Biography

Dr. Illes is Professor of Neurology and Canada Research Chair in Neuroethics at the University of British Columbia. She is Director of the National Core for Neuroethics at UBC and faculty in the Brain Research Centre at UBC and the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute. She also holds affiliate appointments in the School [...]

A philosopher and lawyer, Glenys Godlovitch, came to health law and ethics through a happy coincidence when she moved for family reasons to Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1994. Until then, Glenys practised law in Alberta and taught occasional university courses in philosophy, jurisprudence and criminal law. In New Zealand, Glenys’s first job was [...]

Donna Duncan is an experienced public sector board member and executive with extensive healthcare and post-secondary education experience.   Most recently, Donna served as the President and CEO of the Hincks-Dellcrest Centre, Toronto’s largest children’s mental health treatment, research and teaching centre and a University of Toronto community affiliate, serving more than 8,000 families [...]

Dr. Clarke is currently a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, Departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry and is also a Professor in the Department of Child Studies at Mount Royal University. She was the founding Executive Director of the Sinneave Family Foundation and The Ability Hub. She is now the Senior Vice President [...]

Christina Weise is the President and CEO of Weise Insights Ltd and was the Chief Executive Officer of Research Manitoba, which promotes and supports research in health, natural and social sciences, engineering, and humanities in Manitoba.

Evaluation Consultant, Adjunct Professor, Health Services and Policy, University of British Columbia Marla Steinberg is a professional evaluator living and working in Vancouver, British Columbia.  For over twenty-five years, she has been helping funders, foundations, governments, community-based organizations, and practitioners measure their impact and find ways to improve their programming.  She works primarily [...]

Executive Director, Performance Management and Evaluation, Alberta Innovates Kathryn is the Executive Director of Performance Management and Evaluation at Alberta Innovates, a publicly‐funded provincial health research and innovation organization. She is a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS), a co‐founder of the International School on Research Impact Assessment, and Director [...]

Director Performance, Analytics and Evaluation, Canada Foundation for Innovation Laura Hillier is the Director of Performance, Analytics and Evaluation at the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI).  She leads a team responsible for monitoring corporate performance and assessing the outcomes and impacts of the investments in research infrastructure made by the CFI.  Laura has [...]

BA/BPHE, Founder, Empowering Steps Vivien obtained a BA/BPHE degree from Queen’s University and completed the course requirements for an MSc at Dalhousie Universities, specializing in adapted physical education and coaching science. Vivien has 40 years of gymnastics coaching experience and 26 years as a gymnastics business owner. She founded a community-based gymnastics centre [...]