Gisèle Lamoureux

Gisèle Lamoureux, (October 5, 1942 – June 23, 2018) was a Canadian photographer, botanist and ecologist. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Lamoureux studied at the Université de Montréal and the Université Laval. She is the founder of Guides Fleurbec which made their debut in the 1970s. She is an activist for the protection of wild garlic since 1979, an initiative taken up when the Quebec law for the protection of endangered species was enacted. 1989 - Prix Georges-Préfontaine from the Association des biologistes du Québec 1996 - Knight of the Ordre national du Québec 1997 - Mérite de la conservation de la flore from the Quebec Ministry of Environment 1998 - Honoris causa Doctor of Sciences of the Université Laval 1999 - Made a Member of the Order of Canada for having "contributed to the protection of Canada's exceptional environment". 2015 - Prix Georges-Émile-Lapalme G Lamoureux, R Larose. Flore printanière. 2001. Fleurbec Gisèle Lamoureux and Patrick Nantel. Cultiver des plantes sauvages sans leur nuire (French). 1999. Fleurbec. Gisèle Lamoureux and Miroslav M. Grandtner. Contribution à l'étude écologique des dunes mobiles. I. Les éléments phytosociologiques. Canadian Journal of Botany, 1977, 55(2): 158-171 Gisèle Lamoureux and Miroslav M. Grandtner. Contribution à l'étude écologique des dunes mobiles. II. Les conditions édaphiques. Canadian Journal of Botany, 1978, 56(7): 818-832. Gisèle Lamoureux and Estelle Lacoursière. Etude préliminaire des groupements végétaux caractérisant quelques gîtes larvaires à moustiques dans la région de Trois-Rivières (Québec). Canadian Journal of Botany, 1976, 54(3-4): 177-190.