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:
Melanie Woodin, Past-president of CAN (U Toronto)
Committee members:
- Doug Altshuler, University of British Columbia
- Alyson Fournier, McGill University
- Simon Chen, University of Ottawa
- Julie Lefebvre, University of Toronto
- Eric Eyolfson, University of Calgary (trainee member)
- Alexandria St-Louis, University of Windsor (trainee member)
Ad-hoc members (non-voting):
- Soheila Karimi CAN Secretary (University of Manitoba),
- Douglas Zochodne CAN President (U Alberta)