Executive council
![Alice Aiken](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6623cf9c2279d3dd2110b10e_alice-aiken.jpg)
Alice Aiken
Vice President, Research and Innovation
Dalhousie University
![Dominique Marquis](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/662ac8677c6e985c24bf98c2_dominique.jpg)
Dominique Marquis
Vice President, Research
L'Université du Québec à Rimouski
![Eugenie Brouillet](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6633cc03b414a5d7c0ff4854_eugenie-brouillet.jpg)
Eugenie Brouillet
Vice President, Research
Université Laval
![Tana Allen](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/662ac867d91f033bbb6f8396_tana.jpg)
Tana Allen
Vice President, Research
Memorial University
![OFI Logo Mark](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6570735acd4cd453c0b2c912_no-speaker-image.jpg)
Michèle Audette
Indigenous Community Member
Quebec Region
![John G. Paul](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/662ac6d702a4360a3a06554c_john-paul.jpg)
John G. Paul
Executive Director
Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat
![Cheryl Earle](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/662ac8a77c6e985c24bfbaeb_cheryl-earle.jpg)
Cheryl Earle (Vice President, Finance and Administration Delegate)
Associate Vice President, Financial Services
Dalhousie University
Management committee
![Kim Thomson](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6623cf4a316335c8ee5e826f_kim.jpg)
Kim Thomson
Chief Administrative Officer
Ocean Frontier Institute
![OFI Logo Mark](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6570735acd4cd453c0b2c912_no-speaker-image.jpg)
Aria Russell
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility Specialist
Ocean Frontier Institute
![Tamara Joseph](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/66634ad2ff0dff9de9f157f8_tamara-headshot.jpg)
Tamara Joseph
Indigenous Research Advisor
Confederacy of Mainlnd Mi'kmaq
![Trevor Weissent](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6633cc036851d97767066390_trevor-weissent.jpg)
Trevor Weissent
Managing Director, Office of VPRI
Dalhousie University
![Andréane Bastien](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6623cac977963cf4de61e1bf_andreane.jpg)
Andréane Bastien
Executive Director
L’Université du Québec à Rimouski
![Martin Fortier](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/664cedc531f08ba3260b2423_martin-fortier.jpg)
Martin Fortier
Deputy Vice Rector, Research and Innovation(International and Knowledge Mobilisation)
Université Laval
![John Quaicoe](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6634cfcb3cc00ef2d020c4f5_john-quaicoe.jpg)
John Quaicoe
Professor Emeritus
Memorial University
Scientific directorate
![Anya Waite](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/66145af741cee865d2b71fbd_anya-waite.jpg)
Anya Waite
(Chair)
Scientific Director and Chief Executive Officer
Ocean Frontier Institute
![Dany Dumont](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6623cac9234a97bf91c95f73_dany.jpg)
Dany Dumont
Associate Scientific Director
L'Université du Québec à Rimouski
![Jean-Éric Tremblay](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6623ccc008f55401a7aaba9c_jean-eric.jpg)
Jean-Éric Tremblay
Associate Scientific Director
Université Laval
![Kristen Poduska](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/662ac88eed15b13eef5affc7_kristin-poduska.webp)
Kristin Poduska
Associate Scientific Director
Memorial University
![Jean-Francois Bousquet](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6623ce6e08f55401a7ac24e1_jf-headshot.jpg)
Jean-François Bousquet
Associate Scientific Director (50%)
Dalhousie University
![Julie LaRoche](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6623ceacf50dfbf480e2dcaa_julie-laroche.jpg)
Julie LaRoche
Associate Scientific Director (50%)
Dalhousie University
![Kim Thomson](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6623cf4a316335c8ee5e826f_kim.jpg)
Kim Thomson
Chief Administrative Officer
Ocean Frontier Institute
![Andréane Bastien](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6623cac977963cf4de61e1bf_andreane.jpg)
Andréane Bastien
Executive Director
L’Université du Québec à Rimouski
![Marie-Helen Forget](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6633ce4b2dfac05fe9880a7d_marie-helen.jpg)
Marie-Hélène Forget
Director
Université Laval
![Jaclyn Pitman](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6623ce7469cfaf072638af6e_jaclyn.jpg)
Jaclyn Pitman
Operations Manager
Memorial University
![Eric Siegel](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/66145ad841cee865d2b70704_eric-siegel.jpg)
