Advisory Board
The Institute of Wellbeing’s work is guided by an Advisory Board of accomplished Canadian and international experts. The Honourable Roy J. Romanow is Chair, and The Honourable Monique Bégin is Deputy Chair. The Advisory Board provides leadership on policy decisions, strategic planning decisions and quality assurance. The Advisory Board held its founding meeting in September 2008.
The Institute of Wellbeing Advisory Board includes:
Chair
The Honourable Roy J. Romanow, P.C., O.C., S.O.M., Q.C., former Premier of Saskatchewan, Commissioner on the Future of Health Care in Canada; Senior Fellow, Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan; Atkinson Economic Justice Fellow
Deputy Chair
The Honourable Monique Bégin, P.C., FRSC, O.C., Canadian Commissioner on WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health; Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Health Sciences; and Visiting Professor, Health Administration, Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa
Members
Dr. Judith Bartlett, MD, MSc, CCFP, FCFP, Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba; Director, Health and Wellness Department at the Manitoba Metis Federation; part-time clinical practice at the Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre of Winnipeg
Charles (Charlie) S. Coffey, O.C., former Executive Vice President, Government Affairs and Business Development for RBC; tireless supporter of community leadership focusing on young people, entrepreneurs and Aboriginal peoples, as well as a local, national and international “children first” agenda
Enrico Giovannini, Director of Statistics and Chief Statistician of OECD, and a professor of economic statistics at the Rome University “Tor Vergata”
Allan Gregg, Leading Pollster, Political Analyst, and Social Commentator, Chairman of Harris/Decima, regular participant on CBC’s “At Issue” panel on Thursday nights, host of TVO talk show ‘Allan Gregg In Conversation With’
Thomas (Tad) Homer-Dixon, Ph.D., CIGI Chair of Global Systems at the Balsillie School of International Affairs and Professor of Political Science, University of Waterloo
Hugh Mackenzie, member of the Atkinson Charitable Foundation Board of Directors, principal in an economic consulting business, Hugh Mackenzie and Associates, research associate of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and of the Centre for Urban Studies at the University of Toronto
Dr. Robert (Bob) McMurtry, MD, Professor Emeritus, Surgery, University of Western Ontario; Orthopedic Consultant at the Hand and Upper Limb Centre, London, Ontario; and former member of the Health Council of Canada
Charles Ungerleider, Ph.D., Director of Research and Knowledge Mobilization at the Canadian Council on Learning and a professor of the sociology of education, Department of Educational Studies, University of British Columbia
Marilyn Waring, Ph.D., Professor, Institute of Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology; Time Use expert; author; women’s rights activist; Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit