Euclide Patrice Chiasson, C.M.
Dieppe, New Brunswick
A key figure in New Brunswick’s co-operative and community sectors, Euclide Chiasson is an outstanding Acadian leader. As founder of the magazine Ven’d’est and of the Parti Acadien, and as former director of the Fondation du Collège de Bathurst, he has helped shape the Acadian identity. Former president of the Société Nationale de l’Acadie, he brilliantly led the petition for the Crown to recognize the wrongs suffered by Acadians during the deportation. A natural at bringing people together, he is also the instigator and founding president of the Barque, a non-profit public education co-operative.