Eric Siegel
Chief Innovation Officer
Ocean Frontier Institute
![Mike Smit](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6623cef194d863895b5faee5_mike-smit.jpg)
Mike Smit
Deputy Scientific Director
Ocean Frontier Institute
![OFI Logo Mark](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6570735acd4cd453c0b2c912_no-speaker-image.jpg)
Aria Russell
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility Specialist
Dalhousie University
International scientific advisory committee
![Jake Rice](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6684354a16e54d62dd104245_jake-rice.jpg)
Jake Rice
Co-chair
DFO Chief Scientist Emeritus
![OFI Logo Mark](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6570735acd4cd453c0b2c912_no-speaker-image.jpg)
Bonnie McCay Merritt
Co-chair, Distinguished Professor Emerita
Rutgers University
![Ben Halpern](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6686cf1828d64f885f6e5306_ben-halpern.jpg)
Ben Halpern
Professor
University of California
![Oscar Schofield](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/66848113e3ef9db052cbbd47_oscar-schofield.jpg)
Oscar Schofield
Distinguished Professor
Rutgers University
![OFI Logo Mark](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6570735acd4cd453c0b2c912_no-speaker-image.jpg)
Eileen Hofmann
Professor
Old Dominion University
![Pierre Regnier](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/668be9e8cde2d0b79553c496_pierre-regnier.jpg)
Pierre Regnier
Professor
Université Libre de Bruxelles
![Esther Turnhout](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/668692e4eaf49896c07a7fe4_esther-turnhout.jpg)
Esther Turnhout
Professor
University of Twente, Netherland
Research advisory committee
![Ian G. Stewart](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6638d7844056aefa3503441b_stewart.jpg)
Ian G. Stewart
Co-chair
University of King's College and Dalhousie University
![Fanny Noisette](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6623ccc069cfaf072637527c_fanny.jpg)
Fanny Noisette
Co-chair
L'Université du Québec à Rimouski
![Andrew Medeiros](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/662ac8a7f93bbd263670ff6a_andrew-medeiros.jpg)
Andrew Medeiros
Dalhousie University
![Daniel Ruzzante](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/662ac8a7fd6a1b6cdeccb39a_daniel-ruzzante.jpg)
Daniel Ruzzante
Dalhousie University
![Doug Wallace](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6623d0afb74264dad922732a_doug-wallace.jpg)
Doug Wallace
Dalhousie University
![Tushar Sharma](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/662ac867f93bbd263670d13d_tushar.jpg)
Tushar Sharma
Dalhousie University
![Kiran Banerjee](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6623ccc01647653b3cf9fa72_kiran.jpg)
Kiran Banerjee
Dalhousie University
![Mae Seto](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/662ac88eb3664cd467418e75_mae-seto.jpg)
Mae Seto
Dalhousie University
![Margaret Robinson](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/662ac86a3aca4fb73bb4f8bf_margaret-robinson.jpg)
Margaret Robinson
Dalhousie University
![Chris Whidden](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/662ac86a305f8e52192dfaf0_whidden.jpg)
Chris Whidden
Dalhousie University
![OFI Logo Mark](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6570735acd4cd453c0b2c912_no-speaker-image.jpg)
Aria Russell
Dalhousie University
![Weishan Wang](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6626b25bd0fb019c6f9cfef0_weishan-wang-headshot.jpg)
Weishan Wang
Dalhousie University
![Geneviève Therriault](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6623ccc02a2453c77041114f_genevieve.jpg)
Geneviève Therriault
L'Université du Québec à Rimouski
![Tiff Annie Kenny](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/662ac867c91dcb74e1a150d3_tiff-annie.jpg)
Tiff-Annie Kenny
Laval University
![Philippe Archambault](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6623ccc01647653b3cf9fa3c_philippe.jpg)
Philippe Archambault
Laval University
![Helen Zhang](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6623ccc045550758453d4592_helen.jpg)
Baiyu (Helen) Zhang
Memorial University
![Kelly Hawboldt](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6623ccc0b74264dad91ee96c_kelly.jpg)
Kelley Hawbolt
Memorial University
![Desai Shan](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/662ac87be5f8391aa8190859_desai.jpg)
Desai Shan
Memorial University
![OFI Logo Mark](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6570735acd4cd453c0b2c912_no-speaker-image.jpg)
Post-doc
tbd
![OFI Logo Mark](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6570735acd4cd453c0b2c912_no-speaker-image.jpg)
