Jean Robert, PhD

Jean Robert completed his undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral studies at the University of Ottawa, Université Laval, University of Maine, McGill and Harvard. Over his 35-year career at CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence, Jean worked as a counsellor and then as academic dean, retiring as campus director in 2014. Jean is president of the National Battlefields Commission and is the Senior Advisor at McGill University's Ingram School of Nursing. He is also vice chairman of the Central Quebec School Board. In addition to serving as president of the Jeffery Hale Community Partners, Jean is also president of the Jeffery Hale Foundation and a member of the Citadel Foundation. He is a past member of the Comité provincial pour la prestation des services de santé et services sociaux en langue anglaise (PAC) and of the Commission de l'Éducation en langue anglaise. Jean is a Canadian representative of the Morehead-Cain Scholarship program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a board member of the Université Laval’s Rouge et Or basketball program.