Scientific Board
Frédérick Gagnon is the Chairholder of the Raoul-Dandurand Chair, Director of the Observatory of the United States and Director of the Observatory of multidimensional conflicts. He is Professor of political science at University of Québec in Montréal. He received a Fullbright scholarship in 2014-2015. He has published, alone or in collaboration, books on american foreign policy (Théories de la politique étrangère américaine, with Charles-Philippe David, dir., Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 2012 et 2018), the US Congress (Les sénateurs qui changent le monde, Presses de l’Université Laval, 2013; Le Congrès des États-Unis, dir., Presses de l’Université du Québec, 2006), the…
Advisory Board
Having accumulated more than 35 years of varied experience with the Canadian Army (career in the infantry with the Royal 22e Régiment), BGen (ret'd) Richard Giguère has worked in operational environments in Canada and abroad (Germany, Oka Crisis, Haiti, Kabul, Kandahar), diplomacy (military attaché in Washington) and academics. He commanded the Second Battalion of the Royal 22e Régiment and the Citadelle de Québec, the Land Force Quebec Sector (now the 2nd Canadian Division) and Joint Task Force (East), and the Canadian Forces College in Toronto, whose mission is to prepare senior military and civilian leaders (Canadian and foreign) to tackle…
Co-director | Climate Change and the Environment
Will Greaves is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Victoria. His research examines global security theory and politics with respect to climate change, resource extraction, and Indigenous peoples; Canadian foreign policy and Canada-US relations; and the politics of the circumpolar Arctic. Professor Greaves is the author of more than twenty peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and has co-edited two books: One Arctic: The Arctic Council and Circumpolar Governance and Breaking Through: Understanding Sovereignty and Security in the Circumpolar Arctic. His monograph on Arctic security and climate change is forthcoming from University of Toronto Press. He is a Coordinator of the…
Emerging Scholar
Marianne Grenier is currently in her final year of her Master's degree in Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary. Her principal areas of research are cyber threats to critical infrastructure, nuclear terrorism prevention and international security regimes. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Security and Policing Studies from the University of Montreal. Recipient of the Joseph-Armand Bombardier Master's Scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to pursue her research on a comparison of treaties to prevent nuclear terrorism, she is particularly interested in the study of new and evolving security challenges resulting from emerging technologies.
Student Collaborators
Zachary Griffiths-Julien joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 2017 as an Infantry Soldier. In 2019, he deployed on OP PRESENCE as a member of the Force Protection team. Currently in his final year of undergraduate studies at Bishop’s University, honours in International Studies and Major in Political science, he interests himself in questions concerning terrorism and intelligence studies. In the past, Zachary has worked on the Conseils de sécurité Podcast, a coproduction between the Network for Strategic Analysis and the Canadian Defence and Security Network, under the supervision of Dr. Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé. Recently, he collaborates with the Équipe de recherche…
Collaborator
Heidi Hardt is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. Her research examines effectiveness, knowledge and change in international organizations, particularly in conflict management. She has expertise in NATO, the EU, UN, international cooperation, crisis management, military operations, organizational learning, organizational culture, gender mainstreaming and gender in STEM. Hardt has authored two books: NATO’s Lessons in Crisis: Institutional Memory in International Organization (Oxford University Press, 2018) and Time to React: The Efficiency of International Organizations in Crisis Response (Oxford University Press, 2014). Hardt’s research is published or forthcoming in the Journal of Politics, Global Governance,…
Collaborator
Ronld Hatto is Senior Lecturer of International Relations at Science Po Paris and Researcher at Centre de recherches internationales (CERI). He has served in the UNFICYP (United Nations Force in Cyprus) as a peacekeeper in the Canadian Army. His current research focuses on international security, UN peacekeeping, foreign policy of France and USA, and international order. He is a member of the Research Network on Peace Operations (ROP) and of the Observatoire sur les missions de paix et operations humanitaires. He is the author of Le Maintien de la paix : l’ONU en action (Armand Colin, 2015) and L'ONU…
Researcher
Yannick Hémond has been Professor of Resilience, Risk and Disasters in UQAM's Department of Geography since 2019. He is responsible for UQAM's graduate programs in resilience, risk and disasters. He is a member of the scientific committee and co-leader of the "resilience to crises and disasters" axis of the Canadian Observatory on Crisis and Humanitarian Action (COCHA). He is also a certified Associate Member of the Business Continuity Institute and a LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Facilitator. His research interests cover risk management, response capacity and organizational resilience. The underlying concepts are complexity, creativity, problem-solving and improvisation. The aim is to develop…
Collaborator
Marina Henke is Associate Professor at Northwestern University, Professor of International Relations at the Hertie School and Director of the Centre for International Security. She researches and publishes on military interventions, peacekeeping, and European security and defense policy. Before joining the Hertie School, she was a Lecturer at Princeton University and Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Henke holds a PhD in Politics and Public Policy from Princeton University. Her academic work has been published in International Security, Security Studies, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Strategic Studies, International Peacekeeping, Providing for Peacekeeping, British Journal…
Advisory Board
Stéfanie von Hlatky is the Canada Research Chair in Gender, Security, and the Armed Forces, and Full Professor of Political Studies at Queen’s University. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Université de Montréal in 2010, where she was also Executive Director for the Centre for International Peace and Security Studies. She’s held positions at Georgetown University, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Dartmouth College, ETH Zurich and was a Fulbright Visiting Research Chair at the University of Southern California’s Centre for Public Diplomacy. She has published in the Canadian Journal of Political Science, the Canadian Foreign Policy…
