Born, 1935, Camp-Perrin, Haiti, Alphonse Boisrond completed his secondary education at the Philippe Guerrier School in nearby Cayes. Upon graduating in Medicine, University of Haiti, 1963, Dr. Boisrond began his practice by serving five villages on the out-skirts of Port-à-Piment. He then learned that Canada needed doctors. Upon immigrating to Canada, 1965, fleeing political unrest in Haiti, he settled in Montreal where he enrolled at the University of Montreal, specializing in thoracic surgery. After completing 30 months training in anaesthesiology at Hôtel-Dieu and St. Justine hospitals, Dr. Boisrond established a family practice, 1973, in St-Léonard, faithfully serving Montreal’s Haitian community until 1997, at which time he was forced into retirement due to impaired vision. In 1975, understanding that Haitian immigrants in Montreal needed help in adjusting to an adopted homeland, Dr. Boisrond co-founded Mouvement Fraternité Haiti-Québec (MFHQ). He also co-founded a Haitian community centre to meet the needs of a growing Haitian community. As well, 1980, Dr. Boisrond founded le Centre Haitian d’Archives et de documentation. Suffering from deteriorating vision, he founded the Haitian Association for the Blind and People Suffering from Amblyopia, 1992. In the 35 years he served Montreal’s Haitian community, Dr. Boisrond gave one day a week of volunteer service to the Mouvement Fraternité Haiti-Québec, the equivalent of four years work without monetary gain. [Photo, courtesy Dr. Alphonse Boisrond]