The Board of Directors oversee the scientific, fiscal, and administrative operations of the CNAES. Their responsibilities include, but are not limited to, providing accountability to NSERC; contributing partners and network members; provide periodic evaluations of progress towards the Network’s objectives; ensuring fiscal responsibility; making adjust – ments to goals, priorities, milestones, and timeframes; incorporating new ideas, net – work members and partners; aid in the communication of network results to end users, policy makers, and the general public.

Members :

James MacLean 
Chair, Assistant Deputy Minister for Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Ontario Ministry of Environment (retired)

Ben Chalmers⁺
Vice President, Sustainable Development
Mining Association of Canada

Donald Jackson 
CNAES Principal Investigator & Scientific Director
Professor, University of Toronto

Joseph Rasmussen
Canada Research Chair in Aquatic Ecosystems, University of Lethbridge

Robert Sandford
EPCOR Chair of the Canadian Partnership Initiative in support of the United Nations “Water for Life” Decade

Christina Wood*
Manager, NSERC Canada Research Partnerships Program

Alan Young
Senior Advisor, Corporate Engagement
International Boreal Conservation Campaign

*Non-voting Member

⁺ Joined October 2013

The Science Committee monitors the progress of the Network’s research projects. Their responsibilities include, but are not limited to: reviewing research projects annually and providing feedback; promoting and enhance communication and collaboration amongst Network members; making recommendations regarding the allocation of funds and resources; identifying new projects, partners, and members for recommendation to the Board of Directors.

Members of the Science Committee:

(Jan 2015 – Present)

Dr. Donald Jackson, Chair 
CNAES Principal Investigator & Scientific Director, University of Toronto

Dr. Lucinda Johnson, External Representative
Natural Resources Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth

Dr. Brian Branfireun, Elected Representative of Theme I Co-Investigators & Collaborators.
University of Western Ontario

Paul Sibley, Elected Representative of Theme II Co-Investigators & Collaborators.
University of Guelph

Dr. Brian Shuter, Elected Representative of Theme III Co-Investigators & Collaborators.
OMNRF (Scientist Emeritus) & University of Toronto

Dave Kreutzweiser, Elected Representative of Partners.
Natural Resources Canada – Canadian Forest Services

Karl Lamothe, Elected Representative of the Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP).
PhD Student – University of Toronto

John Gunn, Team I co-Leader
Laurentian University

John Richardson, Team II Co-Leader
University of British Columbia

Pero Peres-Neto, Team III Leader
Université du Québec à Montréal

(Jan 2012 – 31 Dec, 2014)

Dr. Donald Jackson, Chair 
CNAES Principal Investigator & Scientific Director, University of Toronto

Dr. Lucinda Johnson, External Representative
Natural Resources Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth

Dr. Karen Kidd, Elected
Co-investigator, University of New Brunswick

Dr. John Gunn, Elected, Theme I Co-Leader
Laurentian University

Dr. Brian Branfireun, Theme I Co-Leader
University of Western Ontario

Dr. Irena Creed, Theme II Co-Leader
University of Western Ontario

Dr. Pedro Peres-Neto, Theme III Leader
Université du Québec à Montréal

The HQP Committee is composed of CNAES students and post-doctoral fellows. The objectives of the HQP Committee are to:

• Communicate the interests of HQPs regarding future workshop training;
• Improve the networking capacity of the network between and within themes;
• Improve the data and information sharing within the network;
• Improve the academic integration within themes via reading and webinar groups;
• Improve the sharing of skills between network members;
• Improve transparency between the HQP and Science Committee;
• Organize working groups to address large-scale questions related to ecosystem services;
• Improve the overall scientific communication skills of HQP.

 

The HQP Committee will be instrumental in improving the networking capacity, data sharing, and decisions on workshop training

Dr. Donald Jackson
CNAES Principal Investigator & Scientific Director, University of Toronto

Jenniffer Robinson
CNAES Network Manager, University of Toronto