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Jack Jedwab, President and CEO of ACS-Metropolis

Leading researchers that make up the Expert Advisory Committee will inform the topics and questions examined by the COVID-19 Social Research Network organized by the ACS-Metropolis, the Vanier Institute of the Family and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO.

• Senator Donna Dasko
• David Schimpky, Director of Secretariat, Canadian Commission for UNESCO
• Nora Spinks, Chief Executive Officer, Vanier Institute of the Family
• Hubert Lussier, retired – Assistant Deputy Minister, Canadian Heritage
• Jane Badets, retired – Assistant Chief Statistician, Statistics Canada
• Christian Bourque, Executive Vice President, Léger Marketing
• Wendy Cukier, Professor and founder, Diversity Institute, Ryerson University
• Jennifer Kaddatz, Special Advisor, Vanier Institute of the Family
• Tasha Kheiriddin, Media commentator
• Howard Ramos, Professor, Chair, Department of Sociology, Western University
• Marika Warner, Director of Research and Evaluation, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment
• Lori Wilkinson, Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology, University of Manitoba
• Cary Wu, Assistant Professor of Sociology, York University 
• Sebastien Poitras, Associate Vice President, Communications and Public Affairs, Léger Marketing
• Joan Atlin, Research Director, World Education Services
• Jasmine Gill, Lawyer and Policy Advocate 
• Ilene Hyman, Adjunct Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
• June Francis, Co-director, Co-Laboratorio Project, Simon Fraser University 
• Deborah Morrison, President, Experiences Canada
• Madeline Ziniak, Consultant, Chairperson of the Canadian Ethnic Media Association
• Jean Teillet, Partner at Pape Salter Teillet LLP
• David Heurtel, Counsel at Fasken 
• Fariborz Birjandian, CEO, Calgary Catholic Immigration Society
• Minelle Mahtani, Associate Professor, Institute for Social Justice at University of British Columbia
• Monica Boyd, Canada Research Chair in Immigration, Inequality and Public Policy and Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto 
• Simona Bignami, Associate Professor in the Department of Demography, Université de Montréal
• Chedley Belkhodja, Principal and Professor, School of Community and Public Affairs, Concordia University
• Linton Garner, Executive Director, Regional Association of West Quebecers
• Doug Norris, Senior Vice President and Chief Demographer, Environics Analytics
• Alicia Kyte, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, McGill University   
• Carl Everton James, Professor, Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community & Diaspora, York University

Lead Researcher:

Paul Holley, PhD, is the Research Director of ACS-Metropolis. His current research focuses on immigrant integration and inclusion, gender equality and public health responses to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.

Research Support:

Anh Nguyen, MA, is the Research Analyst at ACS-Metropolis. Anh has a lot of expertise in collecting, retrieving, and analyzing large datasets to inform public policy decision making.

Miriam Taylor, PhD, is the Director of Partnerships and Publications at ACS-Metropolis. She specializes in issues relating to diversity, identity and immigration and has a particular interest in deconstructing societal myths and prejudices.

• Statistics Canada
• Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
• Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE)
• Canadian Heritage (PCH)
• Public Safety Canada (PS)
• Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
• Service Canada
• Infrastructure Canada