Richard Ernest Tremblay OC FRSC (born November 23, 1944)[1] is a Canadian child psychologist and Professor of Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Psychology at the University of Montreal, where he holds the Canada Research Chair in child development.
[2][3] His research has focused on the development of aggressive behavior in children and the potential for early intervention programs to reduce the chances of children turning to crime in adulthood.
from the University of Ottawa,[2] where he majored in physical education and played as a goal tender for the Ottawa Gee-Gees, the school's ice hockey team.
[2] In 2002, Tremblay received the Jacques Rousseau Award from the Association francophone pour le savoir, and in 2003, he received the Innis-Gérin Medal from the Royal Society of Canada.
In 2017, he received the 2017 Stockholm Prize in Criminology for his work studying delinquency in children, making him the first Canadian to receive this prize.