Suzanne Fortier
Principal and Vice-Chancellor, McGill SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½
Suzanne Fortier has served as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ since September 2013. Prior to her appointment as Principal, Professor Fortier was President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (2006 – 2013), Vice-Principal (Academic) 2000 – 2005 and Vice-Principal (Research) 1995 – 2000 at Queen’s SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ in Kingston, Ontario, where she was a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and in the School of Computing (1982-2006). She holds a BSc (1972) and a PhD in Crystallography (1976) from McGill.
Professor Fortier currently serves as Chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Leaders Forum, as a member of the HEC Paris International Advisory Board, McCall MacBain Scholarships at McGill, the McGill SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Health Centre and is an Academic Member of the Board of Governors of the Technion Israel Institute of Technology. She also serves on the Canadian Business-Higher Education Roundtable, the Catalyst Canada Advisory Board, as well as the Boards of Directors of Montreal International, and the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation.