Contributor Biography
Mr. Dufour was most recently based at Natural Resources Canada, on executive interchange from the Canadian-based International Development Research Centre. He was previously the interim Executive Director at the former Office of the National Science Advisor in the federal Government advising on international S&T matters and broad questions of R&D directions for the country. He has a rich experience in addressing the interaction between science and international relations, especially in the context of research capacity with the developing world.
Born in Montréal, he was educated at McGill, the Université de Montreal, and Concordia University in the history of science and science policy, and has had practical S&T policy experience for over three decades.
He has travelled extensively; he lectures regularly on science policy; he has authored numerous articles on international S&T relations and Canadian innovation policy. He is series co-editor of the Cartermill Guides to World Science and past North American editor to Outlook on Science Policy.
Married for 35 years to his passionate and beautiful Cordon Bleu chef wife, Karen, he has three wonderful children and is the proud grandparent of Danika, Kiana, and Damien.
