Our Team
Board of Directors
Kristina Öhrvall, President of the Executive Board, 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)
Marie-Claude Roquet, Director, Research and Innovation - Energy Systems and Customers, IREQ
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
Jeffery Mac Donald, General Manager, 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
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Annie Blouin, Director of Organizational Support, Ministère de l'Économie, de l'Innovation et de l'Énergie (MEIE)
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Alain Bourque, General Manager, Ouranos
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Simon Francoeur, Treasurer, Director of Administrative Management and Organizational Performance, Ouranos
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Anne-Cécile Cottin, 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 Mearns, Director, Institute for the Study of Society and the Environment (ISSE) National Center for Atmospheric Research
Linda Mortsch, Retired, ECCC and University of Waterloo
Roger Street, Retired, Oxford University and ECCC
Daniel Henstra, Professor, University de 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.