Here are the 2018 Science Meets Parliament Delegates:

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

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Meghan Azad

Developmental Origins of Chronic Disease
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Kin Chan

DNA damage and mutations
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario

Valorie Crooks

Global health (equity and ethical issues)
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia

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Mary De Vera

Medication Adherence, Utilization, and Outcomes
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia

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Angela Kaida 

Global Perspectives in HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia

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Mireille Khacho 

Biochemistry, microbiology and immunology (muscle stem cells)
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario

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Arjun Krishnaswamy

Neural Circuit Assembly and Function
McGill University
Montreal, Québec

Catherine L. Mah

Promoting Healthy Populations
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia

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Trushar R Patel 

Viral infection, RNA-protein interaction
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Alberta

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

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Erin M Bertrand

Microbial Oceanography and Biogeochemistry
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia

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Cole Burton 

Terrestrial Mammal Conservation, responses to changing environments
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia

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Pascale Champagne

Engineering (alternate water and waste management strategies)
Queen’s University
Kingston, Ontario

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Christine Dow

Glacier Hydrology and Ice Dynamics
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario

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Adam T. Ford 

Wildlife Restoration Ecology
University of British Columbia, Okanagan
Kelowna, British Columbia

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Amanda Moehring 

Genetic basis of variation in behaviour and species isolation
Western University
London, Ontario

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Dominique Robert 

Fisheries ecology and oceanography, fish migration and biology
Université du Québec à Rimouski
Rimouski, Québec

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Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde 

Applied Evolutionary Ecology and Ethical Conservation
Laurentian University
Sudbury, Ontario

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Andy Take

Geotechnical Engineering, Landslides and climate change
Queen’s University
Kingston, Ontario

Stephanie Waterman 

Ocean Turbulence and mixing
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia

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Sheldon S. Williamson 

Energy Storage Systems for Transportation Electrification
Ontario Tech University
Oshawa, Ontario

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

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Jeannette Armstrong

Indigenous Philosophy
University of British Columbia
Kelowna, British Columbia

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Jackie Dawson

Human and policy dimensions of Arctic climate change
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario

Anatoliy Gruzd 

Social Media Data Stewardship
Ryerson University
Toronto, Ontario

Alison Mountz 

Global Migration, migration and asylum policies
Wilfrid Laurier University
Kitchener, Ontario

Regina Rini

Philosophy of Moral and Social Cognition (Social media and AI)
York University
Toronto, Ontario

Heather Sparling 

Musical Traditions and Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology
Cape Breton University
Sydney, Nova Scotia

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Jiaying Zhao

Cognitive processes that promote financial and environmental sustainability
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia

Polar Knowledge Canada

Pitseolak Pfeifer 

Sustainable Northern community development, Inuit values and self-determination
Carleton University
Ottawa, Ontario