Denis Rancourt

March 23, 1957 — North Bay, Ontario, Canada

Denis Rancourt (born March 23, 1957) 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.