Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: May 13, 2004
• Invested on: September 09, 2005

For more than 40 years, Robert Daudelin has dedicated himself to the history of both Canadian and foreign cinema. He is involved in many areas, such as the Conseil québécois pour la diffusion du cinéma [Quebec council for film diffusion], the Montreal International Film Festival, and as a writer and contibutor with various publications. But his name is most closely tied to the Cinémathèque québécoise. For three decades he has promoted and developed this institution, which, under his governance, has become one of the world's most important film archive conservation centres. Self-taught in his field, he has served as Chair of the International Federation of Film Archives. In 2003, he received a Special Genie Award for his exceptional contribution to the Canadian film industry.