Selection Committees

Strategic Research Grants and Joint Initiatives

Committee members are responsible for evaluating the relative merits of each application submitted to them for review—except for ones which pose a conflict of interest—on the basis of the adjudication criteria specific to the program and taking into consideration the advice from external assessors.

The committee membership listed below is for the period April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010. Committee lists are not made available until the results of all competitions for that fiscal year are announced.

Aboriginal Research Pilot Program
Community-University Research Alliances (CURA)
Image, Text, Sound and Technology
Research Development Initiatives

Aboriginal Research Pilot Program

Relevance committee

Peter Decontie, Sacred Fire Keeper of the Kitigan Zibi of the Anishinabeg First Nation (Elder)
Karla Jessen Williamson, University of Saskatchewan (Chair)
Denis Gagnon, Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface (Vice-Chair)
Chris Andersen, University of Alberta
Eugene Richard Atleo, University of Manitoba; University of Victoria
Eleanor Bernard, Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey
Cindy Dickson, The Council of Yukon First Nations
Carrie Dyck, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Daniel Gendron, L'Institut Culturel Avataq
Jean-Guy Goulet, Université Saint-Paul
Violet Ford, Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada

Adjudication committee

Peter Decontie, Sacred Fire Keeper of the Kitigan Zibi of the Anishinabeg First Nation (Elder)
Larry Chartrand, University of Ottawa (Chair)
Patricia Shaw, The University of British Columbia (Vice-Chair)
Jennifer S.H. Brown, University of Winnipeg
Christoper Furgal, Trent University
Daniel Gendron, L'Institut Culturel Avataq
James Hopkins, University of Victoria
Daniel Salée, Concordia University
Joanne Tompkins, St-Francis Xavier University
Leah Whiu, University of Waikato, New Zealand
Karla Jessen Williamson, University of Saskatchewan

Community-University Research Alliances (CURA): Formal Application Committee

Peter Pope, Memorial University of Newfoundland (Chair)
Jamie Benidickson, University of Ottawa
Angie Hart, University of Brighton
David Frank, University of New Brunswick
Colleen Reid, Women’s Health Research Network
François Trudel, Université Laval
Johanne Turbide, HEC Montréal
James Zamprelli, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Image, Text, Sound and Technology

Michael C. Eberle-Sinatra, Université de Montréal (Chair)
Laura C. Mandell, University of Ohio
Richard Cunningham, Acadia University
Dominique Scheffel-Dunand, University of Toronto

Research Development Initiatives

Elizabeth Grove-White, University of Victoria (Chair)
Bruce Barber, Nova-Scotia College of Art and Design
Marc Boutet, Université de Sherbrooke
Luc Bernier, École nationale d’administration publique
Sue Bruning, University of Manitoba
Gary A. Genosko, Lakehead University
Sheila J. Petty, University of Regina