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Dr. Barnard brings to his position a distinguished career as an academic administrator including serving as the President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Regina from 1998 to 2005. During the period 2005-08 he was COO of iQmetrix, an IT Company that provides information and technology solutions for the retail sector.

Prior to joining the University of Regina in 1996 as Vice-President (Administration) and Controller, Dr. Barnard spent 19 years at Queen’s University where he was a Professor of Computing and Information Science, Director of Computing and Communications Services, Head of the Department of Computing and Information Science, Associate to the Vice-Principal (Research), Associate to the Vice-Principal (Human Services) and Associate to the Vice-Principal (Resources).

Dr. Barnard is also a Professor of Computer Science. His research interests focus on compilation and the use of computers to analyze language and texts. He holds B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from the University of Toronto and a Dip.C.S. in theological studies from Regent College, University of British Columbia. He has supervised more than sixty graduate and undergraduate studentsand has received research funding from many sources including both the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. He is the author or co-author of nine books, 33 refereed journal articles and numerous other publications, in addition to serving on the editorial boards of several journals.

Dr. Barnard has extensive experience on Boards and Committees, locally, nationally and internationally. He has served on, among others, the Boards of the Bank of Canada (and its Executive Committee), the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, CANARIE (Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research, Industry and Education), the Saskatchewan Provincial Court Commission (chair), the Saskatchewan Arts Board (vice-chair) and the Saskatchewan Power Corporation (including two years as chair). Currently he is a member of the Boards of the Canada West Foundation, Greystone Managed Investments, NetSecure Innovations Incorporated and Ground Effects Environmental Services.

Michael Ridley was named the Chief Information Officer (CIO) in 2004 and has been the Chief Librarian at the University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada) since 1995.

The Chief Information Officer (CIO), as the enterprise information architect, is responsible for the overall strategy and policy administration of the University's information technology, information services and information resources. Reporting to the Provost and Vice President (Academic), this position is accountable for providing the vision, leadership and advocacy for the development and use of information systems (IS), information resources (IR) and information technology (IT) to further the academic mission and to support the administrative requirements of the University. The CIO will facilitate innovation and integrated solutions in support of teaching, learning, research, service and administration in an environment of strategic directions, collaboration and shared responsibility. The CIO has overall responsibility and accountability for the administration of the both Library (as Chief Librarian) and Computing and Communications Services(CCS).

Ridley holds degrees from the University of Guelph (BA), the University of New Brunswick (MA) and the University of Toronto (MLS). Previously he held positions at the University of Waterloo and McMaster University.

Ridley has served as President of the Canadian Association for Information Science, President of the Ontario Library Association, member of the Board of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries and Chair of the Ontario Council of University Libraries.

He is currently on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and Cuisine Canada.

Ronald Bond holds a PhD in Renaissance English Literature from the University of Toronto (1972), and has an Associateship in Piano (Solo Performer) from the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto (ARCT) and in Organ from the Royal Canadian College of Organists (ARCCO).

From 1997 to 2006, Dr. Bond was the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) at the University or Calgary. He was first appointed to the University of Calgary in 1973, and promoted to Full Professor in 1988. He has served as Head of the English Department (1985-89), Assistant Dean of Humanities (1977-79), Associate Dean of Humanities (1979-81), and as Dean of Humanities (1989-1997).

Dr. Bond has published two books: an edition of Certain Sermons or Homilies [University of Toronto Press, 1987] and a co-edition, The Yale Edition of the Shorter Poems of Edmund Spenser [Yale UP, 1989], and c. 60 essays, articles, and reviews in places such as Spenser Studies, English Studies in Canada, English Literary Renaissance, Renaissance and Reformation, Journal of English and Germanic Philology, Mosaic, The Sixteenth-Century Journal, The Spenser Encyclopaedia, and The Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature .

His national service includes terms as President of the Canadian Association of Chairs of English; Vice-President of the Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies; President of the Canadian Conference of Deans of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Vice-President (Research Dissemination) for the Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada.

He is currently a consultant on post-secondary educational matters, and he chairs the Campus Alberta Quality Council, an expert panel that makes recommendations to the Minister of Advanced Education and Technology on all new degree proposals from the universities, colleges and technical institutes that deliver programs in Alberta.

André Dulude is currently Vice-President, National Affairs at the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. From 2007 to 2008, Mr. Dulude was Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Partnerships and Corporate Affairs, at Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC).

