Team

Community-Based Research Canada is governed by a Board of Directors, consisting of 15 academics, researchers, and non-profit leaders from across Canada. The Secretariat leads the day-to-day operations of CBR Canada, and they are based in Waterloo, Ontario at the Centre for Community Based Research. Learn more about the Board Directors and Secretariat Staff below.

Board of Directors

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Joanna Ochocka

Co-Executive Director, Centre for Community Based Research
Board Co-Chair and Treasurer

Stephen Dooley

Executive Director, Simon Fraser's Surrey Campus
Board Co-Chair 
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Martin Taylor

Executive Director, Canadian Research Data Centre Network
Board Member

Marcel Simoneau

Directeur, service conseil en technologies et environnements numériques, Directeur intérimaire, Service aux collectivités, Université du Québec à Montréal
Board Member

Budd Hall

UNESCO Co-Chair in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education, University of Victoria
Board Member
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Monica Mulrennan

Professor, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment at Concordia University
Board Member
Associate Vice President (Research & International) and Professor, School of Social Work, Carleton University
Board Member
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Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo
Board Member

Kendra Schnarr

Research Project Assistant, Community Engaged Scholarship Institute, University of Guelph
Board Member

Charlotte Loppie

Professor, University of Victoria
Board Member
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Special Advisor on Community Engaged Scholarship, University of Victoria
Board Member
Partnership Development Officer to the Vice-President Research and Innovation, University of Toronto
Board Member

Dave Heidebrecht

Manager, Office of Community Engagement, McMaster University
Board Member

Secretariat

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The Secretariat leads the day-to-day operations of CBR Canada and they are located at the Centre for Community Based Research in Waterloo, Ontario

Janna Martin

Julia Coburn

Program Coordinator

Steven Hermans

Karen Schwartz

Warren Dodd

Crystal Tremblay

Membership and Communications Coordinator
Past Board Members
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  • Geri Briggs, Carleton University & Canadian Alliance for Community Service-Learning

  • Leslie Brown, University of Victoria

  • Jody Butler Walker, Arctic Institute of Community Based Research

  • Ken Carter, Memorial University, Grenfell Campus

  • Tanis Dagert, Vancouver Island University

  • Sylvie de Grosbois, Universite du Quebec en Outaouai

  • Catherine Graham, National Association of Friendship Centres

  • Katherine Graham, Carleton University

  • Linda Hawkins, Community Engaged Scholarship Institute, University of Guelph

  • Isabelle Kim, University of Toronto

  • Michele Peterson-Badali, University of Toronto OISE

  • Kathy Sanford, University of Victoria