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university’s Louis E. Deveau
Entrepreneurship Centre was named in his honour. In 1997, Deveau also agreed to serve as the first chairman of the independent board of the Collège de l’Acadie. Louis and Fedora Deveau also supported dozens of Acadian festivals and events over the years, none more important to them than the Acadian Festival in the District of Clare, where they both grew up.
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Today, French immersion streams are offered to students across Nova Scotia, and French-language education is also available in major centres and many
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Prior to founding
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In 1980, at the age of 49, Deveau founded
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Sainte-Anne between 2006 and 2011, as well as serving on its board. Today, he still acts as a trusted advisor to university president
Allister Surette, who credits Deveau with helping transform the former Catholic institution into a progressive, business-friendly 21st Century university. The
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research facilities in Canada, the United States, Ireland, Scotland, and
England. Deveau’s success was anchored in research and innovation, an approach born of his view that a small Canadian company could never thrive against low-cost producers in what he saw as a commodity business.
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pioneering 100-acre land-based cultivation site at
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Robichaud), who celebrated their 64th anniversary in 2021, both became strong advocates of French-language education in Nova Scotia and across Canada.
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