Canadian Research Institute Humanitarian Crises and Aid – OCCAH

The Canadian Research Institute on Humanitarian Crises and Aid (OCCAH) is an autonomous academic research group on humanitarian crises. It is based out of the University of Québec at Montréal’s School of Management Sciences (ESG). OCCAH is a member of the Institut d’études internationales de Montréal (IEIM). OCCAH’s mission is to conduct independent research as well as commissioned studies or evaluations on crises resulting from armed conflicts and/or disasters and the humanitarian action that follows. Given its academic status, OCCAH actively participates in the public dissemination of knowledge and the advancement of humanitarian science and good practices worldwide.