Corinne Gallant

[1][2] She held the office of Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Arts and director of the philosophy program at the Université de Moncton.

[2] Eighty women from this evening class continued meeting and in 1968 formed Moncton's first feminist group, La Fédération des dames d'Acadie.

[6] In 1989, she co-chaired a working committee that led to the creation of the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women and remained an active member until 1994.

[4] Gallant was made a member of the Order of Canada in 1988 and received the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal.

[2][7] At the end of 2012, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the University of Moncton, Simone LeBlanc-Rainville released the book Corinne Gallant: A Pioneer of Feminism in Acadia as the first volume of the "Mémoire biographique" collection of the Institut d'études acadiennes.