An Institute Dedicated to International Collaboration

The Canadian Institute for Human Rights and Global Health, in development since 2022, was publicly launched in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada in May 2024 and is led by Founding President, Dr. Kevin McCormick.

This newly established institute boasts a growing list of Fellows, Distinguished Research Chairs, as well as partner universities and organizations representing countries from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, who will work together on key areas and issues impacting communities and countries on a global scale.

As an institute dedicated to international collaboration, our goal is to create an interconnected network of experts, academics, researchers and activists, who are eager to work together in cooperation towards the advancement and promotion of human rights and global health.

Valérie Baud-Candau, Deputy-Director René Cassin Foundation – International Institute of Human Rights and Dr. Kevin McCormick, CIHRGH Founding President (June 2025)
Dr. Kevin McCormick, CIHRGH Founding President and   The Hon. Stéphane Dion, Ambassador of Canada to France (June 2025)
Dr. Kevin McCormick, CIHRGH Founding President with    Dr. A. Oluremi Odulana-Ogundimu, CIHRGH Distinguished Fellow (October 2025)

“As a Distinguished Research Chair and human rights expert who is actively involved with the United Nations and numerous intercontinental scholarly associations, I am eager to develop my expertise further through cooperation with eminent scholars and researchers now involved as Fellows of the Canadian Institute for Human Rights and Global Health. This is an exciting venture that will support and advance global initiatives in support of international human rights and global health, and I’m excited to be a part of it.”

Prof. Awalou Ouedraogo
Chair of the Department of Human Rights and Equity Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada
Visiting Professor, University of Panthéon Assas, Paris, France
Visiting Professor, University Thomas Sankara, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Distinguished Research Chair, Canadian Institute for Human Rights and Global Health (2024)