Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: October 29, 2004
• Invested on: March 11, 2005

More than a great thinker and philosopher, Thomas De Koninck awakens minds. This professor and former dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at Laval University has authored works that received international acclaim, including De la dignitÚ humaine and La nouvelle ignorance et le problÞme de la culture. He is also well-known for the excellence of the courses he gives and the interest he takes in his students. A strong believer in the liberating potential of knowledge, he is eager to disseminate the fruits of his research by participating in various public forums. Also committed to promoting philosophy, he is an active member and past president of the Canadian Philosophical Association.