Committee Chair
Dena McMartin, Vice-President (Research)
Ex Officio Members
Jackie Rice, Associate Vice-President (Research) or designate
Josephine Mills, Designate for Erasmus Okine, Provost & Vice-President (Academic)
Helen Kelley, Associate Dean, School of Graduate Studies designate For Jackie Rice, Associate Vice-President (Research) & Dean of School of Graduate Studies
Nine (9) Academic Staff Members*, nominated by GFC Nominations Committee
Three (3) from the Faculty of Arts & Science
One (1) from Humanities
Bryson Brown, June 30, 2023
One (1) from Sciences
Chris Hopkinson, June 30, 2023
One (1) from Social Sciences
Louise Barrett, June 30, 2023
One (1) from the Dhillon School of Business
Debra Basil, June 30, 2023
One (1) from the Faculty of Education
Amy von Heyking, June 30, 2022
One (1) from the Faculty of Fine Arts
Dana Cooley, June 30, 2023
One (1) from the School of Graduate Studies
Vacant, June 30, 2022
One (1) from the Faculty of Health Sciences
Cheryl Currie, June 30, 2022
One (1) from the School of Liberal Education
Mary Kavanagh, June 30, 2023
*Members will normally hold an appointment at the senior Associate or Full Professor level and provide evidence of a sustained track record in ideally at least three of the following:
- Obtaining external funds to support their research, creative, or scholarly endeavours, including provincial, Tri-Agency (Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council), or other federal funding;
- Participating as a review panel member within the past 10 years for an external funding agency at the provincial, national, or international level;
- Serving as a Director of a research Centre or Institute for more than three years;
- Supervising and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students and/or post-doctoral fellows;
- Acting as a Director in an external research-focused organization (for example, PolicyWise or Alberta Gambling Research Institute).
Resource Members (non-voting)
Penny Pickles, Project Manager, Research
Quorum = 7 Voting Members (Summer Quorum = 7 Voting Members)