Boucar Diouf

Boucar Diouf (born 26 May 1965 in Fatick, Senegal) is a biologist, oceanographer and comedian of Senegalese origin based in Quebec. He moved to Quebec in 1991 to pursue graduate studies at Rimouski, where he briefly taught biology at the Université du Québec à Rimouski. He now works as a comedian, columnist, and radio host.

His sketches often focus on issues of immigrant integration, life in Africa, and cultural differences.

Biography After undergraduate and graduate studies in biology at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Diouf earned a PhD in oceanography from the Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR). He then taught biology at UQAR, working on practical teaching methods in animal physiology. To make his lectures easier to understand, he created humorous capsules called “Boucardises.” It was his students who signed him up for auditions at the Just for Laughs festival.

From 2006 onward, he hosted several television shows. Between 2014 and 2023, he hosted the Radio-Canada program La nature selon Boucar before a live audience of 40 people. He also occasionally takes part in public debates, speaking out on issues such as systemic racism and the low acceptance rate by Ottawa of students from French-speaking Africa.

Career Comedy shows D'hiver Cités L'Africassé-e Pour une raison X ou Y Magtogoek ou le chemin qui marche Nomo sapiens

Books Sous l'arbre à palabres, mon grand-père disait..., Éditions des Intouchables, 2007 La Commission Boucar pour un raccommodement raisonnable, Éditions des Intouchables, 2008 Le brunissement des baleines blanches, Éditions des Intouchables, 2011 Rendez à ces arbres ce qui appartient à ces arbres, Éditions La Presse, 2015 Boucar disait... pour une raison X ou Y, Éditions La Presse, 2017 Apprendre sur le tas: la biologie des bouses et autres résidus de digestion, Éditions La Presse, 2018 Pour l'amour de ma mère – Et pour remercier les mamans, Éditions La Presse, 2019 La face cachée du grand monde des microbes, Éditions La Presse, 2019 Les brunissements des baleines blanches, Éditions La Presse, 2020 Jo Groenland et la route du Nord, Éditions La Presse, 2020 Jonathan Tenderbear: Et la sagesse du Corbeau, Éditions La Presse, 2021 La face cachée du grand monde des microbes, Éditions La Presse, 2021 Ce que la vie doit à la mort: Quand la matriarche de famille tire sa révérence, Éditions La Presse, 2022

Television 2006: La Fosse aux lionnes, columnist 2007–2012: Des kiwis et des hommes, co-host and columnist 2013: Océania, host 2019: Léo (season 2, episode 11) by Fabien Cloutier – role: Boucar 2022: Autour d'une dinde, creator and host

Film 2004: Le bonheur c'est une chanson triste

Awards 2005: Revelation of the Year, Grand Rire de Québec 2006: Jacques-Couture Award – from the Ministry of Immigration and Cultural Communities 2011: Mérite du Français en éducation, from the Association des professeurs de français du Québec 2011: Prix nez d'or, Grand Rire de Québec festival 2013: Charles-Biddle Award, Government of Quebec 2014: Pierre Dansereau Award, Association des biologistes du Québec 2016: Knight of the National Order of Quebec, presented by Premier Philippe Couillard 2019: Medal of Honour of the National Assembly of Quebec 2021: Honorary doctorate, Université Laval