Past Directors
- Chris Southcott, Acting-Director, (2014 - present)
- Michel S. Beaulieu, Director, (2010-2014)
- Raynald Lemelin and Michel S. Beaulieu, Co-Directors, 2009-2010
- Raynald Lemelin, Chair, 2008-2009**
- Raynald Lemelin and David Kemp, Co-chairs, 2006-2007
- David Kemp, Chair, 2006
- Robert Robson, Chair, 2005
- Chris Southcott, Chair, 2004
- Robert Robson, Chair, 2001-2003
- Marg Boone & Bruce Minore, Co-chairs, 1999-2000
- Margaret Johnston, Chair, 1997-1998*
- Norman Bonsor, Director, 1993-1996
- William R. Morrison, Director, 1991-1992
- Geoff Weller, Interm-Director, 1990
- Paul Watts, Director, 1988-1990
Note:
*In 1996 the Director of the Centre for Northern Studies became the Chair of the Northern Studies Committee as a result of structural changes at the university.
**In 2008, the Chair of the Northern Studies Committee reverted back to the position of Director of the Centre for Northern Studies as a result of structural changes at the university.