Cyril Simard
Cyril Simard | |
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| Born | 23 May 1938 Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | 10 May 2026 (aged 87) |
| Education | Université Laval |
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Cyril Simard (23 May 1938 – 10 May 2026) was a Canadian architect and ethnologist.[1]
Simard was the designer of the exhibition Terre des Hommes at the Expo 67 in Montreal. In 1970, he became the director of the Centrale d’artisanat du Québec.[2] He earned his doctorate from the Université Laval in 1986 with a thesis titled Économuséologie : comment rentabiliser une entreprise culturelle.[3] His works have been archived at the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.[4]
Simard died on 10 May 2026, at the age of 87.[5]
Distinctions
- Member of the Royal Society of Canada (1996)[6]
- Officer of the National Order of Quebec (2005)[2]
- Prix Gérard-Morisset (2005)[7]
- Médaille de la Ville de Québec (2006)[8]
References
- ↑ Gagnon, Jérôme (12 May 2026). "Décès de Cyril Simard : « un monument » de la culture québécoise s'éteint". Le Charlevoisien (in French). Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- 1 2 "Cyril Simard". National Order of Quebec (in French).
- ↑ "Cyril Simard, l'artisan des économusées". Société québécoise d'ethnologie (in French).
- ↑ "Fonds Cyril Simard". Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (in French).
- ↑ Jaquet, Emma (12 May 2026). "Économusée : le fondateur et Baie-Saint-Paulois, Cyril Simard s'éteint". CIHO-FM (in French). Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ↑ "Mr. Cyril Simard". Royal Society of Canada.
- ↑ "Cyril Simard, lauréat". Les Prix du Québec (in French).
- ↑ Simard, Jean (2011). "Cyril Simard, l'homme qui n'a jamais oublié ses origines" (PDF). Revue d'ethnologie de l'Amérique française (in French). Retrieved 14 May 2026.