Francine Saillant | |
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Born | 1953 |
Nationality | Canadian |
Awards | Royal Society of Canada |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | McGill University |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Laval University |
Main interests | anthropologist |
Notable works | Anthropologie et sociétés |
Francine Saillant (born 1953)[citation needed] is a Canadian anthropologist and intellectual.
Saillant received her Ph.D. from McGill University in 1987.[1] She is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Laval University since 1996; and serves as the Director of the Centre interuniversitaire sur les lettres, les arts et les traditions (Interuniversity Centre for letters, arts and traditions; CÉLAT).[2] Saillant has directed the efforts of the journal Anthropologie et sociétés for more ten years. She was appointed in 2008 to be a member of the Royal Society of Canada. In 2013, she was co-chair of the 81st Congress of the Association francophone pour le savoir.