The membership of SRDC’s board of directors comprises a distinguished panel of experts with interest in public policy.

Richard A. Wagner
Senior partner, Ogilvy Renault, LLP
 
Mr. Wagner is a partner in the law firm Ogilvy Renault. His practice focuses on Canadian federal administrative and regulatory laws that affect business, including competition/antitrust law, government procurement law and particularly international trade law, where his expertise has been recognized by several independent organizations. Mr. Wagner regularly advises and represents Canadian and foreign clients in relation to customs, trade, competition and procurement issues before government departments and agencies, tribunals and the courts.

Paul Bernard
Professor of Sociology, Université de Montréal
 
Paul Bernard received a PhD in Sociology from Harvard University in 1974. He is currently Professor of Sociology at the Université de Montréal. His research and teaching focus on social inequality and life course, as well as epistemology and methods. His recent work, both internationally and inter-provincially within Canada, has involved job quality, social cohesion, social capital, welfare regimes and gender regimes, social inequalities of health, indicators of social development, lifecourse and social investment, flexicurity, and poverty among single-parent families. Dr. Bernard is a member of many different organizations, including the National Statistics Council, the Steering Committee of the Canadian Household Panel Survey, and the board of the Centre d’étude sur la pauvreté et l’exclusion sociale of the ministère de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale du Québec. He is actively involved in the work on social inequalities of health of the Centre Léa-Roback, funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

Jocelyne Bourgon
President, Public Governance International
 
The Honourable Jocelyne Bourgon is a Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Waterloo, Distinguished Fellow of the Center for International Governance Innovation, and President Emeritus of the Canada School of Public Service. In 1994, she was appointed Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, becoming the 17^th Clerk and the first woman to hold this position. From 1994 to 1999, she led the Public Service of Canada through some of its most important reforms since the 1940s. In December 1998, she was summoned to the Queen’s Privy Council for in recognition of her contribution to her country. From 2003–2007, she served as Ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Since 2007, she has served as special advisor to the Privy Council Office.

Monica Boyd
Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto
 
Dr. Monica Boyd is Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto, and holds the Canada Research Chair in Immigration, Inequality and Public Policy. Trained as a demographer and sociologist, she has written numerous articles, books, and monographs on the changing family, gender inequality, international migration (with foci on policy, immigrant integration, and immigrant women) and ethnic stratification. Dr. Boyd is an active participant in policy and government circles. She is a member of the National Statistics Council, which advises the Chief Statistician of Canada. She has served on executive boards of Canadian and American professional associations, including tenure as President of the Canadian Population Society. She is former President of Academy II (Social Sciences) of the Royal Society of Canada and former President of the Canadian Sociological Association.

Yvon Fortin
 
Mr. Fortin obtained a Bachelor's degree in economics at the University of Ottawa and completed studies towards a Master's degree. He joined Statistics Canada in 1962 and occupied the positions of Director, Director General, and Assistant Chief Statistician. In 1998, he was appointed Director General of the Institut de la statistique du Québec after assuming responsibility for social programs at the Treasury Board Secreteriat. He is currently President of the Governing Board of UNESCO's Institute of Statistics.

John Helliwell
Co-Director, program on Social Interactions, Identity and Well-Being, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
 
An internationally renowned economist, John F. Helliwell is both Arthur J.E. Child Foundation Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and Co-Director of CIFAR’s program on Social Interactions, Identity and Well-Being. Mr. Helliwell is the author of a number of books focusing in particular on social capital, public policy, and well-being. He was previously visiting special advisor at the Bank of Canada in 2003-04, visiting research fellow of Merton College Oxford in 2003, of St. Catherine's College Oxford in 2001, and Mackenzie King Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies at Harvard in 1991-94. He is also Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of British Columbia, a member of the National Statistics Council, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Suzanne Herbert
 
Suzanne Herbert has had a long and distinguished career in the Ontario public service, working with different governments for over 25 years. She served as deputy minister of the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Community and Social Services. Prior to these portfolios, she served as assistant deputy minister of Operations for the Ministry of Community and Social Services as well as CEO of the Ontario Housing Corporation. A commitment to excellence in policy development led her to develop within the Ontario public service an initiative to promote excellence in policy leadership and program design, which she then co-chaired with the Secretary of Cabinet. She served on Queen’s School of Policy Studies Advisory Committee and represented Canada for several years in the Education Directorate of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Ms. Herbert has an abiding interest in social and economic policy development and the interface between research, politics, policy formulation, and program implementation. Now retired, she lectures, offers consultancy services on a part time basis, and volunteers with several organizations.

Sharon Manson Singer
Former President, Canadian Policy Research Networks
 
Dr. Manson Singer has more than two decades of experience in the public policy environment. Her areas of expertise include health and social policy, research methods, voluntary sector management and leadership. She has served as an expert advisor to all levels of government in and internationally on issues related to income security and poverty reduction. Between 2001 and 2005, she operated her own consulting firm, providing advice on corporate governance, public policy design and advice, strategic management, business development and human resources development counsel to the private, public and voluntary sectors both in Canada and internationally.

Elizabeth Parr-Johnston
President, Parr Johnston Economic and Policy Consultants
 
Dr. Elizabeth Parr-Johnston, C.M., Yale Ph.D. and Woodrow Wilson Fellow, served as President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of New Brunswick from 1996 to 2002. She was President and Vice-Chancellor of Mount Saint Vincent University from 1991 to 1996. Her career has included academic appointments at several universities throughout Canada. Her federal government career included positions at Statistics Canada and the Department of Regional Economic Expansion. She served as Senior Policy Advisor and Chief of Staff to the Minister of Employment and Immigration. She has chaired the Council of Nova Scotia University Presidents and the Association of Atlantic Universities and served on the executive of the Association of Universities and Colleges as well as a member of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the former Ontario Economic Council. Member of the Order of Canada and recipient of the Canadian 125^th Anniversary Medal and the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal, Dr. Parr-Johnston is involved in extensive volunteer activities.

Ian Stewart
 
Ian Stewart received his PhD from Cornell in 1965. In 1966, he joined the Bank of Canada to head an econometric modelling team and co-authored a series of publications on the RDX series of models. After a period as Associate Chief of the Research Department at the Bank, he joined the permanent public service in 1972 as Special Advisor to the Treasury Board Secretariat. He subsequently served as Senior Economic Advisor to the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources; Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet Committee on Economic Policy and Economic Advisor to the Privy Council Office; Deputy Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources; Deputy Minister of Finance; and Senior Economic Advisor to the Ministry of State for Economic and Regional Development and the Department of Regional Economic Expansion. He was Skelton-Clark Fellow in Political Studies at Queen's University from 1985 to 1987. Mr. Stewart has written and published extensively, largely on economic matters. Retired from the public service in 1986, he currently observes, advises when asked, and writes from Ottawa.