Professor Leah Cowen sitting speaking at a board room table to large crowd.

Leadership

The Connaught Fund is managed by a committee made up of members of the university’s governing council, senior administrators and other representatives of the university community.


 

Professor Leah Cowen

Committee Chair
Vice-President, Research & Innovation, and Strategic Initiatives.

 

Professor Joshua Barker

Dean, School of Graduate Studies
Vice-Provost, Research & Education

 

Professor Barbara Fallon

Senior Administration Representative
Associate Vice-President, Research

 

Professor France Gagnon

Senior Administration Representative
Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation, UTM

 

Professor Renée Hložek

Physical Sciences Representative
David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics

 

Professor Trevor F. Moraes

Life Sciences Representative
Department of Biochemistry

 

Professor Creso Sá

Social Sciences Representative
Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education

 

TBA

Humanities Representative
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TBA

University Research Community Representative
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Connaught Review College

The Connaught Secretariat thanks the following individuals who are serving on the Connaught Review College in the 2024-25 academic year.

Membership of Connaught Disciplinary Panels

Humanities

  • Joshua Pilzer, Faculty of Music
  • Marieme Lo, Women & Gender Institute
  • T. Nikki Cesare Schotzko, Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies
  • Meghan Sutherland, Visual Studies / Cinema Studies Institute

Physical Sciences & Engineering

  • Natalie Enright Jerger, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Mary Pugh, Mathematics
  • Marney Isaac, Physical & Environmental Sciences (UTSC)
  • Oya Mercan, Civil & Mineral Engineering
  • Angela Demke Brown, Computer Science
  • Ziqing Hong, Physics
  • Kevin Golovin, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
  • Ting Li, Astronomy & Astrophysics
  • Aaron Wheeler, Chemistry
  • Fae Azhari, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Life Sciences

  • Susan George Bahl, Pharmacology & Toxicology
  • John Calarco, Cell & Systems Biology
  • Julie Claycomb, Molecular Genetics
  • Genevieve Dewar, Anthropology (UTSC)
  • Melissa Holmes, Psychology (UTM)
  • Krista Maxwell, Anthropology (UTSC)
  • Fiona Miller, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
  • Lori Ross, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Social Sciences

  • Feng Chen, Management (UTM)
  • Shari Eli, Economics
  • John Hannigan, Sociology (UTSC)
  • Francine Menashy, Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
  • Amal Madibbo, Social Justice Education
  • Caroline Shenaz Hossein, Global Development Studies (UTSC)
  • Hilary Brown, Health and Society (UTSC)
  • Christopher Higgins, Human Geography (UTSC)
  • Farzaneh Hemmasi, Music
  • Carmen Logie, Social Work
  • Daniel Silver, Sociology (UTSC)
  • Sumayya Kassamali, Anthropology & Diaspora and Transnational Studies
  • Kyle Ganson, Social Work
  • Laura Doering, Rotman

Connaught Secretariat

Headshot of Judith Chadwick

Judith Chadwick

Program Director
Assistant Vice-President, Research Services

Jeremy Knight, Director, Research Development
Michael Hussey, Research Funding Manager, Internal Programs
Cheryl Nash, Research Funding Officer