Dominique Andrew Marie Xavier Abrioux was the

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from 1995 to 2006. He had been with the

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since 1978. He received his BA (honours) from the

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and the

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where he received his MA in 1974. In 1979, he received a

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in comparative literature, from the University of Alberta. He became the president of Athabasca University on February 10, 1995 and his last term ended on May 31, 2005. On September 13, 2003, the

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conferred an

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on Abrioux as Doctor of the University. In June 2008, he was named an academic councillor with

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