2009- Martin French's research concerns health, health data and health data flows. His work with the GPD project has been central to fostering the development of his research in the areas of privacy and surveillance, public safety and national security, and the governance of health surveillance. He has had the opportunity to participate in the research design of the international survey component, attend and observe French language focus group's in Montreal, and attend relevant conferences in Ottawa and Montreal. He also was a coordinator, with David Lyon, of the workshop Theorizing Surveillance held May 2005.
Post SSC- Martin French, Associate Professor, Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University, Canada.