Structure of the GRIL
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is composed of the Director and one regular member from each of contributing institution. Its mandate is to develop and apply GRIL research policies, oversee the general scientific organisation of the cluster, recruit new members, promote joint projects and the co-supervision of students, administer research funds and coordinate the various committees.
- Jean-François Lapierre, GRIL co-director (ex officio)
Université de Montréal (UdeM) - Pascale Biron, GRIL co-director (ex officio)
Concordia University - Sandra Binning
Université de Montréal (UdeM) - Alison Derry
Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) - François Guillemette
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) - Irene Gregory-Eaves
McGill University - David Walsh
Concordia University - Jérôme Comte
INRS - ETE - Milla Rautio
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) - Yannick Huot
Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS)
Scientific Committee
This committee is composed of the GRIL Director and a coordinating members of each research axis. Its mandate is to coordinate collective GRIL scientific activities, to periodically re-evaluate research orientations and the means by which scientific activities are executed.
- Katrine Turgeon
Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO) - Mathilde Bélair, Student Committee Reprensentative
Université de Montréal (UdeM) - Éric Harvey
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) - Jean-François Lapierre, GRIL co-director (ex officio)
Université de Montréal (UdeM) - Paul del Giorgio
Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) - Marc Amyot
Université de Montréal (UdeM) - Roxane Maranger
Université de Montréal (UdeM)
Student Committee
This committee is composed of one member from each contributing institution, when possible. This committee generates ideas, organizes and coordinates scientific activities (thematic and training workshops, scientific outreach activities, speaker invitations) and social activities targeting GRIL student members. These activities aim to foster the students’ sense of belonging to GRIL.
- Mathilde Bélair
Université de Montréal (UdeM) - Lucine Gonnet
Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) - Jade Dormoy-Boulanger
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) - Jennifer Pham
Université McGill - Matthew Regan
Université Concordia - Simon Joly-Naud
INRS-ETE - Louis-Marc Bruneau-Dumoulin
Université Laval - Lucile Cosyn Wexsteen
Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS) - Thanuri Kasthuri Arachchige
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) - Sarah Bertrand
Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO) - Marta Gabriele
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT) - Juliane Vigneault
Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR)
EDI Committee
The EDI Committee ensures that EDI training workshops are offered to all members, identifies programs, principles, and actions to maintain the EDI vision within the GRIL, and to supervise the application of our principles and actions across all our programs and activities. The EDI Committee is composed of a management person, a person from the coordination and members of the student, postdoctoral, professional and professorial communities of the GRIL.
- Alex Abhaya
Student, Université Laval - Frédérique Bélanger-Lépine, responsable
GRIL Senior Coordinator - Morgan Botrel
Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR) - Lucile Cosyn Wexsteen
Student, Université du Sherbrooke (UdeS) - Chantal Fournier
Professionnelle de recherche, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) - Catherine Girard, présidente
Université Laval - Jean-François Lapierre, Codirecteur du GRIL
Université de Montréal (UdeM) - Vincent Mélançon
Student, Université de Montréal - Olivier Morissette
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
Committee for Equipment and Analytical Services
This committee is composed of the Lab Director of each university pole that runs a GRIL analytical laboratory and the associated technicians. Its mandate is to coordinate the development and use of infrastructure, equipment and analytical services. It evaluates periodically the available resources with respect to needs, and crafts applications for the financing of new equipment. It is also responsible for updating GRIL’s current infrastructure.
- Marc Amyot
Université de Montréal (UdeM) - Beatrix Beisner, GRIL co-director (ex officio)
Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) - François Guillemette
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) - Dominic Bélanger, Technician
Université de Montréal (UdeM) - Katherine Velghe, Research Assistant
Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) - Dany Bouchard, Professional
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR)
Committee for the Dissemination and Transfer of Knowledge
This committee is composed of the GRIL Senior Communications and Public Relations Advisor, regular GRIL members and external members selected from the pool of research end-users. Its main mandate is to promote, ensure and coordinate the dissemination and transfer of knowledge for research end-users and the public.
- Morgan Botrel
Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University - Pascale Biron
Université Concordia - Frédéric Bouchard
Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS) - Marie-Andrée Fallu
GRIL Senior Communications and Public Relations Advisor - Jean-François Lapierre
Université de Montréal (UdeM)
External to GRIL:
- Sébastien Bourget
(second respondent: Cynthia Souied)
Ministère de l'Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (MELCCFP) - To be determined
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Sustainable Development Institute (FNQLSDI) - Karine Dauphin
Regroupement des organismes de bassins versants du Québec (ROBVQ) - Safouane Khamassi
Stratégies Saint-Laurent (brings together ZIP committees) - Anne Léger
Regroupement national des conseils régionaux de l’environnement du Québec (RNCREQ) - Stéphanie Morin
Association des gestionnaires régionaux des cours d’eau du Québec
Scientific Steering Committee
The members of the Steering Committee are international experts in several of the focal research areas of the GRIL. Their role is to provide counsel in structuring the GRIL’s scientific program. They are chosen on the basis of their experience and scientific leadership as well as international reknown. The members of this committee receive our annual reports and are referred to when re-evaluating our research program.
- Emily Stanley
University of Wisconsin-Madison - Hervé Piégay
Research Director at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Laboratoire EVS - ENS de Lyon (France) - Sudeep Chandra
University of Nevada-Reno - Jérome Marty
Executive Director, International Association for Great Lakes Research
Governance Board
The Board of Director’s mandate is to appoint the GRIL Director upon the recommendation of a selection committee, to appoint members of the Executive Committee upon the Director’s recommendation, to review the cluster’s policies, its annual budget, the nomination of new members, the annual report and the hiring of administrative and scientific staff.
Updated in May 2026
GRIL is an FRQ-funded strategic cluster