Our Team

 

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Board of Directors

  • Kristina Öhrvall, President of the Board ; Assistant Vice-Principal, Research Development, Research and Innovation at McGill University

  • Yves Langhame, President of the board, retired employee from Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Québec (IREQ)

  • Katia Petit, Deputy Director, Civil Protection and Fire Safety, Ministère de la Sécurité Publique- (MSP)

  • Claude Guertin, Scientific Director, INRS

  • Stéphane Bouchard, Assistant Deputy Minister within the Deputy Minister for Regions and Territorial Planning, Ministère des Affaires Municipales et de l’Habitation (MAMH)

  • Jeff MacDonald, Director General, Climate change adaptation, Environment and Climate change Canada

  • Louis-Philippe Houle, Director, Main Direction, Occupational Health and Safety (Hydro-Québec)

  • Isabelle Chartier, Director of Research and Innovation, Asset Management, Hydro-Québec Research Center - CRHQ-IREQ

  • Jean-François Gibeault, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministère de l’Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques (MELCC)

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

  • Michel J. Tremblay, Assistant Vice-Rector, Research and Creation, Université Laval

  • Frédéric Pellerin, Assistant Deputy Minister for Engineering and Infrastructure, Ministère des Transports

  • Francis Zwiers, Director, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium

 

Observers - administrators without voting rights

  • Denise Moranville, Director, Organizational Support, Ministère de l’Économie, de la Science et de l’Innovation (MEI)

  • Alain Bourque, Executive Director, Ouranos

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

 

 

Scientific council

  • Michel Jean, President of the Scientific Council; President, Infrastructure Commission (INFCOM), World Meteorological Organization; Associate Emeritus, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

  • Gregory Flato, Manager and Research Scientist, Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis (CCCma)

  • Martin Fortier, Deputy Vice Rector of Research and Innovation (International and Knowledge Mobilization), Université Laval

  • Vincent Fortin, Scientist, Environment Canada

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

  • Linda Mearns, Director, Institute for the Study of Society and the Environment (ISSE) National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

  • Linda Mortsch, Researcher, University of Waterloo

  • Denis Salles, Research Director, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l’environnement et l’agriculture (Bordeaux, France)

  • Roger Street, Technical Director, UKCIP, England

 

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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