Musée du Fort Saint-Jean Museum

JACQUES CASTONGUAY, C.M., C.Q., C.D., D.Ph., LL.D.

Date entrance at CMR: august 19 1963
Date retired: august 4 1989

Administration
Military Psychology
Dean
Vice-chancellor

Official Historian - C.M.R. Saint-Jean

Jacques Castonguay was born on 17 April 1926. He joined CMR staff on 19 August 1963. He taught in the Department of Military Psychology and the Department of Administration. He was also Dean of Administration and Dean of Collegiate Studies before becoming the College Principal on 1 August 1986.

Mr. Castonguay retired from the Public Service on 4 August 1989 but remained its “Official Historian”. The criterium to become a member of this prestigious club being that an employee must have completed 25 years of service, the years Mr. Castonguay was at CMR as a military (1963-1966) were added to the years as a civilian member of the staff (1969-1989) and completed with years as the official historian.

Mr. Castonguay published more than 30 books to date in the military field, psychology and also Quebec history. You are welcome to visit his website at www.jacquescastonguay.com

Mr. Jacques Castonguay received a certificate attesting membership status in the Club Quart de Siècle by Brigadier-General Charles Emond, Commandant, on 5 November 1993. Principal Roch Carrier was present.

Biographie ~ Jacques Castonguay

Biography ~ Jacques Castonguay (written by Mr. Castonguay in 2009)

Born in Quebec City, Jacques Castonguay studied in Canada, France and Italy. He received a BA from the Université Laval and a PhD from the Université de Montréal.

During World War II he served with the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals and from 1958 to 1970 with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He served in various locations such as Uplands, St. Hubert, Namao and Saint-Jean. He was promoted Honorary Colonel of 16 Wing Saint-Jean and Borden in 1994.

He also taught in three Canadian universities : the Dominican University College (Ottawa), the York University (Toronto) and Le Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean (CMR).At the CMR he was successively Head of the Dept of Military Psychology and Management, Head of the Dept of Administration, Dean and Principal.As a member of a number of associations, he sat on several boards.

He has published numerous articles and books, the majority of them pertaining to psychology and military history. He is presently writing a book on the October Crisis of 1970 in Quebec.

Jacques Castonguay received a Honorary Doctorate in Literature from CMR (Saint-Jean) and a Honorary (Doctorate in Law from RMC (Kingston). He is a Member of the Order of Canada since 1991 and a Knight of the National Order of Quebec since 2008.