Pierre-Gerlier Forest, Ph.D.
President and CEO, Trudeau Foundation
1514 Docteur Penfield Ave.
Montreal, Qc H3G 1B9
Em: pgforest@trudeaufoundation.ca
Prior to joining the Trudeau Foundation, Pierre-Gerlier Forest was an Assistant Deputy
Minister with Health Canada, the Canadian federal Ministry of Health, where he was first
appointed to the G.D.W. Cameron Chair (2003) before becoming Chief Scientist (2004-
2006).
Well known for his work in the areas of health policy and the governance of health care
organizations, PG Forest also held the position of Director of Research, Commission of
the Future of Health Care in Canada (Romanow Commission). He spent most of his
academic career at Universite Laval, in Quebec City, where he was Professor of policy
analysis and public management with the Department of Political Science (1990–2007).
PG Forest obtained a Master’s degree in Political Science at Universite Laval (1984) and
a PhD. in History and Socio-Politics of Science at Universite de Montreal (1989). In the
years following his post-doctoral studies (Manchester Business School), several
governments and numerous organizations have called on his expertise, particularly in the
areas of health system reform and knowledge management.
PG Forest also holds adjunct professorships with the Faculty of Medicine, Universite de
Montréal and the National School for Public Administration (Quebec).