Denis Rancourt
| Denis Rancourt | |
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| Rancourt in his office at the University of Ottawa in 2004 | |
| Born | March 23, 1957 North Bay, Ontario | 
| Education | Bachelor's Degree from University of Ottawa (1980), Master's Degree from University of Toronto (1981), Ph.D from University of Toronto (1984) | 
Denis Rancourt is a former professor of physics at the University of Ottawa. Rancourt is 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.