Council of Canadian Academies
The Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) is a Canadian non-governmental organization based in Ottawa, Ontario.
Its purpose is to perform independent, expert assessments of the scientific evidence that is relevant to important public issues. The CCA's assessment scope includes the natural, social and health sciences, engineering and the humanities.
History
COVID-19
On January 26, 2023, the CCA published a report titled Fault Lines, prepared for and funded by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) by the organization's Expert Panel on the Socioeconomic Impacts of Science and Health Misinformation. The report provides an analysis of the landscape of “misinformation” and “disinformation” during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.1)
Activities
Publications
Organization
Funding
Personnel
| Expert Panel on the Socioeconomic Impacts of Science and Health Misinformation4) |
| Name | Role | Affiliations |
| Alex Himelfarb | Chair | Canada Centre for Policy Alternatives |
| Andreas Boecker | Panelist | University of Guelph |
| Marie-Ève Carignan | Panelist | Université de Sherbrooke, UNESCO Chair in Prevention of Radicalisation and Violent Extremism |
| Timothy Caulfield | Panelist | Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy, ScienceUpFirst, University of Alberta |
| Jean-François Cliche | Panelist | Le Soleil |
| Jaigris Hodson | Panelist | Canada Research Chair in Digital Communication for the Public Interest, Royal Roads University |
| Ojistoh Horn | Panelist | Akwesasne Medical Clinic, McGill University |
| Akwatu Khenti | Panelist | Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Black Scientists' Task Force on Vaccine Equity |
| Stephan Lewandowsky | Panelist | University of Bristol |
| Noni MacDonald | Panelist | Dalhousie University |
| Philip Mai | Panelist | Social Media Lab, Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University |
| Sachiko Ozawa | Panelist | Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Joanna Sterling | Panelist | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University |
| Other panelists |
| Jennifer Gibson | Panelist | University of Toronto |
| Project staff5) |
| François Abraham | Translator | - |
| Amanda Bennett | Research Associate | - |
| Hui-Han Chen | Modeller | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Jody Cooper | Editor | - |
| Tijs Creutzberg | Director of Assessments | - |
| Jenn Snider Cruise | Project Coordinator | - |
| Colleen Rose Higgins | Modeller (independent contractor) | Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Michael Jewer | Research Associate | - |
| Suzanne Loney | Senior Research Associate | - |
| Anita Melnyk | Project Director | - |
| Kundai Sibanda | Project Coordinator | - |
| Jean Woo | Project Director | - |
| Weronika Zych | Senior Project Coordinator | - |
| Peer Reviewers |
| Peter Backx | Oversight | York University |
| Veldon Coburn | Peer Review | Institute of Indigenous Research and Studies, University of Ottawa |
| John Cook | Peer Review | Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University |
| Ève Dubé | Peer Review | Université Laval, National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) |
| Josh Greenberg | Peer Review | Carleton University |
| Devon Greyson | Peer Review | University of British Columbia |
| Jim Hoggan | Peer Review | Hoggan and Associates |
| Peter Hotez | Peer Review | National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine |
| Ellen Rafferty | Peer Review | Institute of Health Economics |
| David Rothschild | Peer Review | Microsoft Research |
| Jon Roozenbeek | Peer Review | University of Cambridge |
| Emily Vraga | Peer Review | Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota |
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