Joanne Keselman

Council Member

Joanne C. Keselman is interim vice-president (academic) and provost, and professor of psychology at the University of Manitoba, where she previously served as vice-president (research).

Dr. Keselman is a member of the Manitoba Premier’s Economic Advisory Council and co-chair of the Manitoba Innovation Council. She is a member of the board of directors of ISIS Canada, and past member of the board of directors of ArcticNet, the International Centre for Infectious Diseases and the past Chair of the boards of directors of RESOLVE, a Prairie research network on family violence, and the advisory board of the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals. From 2002 to 2007, she was vice-president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and a member of NSERC’s executive committee.

Dr. Keselman received her doctoral degree in quantitative psychology from the University of Manitoba in 1978.