CBRCanada Team
Community-Based Research Canada is governed by a Board of Directors, consisting of 13 academics, researchers, and non-profit leaders from across Canada. The Secretariat leads the day-to-day operations of CBRCanada, and they are based in Waterloo, Ontario, with our office at Wilfrid Laurier University. Learn more about the Board Directors and Secretariat Staff below.
CBRCanada invites qualified candidates to join the Board of Directors. Learn more here >
Secretariat Staff
Joanna Ochocka
Executive Director & Board Co-Chair
Stephanie Wall
Laurier University Liason
Amanda Demmer
Learning Specialist & Programs Coordinator
Zanda Cormier
Accountant
Stella Tronciu
Network Coordinator
Board of Directors
Joanna Ochocka
Board co-chair & treasurer
Executive Director, CBRCanada
Crystal Tremblay
Board member
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Special Advisor on Community Engaged Scholarship, University of Victoria
Geneviève Lamy
Board member
Directrice, Service aux collectivités, Vice-rectorat à la recherche, à la création et à la diffusion, Université du Québec à Montréal
Jonathan Newman
Board member
Vice-President Research, Wilfrid Laurier University
Stephen Dooley
Board co-chair
Executive Director, Simon Fraser's Surrey Campus
Areej Al-Hamad
Board member
Assistant Professor, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Toronto Metropolitan University
Karen Edwards
Board member
Director, Community-University Partnership (CUP), School of Public Health, University of Alberta
Anny Champoux
Board member
Manager of Network Initiatives, Community Foundations of Canada
Martin Taylor
Board member
Executive Director, Canadian Research Data Centre Network
Dave Heidebrecht
Board member
Manager, Office of Community Engagement, McMaster University
Jacinthe Poisson
Board member
Agente de développement, Service aux Collectivités, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Shaun Hains
Board member
Global Clinical Practice Network, World Health Organization
Chantal Trudel
Board member
Director, Centre for Community Engagement, Carleton University
Warren Dodd
Board member
Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo
Past Board Members
Karen Villanueva | Clinical Social Worker, North York General Hospital |
Mélanie Pelletier | Cheffe d’équipe et agente de développement, Université du Québec à Montréal |
Jino Distasio | Vice President Research and Innovation, University of Winnipeg |
Renée Monchalin | Assistant Professor, University of Victoria |
Steven Hermans | Institutional Strategic Initiatives Officer, University of Toronto |
Marcel Simoneau | Directeur, service aux collectivités, Vice-rectorat à la recherche, à la création et à la diffusion,
Université du Québec à Montréal |
Kendra Schnarr | Research Project Assistant, Community Engaged Scholarship Institute, University of Guelph |
Kathy Sanford | Professor, University of Victoria |
Karen Schwartz | Associate Vice President (Research & International) and Professor, School of Social Work, Carleton University |
Andea Clarke | Senior Director, Community Engagement & Social Impact, Concordia University |
Monica Mulrennan | Professor, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment at Concordia University |
Charlotte Loppie | Professor, University of Victoria |
Budd Hall | Professor Emeritus, University of Victoria and Co-Chair of the UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education |
Geri Briggs | Director, Carleton University & Canadian Alliance for Community Service-Learning |
Leslie Brown | Professor, University of Victoria |
Jody Butler Walker | Executive Director, Arctic Institute of Community Based Research |
Lanyan Chen | Professor, Nipissing University |
Ken Carter | Director of Partnerships, Memorial University, Grenfell Campus |
Tanis Dagert | Instructor, Vancouver Island University |
Sylvie de Grosbois | Directeur, Universite du Quebec en Outaouai |
Catherine Graham | Director, National Association of Friendship Centres |
Linda Hawkins | Director, Community Engaged Scholarship Institute, University of Guelph |
Isabelle Kim | Director of Partnership Development, University of Toronto |
Michele Peterson-Badali | Professor, University of Toronto OISE |