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Dedication
This Rimouski researcher participated greatly in a wide range of colloquia and
special meetings around the world, always with the objective of understanding the
coastal environment better and contributing to the prevention of natural disasters
and to the limitation of their effects. In the course of his work, he developed an impressive worldwide network of professional contacts in marine sciences.
He was also very active in the International Association for the Physical Sciences
of the Oceans (IAPSO), where EI-Sabh was member of the Executive Committee and
Head and participated in several committees such as Natural Hazards and Oceanography for Developing Countries. In this regard, Prof. EI-Sabh has dedicated a large
part of his active life to promote exchange and collaboration between Canada and
developing countries of Africa, Asia and South America.
Mohammed EI-Sabh was awarded numerous prizes, notably: the International Tsunami Society Merit Medal (for the organization of the International Symposium on
Hazards and Disasters in Rimouski, 1986), the Applied Oceanography prize of the
Canadian Society of Meteorology and Oceanography, the Michel-Jurdant prize (Environmental Sciences, ACFAS, 1991), the Alcide C. Horth Distinction (for his contribution to research), the Prix de reconnaissance (UQAR, 1997) and the Science Prize of
the International Society for Natural Hazards (1998).
Within the university, he was twice Director of the Department of Oceanography.
Last autumn, he took on the administrative and scientific leadership of the PRICAT
project, aimed at developing links in the field of Marine Resources between Canada
and Tunisia. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation of
UQAR.
We have lost a major personality. Many people will warmly remember this friendly,
enthusiastic man who made a place for himself in the oceanography world. To his
friends and colleagues, EI-Sabh (The Lion in Arabic) behaved exactly like the meaning of his last name: protector and provider of friendship, advise and defender upon
any injustice.
He was the companion of Mme. Pauline Cote, professor of education at UQAR and
the father of two children, Youssef and Nadia.
Mario Belanger
Translation by Philip Hill
Dedication
This Rimouski researcher participated greatly in a wide range of colloquia and
special meetings around the world, always with the objective of understanding the
coastal environment better and contributing to the prevention of natural disasters
and to the limitation of their effects. In the course of his work, he developed an impressive worldwide network of professional contacts in marine sciences.
He was also very active in the International Association for the Physical Sciences
of the Oceans (IAPSO), where EI-Sabh was member of the Executive Committee and
Head and participated in several committees such as Natural Hazards and Oceanography for Developing Countries. In this regard, Prof. EI-Sabh has dedicated a large
part of his active life to promote exchange and collaboration between Canada and
developing countries of Africa, Asia and South America.
Mohammed EI-Sabh was awarded numerous prizes, notably: the International Tsunami Society Merit Medal (for the organization of the International Symposium on
Hazards and Disasters in Rimouski, 1986), the Applied Oceanography prize of the
Canadian Society of Meteorology and Oceanography, the Michel-Jurdant prize (Environmental Sciences, ACFAS, 1991), the Alcide C. Horth Distinction (for his contribution to research), the Prix de reconnaissance (UQAR, 1997) and the Science Prize of
the International Society for Natural Hazards (1998).
Within the university, he was twice Director of the Department of Oceanography.
Last autumn, he took on the administrative and scientific leadership of the PRICAT
project, aimed at developing links in the field of Marine Resources between Canada
and Tunisia. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation of
UQAR.
We have lost a major personality. Many people will warmly remember this friendly,
enthusiastic man who made a place for himself in the oceanography world. To his
friends and colleagues, EI-Sabh (The Lion in Arabic) behaved exactly like the meaning of his last name: protector and provider of friendship, advise and defender upon
any injustice.
He was the companion of Mme. Pauline Cote, professor of education at UQAR and
the father of two children, Youssef and Nadia.
Mario Belanger
Translation by Philip Hill