Team

Steven N. Liss
Chair, Institutional Board
Vice-President, Research and Innovation
Toronto Metropolitan University

Lyes Kadem (external link) 
Institutional Board Member
Canada Research Chair for Cardiovascular Engineering and Medical Devices
Associate Vice-President, Research, Strategic Institutional Initiatives
Concordia University

André McDonald (external link) 
Institutional Board Member
Associate Vice President, Research Innovation, Strategic Research Initiatives and Performance
University of Alberta

Rachel Fernandez (external link) 
Institutional Board Member
Associate Vice President, Research and Innovation
The University of British Columbia

Anna Triandafyllidou
Bridging Divides Scientific Director
Citizenship and Participation Theme Co-Lead
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration

Ebrahim Bagheri
Bridging Divides Scientific Co-Director
Technology and AI Adoption Working Group Co-Lead
Canada Research Chair in Social Information Retrieval
NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Social Media Analytics

Rupa Banerjee
Employment and Lifelong Learning Theme Co-Lead
Canada Research Chair in Economic inclusion, Employment and Entrepreneurship of Canada's Immigrants

Hilary Evans Cameron
Member, Citizenship and Participation Theme
Member, Technology and AI Adoption Working Group

Wendy Cukier
Stakeholder Relations Working Group Co-Lead
Diversity Institute Founder

Bilal Farooq
Place and Infrastructure Theme Co-Lead
Canada Research Chair in Disruptive Transportation Technologies and Services

Usha George
Member, Immigrant Health and Well-Being Theme
Academic Director, Toronto Metropolitan Centre for Immigration and Settlement

Anatoliy Gruzd
Technology and AI Adoption Working Group Co-Lead
Canada Research Chair in Privacy Preserving Digital Technologies

Sepali Guruge
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Working Group Co-Lead

Atefeh Mashatan
Data Management Working Group Co-Lead
Canada Research Chair in Quality of Security (QoSec) Framework for Internet-of-Things (IoT)

Alexandra Mazalek
Knowledge Mobilization Working Group Co-Lead
Canada Research Chair in Digital Media and Innovation

Ali Miri
Member, Technology and AI Adoption Working Group
Member, Data Management Working Group

Sanjay Ruparelia
Member, Citizenship and Participation Theme
Jarislowsky Democracy Chair

Daniel Rubenson
Member, Data Management Working Group

Frank Russo
Member, Immigrant Health and Well-Being Theme
NSERC-Sonova Senior Research Chair in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience

Josephine Wong
Immigrant Health and Well-Being Theme Co-Lead

Mireille Paquet (external link) 
Concordia University Research Chair on the Politics of Immigration
Data Management Working Group Co-Lead
Concordia University Team Lead

Antoine Bilodeau (external link) 
Citizenship and Participation Theme Co-Lead

Zachary Patterson (external link) 
Training Working Group Co-Lead

Sandeep Agrawal (external link) 
University of Alberta Team Lead
Place and Infrastructure Theme Co-Lead

Yasmeen Abu-Laban (external link) 
Training Working Group Co-Lead
Canada Research Chair in The Politics of Citizenship and Human Rights

Xingfei Liu (external link) 
Member, Employment and Lifelong Learning Theme

Geoffrey Rockwell (external link) 
Member, Technology and AI Adoption Working Group

Bukola Oladunni Salami (external link) 
Immigrant Health and Well-Being Theme Co-Lead

Antje Ellermann (external link) 
The University of British Columbia Team Lead
Knowledge Mobilization Working Group Co-Lead

Daniel Hiebert (external link) 
Stakeholder Relations Working Group Co-Lead

Suzanne Huot (external link) 
Employment and Lifelong Learning Theme Co-Lead

Sean Lauer (external link) 
Member, Place and Infrastructure Theme

Elizabeth Saewyc (external link) 
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Working Group Co-Lead

Tony Fang (external link) 
Stephen Jarislowsky Chair in Cultural and Economic Transformation
Memorial University of Newfoundland

Arthur Sweetman (external link) 
Ontario Research Chair in Health Human Resources
McMaster University

Phil Triadafilopoulos (external link) 
University of Toronto

Ethel Tungohan (external link) 
Canada Research Chair in Canadian Migration Policy, Impacts and Activism
York University