Board of Directors
As the Executive Committee of the APRUO, the Board of Directors (Board) oversees the business of the Association and manages its ongoing projects, policies, finances, and membership. The Board consists of ten members, as well as the past President, and it elects from its ranks the Society’s officers: President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer. The other members of the Board are assigned specific areas of responsibility related to the Association’s current priorities.
The Board reports on its work to the Association’s membership at the Annual General Meeting, usually held in late May. We welcome volunteers who wish to serve on the Board or help organize Association activities.
The current members of the Board, with their photos, are listed below. For information about committee members, click on the “eye” icon to the right of the person’s name. To contact a committee member, click on the "envelope" icon, also to the right of the person's name, which will open a form for you to submit your message.
Douglas Angus,until his retirement in June 2016, was a Full Professor in the Telfer School of Management with expertise in health economics and health policy. He was the Director of the PhD Program in Population Health from 2003 to 2010. Previously, he was Vice Dean and Associate Dean in the School from 1999-2002, and Director of the MHA Program from 1997-2001. From 2001 until 2007, Professor Angus also served as a member of the University of Ottawa’s Board of Governors.
Douglas is the voting representative on the University Pension Committee, and a member of the Board's's "Special Projects Committee." His current mandate on the Administrative Committee ends in 2026.
Richard Clément holds a doctorate in social psychology from Western University, Ontario. Retired after more than 40 years of service, he has been since 2018 Emeritus Professor at the School of Psychology and at the Institute of Official Languages and Bilingualism of the University of Ottawa.
He is the APRUO Treasurer.
Richard Clément's current mandate as member of the Administrative Committee ends in 2028.
Christina received her Ph. D from Michigan State University in 1993 with a specialization in learning and cognition, research design and human development. Her work examines the following areas: 1) cognitive transfer in teaching (e.g., how learners/teachers adapt their pedagogical knowledge across time and instructional contexts); 2) effectiveness and efficiency of learning (two critical elements of learning for postsecondary learners); and 3) classroom research using quasi-experimental methodology. Christina retired in 2025. Currently, she serves as a mentor to doctoral students with disabilities through the American Psychology Association (APA) and she assists in developing courses for persons with mental health issues through the Canadian Mental Health Association, Ottawa Branch (CMHA).
Andrée Durieux-Smith is a professor Emeritus of the Faculty of Health Sciences. Her area of expertise is pediatric audiology and more specifically the early identification of hearing loss in infants and children.
In 1993 she became the founding director of the Audiology and Speech Language-Pathology program. In 1997 she became Director of the new School of Rehabilitation Sciences and also subsequently occupied the positions of Vice-Dean research and Vice-Dean of professoral affairs.
She is a fellow emeritus of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.
Andrée's current mandate as a member on thre Administrative Committee ends in 2027.
Emeritus Professor, Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts.
André Lapierre retired in 2011 and was elected to the APRUO Administrative Committee in 2017.
He represents APRUO on the Board of Directors of CURAC (College and University Retiree Associations of Canada).
The current mandate of André Lapierre as a member of the Administrative Committee ends in 2027.
Sylvie Lauzon (B.Sc. et M.Sc. Université de Montréal; Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University) started her professional career as a nurse, namely in Northern Québec, then as a professor at Université de Montréal (1988-2002). In 2002, she joined the University of Ottawa where she held the positions of Director of the School of Nursing, Associate Vice-President Academic and Interim Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences.
Sylvie Lauzon retired in 2014.
Sylvie Lauzon's current mandate as member of the Administrative Committee ends in 2026.
Dany Laveault is Professor Emeritus of the Faculty of Education. He served as Associate Dean of Research from 1998 to 2002. His area of expertise is measurement and evaluation in education in which he published several articles and was recognized with prizes of excellence here and abroad. He is currently acting as an evaluation consultant for Québec and Ontario school systems, as well as for educational institutions outside of Canada. He retired in 2015.
His mandate ends in 2027.
Dr. Raymond LeBlanc's teaching field is special education; socio-cultural approach and differential teaching. His research and scholarly activities are in autism Spectrum Disorder, developmental disabilities, learning styles, language and communication, learning disabilities, qualitative methodologies, cultural psychology and quality of life. He is co-director of a collection in neuropsychology and special education that has published 26 books. Dr. Leblanc represented the Autism Spectrum Disorders’ sector on the Minister’s Advisory Council on Special Education for many years and served as a member of the Ministers’ Autism Spectrum Disorders Reference Group.
Raymond's current mandate as member of the Administrative Committee ends in 2026.
Denis Nadeau is Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Droit civil (2024) and was recognized as Lawyer Emeritus by the Quebec Bar in 2018. His area of expertise is labour law and administrative law. In 2005-2006, he was granted the Excellence in Education Prize. Over a period of almost 30 years, he was Visiting Professor at four different universities in France, guest speaker in many European countries, and Chief Adjucator in Québec and at the federal level. He served on numerous university committees and Boards of directors.
His mandate ends in 2027.