Before joining HRSCD, Mr. Dulude held senior positions at the Privy Council Office (PCO) including Acting Assistant Deputy Minister Intergovernmental Affairs, in 2006-07, and Director General for Sectoral Analysis at Intergovernmental Affairs, from 2002 to 2006.

Previously, Mr. Dulude was on assignment under the Public Service Accelerated Executive Development Program as Associate Director General, Food Directorate, Health Canada from 2000 to 2002; and Director, Technical Barriers and Regulations, Trade Policy Bureau, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade from 1998 to 2000.

Prior to 1998, Mr. Dulude held progressively more senior positions with a number of federal departments and agencies including the Economic and Regional Development Secretariat at the PCO, the Federal-Provincial Relations Office and departments with a social, economic or scientific mandate. He has extensive experience in social and economic policy development, and communications.

Mr. Dulude holds Bachelor degrees in Labour Relations and Journalism respectively from the Université de Montréal and Laval University, and a Master's degree in Labour Relations from the Université de Montréal.

Karen Grant is vice-provost (academic affairs) at the University of Manitoba, where she has also served as associate dean and research liaison officer. A sociologist, her research focuses on health care, in particular, women’s health. A member of the National Coordinating Group on Health Care Reform and Women, she has worked to assess the quality of Canadian health care, based on the experience of women. She has studied the impact of the 1997 Red River flood on women and their families, as well as conducted research on prenatal diagnosis for the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies. A member of the University of Manitoba Health Sciences Council, Dr. Grant received her PhD in sociology from Boston University.

Dr. Grant has had long term involvement with CRKN, starting as an attendee of the Montreal Researcher Symposium for the DCI project, and as a member of the CFI Working Group for the development of the successful proposal.

Ernie is currently Vice-Provost and Chief Librarian at the University of Alberta.  Within this context he has had responsibilities for the Library System, the Department of Museums and Collections, the Department of Archives and Records Management, the Bookstore, Printing and Duplicating Services, the University of Alberta Press, University Design Inc., and a variety of Services focused on the external community.

He began his career working at the University of British Columbia, but returned after a short time to the University of Calgary where he was Head of the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.  In 1977 with a $2,000,000 grant from the Canada Council, created the Ottawa based Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions/Institut canadien de microreproductions historiques of which he was the founding Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer (CIHM/ICHM). 

In 1984 Ernie assumed the position as University Librarian at the University of Regina. And, in 1990 he moved to the University of Alberta as Chief Librarian and Director of Libraries. In 1995, he assumed the role of Associate Vice-President (Learning Services), and in 2004 he assumed the role of Vice-Provost.

He has been an active player within library and information technology communities, having served over one hundred professional associations. 

He has published frequently including seminal reference tools such as the Bibliography of Canadian Bibliographies/Bibliographie des bibliographies canadiennes (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994), and more recently Peel’s Prairie Provinces (Toronto:  University of Toronto Press, 2003).  He is a requested speaker having given over 150 papers or presentations.

A key contribution to the Canadian library community was his founding of the Northern Exposure to Leadership Institute, now acclaimed world-wide as a landmark contribution to professional leadership development.

He has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Ruth Cameron Medal for Librarianship, the  Marie Tremaine Medal for Bibliography, the Canadian Association of College and University Libraries Award for Outstanding Librarian, the Innovation Achievement Award from the Canadian Association of College and University Libraries, the Presidents Award for Outstanding Service from the Library Association of Alberta, and Outstanding Alumni award from the University of British Columbia, School of Library, Archival and Information Science and Outstanding Alumni (Honorary) of the University of Alberta, Innovator of the Year, and Hall of Fame Inductee award sponsored jointly by Canadian Business, the Royal Bank, the Canadian Information Processing Society and the Information Technology Association of Canada, and the Outstanding Service to Librarianship Award from the Canadian Library Association. He is also an Honorary Life Member of The Alberta Library.  In 2001 he was a specially elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and in 2003 was awarded the Queen’s Jubilee Medal.  In 2006 he was recognized with the CARL Award for Distinguished Service to Research Librarianship. 

Kim Isaac is University Librarian at the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) in Abbotsford, British Columbia.  She is the current chair of the Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL).  She served a term as chair of the Council of Post-Secondary Library Directors of BC from 2003 – 2005, and was chair of the BC Electronic Library (ELN) Network Steering Committee from 2004 – 2005.  She is currently chairing the AskAway (province-wide virtual reference for the BC post-secondary community) Advisory Committee to the BC ELN Steering Committee.

