page_title: Denis Rancourt
hierarchical_section_title: Denis Rancourt
caption_attribution_description: English: Denis Rancourt, Professor of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
context_page_description: Denis Rancourt is a former professor of physics at the University of Ottawa. Rancourt is a recognized scientist but is more widely known for his confrontations with his former employer, the University of Ottawa, over issues involving his grade inflation and "academic squatting," the act of arbitrarily changing the topic of a course without departmental permission.
context_section_description: Denis Rancourt is a former professor of physics at the University of Ottawa. Rancourt is a recognized scientist but is more widely known for his confrontations with his former employer, the University of Ottawa, over issues involving his grade inflation and "academic squatting," the act of arbitrarily changing the topic of a course without departmental permission.
caption: Rancourt in his office at the University of Ottawa in 2004
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