in Nairobi and won the gold medal with a time of 10.08 seconds. He went on to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he finished fifth in the 100 meter dash with a personal best and national record of 9.96. He also won African Championship golds in the 200 m and the 100 m in 2012 and 2016, respectively.
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Christine Labrie
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Christine Labrie is a Canadian politician, historian, and teacher. She was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election and represents the electoral district of Sherbrooke as a member of Québec solidaire.
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Adrien D. Pouliot
- Occupations
- party leaderbusinesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Adrien D. Pouliot is a Quebec lawyer, businessman and politician.
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Christian Paradis
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Christian Paradis PC is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mégantic—L'Érable from 2006 to 2015. A member of the Conservative Party of Canada, he was first elected in the 2006 federal election and served as parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources until January 4, 2007, when he was appointed Secretary of State for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Rural Secretariat. On June 25, 2008, Paradis was appointed Minister of Public Works and Government Services, retaining his position as Secretary of State for Agriculture until October that same year. On October 30, 2008, in a cabinet shuffle following the election, he retained the Public Works portfolio. In addition, he succeeded Lawrence Cannon as Quebec Lieutenant. On January 19, 2010, in a cabinet shuffle, Prime Minister Harper appointed him Minister of Natural Resources. On May 18, 2011, in a cabinet shuffle he was appointed to be the Minister of Industry. On July 15, 2013, in a cabinet shuffle, he was appointed as Minister of International Development and Minister for La Francophonie.
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Réjean Hébert
- Occupations
- politicianresearcher
- Biography
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Réjean Hébert OC is a Canadian politician and geriatrician. He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Saint-François, first elected in the 2012 election, he served as Minister of Health and Social Services in the government of Pauline Marois.
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Claudine Mercier
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 65)
- Occupations
- comedian
- Biography
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Claudine Mercier is a Québécoise comedian, singer, actress and impressionist.
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Diane Lemieux
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Diane Lemieux is a Canadian politician and administrator who serves as the president and chief executive officer of the Commission de la construction du Québec.
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Anne Minh-Thu Quach
- Occupations
- French teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Anne Minh-Thu Quach is a Canadian politician who represented the electoral district of Salaberry—Suroît in the House of Commons of Canada from 2011 to 2019. She served as a member of the New Democratic Party.
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Nicola Di Iorio
- Occupations
- lawyerpoliticianuniversity teacherlecturer
- Biography
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Nicola Di Iorio is a Canadian politician and lawyer. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, he sat as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel from his victory in the 2015 federal election until his resignation in January 2019.
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Guy Chevrette
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Guy Chevrette served as Parti Québécois leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly of Quebec, Canada, from 1987 to 1989. He was the MNA for the riding of Joliette-Montcalm from 1976 to 1981 and Joliette from 1981 to 2002.
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Bernard Sévigny
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Bernard Sévigny is a Canadian politician, who was mayor of Sherbrooke, Quebec from 2009 to 2017.
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Alexandre Baril
- Enrolled in the University of Sherbrooke
- In 2003 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in philosophy
- In 2005 graduated with Master of Arts in philosophy
- Occupations
- researcher
- Biography
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Alexandre Baril, is a Canadian writer and since 2018 an associate professor at the School of Social Work, at the University of Ottawa. He researches sexual and gender diversity, bodily diversity ((dis)ability and health), and linguistic diversity. He considers his work to be intersectional, involving queer, trans, feminist and gender studies, as well as sociology of the body, health, social movements, and of critical suicidology.
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Monique Gagnon-Tremblay
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Monique Gagnon-Tremblay is a politician in Quebec, Canada. She was the MNA for the riding of Saint-François in the Estrie region from 1985 to 2012. She served as Liberal leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly of Quebec from May 1998 to December 1998 and Deputy Premier in 1994 and from 2003 to 2005.
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Rémi Quirion
- Enrolled in the University of Sherbrooke
- In 1980 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- neuropsychiatryresearcher
- Biography
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Rémi Quirion, OC CQ MSRC is a Canadian scientist. He is the first Chief Scientist of Quebec.
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Lorraine Desmarais
- Occupations
- jazz musicianuniversity teacherpianistcomposerrecording artist
- Biography
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Lorraine Desmarais C.M. is a French-Canadian jazz pianist and composer.
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Élise Turcotte
- Occupations
- literary scholaruniversity teacherwriterchildren's writerpoet
- Biography
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Élise Turcotte is a Canadian writer. She completed her BA and MA in literary studies at the University of Quebec and later received her doctorate at the Université de Sherbrooke. She now teaches literature at a CEGEP in Montreal, where she currently resides. Her writing has won much praise, and among other things she has won the Grand Prix de Poésie, as well as the 2003 Governor General's Award for her novel La Maison étrangère and the Prix Émile-Nelligan for La voix de Carla in 1987 and for La terre est ici in 1989.
