VISION:
Connecting communities, governments, the private sector, and research centres of excellence in a unified effort to make a difference


Awards for Excellence Program Advisory Board

The Awards for Excellence Program’s National Advisory Board is made up of outstanding individuals in the areas of business, labour and public policy.

  • Edgar Kaiser Jr., OBC, LLD (Hon.), Chairman of the Kaiser Foundation

  • Dominic D’Alessandro, President and CEO Manulife Financial

  • Tom d’Aquino, President and CEO, Canadian Council of Chief Executives

  • Jan Belanger, Assistant Vice-President Community Affairs, Great West Life

  • Senator Larry Campbell, former Mayor of Vancouver

  • Heather Craig, Chair, Executive Advisory Board Institute of Mental Health, UBC

  • Charmaine Crooks, five-time Canadian Olympian and member of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee

  • Richard Evans, President & CEO Rio Tinto Alcan Inc.

  • Ivan Fecan, CEO, CTVglobemedia and CTV Inc.

  • Leith Hamilton, Project consultant, ACDPN

  • Andy Hazlewood, Assistant Deputy Minister, Population Health & Wellness, BC

  • Pierre J. Jeanniot, OC, Director General Emeritus, International Air Transport Association

  • Grand Chief Ed John, Political Executive, First Nations Summit

  • Dr. Perry W. Kendall, Provincial Health Officer, Ministry of Health, BC
  • Kathryn Langlois, Director General, Community Programs Directorate, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada
  • Grant Main, Deputy Minister of Healthy Living and Sport, BC

  • Phillip Owen, former Mayor of Vancouver

  • Michel Perron, CEO, Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
  • Greg Peters, Superintendent, Director, Strategic Partnerships & Heritage Branch, RCMP
  • Cathy Pryce. VP, Addiction & Mental Health, Alberta Health Services
  • Saad Rafi, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, Ontario
  • Dan Reist, Director, Centre for Addictions Research BC
  • Patrice Roy, Executive Director, Rx&D Health Research Foundation

  • Fred Semerjian, President and CEO, RCMP Foundation

  • Tim Stockwell, PhD, Director, Centre for Addictions Research of BC

  • Hon. Michael Wilson, Canadian Ambassador to the United States of America, former federal Minister of Finance

We thank these individuals who have dedicated their time, expertise, and energy to this important program.