ARCHIVED - External committees list

Archived - This content has been developed for the transition binder for the NRC Acting President, September 2020

Committee Purpose Frequency Lead Alternate Prep
Public Service Management Advisory Committee (PSMAC) Provides a forum for discussion of the public service management agenda Every 3rd Friday Nancy Chahwan, Co‑chair, Peter Wallace, Co‑chair
Peter.Wallace@tbs-sct.gc.ca
Tanya.Fournel@tbs-sct.gc.ca, Admin
Not Permitted Karen Hlady
Peter Wallace, TBS Secretary
Deputy Minister Pay Modernization Committee (DMPMC) Takes a whole‑of‑government approach to stabilize the public pay system, as well as assistant deputy minister‑ and director general‑ level committees. Provide senior‑level oversight and perspectives from across government to ensure the most appropriate and effective decisions and actions are being taken to support employees. Working committee, Advisory Boards are also established. Adhoc Treasury Board Secretariat Emily Harrison Megan Yukich
Laboratories Canada: TerraCanada DM Committee   Monthly Iain Stewart, Co‑Chair
Christyne Tremblay, Co‑Chair
Dale MacMillan
Roman Szumski
Antonietta Testa
Guylène Martin, Coordinator
Laboratories Canada: Transportation Safety and Technology Science Cluster (TSTS) The TSB and the NRCStructures and Material Performance Laboratory have come together to form the Transportation Safety and Technology Science (TSTS) Cluster. Both organizations in the TSTS cluster conduct transportation system engineering and scientific analyses with different but complementary mandates, with a focus on improving transportation safety. Every 3 months Iain Stewart
Kathy Fox, Transportation and Safety Board (TSB)
Mona Nemer, Ex‑officio
Dale MacMillan
François Cordeau
Antonietta Testa
Federal Science and Technology Infrastructure Initiative (FSTII) Cluster RSS
Laboratories Canada: ASEC, The Atlantic Science Enterprise Center Cluster Drives collaborative scientific research; fosters partnerships; promote community engagement and ocean literacy; builds a culture of sustainability, excellence and continuous innovation; and actively focusses on traditional ecological knowledge. Every 3 months Dale MacMillan
Kevin Stringer, ADM DFO
Arren McPherson, ADM Ecosystems and Oceans Science
  Antonietta Testa
Heads of Federal Agencies Executive Steering Committee meeting The Community of Federal Agencies (CFA) is a voluntary, self‑funded network of some 80 federal agencies, including parliamentary, regulatory, grant‑giving and tribunal agencies and Crown corporations. Created to provide a network to enable the strategic and timely exchange of information about emerging government priorities and to co operate with central agencies on system‑wide accountability and corporate management priorities at the federal level. Monthly Iain Stewart, Chair.
Patrick Borbey, President of the Public Service Commission, Co‑Chair
Roles will be reversed with Iain leaving
  Darlene Zimmerman
Stéphanie Beauchamps‑Drouin, Coordinator
Deputy Minister Committee on Economic Trends and Policies (DMC-ETP meeting Examines trends and factors influencing Canada's current and future economic performance. Examines the impacts of potential policy interventions in various regions and sectors of the economy, as well as possible gaps and measures to improve the competitiveness of Canada in the global economy.
Focus on various thematics: AI, Indigenous Development, Skill & Innovation
Quarterly Jean‑François Tremblay, Co‑Chair
John Knubley, Co‑Chair
  Karen Hlady
Deputy Minister Committee on Enterprise Priorities and Planning (DM CEPP) Governance and oversight bodies for all government IT investments.  In addition, provide direction for and oversee the implementation of the GoC IT Strategic Plan.  Supported by the Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) CEPP Monthly Wallace, Peter (co‑chair) Peter.Wallace@tbs-sct.gc.ca
MacDonald, Lori  (co‑chair)
Not Permitted David Adamson‑NRC CIO
Joint Meeting DM Committee on Enterprise Priorities and Planning and DM Service and Federating Identity Governance and oversight bodies for all government IT investments.  In addition, provide direction for and oversee the implementation of the GoC IT Strategic Plan.  Supported by the Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) CEPP Ad hoc   Not Permitted David Adamson‑NRC CIO
Deputy Ministers Science Committee (DMSC)MSC meeting Oversee, promote and encourage federal intramural S&T.  Integral part of the GoC's vision for science ‑ horizontal science collaboration
Current priorities: Horizontal S&T community HR demographics
Quarterly Champion, Dr. Janet King (CanNor) ADM level Karen Hlady
Canada Research Coordinating Committee  (CRCC) Reinvigorating Canada's support for science to meet the current and future needs of the country's scientists, scholars and students.  The committee was created to improve the coordination efforts of Canada's granting agencies‑the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research‑as well as the Canada Foundation for Innovation.   Alice Hanlon, Chair
Cameron Marchand, Coordinator
Serge Bijimine Bruce Henry
Deputy Minister Committee ‑ Horizontal Fixed Asset Review     Roch Huppe Dale MacMillan Antonietta Testa
DM Committee Meeting on the Pan‑Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change Developed with the provinces and territories and in consultation with Indigenous peoples – to meet emissions reduction targets, grow the economy, and build resilience to a changing climate.   Stephen Lucas, DM ECCC Michel Dumoulin Michel Dumoulin