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Management Structure

The Board of Directors oversees the affairs of the Centre including but not limited to the research program, policy relevance, resource allocation, conflict of interest issues, matters of intellectual property management, communications, and reporting as required to the host institution and SSHRC. Annual Reports
Click here for the Terms of Reference for the Board of Directors.

The Research Committee is an advisory committee to the Centre's Board of Directors. Among other things, it reviews existing research projects, examines new research proposals, and identifies policy concerns to present to the Board as an aid to the development of new research proposals. Click here for the Terms of Reference for the Research Committee.

The Co-directors of Metropolis BC are Krishna Pendakur, SFU and Daniel Hiebert, UBC.
Linda Sheldon is the recording secretary for the two boards.

MBC's representative on the Metropolis National Data Committee is Douglas Baer, UVic.

Board of Directors

Tung Chan CEO, S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
604-408-7272
604-408-7234
28 W. Pender Street
Vancouver V6B 1R6
Catherine Dauvergne, Faculty of Law, UBC
604-822-6506
1822 East Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z1
Kamal Dib, Manager, Canadian Heritage
819-997-3382
819-953-9228
Research Unit, 25 Eddy St., Gatineau PQ K1A 0M5
Howard Duncan Executive Director, Metropolis Project, Citizenship and Immigration Canada
613-957-5916
613-957-5968
15th fl., Section A, 365 Laurier Ave. West
Ottawa, ON K1A 1L1

Robert Godfrey CIC-BC/Yukon Region
604-666-6301
604-666-3129
641-800 Burrard St., Vancouver V6Z 2V8
Dan Hiebert Department of Geography, UBC
604-822-4500
604-822-6150
Department of Geography, UBC, 1984 West Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z1

 

 

 

 

David Jacks Department of Economics, SFU
778-782-5464
778-782-5841
8888 University Drive, Burnaby BC V5A 1S6

 

 

Lance Jakubec, Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation
604-737-4095
604-714-3701
#200-1111 W. Georgia St, Vancouver BC
Dominic Lopes Associate Dean of Arts UBC
604-822-6703
1866 Main Mall, Buchanan B130. UBC, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z1

 

 

 

Paul McFetridge, Associate Dean, FASS, SFU
778-782-4953
778-782-3033
Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, SFU
8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6

 

 

 

 

Mika Oehling Senior Program Officer, Strategic Programs & Joint Initiatives, SSHRC, Ottawa
613-992-4227
613-947-0223

 

 

 

Krishna Pendakur , SFU
778-782-5501
778-782-5944
Dept. Economics, 8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
Christina Prasad, Agriculture Canada
604-666-1677
604-666-7235
#420-4321 Still Creek Drive, Burnaby BC V5C 6S7
Oliver Schmidtke, University of Victoria
250-721-7490
250-721-7485
Dept. of Political Science, PO Box 3050, Stn. CSC, Victoria BC V8W 3P5
Zool Suleman Suleman & Co
604-685-8472
604-685-7753
15th floor, 701 W. Georgia Street
Vancouver V7Y 1C6
Carlos Teixeira UBC-Okanagan
250-807-9313
250-807-8001
Dept. Geography, ART 180B, 3333 University Way, Kelowna BC V1V 1V7

Bill Walters Ministry of Attorney General Vancouver
604-775-0290
604-775-0670
5th fl., 605 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3
Tim Welsh AMSSA
604-718-2782
604-298-0747
205-2929 Commercial Dr.
Vancouver V5N 4C8

Baldwin Wong Social Planning Department City of Vancouver
604-871-6637
220-890 W. Pender Street
Vancouver V6C 1J9
Yuen Pau Woo Vice President, Research and Chief Economist, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
604-
220-890 West Pender St., Vancouver BC V6C 1J9

 

 


Patricia Woroch Immigrant Services Society of BC
604-684-2561
604-684-2266
#501-333 Terminal Ave.,
Vancouver V6A 2L7
Miu Chung Yan, UBC
604-822-8688
604-822-8656
School of Social Work & Family Studies
2080 West Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2

Deb Zehr Ministry of Attorney General Victoria BC
250-952-6432

Research Committee

Kathy Knight, Ministry of Attorney General, Victoria
250-387-0272
250-387-0271
6th fl., 1019 Wharf Street
Victoria BC V8W 9J1

Krishna Pendakur, Simon Fraser University
778-782-5501
778-782-5944
Dept. Economics, 8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
Oliver Schmidtke, University of Victoria
250-721-7490
250-721-7485
Department of Political Science, PO Box 3050 Stn CSC
Victoria, BC V8W 3P5

Luisa Wang, Metropolis Project, Citizenship & Immigration Canada (ex-officio)
613-957-5966
613-957-5968
219 Laurier Ave. West
Ottawa, ON K1A 1L1

 

 

Tim Welsh, AMSSA
604-718-2782
604-298-0747
205-2929 Commercial Drive
Vancouver, BC V5N 4C8
Miu Chung Yan, UBC
604-822-8688
604-822-8656
School of Social Work & Family Studies
2080 West Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2

Kenny Zhang, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
604-684-5986
604-681-1370
220-890 West Pender St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 1J9