Executive Members and Researchers

 

JOSEPH HICKEY – EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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Joseph Hickey is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Ontario Civil Liberties Association (OCLA). He has represented the OCLA in public campaigns, media interviews, and public events since the OCLA’s founding in the Fall of 2012.

Joseph has a PhD in Physics (Complexity Science Group, University of Calgary) and BSc and MSc degrees from the University of Ottawa. His research has been published in peer-reviewed science and law journals.

Joseph can be contacted by email at joseph.hickey@ocla.ca

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MATTHEW FOURNIER – TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

Matthew has been the OCLA’s Technical Director and website administrator since the Fall of 2012. He has a BSc in Physics and Mathematics from the University of Ottawa, and works in the tech sector as a software and data engineer.

Matthew lives in Ottawa, Ontario with his wife and 3 children. He can be reached by email at matthew.fournier@ocla.ca

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CAROLINE WANG – TREASURER

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Caroline is the OCLA’s Treasurer. She has a BSc in Nutrition from the Université de Montréal and an MSc in Health Sciences (Community Health) from the Université de Sherbrooke, in which she published research on the social and psychosocial determinants of health. Caroline works as a dietician in Gatineau.

 


Researchers

DENIS RANCOURT – RESEARCHER

DSC04669--cropDenis Rancourt joined OCLA as a volunteer Researcher in 2014.

Denis has a PhD in Physics (1984, University of Toronto), is a former tenured Full Professor (University of Ottawa), and has published over one hundred articles in leading science journals.

Denis’ reports and articles about fundamental rights are featured on the OCLA web site, at his ResearchGate author’s page, and at the online media source Dissident Voice.

Contact Denis at denis.rancourt@gmail.com

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HAZEL LIEVONEN – RESEARCHER

HL2_borderHazel is a mom and activist who is passionate about freedom of expression on all topics, for all opinions, and for everyone. She earned an Honours BA in Psychology from the University of Ottawa, and has personal experience of State repression in the COVID-era, having been dismissed from her position as a research assistant at York University after choosing not to disclose her personal medical information.

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