CORPORATE PLAN FY2018/19 To be submitted on or before January 31, 2018 Council of Canadian Academies, Corporate Plan — January 31, 2018 Page 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT . [...] Council of Canadian Academies, Corporate Plan — January 31, 2018 Page 5 OPERATING PRINCIPLES In fulfilling our mandate, the CCA’s overarching strategic intent is to facilitate access to the best available scientific knowledge to inform decision‐making in Canada. We do this by conducting independent, expert assessments of evidence relevant to matters of significant public interest. We wil [...] C., FRSC Senior Advisor, Bennett Jones LLP Ottawa, Ontario Chad Gaffield, O. [...] C., FRSC Professor of History and University Research Chair in Digital Ottawa, Ontario Scholarship, University of Ottawa; President, Royal Society of Canada Jawahar (Jay) Kalra, MD, Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Saskatoon, FCAHS Medicine and Member, Board of Governors, University of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Bartha Maria Knoppers, Full Professor and Director, Cen [...] Q., FRSC, FCAHS Faculty of Medicine, Human Genetics, McGill University Québec Maryse Lassonde, O.