Biography

Carol Richards is a Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, at Université Laval. She obtained a B.Sc. (PT) from McGill University, an M.Sc. (Rehabilitation Medicine) from the University of Saskatchewan, a Ph.D. degree from McGill University and an honorary Doctorate from the University of Ottawa. She was the founding Director [...]

Dr. Phipps received his Ph.D. in Immunology from Queen’s University (Kingston, Ontario) and undertook post-doctoral studies in HIV research at the University Health Network (Toronto). After leaving the lab, he built a career managing academic research holding successively senior positions at the University of Toronto Innovations Foundation (Manager of Biotechnology and Life Sciences), [...]

Dr. John O’Neil is the Professor and Dean in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University since September 2007. Previously, he was Director of the Manitoba First Nations Centre for Aboriginal Health Research and Professor and Head of the Department of Community Health Sciences in the University of Manitoba’s faculty of [...]

Peter Morand is President of Peter Morand & Associates Inc. This Ottawa-based consulting firm undertakes assignments related to governance, business development, technology management and performance measurement with advanced technology companies, universities and other R&D organizations across Canada. He was a member of the International Review Committee that assessed the Alberta Science and Research [...]

Angus Livingstone is Managing Director of the University-Industry Liaison Office (UILO) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and is President of the University's wholly-owned subsidiary, UBC Research Enterprises Inc. Angus graduated from UBC with a B.Sc. in Computer Science in 1983. In 1988, he joined the UILO, where he held various positions [...]

Tom Philpott, Executive Director of NeuroDevNet, joined the Network from the Community for Excellence in Health Governance (CEHG), a national not-for-profit based in Nova Scotia that was established to promote the sharing of best governance practices.  As Executive Director of CEHG, Tom’s work included initiating two international quality of care benchmarking projects and [...]

Jim currently is the Executive Director for Kids Brain Health Network (a national research network dealing with children’s brain disorders). He previously worked for MITACS for seven years as their Chief Operating Officer. Jim worked in the telecommunications sector for BC Tel, Stentor and TELUS in various senior positions in Business Development, Marketing [...]