François Pelletier holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Montreal and Paris 1: Panthéon-Sorbonne. He subsequently completed a postdoctoral research assignment in Management at HEC Montreal and was a Mitacs science policy fellow. He now works at the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) as a senior policy advisor. In this role, he is the manager responsible for the international file at the agency. His work includes managing a small team and negotiating research partnerships with international funding agencies