The Global Environmental and Climate Change Centre (GEC3) is a cross-disciplinary, multi-university research centre bringing together more than 40 researchers from six Quebec universities to study processes, modelling and impact of environmental and climate change. Our member institutions are: McGill University, Condordia University, Université de Montréal, Université du Québec à Montréal, Université de Sherbrooke, Bishop's University, Université Laval and Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique.