Board Committees

Arjun Tremblay (chair / Secretary-Treasurer)
Jonathan Malloy (President) 
Tamara A. Small (Vice-President)

Erin Crandall          (Acadia)
Aude-Claire Fourot (SFU)
Jonathan Malloy      (Carleton)
Royce Koop             (Manitoba)
Arjun Tremblay         (Regina)

Nikola Brassard-Dion (Privy Council Office)
Royce Koop        (Manitoba)
Jonathan Malloy (Carleton)
Vincent Raynauld (Emerson)
Julia Rodgers (Dalhousie)

Erin Crandall       (Acadia)
Emily Grafton      (Regina)
Amy Janzwood    (McGill)
Dimitrios Panagos (Memorial)

Mandate

That considering the signature of the Charter on Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization in the Social Sciences and Humanities by the CPSA Board, the committee be tasked with

1. looking at and reviewing the Association’s:

i. Bylaw No. 1,
ii. Statement of Responsibilities of the Canadian Political Science Association’s Board of Directors,
iii. policies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6,
iv. agreements with sister associations,
v. reports from, latest calls for applications, and MoUs and LoUs regarding the CJPS English-language Editorial Team; PIP and OLIP directors; CPSA Executive Director; and Administrator,
vi. annual conference organization, and
vii. other appointment processes (Programme Committee Chair and Local Arrangements Coordinator of the annual conference).

2. identifying gaps in the Association’s policies and processes.

Erin Crandall
Aude-Claire Fourot
Megan Gaucher
Julia Rodgers

Megan Gaucher           (CPSA Board Director)
Nicole Goodman         (Co-editor, English-language Editorial Team)
Félix Mathieu               (Co-editor, French-language Editorial Team, SQSP Rep.) 
Martin Papillon             (SQSP VP)
Tamara Small               (CPSA VP)

2022-2023 CPSA EQUITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE – PROCESSES/POLICIES REVIEW (CPSA EDID COMMITTEE)

2022-2023 MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

2022-2023 FUNDRAISING/DONATIONS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

2022-2023 COMMITTEE TO REVISE THE CPSA STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS

Jörg Broschek
Cheryl Collier
Nikola Brassard-Dion
Megan Gaucher
Genevieve Fuji Johnson 
Julia Rodgers            

Preliminary report to the Executive Committee the second week of November 2022.
Report to the Board at its 2022 fall meetings.

Final report to the Executive Committee the second week of May 2023.
Report to the Board at its 2023 spring meetings.
2023 AGM.

2022-2023 PERSONNEL COMMITTEE

2022-2023 NOMINATING COMMITTEE

• André Lecours, CPSA President (Ottawa, Chair/Non-voting member)
• Alexandra Dobrowolsky (St. Mary’s)
• Martin Papillon, Former CPSA Secretary-Treasurer (Montréal)
• Lori Thorlakson (Alberta)

As established by Policy #1. Nominating Committee, the committee will

• manage the process by which directors are nominated;
• nominate the members of the prize juries according to the terms and conditions of each prize;
• when warranted, determine which, if any, application(s) will be granted formal CPSA support in External Awards, such as some of those offered by the International Political Science Association.

Deadlines

Deadline to submit the “List of Prize Juries Report”: September 12, 2022.
Deadline to submit the “Elections 2023 Report”: March 20, 2023.

Committee Amendment Policy #2. Elections – Procedures & Timeline–

Carey Doberstein 
Mario Levesque               

Mandate

Recommend the Board the procedure(s) to follow in case of a tie in the voting of the election of the members of the Board of Directors.
Report to the Executive Committee the second week of November 2022 and report to the Board at its 2022 fall meetings.

2021 Renewal Publishing Agreement Cpsa -Sqsp / Cup  Negotiation Committee 

Joanna Everitt (Chair and CPSA Vice-President)
Jörg Broschek (CPSA Secretary-Treasurer)
Cameron Anderson (Co-editor, English-language Editorial Team)
Mélanie Bourque (Co-editor, French-language Editorial Team, SQSP Representative)

Advisors
Richard Johnston (Former CPSA President)
Graham White (Former co-editor, English-language Editorial Team)

Deadline to submit its report: November 2021.

2021-2022 CPSA EQUITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE – PROCESSES/POLICIES REVIEW (CPSA EDID COMMITTEE)

André Lecours (Ottawa)
Rebecca Major (Windsor)
Heather Millar (New Brunswick-Fredericton)
Tracey Raney (Ryerson)
Gina Starblanket (Victoria)
Ethel Tungohan (York)

Mandate

That considering the signature of the Charter on Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization in the Social Sciences and Humanities by the CPSA Board, the committee be tasked with

1. looking at and reviewing the Association’s:

i. Bylaw No. 1,
ii. Statement of Responsibilities of the Canadian Political Science Association’s Board of Directors,
iii. policies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6,
iv. agreements with sister associations,
v. reports from, latest calls for applications, and MoUs and LoUs regarding the CJPS English-language Editorial Team; PIP and OLIP directors; CPSA Executive Director; and Administrator,
vi. annual conference organization, and
vii. other appointment processes (Programme Committee Chair and Local Arrangements Coordinator of the annual conference).

2. identifying gaps in the Association’s policies and processes.

Preliminary report: November 2021.
Final report: May 2022.

2021-2022 Membership Committee  

Mario Levesque (Chair – Mount Allison)
Shannon Dinan (Laval)
Miriam Lapp (Elections Canada)
André Lecours (Ottawa)

Mandate
1. Analyze CPSA’s membership data using Stephen White’s Report, Shannon Dinan’s Survey Results and appropriate documents provided by the CPSA Secretariat;
2. Make recommendations to the Board about short-, medium-, long-term next steps.

Preliminary report: November 2021.
Final report: May 2022.

2021-2022 Fundraising/Donations Campaign Committee 

Heather Millar (Chair – New Brunswick-Fredericton)
Jörg Broschek (WLU)
Carey Doberstein (UBC)
Joanna Everitt (UNB)

Mandate
1. Look at next steps for a short-term/yearly fundraising/donation campaign(s);
2. Advise on getting moving towards a fundraising plan and potential campaigns.

Preliminary report: November 2021.
Final report: May 2022.

2021-2022 Personnel Committee

Jörg Broschek (Chair – WLU)
Cheryl Collier (Windsor)
André Lecours (Ottawa)

2021-2022 Nominating Committee

Cheryl Collier, CPSA President, Windsor (Chair/non-voting member);
Marc Doucet, Saint Mary’s (former CPSA Board Member);
Genevieve Fuji-Johnson, SFU (former CPSA Board Member);
Kiera Ladner, Manitoba (former CPSA Board Member);
Jill Vickers, Carleton (former CPSA President).

As established by Policy #1. Nominating Committee, the committee will

•  manage the process by which directors are nominated;
• nominate the members of the prize juries according to the terms and conditions of each prize;
• when warranted, determine which, if any, application(s) will be granted formal CPSA support in External Awards, such as some of those offered by the International Political Science Association.

Deadline to submit the “List of Prize Juries Report”: September 10, 2021.
Deadline to submit the “Elections 2022 Report”: March 21, 2022.

2020 Renewal Publishing Agreement CPSA -SQSP / CUP Negotiation Committee

Joanna Everitt (Chair and CPSA President)
Martin Papillon (CPSA Secretary-Treasurer)
Cameron Anderson (Co-editor, English-language Editorial Team)
Brenda O’Neill (former Co-editor, English-language Editorial Team)
Mélanie Bourque (Co-editor, French-language Editorial Team, SQSP Representative)

Deadline to submit its report: November 23, 2020.

2020 Fundraising Committee

Joanna Everitt (Chair – President),
Martin Papillon (Secretary-Treasurer)
Silvina Danesi (Executive Director)

The committee will develop a fundraising plan together with the representatives of the Ottawa Community Foundation.

Deadline to submit its report: November 23, 2020.

2018-2020 CPSA-SQSP Task Force

Martin Papillon (Secretary-Treasurer, CPSA)
François Rocher (Former CPSA President, Director CPSA)
SQSP Representatives (TBD, SQSP)

Deadline to submit its report: November 23, 2020.

