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 Members
Professor Leah Cowen
Committee ChairVice-President, Research & Innovation, and Strategic Initiatives.
Professor Joshua Barker
Dean, School of Graduate StudiesVice-Provost, Research & Education
Professor Kenneth S. Corts
Senior Administration RepresentativeVice-Dean, Research, Strategy, and Resources, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
Professor Barbara Fallon
Senior Administration RepresentativeAssociate Vice-President, Research
Professor Renée Hložek
Physical Sciences RepresentativeDavid A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics
Professor Thy Phu
Humanities RepresentativeDepartment of Arts, Culture, and Media, UTSC
Professor Creso Sá
Social Sciences RepresentativeDepartment of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Professor Iva Zovkic
Life Sciences RepresentativeDepartment of Psychology, UTM
Jane Zhao
University Research Community RepresentativeGraduate Student, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
The Connaught Secretariat thanks the following individuals who are serving on the Connaught Review College in the 2023-24 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
- Marney Isaac, Physical & Environmental Sciences (UTSC)
- Oya Mercan, Civil & Mineral Engineering
- Angela Demke Brown, Computer Science
- Élyse Caron-Beaudoin, Health & Society (UTSC)
Life Sciences (Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Biology)
- Siew-Ging Gong, Faculty of Dentistry
- Julie Claycomb, Molecular Genetics
- Melissa Holmes, Psychology (UTM)
- John Calarco, Cell & Systems Biology
Life Sciences (Social, Cultural, Environmental & Population Health Research)
- Alison Thompson, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
- Jill Cameron, Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
- Daniel Sellen, Anthropology
- Lori Ross, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
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
- Caroline Shenaz Hossein, Global Development Studies (UTSC)
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