Georges Eddy Lucien is a professor at the Université d'État d'Haïti and Université Quisqueya. Mr. Lucien is the first French-speaking researcher in the SAR uOttawa! program. Since September, he has been hosted by the Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics in the Faculty of Arts.
He holds an Habilitation à Diriger de la Recherche in Geography from the Université de Paris8, and has also completed a thesis in Urban History at the Université de Toulouse, Le Mirail and a post-doctorate in Urban Studies at the Université du Québec à Montréal. He currently heads the Laboratoire dynamique des mondes américains (LADMA, École normale supérieure de Port-au-Prince), is responsible for the Master's degree in Geography, École Normale Supérieure/Paris and also co-directs the History Department (ISERSS/Université d'État d'Haïti). He is the author of several works on territorial recompositions and urban policies.
Please join us in welcoming him to the University of Ottawa!
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The University of Ottawa joined the Scholars at Risk (SAR) Network in 2014 and entrusted the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) to develop a SAR uOttawa Program. HRREC Associate Director, Viviana Fernandez, manages the SAR uOttawa Program. She was elected to the SAR Canada Section's Steering Committee (2016-2022) and is a member of the SAR International Advisory Committee (IAC) since 2016. Viviana currently represents the Coalition for Academic Freedom in the Americas (CAFA) in the SAR IAC.