Réal Allard (Ph.D. in Psychology, Université de Montréal; M. Ps., B.Ed. and B.A., University of Ottawa) was a professor at Université de Moncton (1969–1997) and director of the Centre de recherche et de développement en éducation (CRDE) from 1991 to 2003. He has been an associate professor at Université de Moncton since 1997 and was named professor emeritus in 2011. He was director of the journal Minorités linguistiques et société = Linguistic Minorities and Society from its creation in December 2010 until December 2021. He is a research associate at the CRDE and the Canadian Institute for Research on Linguistic Minorities (CIRLM).