Professor of economic geography at Montreal's Ecole des Hautes Études Commerciales from 1931 to 1969, Mr. Benoît Brouillette is the first Québec geographer of international reputation and one of the pioneers of Canadian geography. His activity has been considerable on a local basis, as well as at regional and international levels. In Montréal, in addition to his university teaching, he founded the Société de Géographie de Montréal, and with Pierre Dagenais the Revue Canadienne de Géographie. Secondly, he has written many regional studies and undertook original research on the development of industries and commercial trends in Canada. Lastly, as a member of the Commission of Geography in Education (I.G.U.), he has been an agent in the world-wide propagation of the methods of modem pedagogy which are specific to the science of geography.