Our Team

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Board of Directors

  • Kristina Öhrvall, President of the Executive Board, Ouranos, and Assistant Vice-Principal, Research Development, McGill University

  • Jean Savard, Associate Deputy Minister for Civil Security and Fire Safety, Ministère de la Sécurité publique du Québec (MSP)

  • Isabelle Delisle, Acting Scientific Director, INRS

  • Jocelyn Savoie, Sous-ministre adjoint aux impacts climatiques, à la fiscalité, aux finances et aux infrastructures, Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation (MAMH)

  • Sylvain Nadeau, Directeur de Recherche et innovation - Système énergétique et clients, IREQ

  • Marie-Julie Archambault, Directrice Environnement - Direction principale Environnement, immobilier et performance de projets, Hydro-Québec

  • Jean-François Gibeault, Sous-ministre adjoint, Bureau de la transition climatique et énergétique (BTCE), Ministère de l'Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (MELCCFP)

  • Christian Agbobli, Vice-Rector, Research, Creation and Dissemination, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM)

  • Frédéric Picard, Acting Assistant Vice-Rector, Research, Creation and Innovation, Université Laval

  • Julien Bourque, Senior policy analyst, Climate Change Adaptation, ECCC

  • Frédéric Pellerin, Assistant Deputy Minister of Engineering and Infrastructure, Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité Durable (MTMD)

  • Francis Zwiers, Director, President and CEO, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC)

  • Isabelle Bouffard, Head of Economic Affairs and Director of Agricultural Research and Policy, Union des Producteurs Agricoles (UPA)

 

Observers - administrators without voting rights

  • Annie Blouin, Director of Organizational Support, Ministère de l'Économie, de l'Innovation et de l'Énergie (MEIE)

  • Alain Bourque, General Manager, Ouranos

  • Simon Francoeur, Treasurer, Director of Administrative Management and Organizational Performance, Ouranos

  • Daphnée Joachim, Secretary, Executive Assistant, Ouranos

 

Scientific council

  • Michel Jean, President, Infrastructure Commission (INFCOM), World Meteorological Organization; Associate Emeritus, Meteorological Service of Canada, ECCC

  • Martin Fortier, Assistant Vice-Rector, Internationalization and Promotion of Research, Creation and Innovation, Université Laval

  • Gregory Flato, Director, Climate Research Division, Science and Technology Branch, ECCC

  • Stéphane Hallegatte, Senior Economist, Climate Change Group, World Bank

  • Vincent Fortin, Scientist, ECCC

  • Linda Mortsch, Retired, ECCC and University of Waterloo

  • Roger Street, Retired, Oxford University and ECCC

  • Daniel Henstra, Professor of Political Science and co-lead of the Climate Risk Research Group, University of Waterloo

  • Chris Furgal, Associate Professor, Assoc Director, Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies, Co-Director - Indigenous Environmental Studies & Sciences Program, Trent University

  • Basile Van Havre, Co-Chair for the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Open-Ended Working Group

 

Financial management is handled by senior management and overseen by a firm of auditors reporting to the Board of Directors.

Logistics are handled by an administrative group and a computer services group.

Senior management oversees the scientific program, subject to approval by the Board of Directors. An external scientific council, consisting of independent researchers, advises the Executive Director on scientific aspects of the program.

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