{"id":153240,"date":"2014-07-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/v2.optiknow.ca\/supplement-dinformation-deces-du-dr-francis-jean-fondateur-diris\/"},"modified":"2014-07-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T00:00:00","slug":"supplement-dinformation-deces-du-dr-francis-jean-fondateur-diris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.optiknow.ca\/fr\/2014\/07\/18\/supplement-dinformation-deces-du-dr-francis-jean-fondateur-diris\/","title":{"rendered":"Suppl\u00e9ment d&rsquo;information &#8211; D\u00e9c\u00e8s du Dr Francis Jean, fondateur d\u0092IRIS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Le pr\u00e9sident et fondateur d'IRIS, Le Groupe Visuel, le Dr Francis Jean, est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 subitement hier, le 17 juillet, \u00e0 l'\u00e2ge de 56 ans, \u00e0 Jasper, en Alberta. Dr Jean a subi un malaise durant une randonn\u00e9e \u00e0 v\u00e9lo dans le cadre du D\u00e9fi IRIS, activit\u00e9 qu'il avait fond\u00e9e pour recueillir des fonds pour la recherche sur le cancer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Corps\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Corps\">Par voie de communiqu\u00e9, les dirigeants d'IRIS, \u00e9videmment sous le choc, on fait part de leur tristesse, d\u00e9crivant le Dr Jean comme un leader exceptionnel dot\u00e9 d'un grand coeur, d'une joie de vivre et d'une g\u00e9n\u00e9rosit\u00e9 remarquable. \u00ab\u00a0Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 lui, IRIS a \u00e9t\u00e9 b\u00e2tie sur des valeurs fortes\u00a0\u00bb, notent-ils.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Corps\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Corps\">Dipl\u00f4m\u00e9 de l'Universit\u00e9 McGill en neurophysiologie et de l'Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al en optom\u00e9trie, le Dr Francis Jean a fond\u00e9 sa premi\u00e8re pratique d'optom\u00e9trie dans sa ville natale de Baie-Comeau, en 1986. Il r\u00eavait d\u00e9j\u00e0 de cr\u00e9er le plus grand r\u00e9seau d'optom\u00e9tristes, d'opticiens et d'ophtalmologistes au Canada. Un pari qu'il a relev\u00e9 avec brio, fondant d'abord un groupe d'achat, puis adoptant la marque IRIS en 1990.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Corps\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"corps0\">IRIS compte pr\u00e9sentement 166 boutiques au Canada, la majorit\u00e9 au Qu\u00e9bec et dans l'Ouest, et commence \u00e0 percer le march\u00e9 ontarien, o\u00f9 elle compte 14 places d'affaires. Son r\u00e9seau comprend plus de 238 opticiens, 280 optom\u00e9tristes et cinq ophtalmologistes. Le groupe mise aussi sur deux centres de chirurgie au laser, au Qu\u00e9bec et en Colombie-Britannique. En 2012, son chiffre d'affaires annuel \u00e9tait de 132 M$.<\/p>\n<p class=\"corps0\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"corps0\">Dr Jean laisse dans le deuil sa femme Denise, ses fils Jonathan et Guillaume et sa fille Marilanie, ses parents, son fr\u00e8re et sa belle-s\u009cur, de m\u00eame que ses neveux et ni\u00e8ces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"corps0\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"corps0\">Toutes nos condol\u00e9ances \u00e0 sa famille, ses proches et l'\u00e9quipe IRIS.\u00a0 Les arrangements pour ses fun\u00e9railles seront pris \u00e0 Baie-Comeau, Qu\u00e9bec.<\/p>\n<p class=\"corps0\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"corps0\">Pour plus de d\u00e9tails, cliquer <a href=\"uploads\/DrFrancisJean%20_Communique.pdf\">ICI<\/a> pour lire le communiqu\u00e9 \u00e9mis par IRIS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"corps0\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"corps\">\u00c0 titre posthume, nous reproduisons une entrevue r\u00e9alis\u00e9e avec Dr Jean dans le magazine Opt!k de septembre 2008. Cliquez<a title=\"Suppl\u00e9ment information- D\u00e9c\u00e8s Dr Francis Jean\" href=\"uploads\/OptikPortrait_IRIS2008.pdf\"> ICI<\/a> pour lire l'entrevue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"corps0\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"corps0\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le pr\u00e9sident et fondateur d'IRIS, Le Groupe Visuel, le Dr Francis Jean, est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 subitement hier, le 17 juillet, \u00e0 l'\u00e2ge de 56 ans, \u00e0 Jasper, en Alberta. 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