Ms. Isaac received her Bachelor of Arts from UBC in 1983, and her Master of Library Science, also from UBC, in 1985.  She started her professional library career in Prince George, working in both public and hospital libraries.  In 1988 she moved to the University of the Fraser Valley, then Fraser Valley College, where she taught in the Library and Information Technology program for 11 years.  She served two years as president of the UFV Faculty and Staff Association, and was appointed University Librarian in 2000.

Dr. Gregory Kealey has been Vice-President (Research) of UNB since December 1, 2001. His second five-year term commenced on July 1, 2006.In 2008, he added Provost to his administrative responsibilities.

Before joining UNB, he was Dean of the School of Graduate Studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland. His career as an academic and academic administrator has involved extensive work in graduate studies and research, a distinguished record of scholarship and many accolades.

At UNB, Dr. Kealey is drawing on his knowledge and experience to promote and encourage research initiatives, to connect researchers with larger national and international communities so they may realize their own goals, and to increase research funding from government agencies, programs and industry.

Dr. Kealey has lived in Atlantic Canada for more than half his life. He has a strong sense of the region's history and is extremely committed to the region and the role of Atlantic universities in promoting economic and social development. He joined Memorial's history department in 1981, became a University Research Professor in 1992 – a designation recognizing the university's most successful researchers – and was appointed Dean of the School of Graduate Studies in 1997. Earlier he taught at Dalhousie University for eight years. Dr. Kealey holds a BA in modern history from the University of Toronto (1970) and master's (1971) and doctoral (1977) degrees from the University of Rochester.

The vice-president's areas of specialization are Canadian social and labour history. His contributions to scholarship include serving as founding editor of Labour/Le Travail for 21 years and as general editor of the Canadian Social History Series with over 30 volumes published to date. He has published four books, edited 26 others, written 22 chapters for books, published 32 articles in refereed journals with 20 articles reprinted, and delivered over 200 papers and commentaries. Over the past 30 years, Dr. Kealey has received numerous grants, fellowships, prizes and appointments, including visiting professorships and being named fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1983 and fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1999.

Among the board positions he has held are President of the Canadian Historical Association and of the Social Science Federation of Canada and acting co-president of the Humanities and Social Science Federation of Canada. In March 2005 he was appointed to the governing body of the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada. He served as a member of SSHRC's Executive Committee and as Chair of its Standing Committee on Research Support. He is also a member of the Industry Canada University Advisory Committee and of the National Research Council's Institute of Information Technology Advisory Board.

In his role as VP Research at UNB he chairs the Board of Enterprise UNB, the university's incubator facility. He also chairs the Advisory Boards of the Canadian Research Institute for Social Policy, the Canadian Rivers Institute, the Chronic Illness Research Institute, and the Institute for Biomedical Engineering. Outside UNB, he is President of Knowledge Park Inc., a Fredericton Science Park, and serves on the boards of BioAtlantech, King's Landing, Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research, Potato Research Cluster, Research Productivity Council, and the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation.

Bill Maes is the University Librarian at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia and is an Adjunct Professor at the School of Information Management. He is the current Chair of Novanet, a Nova Scotia academic library consortium, a member of the AlouetteCanada Steering Committee and a member of the Theses Canada Steering Committee. As the last Chair of CIDL, he worked towards the successful integration of that organization with AlouetteCanada. He served as President of CARL from 2001 to 2003 and is currently Chair of its Government Policy and Legislation Committee.

From 1993 to 1998 he was the Director of Library and Information Services at the University of Regina. There, he had overall responsibility for the libraries, computing and network services, audio-visual services and RegLIN, the Regina Library Information Network. As Chair of the Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries from 1994 to 1997 he was a strong proponent for creating the virtual Western Canadian scholarly information resource.

While at Regina, he was appointed the University's representative on the Board of SR*Net, Saskatchewan's regional high-speed test network and was Chair of Sask*Net from 1993 to 1994, Saskatchewan's regional Internet provider. He also served on the Boards of CA*Net and C.A.N.A.R.I.E, the latter as the representative for CARL.

