The Canadian Research Institute on humanitarian crisis and aid is an independent research group affiliated with the CERIUM. Its Scientific Committee consists of directors of constituent groups including Marie-Joëlle Zahar and Jocelyn Coulon of ROP, Frédéric Mérand of CEPSI, Dominique Caouette of REDTAC, Karim Benyekhlef of the CRDP, Laurence McFalls and Mariella Pandolfi of GRIM.

Thus, the Institute consists of a group of researchers of different origins who meet the multidisciplinary field of study in humanitarian action, which comes in various dynamic; political, security, anthropological, legal and transnational.

The director team consists of the Scientific Director of the CERIUM, Karim Benyekhlef, and the Executive Director, Francois Audet. The Scientific Director is specifically responsible for the scientific program and the implementation of research and scientific partnerships. The Executive Director ensures the proper functioning and coordination of OCCAH activities, including the administrative and on those institutional partnerships, links to funding agencies and media relations