Anaïs Allard-Rousseau
Anaïs Allard-Rousseau was a Canadian educator and social activist living in Quebec.
She was born Anaïs Allard in Sainte-Monique de Nicolet; she was the sister of Jean Victor Allard. She studied music, education, philosophy and botany. In 1926, she married Arthur Rousseau, mayor of Trois-Rivières, and settled in Trois-Rivières. In 1942, she founded Les Rendez-vous artistiques, a concert society, and established the Club André-Mathieu, a series of concerts for young people. In 1949, she helped found the ; she served as its president from 1954 to 1956 and was delegate for the JMC to various international conventions. From 1952 to 1955, she was vice-president of the international federation of the Jeunesses Musicales. She taught courses in music and fine arts at the École normale du Christ-Roi, the Centre d'études universitaires and the École normale Maurice-Duplessis in Trois-Rivières. She also helped found the Conservatoire de Trois Rivières.
In 1969, she was named an officer in the Order of Canada.
Allard-Rousseau died in Fort-de-France, Martinique at the age of 66.
The concert hall of the Centre culturel for Trois-Rivières was named in her honour.
