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Research Planning Committee Members

Committee Chair
Dena McMartin, Vice-President (Research)

Ex Officio Members
Jackie Rice, Associate Vice-President (Research) or designate
Julia Brassolotto, Designate for Michelle Helstein, Provost & Vice-President (Academic)
Marc Roussel, 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
Dan O'Donnell, June 30, 2025

One (1) from Sciences
Ylias Chali, June 30, 2025

One (1) from Social Sciences
Paul Vasey, June 30, 2027

One (1) from the Dhillon School of Business 
Walter Wymer, June 30, 2026

One (1) from the Faculty of Education 
Robert LeBlanc, June 30, 2026

One (1) from the Faculty of Fine Arts 
Janet Youngdahl, June 30, 2026

One (1) from the School of Graduate Studies 
Peter Dibble, June 30, 2026

One (1) from the Faculty of Health Sciences 
Brenda Leung, June 30, 2027

One (1) from the School of Liberal Education
Kaylan Schwarz, June 30, 2026
 

* 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, industry, or non-government organization;
  • Participating in external or internal adjudication committees for competitive research, scholarship, and/or creative endeavours in the past 5 years (alternatively on a salary, tenure and promotion (STP) committee);
  • Participating as a formal peer mentor in the Supporting Outstanding University Research and Creative Excellence (SOURCE) program within the past 5 years (preferably for at least two years);
  • Supervising or co-supervising undergraduate and graduate research students and/or post-doctoral fellows;
  • Holding an externally funded or endowed research chair; and
  • Serving on the human research ethics boards of record and/or animal welfare committee.

Resource Members (non-voting)
Sola Fasunwon, Director, Research and Innovation Services
Alison Piekema, Executive Assistant, Research and Innovation Services


Quorum = 7 Voting Members (Summer Quorum = 7 Voting Members)

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