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, field of study, 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 2001 Innovation Fund 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.

Nine MACs composed of a chair plus 12 to 15 members with broad expertise in research, research management and the use of research results, will review a total of 493 proposals requesting approximately $1.3 billion from the CFI. They will meet on December 5, 6, 7, 2001 and make a recommendation to the CFI Board for each proposal.

On December 12, 2001, the nine chairs of the committees will meet to review the recommendations of the committees to ensure consistency. If the recommendations from the committees exceed 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. The following strategic considerations will be taken into account: institutional and/or provincial priorities, discipline distribution and institutional distribution. The committee will be made aware of CFI investments to date.

Each Multidisciplinary Assessment Committee (MAC) will review applications from institutions in one of the three following categories:

• Category A: Degree granting institutions receiving more than 1% of granting council funding ; hospitals; not-for profit organizations
  
• Category B: Degree-granting institutions receiving less than 1% of granting council funding
  
• Category C: Colleges (do not confer degrees)

CATEGORY A

CHAIRS

Garry Brewer
School of Management
Yale University
New Haven CT USA

Patricia Clements
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton AB CANADA

Brock Fenton
Department of Biology
York University
North York ON CANADA

Hutch Holton
Canadian Banknote Company Ltd.
Ottawa ON CANADA

Alex McAuley
Department of Chemistry
University of Victoria
Victoria BC CANADA

Dr. Ron McCullough
ProGrid Ventures Inc.
Toronto ON CANADA

Louise Proulx
Génome Québec
Montréal QC CANADA

MEMBERS:

Bruce Balcom
Department of Physics
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton NB CANADA

Zeev Barzilai
Telaviv ISRAEL

Khaled Ben Letaief
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Kowloon HONGKONG

Roger L. Bernier
Foragen Technologies Management Inc.
Montreal QC CANADA

Vijay Bhargava
Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Victoria
Victoria BC CANADA

Lawrence Boone
Glaxo Smith Kline
Triangle Park NC USA

Edwin Bourget
Université de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke QC CANADA

Denis Brière
Faculté de foresterie et de géomatique
Université Laval
Québec QC CANADA

Ian Brindle
Brock University
St. Catharines ON CANADA

Larry Brown
Department of Geological Sciences
Cornell University
Ithaca NY USA

Francisco O. Calvo
National Institute of Diabetes and
Digestive and Kidney Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda MD USA

Elizabeth Cannon
Department of Geomatics Engineering
University of Calgary
Calgary AB CANADA

Carol E. Cass
Department of Oncology
University of Alberta
Edmonton AB CANADA

Tao Soon Cham
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore

Jim Chinnick
Wave Rider Communications Inc
Calgary AB CANADA

Brian Collier
Department of Pharmacology
McGill University
Montreal QC CANADA

François Cordeau
Granby QC CANADA

Jocelyne Côté O'Hara
C20 & Company
Toronto ON CANADA

Philippe Crabbé
Department of Economics
University of Ottawa
Ottawa ON CANADA

Philippe Crine
Montreal Joint Centre for Structural Biology
Université de Montréal
Montréal QC CANADA

Peter E. Crouch
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Arizona State University
Tempe AZ USA

René Douville
RBC Technology Ventures Inc.
Toronto ON CANADA

Lawrence Felt
Department of Sociology
Memorial University of Newfoundland
ST. John’s NF CANADA

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

David Gauthier
Foragen Technologies Management Inc.
Guelph ON CANADA

John Gillard
Aegera Therapeutics, Inc.
Nun's Island QC CANADA

Yves Gingras
Centre Interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie
Université du Québec à Montréal
Montréal QC CANADA

Michael Goodchild
National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara CA USA

John Grace
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
University of British Columbia
Vancouver BC CANADA

Michael Green
Sasol Technology
Sasolburg South Africa

George Griffin
Department of Infectious Diseases
St. George's Hospital Medical School
London UNITED KINGDOM

Stephen M. Griffin
Digital Libraries Initiative / Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS)
National Science Foundation
Arlington VA USA

Carolyn Hansson
Mechanical Engineering Department
University of Waterloo
Waterloo ON CANADA

Laurence Harris
Department of Psychology
York University
Toronto ON CANADA

Christine Haslegrave
School of Mech., Materials, Manufacturing Eng. and Management
University of Nottingham
Nottingham UNITED KINGDOM

Esam Hussein
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton NB CANADA

Edgar Jardine
Northern Ireland Statistics Research Agency
Belfast IRELAND

Karan V. I .S. Kaler
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Calgary
Calgary AB CANADA

Musa R. Kamal
Department of Chemical Engineering
McGill University
Montreal QC CANADA

Paul Kanciruk
Data Systems Development, Environmental Sciences Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge TN USA

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

Paul Kelly
INSERM
Faculté de Médecine Necker
Paris FRANCE

Terence Kerwin
Galvacor Inc.
Québec QC CANADA

Michel Klein
Aventis Pasteur
Marcy L’Étoile FRANCE

Alfred Kleusberg
Institute of Navigation
University of Stuttgart
Stuttgart GERMANY

