Jean-Marie Toulouse, C.M., O.Q.
Mont-Royal, Quebec
Jean-Marie Toulouse is a pioneer of business studies. Professor emeritus and former director of HEC Montréal, he was the driving force behind its transformation into a world-class university business school. By establishing a research department, developing a joint doctoral program and modernizing teaching practices, he enabled the school to earn three international accreditations, a first in North America. A groundbreaking researcher, he has published works that have transformed entrepreneurship in Canada and demystified many aspects of Quebec’s 20th-century economic history.