Olivar-Asselin Award

The Olivar-Asselin Award (in French: Prix Olivar-Asselin) is an award created in 1955. It is given by the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal (SSJBM) to a Quebec journalist having distinguished themselves in the field of journalism. It is named after journalist Olivar Asselin, a former SSJBM president.

Winners

 * Jean-Marie Morin (1955)
 * Alfred Ayotte (1956)
 * René Lévesque (1957)
 * Pierre Vigeant (1958)
 * René Lecavalier (1959)
 * Omer Héroux (1960)
 * Harry Bernard (1961)
 * Germaine Bernier (1962)
 * Emery Leblanc (1963)
 * Vincent Prince (1964)
 * Jean-Marc Léger (1965)
 * Marcel Adam (1966)
 * Lucien Langlois (1967)
 * Roland Prévost (1968)
 * Claude Lapointe (1969)
 * Paul Sauriol (1971)
 * Judith Jasmin (1972)
 * Roland Berthiaume (1973)
 * Lysiane Gagnon (1975)
 * Evelyn Dumas (1976)
 * Fernand Seguin (1977)
 * Jean-V. Dufresne (1978)
 * Pierre Nadeau (1979)
 * Jean Paré (1980)
 * Bernard Derome (1981)
 * Marcel Pépin (1982)
 * Guy Cormier (1983)
 * Claude Beauchamp (1984)
 * Gérald Leblanc (1985)
 * Louis-Gilles Francoeur (1986)
 * Andréanne Lafond (1987)
 * Michel Roy (1990)
 * Renée Rowan (1991)
 * Gilles Lesage (1993)
 * Laurent Laplante (1996)
 * Normand Lester (2001)
 * Christian Rioux (2010)
 * Pierre Allard (2014)