Development of Northern Quebec : List of UQAM Experts
Montreal, october 4, 2012 – UQAM Professors are providing expertise in several areas related to the development of Northern Quebec.
UQAM offers a list of twenty experts available to comment on this important issue in several related areas, including an environmental point of view, economic, political and cultural.
Communication and Ethics
Bernard Motulsky
Professor, Department of Social and Public Communication
Holder, Chair in Public Relations and Marketing Communication
Contact:
Mobile: 514 987-9454
motulsky.bernard@uqam.ca
Areas of expertise:
- Strategic communication
- Image management
- Communication issues among key actors: government, business, Aboriginal peoples, pressure groups
Employment
Denis Morin
Professor, Department of Organization and Human Resources, ESG UQAM
Contact:
Phone: 514 987-3000, ext. 4150
morin.denis@uqam.ca
Areas of expertise:
- Staff recruitment and selection
- Leading practices in human resource management
- Performance management (work engagement)
- Skilled labour (mining)
Energy
Étienne Boucher
Professor, Department of Geography
Contact:
Phone: 514 987-3000, ext. 3201
boucher.etienne@uqam.ca
Areas of Expertise:
- Fluctuation of water resources and impact on hydropower
- Uncertainties of climate change
- Boreal ecosystems
Stéphane Savard
Professor, Department of History
Contact:
Phone: 514 987-3000, ext. 3074
savard.stephane@uqam.ca
Area of expertise:
- History of energy policies in the Province of Quebec
Environment
Corinne Gendron
Professor, Department of Strategy and Social and Environmental Responsibility
Holder, Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development Research Chair
Contact:
Phone: 514 987-3000, ext. 1400
gendron.corinne@uqam.ca
Areas of expertise:
- Socio-economic development and social responsibility
- Environmental economics
- Issues of resource development in the North
- Sustainable development
Jean-Philippe Waaub
Professor, Department of Geography
Contact:
Phone: 514 987-3000, ext. 8908
waaub.jean-philippe@uqam.ca
Website
Areas of expertise:
- Strategic environmental assessment
- Environmental and social Impact studies of projects
- Public participation and stakeholder negotiation
- Energy and environment modelling and policy.
Forests
Daniel Kneeshaw
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Researcher, Centre for Forest Research (CFR – CEF)
Contact:
Phone: 514 987-3000, ext. 4480
kneeshaw.daniel@uqam.ca
Areas of expertise:
- Forest ecology
- Forest ecosystem management
- Construction of roads in Northern Quebec / How roads affect life and the relationship to the land
- Effect of the Plan Nord on First Nations
- Natural disturbances and forest management (in the case of overexploitation)
- Mixed Forest / Boreal forest/ Old-growth forests
Christian Messier
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Researcher, Centre for Forest Research (CFR – CEF)
Contact:
Phone: 514 987-3000, ext. 4009
messier.christian@uqam.ca
Areas of expertise:
- Sustainable development
- Growth and survival of forest trees
- Control of tree growth in natural, urban and rural environments
- Quebec Intensive Silviculture Network
- International Diversity Experiment Network with Trees (IDENT)
Pierre Drapeau
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Professor and Director, Centre for Forest Research (CFR – CEF)
Member, NSERC-UQAT-UQAM Industrial Research Chair in Sustainable Forest Management
Contact:
Phone: 514 987-3000, ext. 1950
drapeau.pierre@uqam.ca
Areas of expertise:
- Forest ecology
- Forest ecosystem management
- Biodiversity
- Animal ecology
- Specialist in forest wildlife-habitat relationships (from insects to large mammals)
- Caribou specialist
Housing
Patrick Evans
Professor, École de design
Contact:
Phone: 514 987-3000, ext. 3775
evans.patrick@uqam.ca
Areas of expertise:
- Northern urban infrastructures
- Architecture for cold climates
- The housing crisis in the Far North
Aquatic Environments
Yves Prairie
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Contact:
Phone: 514 987-3000, ext. 4870
prairie.yves@uqam.ca
Area of expertise:
- · Aquatic environments (anything connected to the transportation, processing, storage of the carbon cycle in aquatic ecosystems, particularly lakes)
- Water quality of lakes potentially affected by development / Impact on wildlife
- Carbon footprint of hydraulic reservoirs
- Greenhouse gas emissions from lakes (CO2 and CH4)
Mines
Michel Jebrak
Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Holder, Chaire UQAT-UQAM en entrepreneuriat minier [UQAT-UQAM chair in mining entrepreneurship]
Contact:
Phone: 514 987-3000, ext. 3986
jebrak.michel@uqam.ca
Areas of expertise:
- Challenges in prospecting for mineral resources
- Technologies for exploration and potential production
- Preservation goals for natural habitats
- General economic profitability of projects
Heritage and Culture
Daniel Arsenault
Professor, Department of Art History
Director, Centre interuniversitaire d’études sur les lettres, les arts et les traditions [Inter-university centre for the study of humanities, arts and traditions]
Contact:
Phone: 514 987-3000, ext. 1401
arsenault.daniel@uqam.ca
Areas of expertise:
- Co- author of a paper on the Plan Nord, filed with the Ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs, advocating the preservation of non-renewable cultural heritage resources
Daniel Chartier
Professor, Department of Literary Studies
Director, International Laboratory for the Comparative Multidisciplinary Study of Representations of the North
Director, Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la littérature et la culture québécoises [Interuniversity research centre on Quebec literature and culture]
Contact:
Phone: 514 987-3000, ext. 4926
chartier.daniel@uqam.ca
Areas of expertise:
- One of the organizers of the recent symposium Musiques et imaginaire du Nord et du froid
- Recognition of the heritage of Northern Quebec
- Cultural representations of the North, winter and the Arctic
- Cultural comparisons between Quebec and Scandinavia
First Nations
Alain Beaulieu
Professor, Department of History
Holder, Canada Research Chair in the Aboriginal Land Question
Contact:
Phone: 514 987-3000, ext. 1588
beaulieu.alain@uqam.ca
Areas of expertise:
- Land treaties with First Nations
- Specialist in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries
Nicolas Houde
Professor, Department of Political Science
Contact:
Phone: 514 987-3000, ext. 4699
houde.nicolas@uqam.ca
Area of expertise:
- Aboriginal governance in Canada
- Joint management of natural resources and land
- Aboriginal peoples and policy in Canada
Lori Morris
Professor, Department of Linguistics
Contact:
Phone: 514 987-3000, ext. 7649
morris.lori@uqam.ca
Area of expertise:
- School problems of Aboriginal children
Tourism
Alain A. Grenier
Professor, Department of Tourism and Urban Studies
Editor, Téoros tourism research journal
Contact:
Phone: 514 987-3000, ext. 1796
grenier.alain@uqam.ca
Areas of expertise:
- Tourism in Northern Quebec
- Polar cruises
- Sustainable tourism
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Source:
André Valiquette, M.A., ARP
Conseiller en relations de presse
Division des relations avec la presse et événements spéciaux
Service des communications
Tél. : 514 987-3000, poste 3268
valiquette.andre@uqam.ca
Last update : october 4, 2012