Dominic Giroux
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Fact Sheet: About Dominic Giroux Dominic Giroux has 19 years of senior executive experience in two Ontario school boards, as Assistant Deputy Minister in two Ontario ministries and as President and Vice-Chancellor of Laurentian University. He received in 2011 one of Canada's "Top 40 Under 40" Awards. Mr. Giroux holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Public Policy and Management and Political Science, and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Ottawa, as well as an MBA from the École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) in Montreal. He is a member in good standing of the Ontario College of Teachers. Giroux was one of four members of the Commission on the Reform of Ontario’s Public Services, which made in 2012 over 100 health-related recommendations. He chaired the board of NOSM and co-chaired the Consortium national de formation en santé (CNFS). Mr. Giroux currently serves as Vice Chair of Universities Canada and had been elected by his peers from Canada’s 97 universities to serve as Chair from October 2017 to October 2019. He serves also on the Executive Committee of the Council of Ontario Universities, on Ontario’s Economic Advisory Panel, the Mowat Centre’s Advisory Board and the boards of Canadian Accredited Independent Schools (CAIS) and of the Greater Sudbury Food Bank. He was co-special advisor on the implementation of the Northern Policy Institute and was appointed to the province's Ring of Fire Advisory Council, Hydro One’s Customer Service Advisory Panel, the Globe and Mail’s Advisory Board on Higher Education and to the Bank of Canada Advisory Council. He co-chaired the Ontario Council on Articulation and Transfer (ONCAT), chaired the Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) and the Conseil des écoles catholiques de langue française de la région d’Ottawa-Carleton, and served as vice-chair of the Association des universités de la francophonie canadienne (AUFC) and of the Association canadienne-française de l’Ontario (ACFO) d’Ottawa. He also served on the boards of the Greater Sudbury Development Corporation (GSDC), the Canadian Education Association (CEA), the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) and Montfort Hospital. The University of Ottawa gave him the “Leadership in Education Award” in 2007, while HEC gave him a “Talented Young Manager” Award in the large business category in 2008. He was named the 2010 Education Personality of the Year by Radio-Canada/Le Droit. He received a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, a Paul Harris Fellowship from the Rotary Club of Sudbury, a Community Builders Award of Excellence in Sudbury, and was awarded the “Prix du Pilier de la francophonie 2016” by the Assemblée de la francophonie de l’Ontario. He was named by the French government in 2017 as “Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes académiques de la République française” for his contribution to the influence of the French language in Canada. .