Prior to his arrival in Regina in 1990 as University Librarian, Mr. Maes was Associate Librarian in the Medical Library and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Continuing Medical Education at the University of Calgary. In this position he worked closely with members of the department to introduce information technology and medical information services to rural practices. He was a contributing author on a number of papers describing this initiative. During his time at the Medical Library, he served terms as President and Treasurer of the Canadian Health Libraries Association and was a founding member and President of the Southern Alberta Health Libraries Association.

Mr. Maes holds a B.A. degree in philosophy from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, an M.A. degree in philosophy from the University of Calgary, and an M.L.S. degree from the University of British Columbia.

Mr. Maes is the recipient of the CACUL / Miles Blackwell Outstanding Academic Librarian Award for 2007.

Lucie Mercier-Gauthier is currently Associate Vice-President, Financial Resources at the University of Ottawa. Since 1983 she has held many positions at the University of Ottawa; Director of Internal Audit , Director of the Compensation Centre and Director of Financial services

She holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Ottawa as well as a Chartered Accountant designation.

Lucie Mercier-Gauthier est présentement la vice-recteure associée aux ressources financières à l'Université d'Ottawa. Depuis son arrivée en 1983 elle a occupé plusieurs postes à l'Université d'Ottawa : Directrice, vérification interne, directrice, Centre de rémunération et directrice, Services des finances.

Elle détient un baccalauréat en commerce de l'Université d'Ottawa en plus de sa désignation de comptable agréé.

Mona Nemer is the University of Ottawa's Vice-President, Research and a researcher in molecular biology.

Dr. Nemer has a PhD in bio-organic chemistry from McGill University. Prior to her arrival at the University of Ottawa, she was Professor of Pharmacology at the Université de Montréal and Director of the Cardiac Development Research Unit at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM).

Dr. Nemer's research interests focus on the molecular mechanisms involved in cellular growth and differentiation, particularly as this relates to heart failure and congenital heart diseases. She is renowned, amongst other things, for her pioneering work on the regulation of natriuretic heart hormones and the identification of several genes essential for heart development. To date, she has published more than 100 articles in prestigious scientific journals and has participated in editing several book chapters. She has also been involved in organizing numerous international gatherings, particularly in the fields of biochemistry and molecular biology. Since 1995, she has been invited to speak at over one hundred conferences around the world. During her career, she has worked in several different research areas including chemistry, cellular/molecular biology, pathophysiology and clinical studies.

In addition to her scientific achievements, Mona Nemer has demonstrated a strong commitment to the education of the next generation through both her supervision of graduate and post-graduate students as well as her contributions to numerous community services. Beyond her participation in various peer committees, including the interdisciplinary committee of the Canada Research Chairs Program, the National Research Council's strategic biosciences committee and the multidisciplinary committee of the Human Frontier Science Programme, Dr. Nemer was a member of several executive boards, including that of the MRC/CIHR, and has sat on several national and international advisory committees. As Director of Academic Affairs and Executive Director of Planning and Development for the IRCM, she has contributed to enhancing the reputation of this renowned health research centre.

Dr. Nemer's research accomplishments have brought her a large number of awards, including the Leo Pariseau Prize in Biological Sciences and Health Sciences from ACFAS in 2003 and the Jeanne Manery Fisher Award from the Canadian Society of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology's in 2002. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and held a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Cardiovascular Cell Differentiation.

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Her appointment to UBC as University Librarian marks a return to her alma mater, where Ms Parent earned a BA in Honours History in 1970, and a library science degree the following year. After her graduation, she moved to eastern Canada, and held increasingly senior positions, culminating in her role as Assistant Deputy Minister, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). Ms Parent is on the Board of Directors with the Canadian Research Knowledge Network as the incoming Treasurer.

Martha Whitehead is an Associate University Librarian at Queen’s University Library, where she has overall responsibility for the ongoing development of the Library’s information technology services and digital library services, the systems unit and designated public service units, including the Queen’s Learning Commons.  She shares with the senior administrative team a leadership role in establishing long-term directions for Queen’s Library and allocating budgets and staffing resources.  Within Queen’s University Martha has forged relationships with IT Services and others to involve the Library in university-wide information and learning technology initiatives.  Martha is a member of the Ontario Council of University Library’s Scholars Portal Operations and Development Committee and Chair of the Scholars Portal Public Services Advisory Group. Before joining Queen’s in 2004, Martha worked at the University of British Columbia Library, where she held positions in information services, systems, circulation and distance education.