Passing of Alain Chanlat
August 29, 2025
The members of the HEC Montréal community were saddened to learn of the passing of Alain Chanlat on August 19, 2025. A professor in the Department of Management from 1967 to 2014, he taught at the School for over 45 years. He also co-founded and directed the Humanism, Management and Globalization Centre.
Alain Chanlat was committed to recognizing the diversity of human groups and individual uniqueness. He is an acknowledged forerunner in the field of interdisciplinarity and humanism in management and was also deeply interested in innovative teaching. In this regard, he received the Award for Teaching Excellence from HEC Montréal in 2009.
Other recognitions that he earned during his academic career also include an honorary PhD in 2016 from the Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia.
