Chasse Helbin

Chasse is a student in the Ford Dorsey Master’s in International Policy at Stanford, specializing in Energy, Natural Resources, and the Environment. His studies center on how investment in energy and critical minerals projects shapes security of supply, with a particular interest in China’s role in global energy and resource markets.

Chasse grew up in a small Francophone community in Northern Ontario. After earning his bachelor’s degree from the University of Ottawa, he worked across the House of Commons, the Library of Parliament, and the Senate of Canada. He advised both a Member of Parliament and a senator on energy policy, and later served as the Senate’s Mace Bearer, a floor officer responsible for chamber security, procedure, and parliamentary diplomacy. He is a recipient of the King Charles III Coronation Medal for his service to Canada’s Parliament. His time on Parliament Hill sparked an interest in how Canada’s relationships abroad shape its energy choices. To pursue that question, the Senate granted him an educational leave to complete a master’s degree at Peking University in Beijing as a Yenching Scholar, where he focused on China’s energy sector and foreign policy.

Most recently, he joined the European Commission in Brussels. During the 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis, he supported cooperation between the Commission and industry to protect Europe’s security of supply. He also worked on energy cooperation between Canada and the EU and advised on the implications of China’s role in global energy markets for European industry. 

Chasse is a lifelong supporter of the Montréal Canadiens hockey team.