The Executive Committee, chaired by the project Director, is the second governing body composed of Mr. Jean-François Gaudreault-Desbiens from the University of Montreal, Mr. François Feral from the University of Perpignan, the former Atikamekw Chief Mrs. Eva Ottawa, and Mr. Ghislain Otis, holder of the Canada Research Chair on Legal Diversity and Indigenous Peoples. The Committee guarantees the respect of Indigenous research principles and is in charge of the research progress.