Nicolas Meunier
Royal Roads University
Canada

Sergeant Nicolas Meunier is a Search and Rescue Team Leader and has served almost two decades with the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). He has been deployed overseas 9 times for multiple missions of disaster relief, humanitarian help, war zone and international security in collaboration with United Nations, NATO and multiple government level agencies around the world. He also has a background in accounting, marketing, business, management and consultant in multiple fields. In addition, he recently completed a Master Degree of Arts in Disaster and Emergency Management with Royal Roads University in Victoria, BC

The Search and Rescue Technician (SAR Tech) is part of an elite group of highly trained rescue specialists who provide on-scene medical aid and extraction from some of the harshest and most remote areas of Canada. They deploy from rotary or fixed wing aircraft in any environment or climactic conditions and rescue operations may require parachuting, mountaineering, hiking, swimming and scuba diving, sometimes in adverse condition.

Nicolas Meunier was a Team Leader and Subject Matter Expert during the historical 1st operational deployment of SAR Techs after the earthquake in Haiti in 2010. This deployment bridged NGO’s, international rescue organizations and worldwide military groups in a collaborative rescue effort.