By Newell Durnbrooke

On June 16, during its convocation ceremony, Saint Paul University awarded an honoraris causa doctorate (Honorary Doctorate) to Colonel Maître Michel W. Drapeau, a lawyer and adjunct professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa.
Following a 34-year career in the Canadian Armed Forces, Mr. Drapeau dedicated himself to public service, academia, and legal practice. As the founder of a law firm specializing in military law, he has stood out for his commitment to defending the rights of Canadian Armed Forces members, veterans, and their families, and for his active involvement in public debates on military justice.
Readers of Esprit de Corps Magazine will note that Drapeau joined forces with Publisher Scott Taylor in the summer of 1994. What followed was a tsunami of media revelations exposing corruption in the senior leadership of the Canadian Armed Forces and the Department of National Defence. Drapeau's skilful use of the Access to Information Act, and his corporate memory from his time in uniform allowed him to amass a treasure trove of incontrovertible evidence of a CAF military command structure that had lost its moral compass. Drapeau's detailed research was the genesis for the 1995 bestseller Tarnished Brass: Crime and Corruption in the Canadian Military, co-authored by Taylor and the late Brian Nolan. Publisher Taylor and his wife Katherine were honoured to be in attendance at the convocation wherein St. Paul's University bestowed the honorary doctorate upon a truly deserving individual - Colonel (ret'd) Michel W. Drapeau.

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