Structures
Research programing is coordinated and animated by the Orientation and Coordination Committee which plays a particularly sensitive central role. This committee has already been in existence since November 2004. Its functions include:
- structuring of scientific collaboration;
- financial management of the project;
- relations with Canadian partners;
- ties with networks of foreign researchers;
- training of students associated with the project;
- continuous analytical synthesis and final research synthesis.
The main responsibility of the Orientation and Coordination Committee is to oversee the synthesis of the team’s research work. Beyond the administrative management of the project, the Committee’s leadership is of an intellectual nature. More specific functions are allocated to each of its members. It is to be noted that each domain is coordinated by a member of the committee and that everyone is engaged in the final synthesis of the project:
| Member | Responsibility |
|---|---|
| Pierre Noreau (U. Montreal) | General coordination |
| Andrée Lajoie (U. Montreal) | Partner interfacing |
| John Borrows (U. Victoria) | |
| Martin Papillon (U. Toronto) | Building the researchers' international network |
| Roderick Macdonald (U. McGill) | Domain 1 coordination |
| Patrick Macklem (U. Toronto) | |
| Jeremy Webber (U. Victoria) | Domain 3 coordination |
| Ghislain Otis (U. Laval) | |
| Val Napoleon | Domain 2 coordination |
| Andrée Boisselle | Student interfacing |
| Karine Gentelet (U. Montréal) | Coordonnator (observer status) |
An Advisory council has also been constituted. It includes four members: two originating from an academic environment, working abroad and two from the partners. The council will serve as a sounding board during annual team conferences and in the course of the year will advise, as needs arise, the Orientation and Coordination Committee as well as team members.
- Audra Simpson - Cornell University
- Johanne Poirier - Université Libre de Bruxelles
- Claude Picard - Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador
- Frederica Wilson - Law Commission of Canada
