Genome Canada’s Board of Directors is comprised of up to 16 individuals, drawn from the academic, private and public sector communities. The presidents of five major federal research agencies —the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the National Research Council Canada, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada — are ex officio advisors to the Board of Directors.

The Board has established a number of committees to help it discharge its duties, including an Executive Committee, Audit and Investment Committee, Programs Committee, and a Governance, Election and Compensation Committee.

The Board of Directors has also established a Science and Industry Advisory Committee that provides strategic and visionary advice and expertise on an integrated strategy for research and development in the areas of genomics and proteomics in Canada.

On a regular basis, the Board of Directors evaluates its effectiveness in fulfilling its roles and responsibilities. The process assists the Board of Directors in determining what is working well, and identifying areas for improvement. Evaluation tools have included questionnaires and comprehensive governance reviews.

Board of Directors

Lorne Hepworth, (Chair of the Board of Directors of Genome Canada)
President
CropLife Canada
Ottawa, ON

Prabhat D. (Pete) Desai, (Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of Genome Canada)
President
Desai & Desai Inc
Calgary, AB

Abdallah Daar
Professor of Public Health Sciences and Professor of Surgery
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON

Sylvie Dillard
Past President
Conseil de la science et de la technologie
Quebec City, Quebec

René Douville
Montreal, QC

Peter Harder
Senior Policy Advisor
Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP
Ottawa, ON

Yvan Hardy
Panel member at International Resource Panel for
Sustainable Resource Management
Ottawa, ON

Pierre Meulien
President and CEO
Genome Canada
Ottawa, ON

Robert Orr
President and CEO
Slanmhor Pharmaceutical Inc.
Bedford, NS

Stephen W. Scherer
Senior Scientist
The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, ON

George Weinstock
Associate Director
The Genome Center
St. Louis, MO
USA

Barbara Wold
Bren Professor of Microbiology
California Institute of Technology

Ex-officio Advisors

Alain Beaudet
President
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Ottawa, ON

Suzanne Fortier
President
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Ottawa, ON

Chad Gaffield
President
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Ottawa, ON

John R. McDougall
President
National Research Council
Ottawa, ON

Gilles G. Patry
President and CEO
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Ottawa, ON