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The recipient of this award, Professor Emeritus Alain Baudot  was a founding member not only of the French Studies Department at York University, but also the founder of bilingual Glendon College.

Alain was one of the very first professors at Glendon. Among his many contributions to the University were the creation of the Department of Multidisciplinary Studies and the groundwork for the development of a PhD program in Francophone Studies. He also demonstrated outstanding leadership as Graduate Program Director for the Master in French Studies and the Master in Translation programs.

In his role as Founding Director of Éditions du GREF ( Groupe de recherche en études francophones ), the French-language publisher of scholarly and creative works at Glendon, he supported generations of authors. With his passing, Franco-Ontarian publishing circles also lose one of their longstanding pillars.

Alain himself wrote more than 200 articles and several books on subjects ranging from early music, to Belgian literature, to Quebec song and opera, for which he received numerous awards. Notably, he was made a member of the Royal Society of Canada, an Officer of the Order of the Crown (Belgium), Officer of the Order of Academic Palms (France), winner of the Alliance Française Toronto prize (sponsored by the Del Duca Foundation, Paris), and winner of the Association of Canadian University and French Professors prize.