Governance

Founding Institutions

Founding Nations

Les Cris

Les Inuit du Nunavik

Les Innus

Les Naskapis de Kawawachikamach

Committees

Working committees

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Working group on new and renewable energies

This group is actively seeking alternatives to the use of fossil fuels in the North...

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Training Committee

The committee has five main objectives: Make an inventory of existing training programs on Northern Québec at the founding partner universities...

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Sustainable Development Committee

The committee draws on the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and validates those that are relevant for the North...

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First Peoples' Committee

This committee provides input to the Science and Development Committee with regardto the needs and aspirations of the First...

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Infrastructure Management Committee

This committee manages and optimizes the shared use of INQ's research infrastructure, in cooperation with the members and...

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Executive Committee

  • Eugénie Brouillet Committee chair
    Vice Rector of Research and Innovation
    Université Laval
  • Jean-Pierre Perreault Vice-Rector, Research and Graduate Studies
    Université de Sherbrooke
  • Représentants d'office (non-voting)
  • Martha Crago Vice-Principal (Research and Innovation)
    McGill University
  • Patrick Beauchesne President
    Société du Plan Nord
  • Brigitte Bigué Director of Administration and Development
    Institut nordique du Québec
  • Claude Guertin Professor
    Institut national de la recherche scientifique
  • Melissa Saganash Director of Cree-Quebec Relations
    Grand Council of the Crees 
  • Jean-Éric Tremblay Director
    Institut nordique du Québec
  • Sébastien Charles Vice Rector, Research and Development
    Université du Québec à Trois-Rivièress
  • Francis Fournier President 
    COREM
  • Personnes-ressources (non-voting)
  • François Deschênes Vice Rector, Training and Research
    Université du Québec à Rimouski
  • Adamie Delisle-Alaku Vice President
    Makivik
  • Carole Jabet Scientific Director
    Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé

Research and Development Committee

Research Priorities

  • Thierry Rodon Co-director Priority 1 (Societies and Cultures) 
    Professor, Université Laval 
    Chairholder, INQ Research Chair on Northern Sustainable Development
  • Émile Fortin-Lefebvre Co-director Priority 1 (Societies and Cultures) 
    Professor, Université du Québec à Montréal 
    Director, Economic Autonomy for Nunavik Inuit and First People Study Centre
  • Cathy Vaillancourt Co-director Priority 2 (Health) 
    Professor, INRS - Centre Armand Frappier Santé Biotechnologie 
    Director, Regroupement intersectoriel de recherche en santé de l'Université du Québec (RISUQ)
  • Faiz Ahmad Khan Chairholder INQ-McGill Northern research chair in respiratory health & health services
  • Philippe Archambault Co-director Priority 3 (Ecosystem Functioning and Environmental Protection) 
    Professor, Université Laval 
    Scientific Co-Director, ArcticNet
  • Esther Levesque Co-director Priority 3 (Ecosystem Functioning and Environmental Protection) 
    Professor, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières 
    Associate Director, Centre for Northern Studies
  • Louis-César Pasquier Co-director Priority 4 (Infrastructure et technology) 
    Professor, INRS - Eau, Terre-Environnement 
    Co-Director, Environmental Technology Laboratory
  • Jean-Pasal Bilodeau Co-director Priority 4 (Infrastructure et technology) 
    Professor, Département de génie civil et de génie des eaux, Université Laval  
    Chairholder of Sentinel North Partnership Research Chair on northern infrastructure
  • René Therrien Co-director Priority 5 (Natural resources) 
    Professor, Université Laval 
    Directeur, Département de géologie et de génie géologique

Société de Plan Nord

  • Catherine Hébert Direction des affaires autochtones, des affaires externes et des communications 
    Société du Plan Nord

Fonds de recherche du Québec

  • Janice Bailey Scientific Director, Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies

Indigenous nations

  • Melissa Saganash Director of Cree-Québec Relations 
    Grand Council of the Cree
  • Jérôme Pelletier Director, Nunavik Research Centre 
    Makivvik Corporation
  • Glenda Sandy Representative 
    Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach
  • Serge Ashini Goupil Mobilisation des enjeux communs des communautés 
    Innu Nation

Industry

  • Hakim Nesreddine Researcher, Laboratoire des Technologies de l'Énergie 
    IREQ - Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Québec

Personne ressource

  • Robert Sauvé Strategic Advisor for the North 
    Université Laval

INQ Direction

  • Jean-Éric Tremblay Director 
    Institut Nordique du Québec
  • Brigitte Bigué Director of Administration and Development 
    Institut Nordique du Québec

INQ Implementation Committee Members (2014-2019)

Research Centers

  • Gilles Gauthier Scientific Director
    Centre for northern studies, Université Laval
  • Louis Fortier Scientific Director (2014-2019)
    INQ, Université Laval
  • Marcel Babin Scientific Director
    Takuvik, Université Laval
  • Thierry Rodon Scientific Director
    CIÉRA, Université Laval
  • Pierre Ayotte Scientific Director
    Nasivvik, Université Laval
  • Martin Fortier Executive Director
    Sentinel North, Université Lava
  • André Potvin Scientific Director
    Institut EDS, Université Laval
  • René Therrien Vice Dean of Research, Faculté des sciences et génie
    Université Laval 
  • Murray Humphries Director, CINE (Centre for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition and Environment)
    Université McGill
  • Paul Brassard Northern Representative, RUIS (Réseau universitaire intégré en santé)
    Université McGill
  • Jean-Éric Tremblay Director
    INQ, Université Laval
  • Jasmin Raymond Chairholder INQ-INRS
    L'Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)

Founding Universities

  • Michel J. Tremblay Deputy Vice Rector, Research, Creation and Innovation
    Université Laval
  • Kristina Ohrvall Director, Strategic Initiatives
    Université McGill
  • Jean-François Blais Director
    Centre Eau, Terre, Environnement, INRS

UQ Network Universities

  • François Deschênes Vice Rector of research
    Université du Québec à Rimouski

Other Universities

  • Marie-Josée Hébert Vice Rector of research
    Université de Montréal

Aboriginal Nations

  • Ellen Avard Scientific Director
    Makivik Corporation – Nunavik Research Centre
  • Mélissa Saganash Director of Cree–Québec Relations
    Cree embassy
  • Serge Ashini Goupil Representative
    Innu nation
  • Glenda Sandy Representative
    Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach

Private Sector

  • Gaétan Lantagne General Manager
    Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Québec (IREQ)
  • Francis Fournier President and CEO
    COREM

College Centres for the Transfer of Technology (Cctts)

  • Hussein Ibrahim Scientific Coordinator
    Institut technologiqe de maintenance industrielle (Cégep de Sept-Îles)

Société du Plan Nord

  • Alexandre Baillargeon Director of Interdepartmental Relations
    Société du Plan Nord

Senior Advisor on the North

  • Michel Allard Professor
    Centre for northern studies, Université Laval
  • Richard Fortier Director
    Centre for northern studies, Université Laval

Direction de l'INQ

  • Brigitte Bigué Project Director, Vice Rector Office, Research and Innovation
    Université Laval