Board of Directors

Role of the National Board

The National Board of the CCPA is made up of representatives of trade unions, social justice and other allied organizations, individuals elected by the membership at large, plus researchers and academics appointed because of their specialized skills and knowledge. The Board's role is to set broad strategic objectives and organizational direction. The implementation of those objectives, and the production of reports and publications, is the role of staff under the direction of the National and Provincial Directors. The Centre prides itself on the high quality of its research, and the ongoing integrity of this work is ensured by peer review overseen by the National and Provincial Directors.

The National Board is ultimately responsible for ensuring that the National Executive Director maintains the required standards of quality in all publications of the Centre, directly with respect to national publications and through the Provincial Directors for provincial office publications.

The National Board has a dual role--to ensure that the overall entity called the CCPA operates within the mandate, statement of purpose, principles and general level of organizational integrity established by the Centre, and then also to set policies and priorities for the National Office.

Provincial offices have governing bodies responsible for the strategic objectives and organizational direction of the Provincial offices. All the Centre’s governing bodies have a responsibility to ensure that the research integrity and social justice mission of the CCPA that gives it such strength and legitimacy is protected, while growing the Centre's ability to influence the policy debate in Canada.

President:
Larry Brown, National Union of Public and General Employees

Vice-President, Treasurer:
Heather-jane Robertson, Independent Consultant

Research Associates Chair:
Jim Turk, Canadian Association of University Teachers

Pat Armstrong, York University

Lisa Barrett, VanCity Credit Union

Bonnie Bates, Public Service Alliance of Canada

Lynn Bueckert, British Columbia Federation of Labour

Charles Campbell, United Steelworkers

Tony Clarke, Polaris Institute

Marcy Cohen, Hospital Employees' Union

Ken Coran, Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation

Murray Dobbin, Consultant

George Floresco, Canadian Union of Postal Workers

Bernie Froese-Germain, Canadian Teachers' Federation

Grace-Edward Galabuzi, Ryerson University

Katherine Giroux-Bougard, Canadian Federation of Students

Julie Guard, University of Manitoba

Larry Haiven, St. Mary’s University

Sam Hammond, Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario

Andrew Jackson, Canadian Labour Congress

Larry Kuehn, British Columbia Teachers' Federation

Bob Linton, United Food and Commercial Workers Union

Paula Mallea, Consultant

Marvin Meikel, Saskatchewan Office Representative

Keith Reynolds, Canadian Union of Public Employees British Columbia

David Robinson, Canadian Association of University Teachers

Mary Rowles, BC Government Employees Union

Priscilla Settee, University of Saskatchewan

Jim Silver, University of Winnipeg

Jim Stanford, Canadian Auto Workers

Monica Townson, Independent Consultant

Joan Wark, Nova Scotia Office Representative

Howie West, Public Service Alliance of Canada

Julie White, Communications, Energy and Paperworkers’ Union

National Executive

The President and Vice-President/Treasurer are officers of the National Board. They and the full National Executive are elected by the National Board.

The National Executive gives direction to and oversees the National Office, through the National Executive Director, based on the mandate and strategic direction established by the National Board. The National Executive also has general responsibility for carrying out the decisions of the Board with respect to mandate, and strategic direction throughout CCPA.

Larry Brown, President
Heather-jane Robertson, Vice-President and Treasurer
Jim Turk, Chair of the Research Associates
Mike Dumler
Andrew Jackson
Paula Mallea