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.

Connaught Committee


 

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 Kenneth S. Corts

Senior Administration Representative
Vice-Dean, Research, Strategy, and Resources, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management

 

Professor Barbara Fallon

Senior Administration Representative
Associate Vice-President, Research

 

Professor Renée Hložek

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

 

Professor Thy Phu

Humanities Representative
Department of Arts, Culture, and Media, UTSC

 

Professor Creso Sa

Social Sciences Representative
Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education

 

Professor Iva Zovkic

Life Sciences Representative
Department of Psychology, UTM

 

Jane Zhao

University Research Community Representative
Graduate Student, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation

Connaught Review College

The Connaught Secretariat thanks the following individuals who are serving on the Connaught Review College in the 2022-23 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
  • Dana Seitler, English; Director, Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies
  • Meghan Sutherland, Visual Studies / Cinema Studies Institute
  • Imogen Dickie, Philosophy

Physical Sciences & Engineering

  • Frank Wania, Physical & Environmental Sciences (UTSC)
  • Jane Howe, Materials Science & Engineering
  • Natalie Enright Jerger, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Mary Pugh, Mathematics

Life Sciences (Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Biology)

  • Siew-Ging Gong, Faculty of Dentistry
  • Julie Claycomb, Molecular Genetics
  • Melissa Holmes, Psychology (UTM)
  • Lidan You, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Life Science (Social, Cultural, Environmental and Population Health Research)

  • Alison Thompson, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
  • Jill Cameron, Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
  • Daniel Sellen, Anthropology

Social Sciences

  • Andrea Charise, Health and Society (UTSC)
  • Feng Chen, Management (UTM)
  • Shari Eli, Economics
  • John Hannigan, Sociology (UTSC)
  • Paula Maurutto, Sociology (UTM)
  • Judith Teichman, Political Science (UTSC)
  • Francine Menashy, Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
  • Amal Madibbo, Social Justice Education

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