Honours

  • National Personality (2005)

  • Honourary member of The League of Canadian Poets (2004)

  • Gérald Dame Prize of Distinction, the highest distinction awarded by the province for the enrichment of a downtown core (2004)

  • Prize from the University of Quebec at Trois Rivières, the university’s highest distinction (2003)

  • Officer of the Order of Quebec (2002)

  • Medal of the Académie des lettres du Québec (2001)

  • Member of the Académie mondiale de la Poésie (Verona, Italy, 2001)

  • Personality of the Week: La Presse (November, 2001)

  • Medal for Municipal Merit, granted by the Quebec Minister of Municipal Affairs in June1994 for his contribution as a simple citizen to the development, growth and improvement to the quality of life of his municipality.

  • Governor General’s Medal – on the occasion of Canada’s 125th birthday – for his contribution to the cultural development of a region (May 1993)

  • Member of the Order of Lavérendrye, the highest distinction conferred on a citizen of Trois Rivières for community service (1991)

  • Honorary Ctizen of the birthplace of poet and ex-President of Senegal, Léopold Senghor.

  • Marc Lescarbot Medal, 1991, awarded by the Government of Canada for his contribution to the cultural development of a region

  • Medal of la Mauricie’s Saint-Jean Baptiste Society, 1991, for his contribution to the cultural development of Quebecers








Remise du prix personnalité touristique régionale 2005 par la ministre du Tourisme Françoise Gauthier.
Gaston Bellemare à Dakkar au Sénégal.