Seven from McGill appointed to the Order of Quebec

On June 22, seven members of the McGill community were among the 34 new appointments to the National Order of Quebec, the province’s highest civilian honour.

Included among the 20 new Knights of the Order are four McGillians. These new members include faculty members Gerald Batist (MDCM’77), clinical oncologist, Director of the Segal Cancer Centre and a pioneer in the field of personalized medicine; and Desautels Faculty of Management professor Alain Pinsonneault, a world-renowned researcher in Information Systems. As well, a pair of alumni were also appointed as Knights of the Order, includingLaure Waridel (BA’96,), co-founder of Équiterre, an environmental organization; and physicist Yves Sirois (PhD’88), a key player in the discovery of the Higgs boson particle.

Read full article: McGill Reporter, June 23, 2016