Philippe Garigue
In June of this year, a new seminar room took the name “Philippe Garigue Classroom.” Thanks to a gift from Lorna Marsden, President Emeritus of York University and herself a sociologist, Glendon College was able to match the funds and name this new seminar room in Garigue’s honour.
Philippe Garigue, who died in 2008, arrived in Canada in 1954 at the invitation of McGill University to develop research on French Canada at that institution. In 1957, he was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Université de Montréal, a position he held for 15 years. At the same time, the Government of Quebec appointed him to head the provincial Family Superior Council at the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and the Family. He was chosen to serve as President of the UN’s International Union of Family Organizations, and he acted in an advisory capacity with the federal Department of Health and Social Affairs. Garigue was one of the founding directors of the Vanier Institute of the Family.
Alain Baudot, Prof Emeritus (French Studies) & Founding Director of Éditions du Gref
From left to right: Alain Baudot, Prof Emeritus (French Studies) & Founding Director of Éditions du Gref, Kenneth McRoberts, Former Principal, Marie-Thérèse Chaput, Director of Advancement
From 1980 to 1987, he was Principal of Glendon. His many contributions to the advancement of the College include
the creation of the International Studies Program, which was one of the first such programs in Canada. Under his direction, Glendon College returned to its original mission and became once again a resolutely bilingual institution.
Glendon is pleased to name a seminar room after Philippe Garigue as a way of perpetuating the memory of this great sociologist, who was also an important Principal in the history and development of our College.
By Michel Héroux
