Jeannine Guindon
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Jeannine Guindon | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 September 1919 |
| Died | 15 May 2002 (aged 82) |
| Alma mater | Université de Montréal |
| Title | Professor emeritus[1] |
Jeannine Guindon CM CQ QC (3 September 1919 – 15 May 2002) was a Canadian professor of psychology in Quebec. She was one of three main founders of psychoeducation.
Jeannine Guindon was born on 3 September 1919 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[2][3]
She completed a Bachelor of Arts degree and a diploma in pedagogy from the University of Ottawa[3] in 1939, then taught in Cornwall and Mountain, Ontario.[2]
She received a Master of Arts degree in psychology from the Université de Montréal in 1945.[3][2]
Career
Guidon helped found the Montreal Counselling and Rehabilitation Centre and was its director from 1947 to 1977. She also founded the Quebec Psycho-Education Centre which she directed from 1953 to 1969 while teaching psychology at the Université de Montréal.[2]
After obtaining her doctorate in psychology in 1969 from the Université de Montréal,[1] Jeannine Guidon and Gilles Gendreau presided over the creation of the university's School of Psychoeducation in 1971.[1] She was its director from 1972 to 1976. Guindon, Gendreau, and Euchariste Paulhus were the three main founders of psychoeducation, a discipline serving young people in difficulty.[1][4] Guindon particularly chose to train caregivers for people who have intellectual or other disabilities, children with emotional problems, delinquent persons, or those who were socially maladjusted.[2]
In 1976, Guindon co-founded the Mariebourg Center and the Montreal Training and Rehabilitation Institute,[4] which she directed until 1984.[2] Guindon continued to work as a professor of psychology at the Université de Montréal until 1984 and was a member of the university's board of directors from 1977 to 1985.[5]
In 1992, the training institute became the Institut de formation humaine intégrale de Montréal (transl. Montreal Institute for Integral Human Training and received people from around the world.[2]
Recognition and honours
- Emeritus professor, Université de Montréal[5]
- Honorary doctorate in education, Université de Sherbrooke[6]
- Member of the Order of Canada, 1974[7]
- Chevaliere of the National Order of Quebec, 1990[5]
- Member of the Great Montrealers, 1993[8][3]
- Pro Ecclesia and Pontifice Paul VI decoration from the Diocese of Montreal[5]
- Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal, 2002[9]
- Commander of the Order of Montreal, 2016 (posthumous)[10]
