Team

Community-Based Research Canada is governed by a Board of Directors, consisting of 12 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 at the Centre for Community Based Research. Learn more about the Board Directors and Secretariat Staff below.

CBRCanada invites qualified candidates to join the Board of Directors. Learn more here >

Board of Directors

Joanna Ochocka

Senior Advisor, Centre for Community Based Research
Board Co-Chair and Treasurer

Stephen Dooley

Executive Director, Simon Fraser's Surrey Campus

Board Co-Chair

Martin Taylor

Executive Director, Canadian Research Data Centre Network

Board Member

Marcel Simoneau

Directeur, service aux collectivités, Vice-rectorat à la recherche, à la création et à la diffusion,
Université du Québec à Montréal

Board Member

Karen Schwartz

Associate Vice President (Research & International) and Professor, School of Social Work, Carleton University
Board Member

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Special Advisor on Community Engaged Scholarship, University of Victoria
Board Member

Dave Heidebrecht

Manager, Office of Community Engagement, McMaster University
Board Member

Kendra Schnarr

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

Steven Hermans

Partnership Development Officer to the Vice-President Research and Innovation, University of Toronto
Board Member

Part time Faculty at Saybrook University
Board Member

Lanyan Chen

Professor, Nipissing University
Board Member

Renée Monchalin

Assistant Professor, University of Victoria
Board Member

Andrea Clarke

Senior Director, Community Engagement & Social Impact, Concordia University
Board Member

Supervisor of Programming, Toronto Centre of Learning & Development
Board Member

Secretariat

Warren Dodd

Crystal Tremblay

Past Board Members

Monica Mulrennan, Professor, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment at Concordia University
Budd Hall, Professor Emeritus, University of Victoria and Co-Chair of the UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education
Charlotte Loppie, Professor, University of Victoria
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

Team

Board of Directors

Senior Advisor, Centre for Community Based Research Board Co-Chair and Treasurer

Executive Director, Simon Fraser's Surrey Campus

Board Co-Chair

Executive Director, Canadian Research Data Centre Network

Board Member

Directeur, service aux collectivités, Vice-rectorat à la recherche, à la création et à la diffusion, Université du Québec à Montréal

Board Member

Associate Vice President (Research & International) and Professor, School of Social Work, Carleton University Board Member

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Special Advisor on Community Engaged Scholarship, University of Victoria Board Member

Manager, Office of Community Engagement, McMaster University Board Member

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

Partnership Development Officer to the Vice-President Research and Innovation, University of Toronto Board Member

Part time Faculty at Saybrook University Board Member

Professor, Nipissing University Board Member

Assistant Professor, University of Victoria Board Member

Senior Director, Community Engagement & Social Impact, Concordia University Board Member

Supervisor of Programming, Toronto Centre of Learning & Development Board Member

Secretariat

Past Board Members

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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

Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo Board Member

Membership and Communications Coordinator

Program Coordinator (maternity leave)

Program Coordinator (interim)

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Senior Advisor, Centre for Community Based Research
Board Co-Chair and Treasurer

Directeur, service aux collectivités, Vice-rectorat à la recherche, à la création et à la diffusion,
Université du Québec à Montréal

Associate Vice President (Research & International) and Professor, School of Social Work, Carleton University
Board Member

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Special Advisor on Community Engaged Scholarship, University of Victoria
Board Member

Manager, Office of Community Engagement, McMaster University
Board Member

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

Partnership Development Officer to the Vice-President Research and Innovation, University of Toronto
Board Member

Part time Faculty at Saybrook University
Board Member

Professor, Nipissing University
Board Member

Assistant Professor, University of Victoria
Board Member

Senior Director, Community Engagement & Social Impact, Concordia University
Board Member

Supervisor of Programming, Toronto Centre of Learning & Development
Board Member

Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo
Board Member

Program Coordinator
(maternity leave)

Program Coordinator
(interim)