Alain Canuel, Ph.D.

NCE Program Officer
Networks of Centres of Excellence
Constitution Square, Tower II
10th Flr., 350 Albert Street
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 1H5
Ph: 613.947.4503
Fax: 613.992.7356
Email: alain.canuel@nce.gc.ca

Dr. Alain Canuel has been working as a Program Officer with the Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) Program since 1998. His responsibilities include the management and coordination of four networks - CIPI, Wood-Pulps, CANVAC and of course ISIS.

Prior to joining the NCE Program, he worked for eight years as a Team Leader in the Research Grants and Fellowship Division as well as the Strategic Grants Division with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). He also served on a number of committees and interdisciplinary programs including the Eco-Research Program launched by the three granting agencies and Environment Canada in 1991.

In 1996, Alain moved to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) where he worked as Team Leader of the Engineering Team in the Research Grants Division.

An active participant in professional and community affairs, Dr. Canuel is Secretary-Treasurer for the Canadian Science and Technology Historical Association and Board member for the Fédération sur le traitement des langues naturelles. He is also member of the Sigma-Xi, the Scientific Research Society and the History of Philosophy and Science Association.

As lecturer, he taught a variety of courses on the subject of "History of Technology and Society" with the University of Ottawa, Université du Québec à Montréal, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Université du Québec à Hull, and Concordia University. He also published in refereed journals on the history of technology which included subjects such as submarine cable, wireless telegraphy, and radio broadcasting.

Alain Canuel obtained a B.A. in French Literature from the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi in 1977 and an M.Sc. in Communications from the Université de Montréal in 1982. He also received his Ph.D. from the Université de Montréal in 1988 for his research in international radio broadcasting. He continued his post-doctoral studies at McGill University for two years before joining the federal civil service.

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