Ph.D. from Université de Montréal (UdeM) , Jean-Louis Fortin had a long career in the Institution. He was Director of the University Office of Industrial Liaison. He was further responsible for UdeM International Affairs. He left the University to serve as Executive Director of ANEL, the Canadian Association of French Book Publishers. He has been and still is an initiator of several national and international projects in Technology Transfer and Innovation.  He is actually Coordinator Partnership and Innovation at the Centre de recherche et de développement de l’aluminium (CQRDA). He lived at Theresa Gold Mines from 1946 to 1951 along with more than 30 members of his family.