Twice recipient of the Governor General Medal for his record of service at the Correctional Service of Canada and his work with victims of crime, M^e Claude Laferrière holds a bachelor and master’s degree in philosophy and law from the Université de Montréal. In 2007, he earned a Master of Laws in International Legal Studies with specialisation in national security law from the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C.

In 2009, he published a book entitled Five Essays on U.S. National Security Law (Wilson & Lafleur Ltd.) and is currently working on a book on national security to be issued in 2017.

In 2007, M^e Laferrière also published his first collection of poetry, Feu les mots / Late Words, under the nom de plume Roy Duncan (Adage/Maelström), followed by a second poetry book, Mots tard (PubliusQc), released in 2016.

A former officer of the Royal 22^nd Regiment, he was invited by retired General René Dequen, Armée de terre de France, as a guest speaker at the Institut militaire de Québec in 2012 and 2015 where he spoke on the topics of new American perspectives on national security: narcoterrorism; the President as Commander in Chief; and the American use of drones.

In April 2014, he gained a media profile as a legal advisor in international law for a television report entitled “Condamné au silence” featured on SRC’s Enquête program and prepared by famed reporter Anne Panasuk on the kidnapping, detention, and torture of a Canadian engineer at the hands of the Algerian Military Intelligence.

In 2017, he was interviewed by host Anne-Marie Dussault from the SRC’s 24/60 program on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and the operation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) as part of a report on President Donald J. Trump’s wiretapping claims.

Since 2012, M^e Laferrière has been publishing legal commentaries and opinions on general topics pertaining to constitutional and criminal law in the following publications: La Presse, Le Devoir, Huffington Post Québec, and Huffington Post Canada (in both French and English).

Laferrière is particularly interested in the works of philosopher Henri Bergson and the concept of logical empiricism.