Bartha Knoppers
Faculté de droit
Université de Montréal
Montreal QC CANADA

Claude Kordon
INSERM
Paris FRANCE

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

Louis Lacasse
Genechem Management inc.
Montréal QC CANADA

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

Yves Lancelot
Centre d'océanologie de Marseille
Marseille FRANCE

Louis LaPierre
Département de biologie
Université de Moncton
Moncton NB CANADA

Ken Lawless
Ottawa Life Science Council
Ottawa ON CANADA

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

Franco Lepore
Département de Psychologie
Université de Montréal
Montréal QC CANADA

David Litster
MIT
Cambridge MA USA

Argyrios Margaritis
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
University of Western Ontario
London ON CANADA

Richard Martel
Nanometer Scale Science and Technology
IBM
Yorktown Heights NY USA

Roger Mitchell
Department of Geology
Lakehead University
Thunder Bay ON CANADA

Lorna McKee
Department of Management Studies
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen Scotland

Anne-Marie Mes-Masson
Hôpital Notre-Dame
Centre de Recherche CHUM
Montreal QC CANADA

Paul Montador
SciCan
Toronto ON CANADA

Dennis Nagle
Custom Materials Inc.
Ellicott City MD USA

David Parkinson
Clinical Research Oncology
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.
East Hanover NJ USA

Peter Pauly
Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto
Toronto ON CANADA

Jean Robillard
Department of Pediatrics
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor MI USA

Barry Rosen
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Detroit MI USA

Janet Rossant
Mount Sinai Hospital
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute.
Toronto ON CANADA

Judith Shamian
Health Canada
Office of Nursing Policy
Ottawa ON CANADA

Trevor Sheldon
Department of Health Studies
Innovation Centre
York UNITED KINGDOM

Carolyn Slayman
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven CT USA

Frank Smith
Enbridge Gas New Brunswick
Fredericton NB CANADA

Elizabeth Spangler
Department of Health Management
University of Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown PEI CANADA

Dany St-Pierre
EMS Technologies Ltd
Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue QC CANADA

Rod Taylor
Department of Public Health & Epidemiology
University of Birmingham
Birmingham UNITED KINGDOM

Gerard Tertzakian
Hannibal Ventures Inc.
Edmonton AB CANADA

Elizabeth Thériault
Sheridan College
School of Science and Technology
Brampton ON CANADA

Francine Tremblay
Département des sciences du bois et de la forêt
Université Laval
Ste-Foy QC CANADA

Eva Turley
London Regional Cancer Centre
London ON CANADA

Michael Unsworth
Atmospheric Sciences
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR USA

Lambert (Bert) Van Golde
Department of Biochemistry, Cell Biology & Histology
Utrecht University
Utrecht The Netherlands

Thomas Vasicek
Labseek
Minneapolis MN USA

Gungwu Wang
East Asian Institute
National University of Singapore
SINGAPORE

Elinor Wilson
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Ottawa ON CANADA

Rickey Yada
Department of Food Science
University of Guelph
Guelph ON CANADA

CATEGORY B

CHAIR:

Bryan Kolb
Psychology and Neuroscience
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge AB CANADA

MEMBERS:

Claude Bédard
Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research
Concordia University
Montreal QC CANADA
 
Brian J. Fryer
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research
University of Windsor
Windsor ON CANADA
 
Paul Gauvreau
J. Muller International
New York NY USA

Michel Gosselin
Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski (ISMER)
Université du Québec à Rimouski
Rimouski QC CANADA
 
Rod Kelln
Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research
University of Regina
Regina SK CANADA
 
Céline Le Bourdais
Centre interuniversitaire québécois de statistiques sociales
INRS – Urbanisation, Culture et Société
Montreal QC CANADA
 
Burton L. Leathers
Cognos Incorporated
Ottawa ON CANADA
 
Tho Le-Ngoc
Electrical and Computer Engineering
McGill University
Montreal QC CANADA
 
John Madden
STC Enterprises Inc.
Vancouver BC CANADA
 
Maurice Moloney
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Calgary
Calgary AB CANADA
 
Prem Paul
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln NE USA
 
Judith Shamian
Health Canada
Ottawa ON CANADA
 
Pierre Sirois
Institut de pharmacologie de Sherbrooke
Université de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke QC CANADA
 
Mary Watzin
School of Natural Resources
The University of Vermont
Burlington VT USA
 
Rick Weingarten
American Library Association (ALA)
Office for Information Technology Policy
Washington DC USA

CATEGORY C

CHAIR:

Carmelita Boivin Cole
Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission
Fredericton NB CANADA

MEMBERS:

Arthur Ellis
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison WI USA
 
Richard Gagnon
Département de Physique
Cégep F. X. Garneau
Québec QC CANADA
 
Andy Gilliland
National Research Council
Industrial Research Assistance Program
Edmonton AB CANADA
 
Ray Hoemsen
NEXUS Manitoba
Winnipeg MB CANADA
 
Peter Kaiser
Laurentian University
Sudbury ON CANADA
 
Sylvie Laliberté
Département de sciences biologiques
Université du Québec à Montréal
Montréal QC CANADA
 
Susan Markanen
Centre for Applied Computing & Engineering Science
Sir Sandford Fleming College
Peterborough ON CANADA
 
Roger Ménard
Centre de recherche et de développement en agriculture
Alma QC CANADA

David Winston
Natural Resources Canada
Ottawa ON CANADA