Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: November 19, 2018
• Invested on: July 04, 2019

Richard Ernest Tremblay, O.C., O.Q.
MontrÚal, Quebec

Richard Ernest Tremblay has been at the forefront of developmental psychology, child psychiatry and criminology for many decades. Professor emeritus at l'UniversitÚ de MontrÚal and University College Dublin, he studied the physical, cognitive, emotional and social development of more than 30 000 children to understand and prevent behaviour problems. His longitudinal and experimental studies have specifically transformed, in Canada and abroad, our understanding of the development and prevention of physical violence.