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Although the CCA is at arm's length from government, it has agreed to conduct up to five assessments per year of subjects proposed by the Canadian federal government. The CCA can also perform assessments for non-governmental and private sector organizations, but the cost of these cannot be covered by
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The CCA's assessments are performed by independent panels of qualified experts from Canada and abroad who serve pro bono. This model has been employed in other countries, most notably in the United States by the National Research Council of the US National Academies. All Council assessments are
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published and made available to the public free of charge in English and French. Assessments are published as panel consensus reports in conjunction with separate "Report in Focus" summaries. The first Director of Assessments was
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The CCA also has a Scientific Advisory Committee, whose role is to advise the Board on assessment topic selection, terms of reference, the selection of expert panelists, and peer review. The current (interim) Chair is
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experienced by 2.3 million Canadians led to at least 2,800 deaths and $ 300 million in hospital expenses. Funding for the report was provided by the
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A proposal for a formal structure for “Providing Independent Expert Advice to Government and the Public" was prepared by the
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The CCA is a private, non-profit corporation that received a $ 30 million founding grant in 2005 from the
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was appointment as the first President on February 8, 2006 and served to the end of 2009.
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in April 2002 by three founding member academies: The Royal Society of Canada, the
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Quirion, Remi; Carty, Arthur; Dufour, Paul; Jabr, Ramia (2016-08-02).
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Janet Bax was interim President from October 2014 to January 31, 2016.
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served as first board chair. The current (interim) Chair is
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Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada
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www.cca-reports.ca
French
health sciences
engineering
humanities
Government of Canada
Royal Society of Canada
Canadian Academy of Engineering
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada
Board of Directors
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Canadian Academy of Engineering
Royal Society of Canada
Howard Alper
Sioban Nelson
David Castle
Peter J. Nicholson
Elizabeth Dowdeswell
Eric M. Meslin
Marc Saner
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
misinformation
disinformation
COVID-19 pandemic in Canada

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