Camille Limoges

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.

References

http://www.sshrc.ca/web/about/members/limoges_e.asp