Executive team
Communications and government relations
Innovation and commercialization
Science and training
Finance and administration
Research Implementation Unit
Equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility
Committees
Excellence, Impact, and Engagement Committee
John Risley
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Chair
)
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
Clearwater Fine Foods Incorporated Ventures
Alanna Syliboy
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)
Culture, Education and Engagement Manager, Mi’kmaw Conservation Group
Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq
Arran McPherson
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Observer
)
Assistant Deputy Minister, Ecosystems and Oceans Science
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Dr. Anya Waite
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Co-Chair
)
Chief Executive Officer and Scientific Director
Dalhousie University
Ocean Frontier Institute
David Paterson
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Executive Director
Marine Alliance for Science and Technology Scotland
Ed Hill
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)
Chief Executive
National Oceanography Centre
Eric Siegel
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)
he/him
Chief Innovation Officer
Dalhousie University
Ocean Frontier Institute
Heide Hackmann
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)
Strategic Advisor on Transdisciplinarity and Global Knowledge Networks
University of Pretoria
Jake Rice
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)
Chief Scientist Emeritus
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Julie Pullen
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Partner
Propeller Ventures
Katja Matthes
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)
Professor, Atmospheric Physics, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and Christian-Albrechts
Universität zu Kiel
Kim Thomson
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)
she/her
Chief Administrative Officer
Dalhousie University
Ocean Frontier Institute
Marc D'Iorio
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)
Assistant Deputy Minister, Science and Technology Branch
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Mark Jollymore
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President
Innovasea Systems, Inc.
Dr. Paul Snelgrove
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)
Associate Scientific Director
Memorial University
Ocean Frontier Institute
Peter de Menocal
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)
President and Director
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Advisory Committee on Indigenous Engagement in Ocean Research
Dr. Anya Waite
(
Co-Chair
)
Chief Executive Officer and Scientific Director
Dalhousie University
Ocean Frontier Institute
Angeline Gillis
(
Co-Chair
)
Associate Executive Director
Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq
Alanna Syliboy
(
)
Culture, Education and Engagement Manager, Mi’kmaw Conservation Group
Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq
Catherine Gagnon
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)
Indigenous Leader
L'Université du Québec à Rimouski
Cathy Martin
(
)
Director of Indigenous Community Engagement
Dalhousie University
Corey Morris
(
)
Research Scientist
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Dr. Jean-François Bousquet
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Associate Scientific Director, Transforming Climate Action Research Program
Dalhousie University
Ocean Frontier Institute
Melissa Nevin
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Director of Fisheries and Integrated Resources
Atlantic Policy Congress of the First Nations Chiefs Secretariat
Mike Nester
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Research Manager
Qikiqtani Inuit Association
John Vicaire
(
)
Executive Director
Gespe'gewa'gi Institute of Natural Understanding
Paul Banahene Adjei
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)
Interim Associate Vice-President (Indigenous Research)
Memorial University
Dr. Paul Snelgrove
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)
Associate Scientific Director
Memorial University
Ocean Frontier Institute
Shelley Denny
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)
Director of Aquatic Research and Stewardship
Unama'ki Institute of Natural Resources
