What is Louis-Edmond Hamelin?
[[File:Louis-Edmond Hamelin 2014-04-10.jpg|thumb|Louis-Edmond Hamelin in 2014]] '''Louis-Edmond Hamelin''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|GOQ|FRSC}} (21 March 1923 &ndash; 11 February 2020) was a Canadian geographer, professor, and author. Born in [[Saint-Didace]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]], he was best known for his studies of [[Northern Canada]]. Hamelin created the [[Centre for Northern Studies]] at the [[Université Laval]] in Québec and was rector of the [[Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières]] from 1978 to 1983. He was also a member of the [[Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories|Northwest Territories Legislative Council]]. Hamelin specialized in Northern and [[Indigenous peoples|Aboriginal peoples]] studies. Hamelin died on 11 February 2020 at the age of 96.<ref> {{cite news |title=Décès du géographe Louis-Edmond Hamelin|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/202002/14/01-5260886-deces-du-geographe-louis-edmond-hamelin.php |date=February 14, 2020 |work=[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|]] |access-date=February 14, 2020}} </ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamelin, Louis}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Academics of Université Laval]] [[Category:Geographers]] {{bio-stub}}