Background
Gervais, Michel was born on May 27, 1944 in Levis, Quebec, Canada. Son of Paul and Ghislaine (Gosselin) Gervais.
Gervais, Michel was born on May 27, 1944 in Levis, Quebec, Canada. Son of Paul and Ghislaine (Gosselin) Gervais.
Bachelor, College Levis, 1962; LTh, U. Laval, Canada, 1966; LPh, U. Laval, Canada, 1968; Doctor of Theology, Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome, 1973; D Civil Law (honorary), Bishop U., 1993; DDiv (honorary), McGill University, 1993; Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Manitoba, 1994; D (honorary), University Montreal, 1996.
He became a full professor at Université Laval, a university administrator and an administrator for the region of Québec. During his term as Rector, he was elected by his peers as Chairman of the Conference of Rectors and Principals of the Universities in Quebec (CREPUQ), World University Service of Canada (WUSC), the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) and the international Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (Labour Party Youth Organisation (Norwegian))
After his rectorate, Michel Gervais became President of the Commission des universités sur les programmes for CRÉPUQ, then, in 2000, Director of the Centre hospitalier Robert-Giffard (Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec) and of the Centre de recherche Université Laval/Robert-Giffard, in Quebec City, a post he held until 2008. In 2012, he was elected President of the Association québécoise d"établissements de santé et de services sociaux (AQESSS), a post he held until 2015.
He was also appointed as a member of the "conseil stratégique" de l"Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth.