Committees

This group of Regional Leads, community members, and experts from our Think Tanks lead the strategic development of our Network’s research on a national level.

The CLT provides the CTN+ with structured input and direction from a community perspective, highlighting research priorities, fostering communication between community and researchers, and guiding knowledge mobilization efforts.

The SRC provides expert scientific review and advice on research proposals submitted to CTN+ while ensuring scientific rigor and relevance.

Experts in clinical care, research design, biostatistics, ethics, and law are among the members of DSMC, which monitors the safety and efficacy of trials in progress.

This committee determines study funding allocations including unit funding as well as Flagship studies, Portfolio studies and Seed Funding competitions, start-up funding, and principal investigator management support funding.

The IGC is a structure through which individuals who identify as First Nations, Inuit, and Métis provide advice based on their individual expertise, and guidance to help ensure that the unique rights, interests, and perspectives of Indigenous Peoples are acknowledged, affirmed and implemented within the CTN+.

The EAC provides independent expertise, guidance, and recommendations to CTN+, helping improve strategies, decisions, and network impacts.

This committee provides strategic guidance on knowledge mobilization initiatives and advises on ways to engage key partners in knowledge co-production and dissemination efforts.