{"id":55497,"date":"2026-06-03T13:49:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uqac.ca\/uqactualites\/?p=55497"},"modified":"2026-06-03T14:24:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T18:24:39","slug":"une-prestigieuse-reconnaissance-de-lagc-pour-le-professeur-emerite-michael-higgins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uqac.ca\/uqactualites\/2026\/06\/03\/une-prestigieuse-reconnaissance-de-lagc-pour-le-professeur-emerite-michael-higgins\/","title":{"rendered":"Une prestigieuse reconnaissance de l&rsquo;AGC pour le professeur \u00e9m\u00e9rite Michael Higgins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Higgins, professeur \u00e9m\u00e9rite de l\u2019UQAC en sciences de la Terre, a re\u00e7u le prix <em>VIP Career Achievement<\/em> de l\u2019Association g\u00e9ologique du Canada (AGC) en reconnaissance de l\u2019ensemble de sa carri\u00e8re et de ses contributions remarquables en volcanologie et en p\u00e9trologie ign\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uqac.ca\/uqactualites\/2025\/12\/03\/des-chercheuses-et-chercheurs-de-luqac-parmi-les-2-des-scientifiques-les-plus-cites-au-monde\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Figurant au classement de l&rsquo;Universit\u00e9 Stanford des scientifiques les plus cit\u00e9s au monde<\/a>, le Dr. Higgins a men\u00e9 des recherches dont l&rsquo;impact est largement reconnu. Dans le cadre de ses travaux, il s&rsquo;est notamment pench\u00e9 sur la suite intrusive de Sept-\u00celes, l\u2019\u00e9volution g\u00e9ologique du Saguenay\u2013Lac-Saint-Jean et la mesure de la taille des cristaux dans diff\u00e9rents syst\u00e8mes volcaniques en Gr\u00e8ce, \u00e0 Hawa\u00ef, en Islande et au Chili.<\/p>\n<p>Il a \u00e9galement \u00e9crit des ouvrages sur l<!--ScriptorStartFragment-->\u2019<!--ScriptorEndFragment-->arch\u00e9ologie, dont un en collaboration avec son p\u00e8re, feu l&rsquo;arch\u00e9ologue Reynold Higgins (1916\u20131993).<\/p>\n<p>Au cours de ses 33 ann\u00e9es \u00e0 \u0153uvrer au sein de l\u2019Unit\u00e9 d\u2019enseignement en sciences de la Terre de l\u2019UQAC, Michael Higgins a form\u00e9 de nombreux \u00e9tudiants et \u00e9tudiantes aux cycles sup\u00e9rieurs et contribu\u00e9 de fa\u00e7on significative au rayonnement de son domaine.<\/p>\n<p>L&rsquo;UQAC f\u00e9licite chaleureusement le professeur Higgins pour cette reconnaissance bien m\u00e9rit\u00e9e!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Higgins, professeur \u00e9m\u00e9rite de l\u2019UQAC en sciences de la Terre, a re\u00e7u le prix VIP Career Achievement de l\u2019Association g\u00e9ologique du Canada (AGC) en reconnaissance de l\u2019ensemble de sa carri\u00e8re et de ses contributions remarquables en volcanologie et en p\u00e9trologie ign\u00e9e. Figurant au classement de l&rsquo;Universit\u00e9 Stanford des scientifiques les plus cit\u00e9s au monde, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":55503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2795,2,9,4],"tags":[46,21,2931],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Une prestigieuse reconnaissance de l&#039;AGC pour le professeur \u00e9m\u00e9rite Michael Higgins - UQACtualit\u00e9s<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uqac.ca\/uqactualites\/2026\/06\/03\/une-prestigieuse-reconnaissance-de-lagc-pour-le-professeur-emerite-michael-higgins\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_CA\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Une prestigieuse reconnaissance de l&#039;AGC pour le professeur \u00e9m\u00e9rite Michael Higgins - UQACtualit\u00e9s\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Michael Higgins, professeur \u00e9m\u00e9rite de l\u2019UQAC en sciences de la Terre, a re\u00e7u le prix VIP Career Achievement de l\u2019Association g\u00e9ologique du Canada (AGC) en reconnaissance de l\u2019ensemble de sa carri\u00e8re et de ses contributions remarquables en volcanologie et en p\u00e9trologie ign\u00e9e. 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