Student
tbd
![Tamara Joseph](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/66634ad2ff0dff9de9f157f8_tamara-headshot.jpg)
Tamara Joseph
Indigenous Research Advisor
Confederacy of Mainlnd Mi'kmaq
Equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility advisory committee
![OFI Logo Mark](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6570735acd4cd453c0b2c912_no-speaker-image.jpg)
Aria Russell
(Co-chair)
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility Specialist
Dalhousie University
![Anya Waite](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/66145af741cee865d2b71fbd_anya-waite.jpg)
Anya Waite
(Co-chair)
Scientific Director and Chief Executive Officer
Ocean Frontier Institute
![Theresa Rajack-Talley](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6633cc0373414b5756595340_teresa-rajack-talley.jpg)
Theresa Rajack-Talley
Vice-Provost, Equity & Inclusion
Dalhousie University
![OFI Logo Mark](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6570735acd4cd453c0b2c912_no-speaker-image.jpg)
Anne-Marie Ouellet
EDI Officer, VP Planning/Partnerships
L’Université du Québec à Rimouski
![Marie-Jose Naud](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/664def7f224a35ccb2087839_maire-jose-naud.jpg)
Marie-Jose Naud
EDI Advisor for Research
Laval University
![Delores Mullings](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/664def7ffe73b8c65cd482e3_delores-mullings.jpg)
Delores Mullings
Vice-Provost, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion andAnti-Racism
Memorial University
![Wendy Gentleman](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/663bf378a4d3b55e7c68b09f_wendy-gentleman.jpg)
Wendy Gentleman
Researcher
Dalhousie University
![OFI Logo Mark](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6570735acd4cd453c0b2c912_no-speaker-image.jpg)
TBD
Graduate Student
tbd
![OFI Logo Mark](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6570735acd4cd453c0b2c912_no-speaker-image.jpg)
TBD
Post-doctoral Fellow
tbd
![OFI Logo Mark](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6570735acd4cd453c0b2c912_no-speaker-image.jpg)
Angie Gillis
Chair, ACIEOR
ACIEOR
![Tamara Joseph](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/66634ad2ff0dff9de9f157f8_tamara-headshot.jpg)
Tamara Joseph
Indigenous Research Advisor
Confederacy of Mainlnd Mi'kmaq
![OFI Logo Mark](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6570735acd4cd453c0b2c912_no-speaker-image.jpg)
Cecilia Khamete
EDIA Coordinator
Ocean Frontier Institute
Featured researchers
Transformation hub
![Andréane Bastien](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6623cac977963cf4de61e1bf_andreane.jpg)
Andréane Bastien
Executive Director
L'Université du Québec à Rimouski
![Dany Dumont](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6623cac9234a97bf91c95f73_dany.jpg)
Dany Dumont
Scientific Director
L'Université du Québec à Rimouski
![Catherine A. Gagnon](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6623cac950414800d0651904_catherine.jpg)
Catherine A. Gagnon
Indigenous Context
L'Université du Québec à Rimouski
![Annie Trépanier](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6623cacaca3e7be3c3e706af_annie.jpg)
Annie Trépanier
Education
L'Université du Québec à Rimouski
![Baptiste Grison](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6623cac93e60afcd0671bd51_baptiste.jpg)
Baptiste Grison
Arts-Sciences
L'Université du Québec à Rimouski
![Isabel Cayer](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6623cac9ca3e7be3c3e7063c_isabel.jpg)
Isabel Cayer
Communication and Innovation
L'Université du Québec à Rimouski
![Simon Dutil](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6623cac90529186d2e23ef2a_simon.jpg)
Simon Dutil
Data Management
L'Université du Québec à Rimouski
![Marie-Michelle Dugas](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6623cacad1360a25b9c947f9_marie-michelle.jpg)
Marie-Michelle Dugas
Administrative Management
L'Université du Québec à Rimouski
Innovation and commercialization hub
![Eric Siegel](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/66145ad841cee865d2b70704_eric-siegel.jpg)
Eric Siegel
Chief Innovation Officer
Ocean Frontier Institute
![Morteza Jeyhani](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/6623cdc2fd9f586ebc7fb5ee_jeyhani.jpg)
Morteza Jeyhani
Manager, Innovation and Commercialization
Ocean Frontier Institute
![Akash Rastogi](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61082dc068d2d4fd1cc4461e/66145a66b94b1c22aadaec76_akash.webp)
Akash Rastogi
Lead Strategist, North Atlantic Carbon Observatory
Ocean Frontier Institute