Louise Dandurand

Louise Dandurand (1950—2016[1][2]) was a Canadian political scientist and administrator of university research in Canada.

Louise Dandurand
Born1950
Died2016
NationalityCanadian
Alma mater
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions

Education and early career

Dandurand earned an MA in the history of science from Université de Montréal in 1973, and a PhD in political science from University of Toronto in 1982. Early in her career, she taught for five years in the Department of Political Science at University of Ottawa. She then spent more than 35 years in the administration of university research.[3]

Career

Dandurand's positions as an academic administrator included director of policy and planning at the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, executive director of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, vice-president of research and planning at the Université du Québec à Montréal,[4] president and CEO of the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture (fr),[5] and vice-president of research and graduate studies at Concordia University.[6] She was president of the Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS) between 2012 and 2015.

Dandurand regularly spoke in the Canadian press as president of ACFAS regarding provincial and federal research policies,[7] and in defense of scientific research and research funding.[8][9] In 2015 she advocated against the restrictions by Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government on public communication by federal researchers,[10] and for French-language research in Canada.[11]

Dandurand was the co-author with Hélène P. Tremblay of a report on organizational and budgetary decentralization at the Université du Québec à Montréal.[12][13]

Awards

Dandurand received the Prize of the Association of University Research Administrators of Quebec in 2011,[14] and she was promoted to officer of the National Order of Quebec in 2016.[15] In 2011, Concordia University created an excellence scholarship of worth $15,000 in her name to recognize her contribution as Vice-President of Research and Graduate Studies.[16]

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References
  1. "Louise Dandurand n'est plus". Le Devoir (in French). 14 December 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  2. "Une grande dame de la science nous a quittés" (in French). ICI.Radio-Canada. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  3. "Louise Dandurand, Officière (2016)" (in French). Ordre national du Québec. 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  4. "Têtes d'affiche". La Presse (in French). 19 October 1999. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  5. "Avis de nomination de Pierre Joubert". La Presse (in French). 1 December 2001. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  6. "Louise Dandurand named to new Vice-Presidential position". Concordia Journal. 14 September 2006. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  7. "Québec investit 3,7 milliards sur cinq ans". La Presse (in French). 17 October 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  8. Lisa-Marie Gervais (25 April 2014). "Un ministre, deux ministères et un milieu perplexe". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  9. "Un atout majeur pour le Québec". Le Devoir (in French). 1 January 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  10. Jean-François Cliche (14 September 2015). "Scientifiques fédéraux : vous avez dit «démuseler»?". Le Soleil (in French). Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  11. "La science en français est une nécessité". Le Devoir (in French). 24 October 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  12. Alexandre Sirois (11 October 2016). "Valoriser l'UQAM". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  13. Louise Leduc (10 March 2016). "Conflit ESG et UQAM: deux consultants externes en renfort". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  14. "Prix de l'ADARUQ 2016" (in French). Association des administratrices et des administrateurs de recherche universitaire du Québec. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  15. "Trente-quatre personnalités québécoises nommées ou promues à l'Ordre national du Québec" (in French). National Library. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  16. "Outgoing VP, Research and Graduate Studies honoured". Concordia University. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
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