GOVERNANCE

Governance Oversight Committee

The Governance and Oversight Committee is a standing committee of Population Data BC. Its purpose is to guide and support the operations of Population Data BC.

Voting members

Data Steward representatives

• Ed McCloskey, Director of the Research Secretariat, WorkSafeBC
• Chris Norman, Chief Data Steward and Executive Director, Strategic Policy and Information Management, Ministry of Health Services

Research institution representatives

• Dr. Don Brooks, UBC Associate Vice President of Research, The University of British Columbia
• Dr. Rick Gallagher, Leader Cancer Control Research, BC Cancer Agency
• Dr. Norbert Haunerland, Vice President of Research, Simon Fraser University
• Prof. Afzal Suleman, Associate Dean, Research, University of Victoria
• Dr. Malcom Ogborn, Vice Provost, Health Research, University of Northern British Columbia
• Dr. Nancy Van Wagoner, TRU Associate Vice President of Research and Graduate Studies

Researcher representatives

• Dr. Scott Hofer, Professor, Dept. of Psychology, University of Victoria

Non voting members

All Board members are invited and encouraged to attend Governance Oversight Committee meetings, with a minimum of two present at each meeting.

Members of the Operations Committee also attend in a non-voting capacity.

Board Members

The Population Data BC Board was formed to provide direction for achieving our mission as an organisation. In practice, this means directing and guiding the Executive Director in the development of Population Data BC's infrastructure development as well as its operations.

Morris L. Barer, Director, Senior Faculty, UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR)

Dr. Morris L. Barer is a Professor and Interim Co-Lead, Health Care Services and Systems, in the new School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He is also the current (and was the founding) Director of the UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research. Read more ...

Michael Hayes, Director of Health Education and Research, University of Victoria

Michael Hayes received his BA, Geography from McMaster University, his MSc, Health Sciences from McMaster University and his PhD, Geography at McMaster University. Read more ...

Clyde Hertzman, Director, Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP)

Dr. Hertzman is Director of the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP), the College for Interdisciplinary Studies at UBC; Canada Research Chair in Population Health and Human Development; and Professor in the School of Population and Public Health at UBC. Read more ...

Robert Hogg, Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University

Robert Hogg has established a national and international reputation in population health research with emphasis on HIV/AIDS, antiretroviral therapy, and marginalized populations. He has published extensively and received previous support from the National Health Research Development Program (1995 to 2000), Canadian Institutes of Health (2001 to 2002), and Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (2001 to 2006).Read more ...

C. Peter Keller, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Victoria

The focus of Professor Keller's research and teaching is geographic information. He is interested in how geographic information is used and managed by society, how geographic information can be manipulated and analyzed to help solve real world problems, the relationship between technological innovation and geographic information, and the advancement of geographic information theory. Read more ...

Kim McGrail, Faculty, UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR), The University of British Columbia

Kimberlyn McGrail is a member of faculty in the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research and Assistant Professor, School of Population and Public Health. She received her PhD, from the University of British Columbia and both her MPH, and BBA from the University of Michigan. Read more ...

Tim Oberlander, Professor, Division of Developmental Pediatrics, R. Howard Webster Professor in Early Childhood Development, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia

Professor Oberlander is a developmental pediatrician studying how early social experience (prenatal maternal mental illness and psychotropic medication exposure) influences biobehavioral development during childhood. Read more ...

Kay Teschke, Professor, School of Public and Population Health, and School of Environmental Health

Dr. Teschke joined the UBC Department of Health Care and Epidemiology in 1984. She was part of the team that developed the Occupational Hygiene Program, the first graduate program for this profession in Western Canada. Read more ...

Operations Committee

The Operations Commitee plans and reviews the operational functions of Population Data BC, and ensures they are well coordinated amongst the partner universities.

• Darrin Grund, Project Manager for the Urban Structure, Population and Public Policy project, Simon Fraser University
• Nancy Meagher, Executive Director, Population Data BC
• Eleanor Setton, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Geography Department, University of Victoria

Operations Committee Members sit on the Board as non-voting members.