Board of Governors

The Board of Governors has a unique structure. Each member academy appoints two governors. These six governors then appoint two additional governors from the general public. The remaining four governors are proposed to the Board by the federal Minister of Industry, but are formally appointed by the Board.

Elizabeth Parr-Johnston, C.M., Chair

Former President, University of New Brunswick and Mount Saint Vincent University (Chester Basin, NS)

Margaret Bloodworth, C.M. Former federal Deputy Minister and National Security Advisor (Ottawa, ON)

John Cairns, FCAHS

Professor of Medicine, University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC)

Marie D'Iorio, FRSC

Executive Director, National Institute for Nanotechnology, National Research Council (Edmonton, AB)

Henry Friesen, C.C., FRSC, FCAHS 

Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, MB)

Claude Jean

Executive Vice President and General Manager, Foundry Operation, Semiconductor, Teledyne DALSA (Bromont, QC)

Thomas Marrie, FCAHS

Dean of Medicine, Dalhousie University (Halifax, NS)

Jeremy McNeil, FRSC

Helen Battle Visiting Professor, Department of Biology, Western University (London, ON)

Axel Meisen C.M., FCAE

Former Chair of Foresight at Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures (AITF)  (Edmonton, AB)

Lydia Miljan Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Arts and Science program, University of Windsor (Windsor, ON)

P. Kim Sturgess, FCAE

CEO and founder, Alberta WaterSMART (Calgary, AB)

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