The Awards and Nominations Committee is composed of at least 5 members and chaired by the Past-President of the Association. The Nominations Committee reviews all nominations for membership in the Board of Directors and Executive Committee, and prepares a slate of candidates for election if more than one suitable candidate is presented.
The Nominations Committee also reviews all applications for the New Investigator Award and selects the awardee.
Committee members serve a two-year term, renewable once.
Chair of the Nominations Committee:
Adriana Di Polo, Past-president of CAN (U Montréal)
Committee members:
- Arezu Jahani-Asl (University of Ottawa)
- Melissa Perrault (University of Guelph)
- Mojgan Rastegar (University of Manitoba)
- Marie-Ève Tremblay (University of Victoria)
- Vince Tropepe (University of Toronto)
- Doug Altshuler (University of British Columbia)
- Alyson Fournier (McGill University)
- Azadeh Jafari (Western University) – trainee member
Ad-hoc members (non-voting):
- Soheila Karimi CAN Secretary (University of Manitoba),
- Melanie Woodin CAN President (U Toronto)
