The CAnD3 governance structure is designed to enable a collaborative partnership that offers a dynamic, nimble training program to best tool up our trainees and staff participants and support data-driven decision-making in multiple sectors of society.
The committees reflect the core features of the program and all key stakeholders in CAnD3 are represented in their membership to ensure that our governance processes integrate the perspectives of all sectors into co-construction processes. Committee membership is one to three years and is renewed in a staggered fashion to maximize organizational memory and committee function.
Executive CommitteeThe executive committee provides intellectual and strategic direction, oversight on operations and finances, and final decision-making authority on all key partnership components. |
Substantive CommitteeThe substantive content committee ensures coverage of all substantive areas, including four population aging axes, throughout the monthly learning activities and consortium-wide events. |
Skills CommitteeThe skills training committee ensures coverage of partners’ priorities for our skills (population data science, data-to-decision-making) throughout the monthly learning activities and consortium-wide events. |
Intersectoral CommitteeThe intersectoral committee facilitates the input of CAnD3 partners in key deliberations and decision-making, providing advice on addressing the research and training needs of the non-academic CAnD3 partners. |
Fellows Committee*The Fellows committee is made up of the current cohort of Fellows to provide feedback, suggest improvements, and ensure that they are receiving all the support they need to succeed. |
International CommitteeThe international partner engagement committee supports high-quality international partner and trainee experience, including linkages to decision-makers in international jurisdictions. . |
*The chair of the Fellows committee is also a member of the executive committee to ensure a direct line of communication between the Fellows and the whole governing body. The Fellows committee meet bimonthly, while the Fellows assembly—consisting of all alums and the current cohort—meet annually.
Committee Composition
- Executive Committee
- Substantive Content Committee
- Skills Training Committee
- Intersectoral Committee
- International Partner Engagement Committee
- Fellows Assembly
Executive Committee Members
Amélie Quesnel-Vallée (Chair) | McGill University
Emily Daina Šaras| Knowli Data Science
Lindsey Richardson | University of British Columbia
Miles Taylor | Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy, Florida State University
Anna Zajacova | University of Western Ontario
Substantive Content Committee Members
Miles Taylor (Chair) | Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy, Florida State University
Janice Keefe | Mount Saint Vincent University
Maude Pugleise | Institut national de la recherche scientifique
Darcy Reynard | Employment and Social Development of Canada (ESDC)
Markus Schafer | Baylor University
Skills Training Committee Members
Amélie Quesnel-Vallée (Chair) | McGill University
Tim Elrick| McGill University
Grant Gibson | CRDCN
Sakeef Karim | CAnD3 Data Science Instructor
Zilin Li| CAnD3 Postdoctoral Researcher
Laura Wright | University of Saskatchewan
Intersectoral Committee Members
Emily Daina Šaras (Chair) | Knowli Data Science
Joëlle Bernard | Chantier de l'économie sociale
Roger Cheng| Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Lisa Garland-Baird | Veterans Affairs Canada
Sarah Greene | Environics Analytics
Eric Guimond | Indigenous Services Canada
Paul Holness | Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Gayatri Jayaraman | Statistics Canada
Doug Norris | Environics Analytics
Paola Ortiz Loaiza | Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Amélie Quesnel-Vallée | McGill University
Margaret Saari | SE Health
Claudia Sanmartin | Statistics Canada
Jennie Thompson | Indigenous Services Canada
Shaimaa Yassin | Institute for Research on Public Policy
International Partner Engagement Committee Members
Melinda Mills | Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University
Greg Eirich | Center for the Study of Wealth and Inequality, Columbia University
Miles Taylor | Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy, Florida State University
Amélie Quesnel-Vallée | McGill University
Emilio Zagheni | Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
Fellows Assembly Members
The mandate of the Fellows assembly is to ensure the ongoing monitoring of the progress and satisfaction of Fellows with the CAnD3 training program.