Programs Committee
The Programs Committee monitors the overall design, coherence and performance of SSHRC’s suite of programs and program-related policies in the context of strategic direction, priorities and the pursuit of excellence.
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Members
Members of the Programs Committee are appointed by SSHRC’s governing council on the recommendation of the Executive Committee.
Yves Bourgeois (chair)
Dean of Social Sciences and Business, Mount Allison University
Neil Cooke
Vice-President Academic, Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology
Ted Hewitt
SSHRC president
Normand Labrie
President and Vice Chancellor, Université de l’Ontario français
Ernest Leung
Research Assistant, Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan
Ujunwa (Uju) Rita Onah
Instructor, Memorial University
Sijie Ren
PhD candidate in international management at the Université Laval
Carmen Robertson
Canada Research Chair in North American Indigenous Visual and Material Culture, joint-appointed to the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, the School for Studies in Art and Culture, and the Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art, and Culture, Carleton University
Bukola Salami
Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Dawn Wallin
Associate Vice-President Research (Engagement), Professor, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan
Mandate
The Programs Committee fulfills its mandate in accordance with a set of rules and responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- Assesses the extent to which SSHRC’s programs, including tri-agency programs, support the achievement of objectives and the pursuit of quality, efficiency and excellence, based on performance information and the results of evaluations and audits.
- Makes recommendations to SSHRC’s governing council related to program planning and the overall structure and balance of SSHRC’s programs and program-related initiatives, based on emerging trends and issues.
- Provides input and makes recommendations to the governing council on program-related policies.
- Provides input to the governing council on strategic direction for program budget allocations.
Chair
- The chair of the committee, appointed by the SSHRC governing council on the recommendation of the Executive Committee, will be a governing council member from the academic community.
Membership
- The committee is composed of the SSHRC president, the vice-president and chair of the governing council, and at least nine other members, a minority of whom shall be members external to the governing council.
- The committee aims to be representative of Canada’s regions and official languages; academia and civil society, including the public, private and not-for-profit sectors; large, medium and small postsecondary institutions, including colleges; the humanities and the social sciences; and emerging and established scholars, reflecting a diversity of ages.
- In addition, members of the governing council and senior management will, within the limits of privacy and confidentiality, strive for diverse membership on the committee from underrepresented groups, e.g., women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people with disabilities and LGBTQ2+ communities.
Meetings
- The committee shall meet at least twice per year. The schedule of meetings will be determined by the chair of the committee in consultation with management.
Quorum and voting
- A majority of the members of the committee, including the chair, shall constitute a quorum.
- The committee will make decisions based on consensus whenever possible.
- When a vote is required, a majority of votes shall govern.
- When an equal number of votes are cast, the chair shall have a second and governing vote.
Reports to SSHRC’s governing council
- The committee chair or a designated alternate will present an oral report at each council meeting, summarizing the committee’s observations and advice.
- Draft minutes of the committee’s most recent meeting will also be provided at each council meeting.