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Corinne Gallant is a professor emeritus at the University of Moncton, a proud Acadian and an icon in the Canadian women's movement. She created one of Canada's first women's studies courses, raising awareness among her students of issues such as violence against Aboriginal and Acadian women. Dr. Gallant helped to establish the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women and was an active member from 1989 to 1994. She also contributed research to the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women and published numerous articles – in English and French – on discrimination and injustice directed both at women and at various minority groups, including Acadians. Dr. Gallant served on the organizing committee for the first official gathering of Acadian women, which took place in Memramcook in 1974. She was also the founding president of LES FAM, the first feminist association in New Brunswick, the founding president of University of Moncton's l'Institut d'études et d'apprentissages féminins, and a member of the board of Crossroads for Women, a shelter for women and children fleeing abuse, from 1985 to 1988. She is the recipient of many awards, including the Queen's Jubilee Medal, the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal and the Order of Canada. Corinne Gallant lives in Moncton, New Brunswick.

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2012-10-01