Camille Limoges
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Camille Limoges recently retired as deputy minister of Québec's ministère de la Recherche, de la Science, et de la Technologie. His three decades of work, both as a scholar and a civil servant, has made an indelible mark on science and technology research.
Well-known as a pioneer in the field of the history of science and technology in Québec, Limoges founded the Institut d'histoire et de sociopolitique des sciences at the Université de Montréal
in 1973. Ten years later, he became the deputy minister of Québec's newly-created ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Science.
Returning to academia in 1987, this time to the Université du Québec à Montréal
, Limoges joined a multi-university team to create the Centre de recherche en évaluation sociale des technologies. Thereafter, he went on to found and serve as director of the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie. He also served from 1989 to 1990 as president of ACFAS (Association canadienne-française pour l'avancement des sciences). In 1997, he became president of the Conseil de la science et de la technologie (CST). The Government of Québec integrated a number of proposals developed by the CST into its most recent policy on science and technology, announced in January 2000.
Limoges received his PhD from the Sorbonne in 1968, studying under Georges Canguilhem
. One of his most influential students is historian of biology Jan Sapp
.
Well-known as a pioneer in the field of the history of science and technology in Québec, Limoges founded the Institut d'histoire et de sociopolitique des sciences at the Université de Montréal
Université de Montréal
The Université de Montréal is a public francophone research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal...
in 1973. Ten years later, he became the deputy minister of Québec's newly-created ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Science.
Returning to academia in 1987, this time to the Université du Québec à Montréal
Université du Québec à Montréal
The Université du Québec à Montréal is one of four universities in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Basic facts:The UQAM is the largest constituent element of the Université du Québec , a public university system with other branches in Gatineau , Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec City, Chicoutimi, and...
, Limoges joined a multi-university team to create the Centre de recherche en évaluation sociale des technologies. Thereafter, he went on to found and serve as director of the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie. He also served from 1989 to 1990 as president of ACFAS (Association canadienne-française pour l'avancement des sciences). In 1997, he became president of the Conseil de la science et de la technologie (CST). The Government of Québec integrated a number of proposals developed by the CST into its most recent policy on science and technology, announced in January 2000.
Limoges received his PhD from the Sorbonne in 1968, studying under Georges Canguilhem
Georges Canguilhem
Georges Canguilhem was a French philosopher and physician who specialized in epistemology and the philosophy of science .-Life and work:...
. One of his most influential students is historian of biology Jan Sapp
Jan Sapp
Jan Sapp is an historian of biology at York University, Canada. His writings focus especially on evolutionary biology beyond the traditional neo-Darwinian framework, and emphasize the fundamental importance of symbiosis and horizontal gene transfer in heredity and evolution...
.