Gisèle Lamoureux
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Gisèle Lamoureux, CM CQ is a Québécoise photographer, botanist and ecologist, born in Montreal, 5 October 1942.
She is the founder of Guides Fleurbec which made their debut in the 1970s.
She is an activist for the protection of wild garlic since 1979, an initiative taken up when the Quebec law for the protection of endangered species was enacted.
Distinctions
- 1989 - Prix Georges-Préfontaine from the Association des biologistes du Québec
- 1996 - Chevalier of the Ordre national du Québec
- 1997 - Mérite de la conservation de la flore from the ministère de l’Environnement du Québec
- 1998 - Honoris causa Doctor of Sciences of the Université Laval
- 1999 - Member of the Order of Canada
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