Former UQÀM rector amongst recipients of Order of Montreal

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Former Université du Québec à Montréal rector Claude Corbo and radio host Monique Giroux are amongst this 12 months’s recipients of the Order of Montreal.

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Mayor Valérie Plante named 17 main Montrealers to the order, town’s highest distinction, in a ceremony on the Théâtre St-Jacques in Outdated Montreal on Sunday, two days earlier than the 380th anniversary of the founding of Montreal.

“The range of their backgrounds is a mirrored image of Montreal,” she stated.

Corbo, who chaired the Desk de concertation du Mount Royal from 2005 to 2020, was named to the best rank, commander, together with Giroux and Jean-Lucien Rouleau, a heart specialist and former Dean of Medication at Université de Montréal.

The creator of a number of books on schooling and politics, Corbo additionally led consultations on the Montreal Constitution of Rights and Duties and co-authored a report on heritage administration.

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Giroux was honoured for her greater than 30-year contribution to Montreal’s arts scene, particularly for fostering rising performers and combatting homophobia and transphobia.

Rouleau authored research on coronary heart failure and stroke rehabilitation that led to modifications in therapy. He helped create an workplace to advertise patient-centred care that has developed a global popularity as a centre of excellence.

Plante named six folks as officers, together with architect and concrete planner Aurèle Cardinal, whose achievements embrace the Outremont campus of the Université de Montréal and the Outdated Port.

Additionally named as officers have been Gérald Larose, the previous president of the Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN) and a frontrunner of Quebec’s sovereignty motion; and André Ménard, co-founder of the Montreal Worldwide Jazz Competition and of Équipe Spectra.

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The opposite honourees are:

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Monique Mujawamariya, founding father of the primary Mafubo affiliation in Montreal, set as much as fight excessive poverty, insecurity and violence towards ladies in Africa and elsewhere. It now serves in 48 nations on 5 continents.

Ginette Noiseux, set and costume designer, creative director and basic supervisor of Espace Go.

Samuel Pierre, professor of pc engineering at Polytechnique Montréal, pioneering researcher, innovator and head of the Groupe de réflexion et d’motion pour Haïti.

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Margaret Bain, housing advocate and 38-year director of social housing group Interloge.

Julie Bruneau, doctor, professor of medication at Université de Montréal and co-founder of CACTUS Montreal.

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Jocelyn Demers, doctor, co-founder of LEUCAN, Manoir McDonald and Fondation Charles-Bruneau.

Aisha Guendafa, director of the Centre d’accueil et de référence sociale et économique pour immigrants de St-Laurent.

Suzanne Lareau, biking advocate, former CEO of Vélo Québec.

Barry F. Lorenzetti, founding father of impartial brokerage agency BFL CANADA and philanthropist.

Louise Millette, engineering professor at Polytechnique Montréal.

Frantz Voltaire, creator, lecturer, filmmaker, co-founder of Montreal Human Rights Movie Competition and analysis centre on the Caribbean and Afro-Canadian communities.

The Order of Montreal was based in 2016 amongst actions to mark Montreal’s 375th anniversary. Recipients are chosen by a nine-member consultative committee, primarily based on their affect on Montrealers’ lives.

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