past directors

• chris southcott, acting-director, (2014 - present)
• michel s. beaulieu, director, (2010-2014)
• raynald lemelin and michel s. beaulieu, co-directors, 2009-2010
• raynald lemelin, chair, 2008-2009**
• raynald lemelin and david kemp, co-chairs, 2006-2007
• david kemp, chair, 2006
• robert robson, chair, 2005
• chris southcott, chair, 2004
• robert robson, chair, 2001-2003
• marg boone & bruce minore, co-chairs, 1999-2000
• margaret johnston, chair, 1997-1998*
• norman bonsor, director, 1993-1996
• william r. morrison, director, 1991-1992
• geoff weller, interm-director, 1990
• paul watts, director, 1988-1990

note:
*in 1996 the director of the centre for northern studies became the chair of the northern studies committee as a result of structural changes at the university.
**in 2008, the chair of the northern studies committee reverted back to the position of director of the centre for northern studies as a result of structural changes at the university.