Multidisciplinary Assessment Committee (MAC) Membership 

Quality and experience are the CFI's prime considerations when it selects committee members. In addition, the CFI strives to achieve a reasonable balance in terms of language, gender, region, sector of the economy, discipline, and type of institution.

All MAC members and experts involved in the review sign a confidentiality agreement in which they agree not to discuss any aspect of any proposal with anyone outside the committee.

In addition, the CFI expects that members of the research community will not contact MAC members to obtain information on committee deliberations. Members are instructed not to enter into discussions of any kind - related to the review process or specific projects - with other members of the research community. The members will not receive additional information or representations relating to projects except where provided directly by the CFI. They will refer all inquiries, or other material directed to them personally, to CFI staff for response.

Committees will review applications on the basis of the three CFI criteria: quality of the research and need for the infrastructure, contribution to strengthening the capacity for innovation, and potential benefits to Canada. Comments made on projects in previous CFI review processes will not be given to committees. This is a completely new review process.

Seven MACs composed of 12 members with broad expertise in research, research management and the use of research results, will review a total of 414 proposals requesting approximately $900 million from the CFI. They will meet on June 19, 20 and 21, 2000 and make a recommendation for each proposal.

In the afternoon of the 21, the seven chairs of the committees plus a member of each of the committees will meet to review the recommendations of the committees to ensure consistency. If the recommendations from the committees exceeds the budget available i.e. $350 million, this group will choose between projects of comparable merit that most effectively support the CFI’s mandate and research in Canada taking into account the following strategic considerations: institutional and/or provincial priorities, discipline distribution and institutional distribution. The committee will be made aware of CFI investments to date.

CHAIRS:

Brock Fenton
Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto ON

Francis Hartman
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Calgary
Calgary AB

Maryse Lassonde
Département de psychologie
Université de Montréal
Montréal QC

Gordon MacNabb
Coldstream BC

Lynn McIntyre
Faculty of Health Professions
Dalhousie University
Halifax NS

André Plourde
Department of Economics
University of Alberta
Edmonton AB

Jennifer Sturgess
Clinical and Medical Reseach, Europe
Parke Davis Pharmaceutical Research
Eastleigh UK

MEMBERS:

Arden Albee
Department of Geology
Caltech
Pasadena CA USA

Michel Audet
CEFRIO
Quebec QC

Bruce Balcolm
Department of Physics
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton NB

Moe Barakat
InfoMagnetics Technologies Corporation
Winnipeg MB

André Bazergui
Innovitech Inc.
Montréal QC

Roger L. Bernier
Foragen Technology Ventures Inc.
Montréal QC

Colin Bird
Faculty of Medicine
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh UK

Charlyn Black
Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg MB

Lawrence Boone
Glaxo Wellcome
Research Triangle Park NC USA

Carol Elizabeth Cass
Department of Oncology
Cross Cancer Institute
University of Alberta
Edmonton AB

Jim Chinnick
Wave Rider Communications Ltd.
Calgary AB

Esteban Chornet
Département de génie chimique
Université de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke QC

Michael Clarke
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
Faculty of Medicine
University of Leicester
Leicester UK

Patricia Clements
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton AB

Robert D. Cohen
Department of Medicine
University of London
London UK

Jan Conradi
Science and Technology Division
Corning Inc.
Corning NY USA

François Cordeau
Semiconductor Division
Mitel Corporation
Kanata ON

Jocelyne Côté-O'Hara
Pauline Couture and Associates
Toronto ON

Brian Crossley
Institution of Civil Engineers
Chester UK

Michel Cuenod
Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences Psychiatriques
Université de Lausanne
Prilly-Lausanne SWITZERLAND

Douglas Dalgleish
Unité de recherche matières premières
Centre de Recherche Danone
Le Plessis-Robinson FRANCE

Jeffrey Dawson
Department of Immunology
Duke University Medical School
Durham NC USA

Suzanne Desjardins
Office of Science
Health Canada
Ottawa ON

Michel Duguay
Département de génie électrique et de génie informatique
Université Laval
Québec QC

Jane Evans
Department of Biochemistry and Human Genetics
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg MB

Mary Fairhurst
Dow Chemical Canada
Fort Saskatchewan AB

Lawrence Felt
Department of Sociology
Memorial University
St. John's NF

Michel Fingerhut
Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique
Paris FRANCE

