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Élise Paré-Tousignant (1937 – August 8, 2018) was a Canadian music administrator and music pedagogue. She was employed as a music theory teacher and auditory trainor at Université Laval and then was appointed the Faculty of Arts at Université Laval's first dean in 1985. Paré-Tousignant was the university's vice-rector of human resources and held the role of artistic director of the Domaine Forget that he held from 1993 to 2001. She oversaw the construction of the Domaine's Françoys-Bernier Hall and was the supervisor of the renovation of the Palais Montcalm [es; fr]. Paré-Tousignant served on the board of directors of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and was president of the Quebec Music Council [fr] between 2001 and 2005. She received awards and decorations such as the Médaille Gloire de l'Escolle [fr], the Chevalier of the Ordre des Palmes académiques, the Officer of the National Order of Quebec, the Tribute Prize at the Prix Opus [fr], the Compagne Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec [fr] in 2015, and the Member of the Order of Canada.