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Council
SSHRC’s governing council has the mandate to advise the president of SSHRC on strategy, risk management, performance management and stakeholder relations, with the goal of ensuring SSHRC’s priorities and programs support high-quality research, training and knowledge mobilization, and enable a strong, vibrant research community in the social sciences and humanities.
The vice-president and chair of SSHRC’s governing council chairs its meetings and plays a key role in strengthening the council’s ability to provide SSHRC’s president with independent guidance.
Council members elect the vice-president and chair, subject to approval by the governor-in-council.
Vice-President and Chair of Council
![Normand Labrie](/_Images/governance/members_council_page/Normand_Labrie.jpg)
Normand Labrie
President and Vice Chancellor
Université de l’Ontario français
Toronto, Ontario
Members
![Neil Cooke](/_Images/governance/members_council_page/Neil_Cooke.jpg)
Neil Cooke
President and CEO
Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology
Winnipeg, Manitoba
![Cinthia Duclos](/_Images/governance/members_council_page/Cinthia_Duclos.jpg)
Cinthia Duclos
Associate Professor
Faculty of Law
Université Laval
Laval, Quebec
![Ted Hewitt](/_Images/governance/members_council_page/hewitt_210x170.jpg)
Ted Hewitt
SSHRC President
Ottawa, Ontario
![Åsa Kachan](/_Images/governance/members_council_page/Asa_Kachan.jpg)
Åsa Kachan
CEO and Chief Librarian
Halifax Public Libraries
Halifax, Nova Scotia
![Carmen Robertson](/_Images/governance/members_council_page/Carmen_Robertson.jpg)
Carmen Robertson
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in North American Indigenous Visual and Material Culture
Joint-appointed to the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, the School for Studies in Art and Culture, and the Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art, and Culture
Carleton University
Ottawa, Ontario
![Marie-Eve Sylvestre](/_Images/governance/members_council_page/marie-eve-sylvestre.jpg)
Marie-Eve Sylvestre
Dean and Full Professor
Faculty of Law
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario
![Yves Bourgeois](/_Images/governance/members_council_page/yves-bourgeois.jpg)
Yves Bourgeois
Professor of Economics and Dean of Studies
Université de Moncton, campus de Shippagan
Shippagan, New Brunswick
![Dawn Wallin](/_Images/governance/members_council_page/Dawn_Wallin.jpg)
Dawn Wallin
Associate Vice-President Research (Engagement)
Professor, College of Education
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
![Aleem Bharwani](/_Images/governance/members_council_page/Aleem_Bharwani.jpg)
Aleem Bharwani
Aleem Bharwani
Physician (Internal Medicine)
Associate Professor
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta
![Meg Gassanov](/_Images/governance/members_council_page/Meg_Gassanov.jpg)
Meg (Margaret) Gassanov
Meg (Margaret) Gassanov
Founder and Principal Consultant
Strategic Measures
Toronto, Ontario
![Bukola Salami](/_Images/governance/members_council_page/Bukola_Salami.jpg)
Bukola Salami
Bukola Salami
Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta
![Malinda Smith](/_Images/governance/members_council_page/Malinda_Smith.jpg)
Malinda Smith
Vice-Provost (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion)
Professor, Political Science
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta
![Éric Montpetit](/_Images/governance/members_council_page/Eric-Montpetit.jpg)
Éric Montpetit
Professor, and Vice-Dean of Research
Faculty of Arts and Science
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Québec
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