Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: October 10, 2002
• Invested on: May 09, 2003

He plays a lead role in disseminating culture, both at home and abroad. Founder and director of the International Festival of Films on Art, he has been its driving force for over 20 years. Through this highly respected and unique North American event, which is held annually, he increases public awareness of and appreciation for art in all of its forms, through over 200 documentaries from around the world. This popular speaker was also an advisor for the Program for Art on Film in New York City. He has taught at several universities and currently shares his passion for art and cinema with his students at Marianopolis College in Montréal.