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Louise Dupré
- Occupations
- novelistwriterjournalistplaywrightpoet
- Biography
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Louise Dupré is a Quebec poet and novelist.
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Guy Breton
- Enrolled in the University of Sherbrooke
- In 1974 graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- physicianradiologist
- Biography
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Guy Breton CM OQ is a Canadian radiologist and academic administrator. From 2010 to 2020, he was rector of the Université de Montréal in Quebec, Canada.
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Évelyne Beaudin
- Born in
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Canada - Enrolled in the University of Sherbrooke
- In 2011 studied environmental studies
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Évelyne Beaudin is a Canadian politician. She served as mayor of Sherbrooke, Quebec, from 2021 to 2025. With her election, she became the first woman to be elected mayor of the city.
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Claude Beausoleil
- Occupations
- literary criticuniversity teacherwriteressayistpoet
- Biography
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Claude Beausoleil was a Canadian writer, poet, and essayist.
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Caroline Simard
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Caroline Simard is a Canadian politician in Quebec, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 Quebec election, defeating Premier Pauline Marois in her own riding. She represents the riding of Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.
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Carole David
- Occupations
- novelistpoetwriter
- Biography
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Carole David is a Quebec poet and novelist.
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Annie Martin
- Occupations
- beach volleyball player
- Biography
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Annie Martin is a Canadian beach volleyball player. She has represented her country at the 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics. Her current playing partner is Marie-Andrée Lessard.
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Hélène Daneault
- Occupations
- politicianphysician
- Biography
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Hélène Daneault is a Canadian politician. She was a Coalition Avenir Québec member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Groulx from 2012 to 2014, first elected in the 2012 election.
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France Théoret
- Enrolled in the University of Sherbrooke
- In 1982 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in French studies
- Occupations
- women's rights activistnovelisteditorpoetessayist
- Biography
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France Théoret is a Canadian feminist, author, poet, and teacher.
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Yvon Vallières
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Yvon Vallières is a retired Canadian politician and teacher. He was a member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Richmond in the Estrie region from 1973 to 1976 and from 1981 to 2012. Formerly the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 2003 to 2007, he is the current chair of the Government Caucus. He was a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.
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Thierry St-Cyr
- Occupations
- engineerpolitician
- Biography
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Thierry St-Cyr is an engineer and former Bloc Québécois politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as the Member of Parliament for Jeanne-Le Ber from 2006 to 2011.
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Pierre-André Fournier
- Enrolled in the University of Sherbrooke
- 1977-1981 graduated with master's degree in pastoral theology
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Pierre-André Fournier was a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the sixth Archbishop of Rimouski.
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Yves A. Lussier
- Occupations
- bioinformatician
- Biography
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Yves A. Lussier is a physician-scientist conducting research in Precision medicine, Translational bioinformatics and Personal Genomics. As a co-founder of Purkinje, he pioneered the commercial use of controlled medical vocabulary organized as directed semantic networks in electronic medical records, as well as Pen computing for clinicians.
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Danielle Fournier
- Occupations
- essayistuniversity teachernovelistwriterpoet
- Biography
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Danielle Fournier is a Quebec educator and writer.
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France Boisvert
- Occupations
- novelistwriterjournalistresearcherpoet
- Biography
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France Boisvert is a Quebec educator and writer.
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Liette Vasseur
- Occupations
- biologist
- Biography
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Liette Vasseur is a Canadian biologist who has held the UNESCO Chair in Community Sustainability: From Local to Global in the Department of Biological Sciences since 2014 (renewed in 2018) at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. She is also a member of the Women and Gender Studies program and the Environmental Sustainability Research Centre.
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Lise Vaillancourt
- Occupations
- novelistauthorplaywright
- Biography
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Lise Vaillancourt is a Quebec writer.
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Mohamad Sawan
- Occupations
- engineeruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Mohamad Sawan is a Canadian-Lebanese electrical engineer, academic and researcher. He is a Chair Professor at Westlake University, China, and an Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal, Canada.
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Michel Alary
- Years
- 1954-.. (age 72)
- Occupations
- university teacherepidemiologistphysician
- Biography
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Michel Alary is a Canadian academic, doctor of preventive medicine and a health researcher. He is a Professor of Social and Preventive Medicine at Université Laval and the director of population health research at the Research Centre of the CHU de Quebec – Université Laval. He also serves as a Medical Consultant at the Institut national de santé publique du Québec. Alary has published over 260 research papers and has produced major reports for the World Bank and UNAIDS about HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. He also evaluated the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's India AIDS Initiative for which his project received the Avahan Recognition Award. He has conducted epidemiological and preventive research on blood-borne infections, HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) among the most vulnerable populations in developed and developing countries.
