Interim President, Council of Canadian Academies
Janet W. Bax is Interim President at the Council of Canadian Academies, a not-for profit organization that completes expert panel assessments on topics of public interest. Previously serving as a Council Program Director, Janet worked with world renowned experts to complete assessments on subjects such as women in university research, food security in the north, industrial research and development, and STEM skills for Canada’s future...
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Waterloo Chair in Science and Society and Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy,, University of Waterloo
Heather Douglas is the Waterloo Chair in Science and Society and Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. She received her Ph.D. from the History and Philosophy of Science Department at the University of Pittsburgh in 1998. She is the author of Science, Policy, and the Value-Free Ideal (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009) as well as numerous articles. Her work focuses on the role of...
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Principal / Adjunct professor, PaulicyWorks / University of Ottawa
Paul Dufour was educated in science policy and history of science and technology at McGill, Concordia and Université de Montréal. He is adjunct professor at the University of Ottawa’s Institute for Science, Society and Policy and Principal of PaulicyWorks, a science and technology policy consulting firm based in Gatineau, Quebec. Paul has over 35 years of experience working directly with science policy agencies, ministries...
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Founding Associate Provost, Research & Graduate Programs Professor of Engineering & Applied Sciences, UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CANADA
Dr. Gabriel holds a Bachelor of Science (honors degree), and a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alexandria, Egypt, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Manitoba, Canada. He holds a diploma in Space Science from the International Space University (H/Q in Strasburg, France), and an M.B.A. from the International Business Centre at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Gabriel is an elected fellow of...
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CEO, Alpha Healthcare
Gerard Kennedy is currently the CEO of Alpha Healthcare, a unique private organization dedicated to improving Canadian public health care www.alphahealthcare.ca. Its growing innovative operations include medical laboratories, healthcare IT, and research and development.
Gerard was previously a federal MP, provincial cabinet minister, provincial MPP and front rank leadership contender for the Liberal Party. As the...
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Associate Professor / VP Research, Conrad Centre for Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology at the University of Waterloo / The Evidence Network.
Margaret Dalziel is an Associate Professor with the Conrad Centre for Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology at the University of Waterloo, and VP Research, The Evidence Network. The Evidence Network, co-founded with Brian Barge, evaluates, explains, communicates, and benchmarks the impact of organizations that support business, research, innovation, and entrepreneurship. | | Margaret teaches technology entrepreneurship, and conducts research...
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President and CEO, Institute for Research on Public Policy
Graham Fox has been President and CEO of the IRPP since April 2011. He brings to the organization a decade of executive-level experience in the fields of politics and public policy.
Prior to coming to the IRPP, Graham was a strategic policy adviser at the law firm of Fraser Milner Casgrain, and is a former vice-president of the Public Policy Forum. In politics, Graham contested the 2007 Ontario general election as a candidate in the constituency...
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Director, University of Ottawa’s Institute for Science, Society and Policy
Professor Monica Gattinger is Director of the University of Ottawa’s Institute for Science, Society and Policy, and Chair of the Institute’s Collaboratory on Energy Research and Policy.
Professor Gattinger’s research explores two main fields: the influence of North American economic integration on domestic and cross-border public policy, administration and governance, with particular reference to the energy sector, and the...
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Associate Professor of Animal Health Economics, University of Calgary
David Hall is a veterinarian with a PhD in agricultural economics and an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary. His current research activities address animal health economics and policy, international development, ecohealth, and decision making. He is particularly interested in perceptions of health and how they shape decision making related to mitigation of...
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University of Ottawa, Full Professor and University Research Chair in Experimental Evolution
Dr. Rees Kassen is Full Professor and University Research Chair in Experimental Evolution at the University of Ottawa. He is known internationally for his integrative approach to the study of biodiversity and pioneering work using microbes to study evolutionary and ecological processes in the laboratory. He is also past co-chair of the Global Young Academy (www.globalyoungacademy.net), an international organization of early-career researchers...
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Chair of the Board, Bad Science Watch
Michael Kruse is the chair of the board of Bad Science Watch, a grass-roots non-profit group advocating for good science in public policy. An advanced care paramedic in the Greater Toronto Area, Michael has leads a team investigating the regulation of natural health products for Bad Science Watch.
President / Co-Chair, International Council for Science / Governing Council, Future Earth: Research for Global Sustainability
Gordon McBean is President of the International Council for Science (ICSU), Co-Chair of the Governing Council for Future Earth: Research for Global Sustainability and Professor Emeritus of Geography at Western University, London, Canada. He was Professor of Geography at Western (2000-2015) with joint appointments in Political Science and Physics. From 1994 to 2000 he was Assistant Deputy Minister at Environment Canada with...
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Deputy Director, UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
Dr Chandrika Nath is Deputy Director of the UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), an office of both Houses of Parliament providing UK parliamentarians with independent, objective analysis of a wide range of public policy issues with a basis in science and technology. Dr Nath specialises in the physical sciences, defence and security, and telecommunications. She also oversees POST’s work on international development...
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