Singer Diane Dufresne and filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin are among the eight personalities who will be awarded a doctorate this year honoris causa from Laval University.
This is the highest distinction awarded by the establishment of knowledge of Quebec, the diplomas will be awarded during the convocation which will take place from June 19 to 22 at the Center des congrès de Québec.
Diane Dufresne obtains her doctorate honoris causa for his contribution in music while it is for his work in cinema that Mme Obomsawin will receive his. Among the six other personalities also honored during the same evening, let us note the former president of Hydro-Québec Sophie Brochu, the political analyst Régine Laurent and the former horticultural journalist Larry Hodgson, who died last October.
“Through this token of appreciation and esteem, we are paying tribute to inspiring people who have distinguished themselves through their careers, their achievements or their outstanding contributions,” Rector Sophie D’Amours said in a press release. This year, the eight honored personalities have largely contributed to the development of their field, whether in the arts, horticulture, politics, administration, education, mathematics or medicine. I would like to thank them for accepting this honor and thus promoting Université Laval here and well beyond our borders. »