Ed Fitzhenry
Polaris Navigation Systems
Calgary AB

Bernard Fortin
Département d'économique
Université Laval
Québec QC

Gail Gabel
Environmental Sensors Inc (ESI)
Victoria BC

Brian Gaines
Department of Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary AB

Michael Gibbons
The Association of Commonwealth Universities
London UK

James Gosz
Biology Department
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM USA

Barbara Gour
Medicinal Chemistry
Adherex Technologies Inc.
Ottawa ON

Michael Greene
Homogeneous Catalysis
SASOL
Ponteland - Newcastle-upon-Tyne UK

Angela Gronenborn
Laboratory of Chemical Physics
National Insitutes of Health
Bethesda MD USA

Frank Grosveld
Department of Cell Biology
Erasmus University
Rotterdam THE NETHERLANDS

Leslie Jaegar
Department of Engineering Mathematics
Dalhousie University
Halifax NS

Judith Kazimirski
Windsor Medical Clinic
Windsor NS

Wilf Keller
Plant Biotechnology Institute
National Research Council of Canada
Saskatoon SK

Susan Kleinmann
Program Coordinate of Software Engineering
Brandeis University
Lexington MA USA

Ben Koop
Department of Biology
University of Victoria
Victoria BC

Claude Kordon
Insitut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
Paris FRANCE

Kurt Kyser
Department of Geological Sciences
Queen's University
Kingston ON

Marc Lalande
Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology
University of Connecticut
Farmington CT USA

Yves Lancelot
Centre d'océanologie de Marseille
Marseille FRANCE

Ken Lawless
Executive Director
Ottawa Life Sciences Council
Ottawa ON

Catherine Lazier
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dalhousie University
Halifax NS

Sheldon Levy
Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Technology
Oakville ON

David Litster
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge MA USA

Gaetan Lussier
Brossard QC

Peter Maloney
Department of Physiology
John Hopkins University
Baltimore MD USA

Theodore Marmor
Yale Postdoctoral Program in Social Science and Medicine
Yale University School of Management
New Haven CT USA

Claude Martel
InnoCentre
Montréal QC

Thom Mason
Spallation Neutron Source Project
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge TN USA

Alan Maynard
Department of Health Studies
York Health Policy Group
University of York
York UK

Alex McAuley
Department of Chemistry
University of Victoria
Victoria BC

Murray McLaughlin
Foragen Technology Ventures Inc.
Guelph ON

Anne-Marie Mes-Masson
CHUM
Montreal QC

Richard Normandin
Institute for Microstructural sciences
National Research Council
Ottawa ON

Rosemary Ommer
Calgary Institute for Humanities
University of Calgary
Calgary AB

Robin Riddihough
Natural Resources Canada
Ottawa ON

Mark Rosenberg
Department of Geography
Queen's University
Kingston ON

Walter Saltzberg
Winnipeg MB

Richard Schabas
Preventive Oncology Division
CancerCare Ontario
Toronto ON

Susannah Scott
Department of Chemistry
University of Ottawa
Ottawa ON

Gabriel Silberman
Centre for Advanced Studies
IBM
North York ON

Brian Skinner
Department of Economic Geology
Yale University
New Haven CT USA

Michael Spyer
Royal Free Hospital
School of Medicine
London UK

Terry Sullivan
Institute of Work and Health
Toronto ON

Gerard Tertzakian
Hannibal Ventures Inc.
Edmonton AB

Mark Van Rossen
IMEC
Leuven BELGIUM

Thomas Vasicek
Commerical Technology
Corning Inc.
Corning NY USA

Gungwu Wang
East Asian Institute
National University of Singapore
SINGAPORE

Rick Weingarten
American Library Association (ALA)
Washington DC USA

Donald Whitmore
Vector Construction Group
Winnipeg MB

Eleanor Wilson
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Ottawa ON

Michael Wolfson
Analysis and Development
Statistics Canada
Ottawa ON

Marilynn Wood
Faculty of Nursing
University of Alberta
Edmonton AB

Joe Wright
Paprican
Pointe-Claire QC

Charles Wyman
Thayer School of Engineering
Dartmouth College
Hannover NH USA

Ron Yamada
Global Markets and Corporate Affairs
MDS Inc.
Toronto ON

Bob Young
Merck Frosst Canada & Co.
Montreal QC