2020 Resources for Online Teaching Committee

Loleen Berdahl (USask)
Heather Smith (UNBC)
Sule Tomkinson (ULaval)

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2020 Prize Review Committee

Cheryl Collier (Chair – Windsor)
Carey Doberstein (BC)
Denis Saint-Martin (Montréal)
Ethel Tungohan (York)

Mandate 

1. Review the current CPSA prizes with the goal of determining:
   1. what prizes the Association should award (including the creation of new prizes and/or the delist of current prizes);
   2. how often current /new prizes should be awarded (yearly, every other year, over a three-year period);
   3. how current /new prizes should be recognized.
2. Develop a formal process for recommending the creation and delist of prizes and the body that makes the final decision.

Deadline to submit its report: November 23, 2020.

2020-2021 Personnel Committee Martin Papillon (Chair – Montréal) Joanna Everitt (New Brunswick) Cheryl Collier (Windsor)

2020-2021 Nominating Committee

Joanna Everitt, CPSA President, New Brunswick (Chair/Non-voting member)
Don Desserud, Former Board Member, Prince Edward Island
André Lecours, Former Board Member, Ottawa
Reeta Tremblay, Former CPSA President, Victoria

As established by Policy #1. Nominating Committee, the committee will

manage the process by which directors are nominated;
nominate the members of the prize juries according to the terms and conditions of each prize;
when warranted, determine which, if any, application(s) will be granted formal CPSA support in External Awards, such as some of those offered by the International Political Science Association.

Deadline to submit the “List of Prize Juries Report”: September 11, 2020.

Deadline to submit the “Elections 2021 Report”: March 22, 2021.

Deadline to submit the “List of Prize Juries Report”: September 16, 2019.

Deadline to submit the “Elections 2020 Report”: March 20, 2020.

CJPS-SQSP Task Force Pascale Dufour (President, SQPS), Christian Rouillard (Past-President, SQSP), Martin Papillon (Secretary-Treasurer, CPSA), François Rocher (Past-President, CPSA)

2019-2020 Nominating Committee Barbara Arneil, CPSA President, University of British Columbia (Chair/Non-voting member) Loleen Berdahl, University of Saskatchewan Allison Harell, Université du Québec à Montréal Emmett MacFarlane, University of Waterloo Marie-Joelle Zahar, Université de Montréal Deadline to submit the “List of Prize Juries Report”: September 16, 2019. Deadline to submit the “Elections 2020 Report”: March 20, 2020.

2019-2020 Personnel Committee Martin Papillon (Chair – Université de Montréal) Barbara Arneil, (University of British Columbia) Joanna Everitt (University of New Brunswick- SJ)

2017-2018 Personnel Committee Martin Papillon (Chair – Université de Montréal) Janet Hiebert (Queen’s University) François Rocher (University of Ottawa)

Search Committee of the 2020-2023 English-language Editorial Team Barbara Arneil (Chair and CPSA President), Joanna Everitt (CPSA Vice-President), Csaba Nikolenyi (Former CJPS co-editor, English-language Editorial Team), Martin Papillon (CPSA Secretary-Treasurer)

2016 Canadian Journal of Political Science Search Committee to Recruit a New English-Language Editorial Team Janet Hiebert (Chair – Queen’s University) Bill Cross (Carleton University) Alexandra Dobrowolsky (Saint Mary’s University ) Graham White (University of Toronto Mississauga) Elisabeth Gidengil (McGill University)

2016 Revision (formalization) of the Terms of Reference for Posters and 3MT® Frédérick Bastien (Université de Montréal) J. P. Lewis (University of New Brunswick Saint John)

2016 – Committee on Section-building Bill Cross (Carleton University) Meenal Shrivastava (Athabasca University) Geneviève Tellier (University of Ottawa)

2019 Committee on Strategic Directions Barbara Arneil, Kiera Ladner, Mireille Paquet

2018-2019 Joint CPSA-SQSP Committee on the Impact of Open Access on the CJPS Martin Papillon (Chair, Montréal), Mélanie Bourque (CJPS French-language Co-editor), Alex Marland (CPSA member), Brenda O’Neill (CJPS English-language Co-editor), Graham White (former CJPS editor; former CPSA President)

2020-2023 PIP Director Search Committee Jonathan Malloy (Chair), Sophie Bourgault (CPSA Board Member), Anne Dance (PIP Director), Scott Lemoine (Deputy Principal Clerk – House of Commons), James Lorimer (Sponsors’ Representative -non-voting member), Avnee Paranjape (Parliamentary Internship Alumni Association -PIAA)