Governance
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is responsible for promoting the interests of the CRM. It oversees its scientific, human, and material development, its financing, and makes decisions relating to the governance and development projects of the Centre.
Composition
The Board of Directors is composed of:
- The Director (ex officio);
- A member of the Management Committee nominated by the Board for a two-year mandate;
- Two regular members nominated by the Assembly for three-year mandates, normally renewable once;
- A director of a laboratory, nominated by the Committee of Directors of Laboratories, for a two-year mandate, normally renewable once;
- The president of the International Scientific Advisory committee:
- A postdoctoral member;
- The Vice-principals, Research, of the six partner universities of the CRM;
- Additional members nominated by the Board of Directors, with or without the right of vote, from any sector judged pertinent: businesses, industry, major Canadian or foreign research institutions, and public sector.
Current Members
- Christian Agbobli (Université du Québec à Montréal)
- Aaron Johnson (Université Concordia)
- Dusa McDuff (Columbia University)
- Vincent Aimez (Université de Sherbrooke)
- Frédéric Bouchard (Université de Montréal)
- Benoit Boulet (McGill University)
- Serge Desnoyers (Université Laval)
- Marie-Josée Hébert (Université de Montréal)
- Franco Saliola (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Mandates
More specifically, the Board of Directors:
- Approves the general objectives of the CRM, its strategic plan and scientific program;
- Approves the annual budget and financial statements prepared by the Executive Committee;
- Adopts the annual report submitted by the Executive Committee;
- Decides on the recognition of the CRM’s Laboratories;
- Receives, recommendations from the Assembly of Members regarding the amendment of the statutes;
- Adopts any amendment to the statutes by a two-thirds majority, and with the agreement of each of the principal partner universities and after consulting the Assembly of Members;
- Nominates the regular and associate members of the CRM on the recommendation of the executive Committee;
- Nominates the Director of the Centre after establishing a Nominating Committee composed of a majority of well-established researchers. The International Scientific Advisory Committee and the Committee of Directors of Laboratories are consulted in the selection of the member of the Nominating Committee. The Director of CRM does not participate in the deliberations of any committee dealing with the nominating process.
