The Scientific Advisory Committee consists of leading Canadian and international scholars drawn from disciplines that relate to the Centre’s scientific program.

The task of the Scientific Advisory Committee is to provide expert advice on research directions and funding opportunities and to evaluate the Centre’s progress in achieving the goals of its research program and training and dissemination activities.

Current Scientific Advisory Committee members:

Dhavan Shah
Louis A. & Mary E. Maier-Bascom Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Director of the Mass Communication Research Center (MCRC), Scientific Director of the Center for Health Enhancement System Studies (CHESS) 

Irene Bloemraad
Associate Professor Sociology, Thomas Garden Barnes Chair of Canadian Studies at the university of California, Berkeley 

Pamela Paxton
Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin

Richard Johnston
Professor of Political Science and Canada Research Chair in Public Opinion, Elections, and Representation at the University of British Columbia

David Austen Smith
Peter G. Peterson Professor of Corporate Ethics, and Professor of Political Science and Economics and Kellogg School of Management, NorthWestern University

Michael Herron
Professor of Government at Dartmouth College