{"id":11756,"date":"2024-01-19T15:23:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T20:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/?page_id=11756"},"modified":"2025-10-14T14:48:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T18:48:42","slug":"michel-gaulin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/honorary-degree-guidelines-and-nominations\/michel-gaulin\/","title":{"rendered":"Michel Gaulin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Michel Gaulin\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"173\" height=\"207\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/Michel-Gaulin.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/Michel-Gaulin.png 173w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/Michel-Gaulin-160x191.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 173px) 100vw, 173px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Michel Gaulin was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, at the 9:30 a.m. ceremony on Friday, June 16, \u201cin recognition of his extraordinary career as a distinguished professor, graduate adviser and examiner.\u201d<br>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in Ottawa, Gaulin was raised as a francophone, attending French schools and speaking French at home. He was eventually accepted to the University of Ottawa for a four-year high school diploma leading to university studies and received his undergraduate degree in 1961. He completed a master\u2019s in the French language and French Canadian literature at the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1967, after six years of teaching and pursuing a PhD at Harvard, Gaulin joined Carleton as an Associate Professor. He went on to become a Full Professor and in 2003, was named Professor Emeritus of Carleton\u2019s French Department. Gaulin received Carleton University\u2019s Founders Award in 2015 for his contributions to French education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N4CjqMZJUA0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WATCH THE AWARD CEREMONY OF Michel Gaulin<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michel Gaulin was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, at the 9:30 a.m. ceremony on Friday, June 16, \u201cin recognition of his extraordinary career as a distinguished professor, graduate adviser and examiner.\u201d Born in Ottawa, Gaulin was raised as a francophone, attending French schools and speaking French at home. 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