Dominique Abrioux was the President

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 of Athabasca University

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 from 1995 - 2005. He has been with the university

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 since 1978. He received his BA (honours) from the University of Saskatchewan

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 and the University of Alberta

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 where he got his MA in 1974. In 1979, he got a PhD

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 in Comparative Literature

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In 2003, the Open University

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 conferred an honorary degree

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 on Dr Abrioux as Doctor of the University.

In June 2008, he was named an Academic Councillor with University Canada West

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