title: James O'Dea (activist)
Pacific Institute
Retrodiction
Jim Jennewein (architect)
Modesto Montoya
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Mark J. Poznansky
Institute of Noetic Sciences
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Maria Duval
sentences: James O'Dea is an Irish-born activist, author and educator.
 He is a past president of the Institute of Noetic Sciences and a former faculty member of the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies.
 James trained over 1000 Peace Ambassadors during the Shift Network's Peace Ambassador Training.
 He co-directed the Social Healing Project with Dr. Judith Thompson.
 He is an adviser to The Peace Alliance and KOSMOS Journal and is former executive director of the Seva Foundation and a former Director of the Washington, DC office of Amnesty International.
 He is also a member of the Evolutionary Leaders Group.
The Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security is an American non-profit research institute created in 1987 to provide independent research and policy analysis on issues of development, environment, and security, with a particular focus on global and regional freshwater issues.
 It is located in Oakland, California (USA).
 The focus of the Institute is to find solutions to problems like water shortages and contamination, environmental conflicts, global climate change, and environmental terrorism.
 The mission of the Institute is to "conduct interdisciplinary research and partner with stakeholders to produce solutions that advance environmental protection, economic development, and social equity—in California, nationally, and internationally."
Retrodiction (a.k.a. postdiction — although this should not be confused with the use of the term in criticisms of parapsychological research) is the act of making a "prediction" about the past.
James J. Jennewein is an architect in Tampa, Florida.
 He is a fellow at the American Institute of Architects (AIA), past president of the Florida Association of the AIA, past president of the Florida State Board of Architecture, and past president of the Florida Central Chapter of the AIA.
 He is the son of American sculptor C. Paul Jennewein.
 He received the National Sculpture Society Medal of Honor.
 Jennewein was a partner at the firms of McElvy & Jennewein and Ruyle Darby+Jennewein Architects.
Modesto Montoya (born 24 February 1949) is a nuclear physicist past president of the Peruvian Institute for Nuclear Energy in Lima, Peru.
 He is past president and a member of the Peruvian Academy of Nuclear Sciences, past president of the Peruvian Physical Society and member for Peruvian National Academy of Sciences.
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN) was established as Federal Department of Forestry Research in 1954.
 The Institute’s Decree 35 of 1973 and order establishing Research Institute of 1977 changed the status of the Department to an institute being supervised by the Federal Ministry of Environment, but the only Research Institute of the Ministry.
 For the purpose of developing the nation's education, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria have a subsidiary college name Federal College of Forestry located in Ibadan charged with training and developing forestry and agricultural practice.
 The Federal College of Forestry, Ibadan (FEDCOFOR) has six specialized research departments (each having various specialized sections), three support departments.
 The Federal College Of Forestry, Ibadan is a monotechnic offering both National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND).
Mark J. Poznansky {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born April 5, 1946) is a research scientist and science administrator.
 He is the past president and CEO of the Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) and was previously chair of the board of OGI, and the founder of G2G Consulting Inc.
 He is a member of the Order of Canada, a member of the Order of Ontario and was CEO, president and scientific director of Robarts Research Institute.
The Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) is an American non-profit parapsychological research institute.
 It was co-founded in 1973 by former astronaut Edgar Mitchell, along with investor Paul N. Temple, and others interested in purported paranormal phenomena, in order to encourage and conduct research on noetic theory and human potentials.
The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI), formerly Ottawa Health Research Institute, is a non-profit academic health research institute located in the city of Ottawa.
 It was formed in 2001 following the merger of three Ottawa hospitals.
 The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute is the research arm of The Ottawa Hospital and affiliated with the University of Ottawa.
Maria Duval (born in Milan, Italy, as Maria Carolina Gamba) was the owner of the organization Astroforce until it was sold in 1997 to Health Tips Ltd, which is based in Hong Kong (now Harmonie Ltd).
 She subsequently became president of the Institute for Parapsychological Research in Callas, a small town near Nice.

Question: Question: James O'Dea is a past president of what American non-profit parapsychological research institute that was founded in 1973? 

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 James O'Dea is an Irish-born activist, author and educator.
 He is a past president of the Institute of Noetic Sciences and a former faculty member of the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies.
 James trained over 1000 Peace Ambassadors during the Shift Network's Peace Ambassador Training.
 He co-directed the Social Healing Project with Dr. Judith Thompson.
 He is an adviser to The Peace Alliance and KOSMOS Journal and is former executive director of the Seva Foundation and a former Director of the Washington, DC office of Amnesty International.
 He is also a member of the Evolutionary Leaders Group. 

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 The Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security is an American non-profit research institute created in 1987 to provide independent research and policy analysis on issues of development, environment, and security, with a particular focus on global and regional freshwater issues.
 It is located in Oakland, California (USA).
 The focus of the Institute is to find solutions to problems like water shortages and contamination, environmental conflicts, global climate change, and environmental terrorism.
 The mission of the Institute is to "conduct interdisciplinary research and partner with stakeholders to produce solutions that advance environmental protection, economic development, and social equity—in California, nationally, and internationally." 

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 Retrodiction (a.k.a. postdiction — although this should not be confused with the use of the term in criticisms of parapsychological research) is the act of making a "prediction" about the past. 

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 Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN) was established as Federal Department of Forestry Research in 1954.
 The Institute’s Decree 35 of 1973 and order establishing Research Institute of 1977 changed the status of the Department to an institute being supervised by the Federal Ministry of Environment, but the only Research Institute of the Ministry.
 For the purpose of developing the nation's education, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria have a subsidiary college name Federal College of Forestry located in Ibadan charged with training and developing forestry and agricultural practice.
 The Federal College of Forestry, Ibadan (FEDCOFOR) has six specialized research departments (each having various specialized sections), three support departments.
 The Federal College Of Forestry, Ibadan is a monotechnic offering both National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND). 

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 Mark J. Poznansky {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born April 5, 1946) is a research scientist and science administrator.
 He is the past president and CEO of the Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) and was previously chair of the board of OGI, and the founder of G2G Consulting Inc.
 He is a member of the Order of Canada, a member of the Order of Ontario and was CEO, president and scientific director of Robarts Research Institute. 

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 The Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) is an American non-profit parapsychological research institute.
 It was co-founded in 1973 by former astronaut Edgar Mitchell, along with investor Paul N. Temple, and others interested in purported paranormal phenomena, in order to encourage and conduct research on noetic theory and human potentials. 

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 The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI), formerly Ottawa Health Research Institute, is a non-profit academic health research institute located in the city of Ottawa.
 It was formed in 2001 following the merger of three Ottawa hospitals.
 The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute is the research arm of The Ottawa Hospital and affiliated with the University of Ottawa. 

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 Maria Duval (born in Milan, Italy, as Maria Carolina Gamba) was the owner of the organization Astroforce until it was sold in 1997 to Health Tips Ltd, which is based in Hong Kong (now Harmonie Ltd).
 She subsequently became president of the Institute for Parapsychological Research in Callas, a small town near Nice. 

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Answer: The Institute of Noetic Sciences