National Killam Program Selection Committee Members

Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, Chair

Inaugural Chair and Professor, Department of Equity, Ethics and Policy (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)
Professor, Department of Sociology (Faculty of Arts)

Lawrence Goodridge, Vice-Chair

Professor, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph
Canada Research Chair in Foodborne Pathogen Dynamics and the Director of the Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety

Jonathan Dewar

Chief Executive Officer at First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC)

Praveen Jain

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Director of Centre for Energy and Power Electronics Research, Queen’s University

Carl E. James

Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community & Diaspora, Faculty of Education,
York University

Charles M. Morin

Professor of Psychology at Université Laval
Canada Research Chair in Behavioural Sleep Medicine

Gail C. Murphy

Professor of Computer Science, The University of British Columbia

Sophia L. Stone

Professor, Chair, Department of Biology
George S. Campbell Chair in Biology
Associate Dean Graduate Studies and Global Relations,
Dalhousie University

Sarah Viehbeck

Chief Mission Officer at the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS)

Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux

Chair on Truth and Reconciliation,
Lakehead University

William Whelan

Professor, Department of Physics, University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI)
Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Atlantic Veterinary College

Past Selection Committee Members
2022: Nathalie Tufenkji, Professor; Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Biocolloids and Surfaces, Department of Chemical Engineering; Associate Director, Brace Center for Water Resources Management, McGill University.
2022-2023: Louis Taillefer, Professor, Department of Physics; Canada Research Chair in Quantum Materials, Université de Sherbrooke; Co-Director, Quantum Materials Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR).
2022-2024: Jennifer Clapp, Professor, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability; Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security and Sustainability, University of Waterloo.
2022-2024: Walter Herzog, Professor, Faculties of Kinesiology, Engineering and Medicine; Director, Human Performance Laboratory; Canada Research Chair for Cellular and Molecular Biomechanics, University of Calgary.
2024-2025: Cristina Conati, Professor, The University of British Columbia.
2021-2025: Maydianne Andrade, Chair of the NKSC, Dean & Professor, York University.
2021-2025: Bilkis Vissandjee, Professor, School of Nursing, Université de Montréal; Research Associate, Institut de recherche SHERPA, Centre de recherche en santé publique de l’Université de Montréal; President, Comité provincial pour la prestation des services de santé et des services sociaux aux personnes issues de communautés ethnoculturelles du Québec.