
Lynda Balneaves, RN, PhD
CCIC Deputy Director
Associate Professor
College of Nursing
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB Canada

Hance Clarke, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Associate Professor Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine University of Toronto
Director of Pain Services Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network
Director Good Hope Ehlers Danlos Clinic
Co-Chair Knowledge Translation, University of Toronto Centre for the Study of Pain
Co-Lead, Centre for Cannabinoid Therapeutics, University Health Network
Toronto, ON Canada

Rebecca Haines-Saah
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Cumming School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary, AB

Matthew Hill, PhD
CCIC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Professor
Tier II Canada Research Chair on Neurobiology of Stress
Hotchkiss Brain Institute and the Mathison Centre for Mental Health Education and Research
Departments of Cell Biology and Anatomy & Psychiatry, Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary, AB

Jeremy Hirota, PhD
Assistant Professor
Canada Research Chair in Respiratory Mucosal Immunology
Departments of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering
McMaster University
Hamilton, ON Canada

Rebecca Jesseman, MA
Director, Planning and Operations
Mental Health and Addictions, Health PEI
Associate, Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction

Lauren Kelly, PhD
Assistant Professor
Departments of Pediatrics & Child Health, Pharmacology and Community Health Sciences
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB Canada

Jibran Khokar, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences
University of Guelph
Guelph, ON Canada

Karim Ladha, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Assistant Professor & Physician
St. Michael’s Hospital
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON Canada

Connor Lafortune
Nippissing University Student
Thunderbird Partership Foundation
Cannabis and Psychosis Canada
Mental Health Commission of Canada

Krista Lanctôt, PhD
Professor
Sunnybrook Research Institute
Departments of Psychiatry and Pharmacology & Toxicology
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON Canada

Kira London-Nadeau, MA
PhD Student
Department of Psychology
University of Montreal
National Board Chair of Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP)

Robert Laprairie, PhD
Assistant Professor
GlaxoSmithKline Chair in Drug Discovery and Development
College of Pharmacy and Nutrition
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK Canada

Linda Parker, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Department of Psychology
University of Guelph
Guelph, ON Canada

Ruth Ross, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Senior Scientist
Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, CAMH
Temerty Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON Canada

Ryan Vandrey, PhD
Associate Professor
Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD USA

Maria Zhang, PharmD
Advanced Practice Clinical Leader and Clinician Educator
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada