Corporate overview

President's mandate letter

View the mandate letter to Mr. Iain Stewart.

Overview of the NRC Dialogue

Learn more about the NRC Dialogue and the continued renewal of the NRC to support the government's Innovation and Skills Plan.

NRC Council

The NRC Council (comprising the Chair, the President, and up to ten other members) reviews the strategic directions, oversees the performance of the organization and provides a challenge function with respect to the work of the President and senior management. Members bring an independent perspective based upon knowledge and expertise in fields of importance to the NRC's mandate. The President is the chief executive officer of the National Research Council (the body corporate) while the Chair is responsible for providing effective leadership to "the NRC Council" (the Council comprising the Chair, the President and up to ten other members) and for all matters pertaining to organization and functioning of the NRC Council meetings.

The President is appointed for a term of up to five years, while all other members are appointed for terms of up to three years.

President

Iain Stewart

Neil Bose

Aled Edwards

Mohamed Lachemi

Carolyn Cross

Organizational structure

The NRC comprises 4 integrated R&D divisions, each guided by advisory bodies composed of industry leaders. Under these 4 umbrella R&D divisions, we have 14 integrated and consolidated research centres focused on key industry sectors. These research centres represent areas of strategic importance and economic value for Canada. Within each research centre we have a variety of programs focused on addressing specific business-identified priorities and challenges through a unique offering of technical and advisory services, research facilities, licensing opportunities and programs and partnership opportunities.

To complement this broad array of R&D capabilities, NRC's Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) brings together a diverse network of organizations, services and programs to help Canadian SMEs develop and exploit technologies in the competitive, global knowledge economy.

As a world-leading research organization, NRC is investing strategically in competencies and technology platforms that enable our researchers to remain ahead of the curve in their areas of specialty, while constantly scanning for emerging disciplines for possible future investment, to ensure ongoing relevance and value to Canadian industry.