André Lussier, 1996 (1922-2016)
Dr. Lussier’s most significant theoretical contribution was The Deviations of Desire (1988), a definitive treatment of fetishism that remains an authoritative statement on the psychoanalytic theory of perversion. Earlier, he co-authored "Simultaneous Analysis of Mother and Child" with Dorothy Burlingham (1960) — work that grew directly from Anna Freud's entrustment of him with the first psychoanalytic treatment of a child handicapped by thalidomide.
A student of Anna Freud and Donald Winnicott, Lussier is considered one of the pioneers of psychoanalysis in Canada. Trained simultaneously at the Anna Freud Centre and the British Institute of Psychoanalysis, he brought a rare integration of ego-psychological and Kleinian perspectives to his clinical and theoretical work — a breadth that distinguished him throughout his career.
Lussier's deep familiarity with the francophone psychoanalytic literature made him a vital bridge between that tradition and the broader international community. As a progressive voice on the Executive Council of the IPA and through his reform-minded contributions to psychoanalytic education — challenging existing training models while insisting on the preservation of high standards — he shaped the field institutionally as well as intellectually.