Denis B. Vaillancourt

Denis B. Vaillancourt has worked in the field of education for over 40 years. Over the course of his extensive career in the Franco-Ontarian school system, he has worked as teacher, principal, superintendent of education and director of education, as well as serving as assistant deputy minister of education for the Ontario Ministry of Education. He has provided management and education consulting services for the Conseil ontarien des directions de l’éducation, the Ontario Ministry of Education (as senior associate of Parker Management Consultants Inc.’s Groupe des pratiques en éducation) and Ontario’s The Institute for Education Leadership.

He served as chair of the Comité tripartite pour l’éducation en langue française en situation minoritaire au Canada until 2018. He has been involved with United Way East Ontario since 2015 and served on the organization’s board of directors until 2021. He remains involved as a member of the Regional Advisory Council for the United Counties of Prescott and Russell. Denis previously served as a member and chair of the board of directors of the Réseau des services de santé en français de l’Est de l’Ontario. From 2010 to 2016, he chaired the Assemblée de la francophonie de l’Ontario and was also a member of the board of directors of the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadiennes. Appointed in 2021 to the French Language Health Services Advisory Council, he was reappointed by Ontario’s Minister of Health and Long-Term Care in November 2024 for a two-year term.

Denis’ community involvement earned him the Ordre de la Francophonie de Prescott et Russell in 2018 and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. In 2014, he was recognized with the grade of Knight of the Ordre de la Pléiade, awarded by the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie. And, in 2015, he was recognized by the Compagnie des Cent-Associés francophones for his exceptional contribution to the Canadian Francophonie. Denis B. Vaillancourt holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in Education Leadership from the University of Ottawa.