Global Excellence Initiative Canvassing Committee
Committee’s mandate
The Global Excellence Initiative Canvassing Committee is committed to raising the profiles of top Canadian researchers on a global scale.
The Committee seeks to identify meritorious Canadian candidates for major international research awards and recommend to the leader of the candidate’s institution that the candidate be nominated for a specific award. The Committee is dedicated to supporting the candidate and their institution throughout the application process.
Chair
Howard Alper, distinguished university professor, University of Ottawa
Members
- Lenore Fahrig, chancellor’s professor, department of biology and co-director, Geomatics and Landscape Ecology Research Laboratory, Carleton University
- Aleeza Gerstein, assistant professor, University of Manitoba
- Simon Kennedy, deputy minister, ISED
- Jennifer Love, head and professor, department of chemistry, University of Calgary
- Cheryl Misak, university professor, University of Toronto
- Gordon McCauley, president & CEO, adMare BioInnovations
- Robert Prichard, chair, Torys LLP
- Guy Rouleau, director, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, chair, department of neurology and neurosurgery, McGill University and director, department of neuroscience, McGill University Health Centre
- Molly Shoichet, professor and Canada Research Chair in Tissue Engineering, University of Toronto
- Juan Luis Suarez, professor, Western University
- Michael Woodside, professor, faculty of science, University of Alberta
