What is Manuel G. Batshaw?
'''Manuel Gilman Batshaw''',<ref name=batshawf>{{cite web|title=Batshaw Foundation|url=http://www.batshawfoundation.ca/Manny_Batshaw.html|access-date=2016-07-19|archive-date=2011-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827223327/http://www.batshawfoundation.ca/Manny_Batshaw.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> (17 April 1915 &ndash; 18 July 2016) was a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[social worker]]. Batshaw was born in [[Montreal]]. He was best known for being the founder of [[Batshaw Youth and Family Centres]]. He spent more than 50 years in the field of social work in [[Quebec]]. In the 1970s, he was active in helping Vietnamese [[boat people]] refugees. In 1975, he was in charge of an [[inquiry]] into abuses at institutions housing troubled young people, and the Batshaw Committee submitted a report. In 1993, five institutions were merged and were named the Batshaw Youth and Family Centres in his honour. He received an honorary degree from McGill University in 1998 and the [[National Order of Quebec]] in 2003,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/membres/membre.asp?id=169|title=Manuel G. Batshaw – Ordre national du Québec|website=www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca}}</ref> as well as the [[Order of Canada]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients|title=Recipients|first=Office of the Secretary to the Governor|last=General|date=11 June 2018|website=The Governor General of Canada}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Batshaw, Manuel G.}} [[Category:1915 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Canadian centenarians]] [[Category:People from Montreal]] [[Category:Social care]] {{bio-stub}}