Roger Blais (geological engineer)
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Born in Shawinigan, Quebec, he graduated from Université Laval and from the University of Toronto. In 1970, he was appointed a professor in economic geology and the first director of research at École Polytechnique de Montréal. He was the father of two children.
Honours
In 1975 he was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's Bancroft Award. In 1984 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 2002. In 1995 he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec. In 1997, he was awarded the Government of Quebec's Prix Armand-Frappier. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and of the Engineering Institute of Canada.
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- 1926 births
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- 20th-century Canadian geologists
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
- Fellows of the Engineering Institute of Canada
- Officers of the National Order of Quebec
- Companions of the Order of Canada
- Academics from Quebec
- People from Shawinigan
- Université Laval alumni
- University of Toronto alumni