Governance Structure
The governance structure is intended to represent the diversity of institutions and sectors that constitute the RIISQ to carry out its activities of consultation, research, training, animation, dissemination and information sharing. It is flexible, functional and transparent to allow a fair and balanced distribution of roles and responsibilities between the 18 universities and the integration of different disciplines, as well as the integration of partners, practices and decision-making.
| Member | Position | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Philippe Gachon | Director | UQAM |
| Mylène Riva | RIISQ Co-Director, Health axis | McGill |
| Nathalie St-Amour | RIISQ Co-Director, Society and Culture axis | UQO |
| Karem Chokmani | RIISQ Co-Director, Nature and technology axis | INRS |
| Thomas Buffin-Bélanger | RIISQ regional branches representative | UQAR |
| Gonzalo Lizarralde | Chair of the Scientific Committee | UdeM |
| Elaine Deprés (non voting) | Coordinator | RIISQ |
| Student committee representative (non vooting) | RIISQ |
| Membres | Role | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| Gonzalo Lizarralde | Chair of the Scientific Committee of the RIISQ | UdeM |
| Philippe Gachon | RIISQ Director general | UQAM |
| Sophie Duchesne | Codirector FRQ sector | INRS |
| Olivia Roy-Malo | Codirector FRQ sector | McGill |
| Mario Gauthier | Codirector FRQ sector | UQO |
| Lily Lessard | Regular member | UQAR |
| Marie-Christine Therrien | Regular member | ÉNAP |
| Maxime Boivin | Regular member | UQAC |
| Valérie Vermeulen | Student member | UQAM |
| Alain Létourneau | RIISQ Branch (to be created) | U. Sherbrooke |
| Valeria Osvaldo | RIISQ Branch (to be created) | UQAT |
| Daria Hobeika | Private member | BAC |
| Richard Turcotte | Government member | MELCCFP |
| Antoine Verville | Municipal member | CMQ |
| Karine Dauphin | NGO member | ROBVQ |
BAC: Bureau d’assurance du Canada; CMQ: Communauté métropolitaine de Québec; ENAP: École nationale d’administration publique; MELCCFP: Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs; ROBVQ: Regroupement des organismes de bassins versants du Québec; UdeM : Université de Montréal.
| Member | Position | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Ménard, Lucie | Chairwoman of the RIISQ Board of Directors and Vice-Rector of Research, Creation and Dissemination | UQAM |
| Arruda, Horacio | Assistant Deputy Minister – Public Health Prevention, Promotion, Planning and Protection Mandates | MSSS |
| Bouazara, Mohamed | Vice-President, Research, Creation and Innovation | UQAC |
| Chaillou, Gwénaëlle | Executive director – Réseau Québec Maritime (RQM) | UQAR |
| Chokmani, Karem | Co-director of the RIISQ Professor, INRS-ETE | INRS–ETE |
| Gendron, Nathalie | Director of the Research Department | IRNS |
| Deschamps, Bernard | PhD student in Sc. Environment, representative of RIISQ student members | UQAM |
| Desgagné, Josée | Director, Disaster Risk Reduction Support | MSP |
| Durand, Guillaume | Director of Flood Protection | MAMH |
| El Zaïm, Adel | Vice-Rector – Research, Creativity and Internationalization | UQO |
| Francoeur, Jean | Senior Director, Water Forecasting and Mapping | MELCCFP |
| Gaboury, Jonathan | Innovation Advisor | MEIE |
| Gachon, Philippe | RIISQ Executive Director Professor, UQAM | UQAM |
| Lizarralde, Gonzalo | Chair of the RIISQ Scientific Committee, Professor, UdeM | UdeM |
| Lepage, Sylvain | Executive Director | Fédération québécoise des municipalités (FQM)/Fonds d’assurance des municipalités du Québec |
| Öhrvall, Kristina | Associate Vice-Principal, Research Development | McGill |
| Riva, Mylène | Co-Director of the RIISQ Professor, McGill | McGill |
| St-Amour, Nathalie | Co-Director of the RIISQ Professor, UQO | UQO |
| St-Cœur, Joanne | Director of Operational Forecast Services – Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) Centre | ECCC |
ECCC: Environnement et Changement Climatique Canada; INRS-ETE: Institut national de la recherche scientifique – Eau Terre Environnement; FQM: Fédération québécoise des municipalités; MAMH: Ministère des Affaires Municipales et Habitation du Québec; MEIE: Ministère de l’Économie, de l’Innovation et de l’Énergie du Québec; MELCCFP: Ministère de l’Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs; MSSS: Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux; MSP: Ministère de la Sécurité Publique du Québec; RQM: Réseau Québec Maritime; UdeM : Université de Montréal; UQAC: Université du Québec à Chicoutimi; UQAM: Université du Québec à Montréal; UQAR: Université du Québec à Rimouski; UQO: Université du Québec en Ouatouais
Role of the Student Committee
The Student Committee represents the interests of RIISQ student and postdoctoral members by delegating one person to sit on the Board of Directors and the Scientific Committee, and to report on its activities to the Executive Committee at least twice a year. In addition, each year the committee must set its priorities among the following objectives, or others of its choosing:
- Help recruit new student members;
- Make recommendations on RIISQ’s training offerings and contribute to them;
- Contribute to knowledge transfer and RIISQ’s visibility in various ways, such as webinars, podcasts, popularization contests, symposiums, emerging-scholar forums, and others;
- Organize networking and mentoring events;
- Make recommendations to enrich RIISQ’s EDI plan.
Responsibilities of committee members
- Regular meeting every eight (8) weeks
- Additional meetings may be called as needed
- The presence of four people is required at each meeting (quorum)
- Attendance at SC and BD meetings by representatives or substitutes
Committee composition
- General coordinator: Pascale Chagnon, PhD candidate in land-use planning and regional development at Université Laval
- Relations lead (student community, researchers, other research networks): Jonas Tchassem Pinlap, PhD candidate in public administration at ENAP
- Communications lead – mobilization and knowledge transfer: Fatma Özdoğan, PhD candidate in interdisciplinary planning at Université de Montréal
- Annual activity programming lead: Vacant