Concordia’s Anne-Marie Croteau receives King Charles III Coronation Medal

Anne-Marie Croteau has been a pioneering figure in advancing women in leadership and a role model in her own right.

Croteau was the first woman to earn a PhD in information systems at Université Laval and the first woman to serve as dean of Concordia’s John Molson School of Business.

Under her leadership, the school became the first in Canada to receive parity certification from Women in Governance in 2019. Additionally, the Barry F. Lorenzetti Centre for Women in Entrepreneurship and Leadership was established in 2021.

In recognition of her contribution to promoting diversity and excellence in education, Croteau received the King Charles III Coronation Medal in a ceremony on December 7 at HEC Montreal’s Édifice Hélène-Desmarais.

The Coronation Medal is given to living individuals who “have made a significant contribution to Canada or to a particular province, territory, region or community of Canada, or have made an outstanding achievement abroad that brings credit to Canada” and is administered by the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General.

“I am deeply grateful for this honour,” she says. “My passion for higher education and my commitment to gender equity knows no limits. We must all work towards ensuring everyone has access to a level playing field.”

As an academic leader, her career spans 25 years in teaching, research and administration. Her research focuses on the strategic management of information technology and her work has been published in leading international scientific journals.

As a chartered director, she actively serves on various national and international boards, including Hydro-Québec and the Autorité des marchés financiers. She is the vice-chair of the board of directors at Collège André-Grasset and chairs its governance committee. Additionally, she is the only Canadian on the board of directors and the innovation committee of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, an international accrediting body for business schools.

Last April, she made a $55,000 donation to Concordia that funds scholarships for John Molson’s women students in the undergraduate Business Technology Management program and the Master of Science in Business Analytics and Technology Management.