CMAJ Governance Council
The role of the Governance Council is to steward and promote the overall well-being and integrity of CMAJ, including editorial independence. Responsibilities include ensuring that CMAJ's strategy and business objectives are aligned with the journal's mission, vision and values.
In May 2017, the Joule Board of Directors and CMA Board of Directors approved the terms of reference and related policies for the CMAJ Governance Council.
The ten-member Governance Council includes the following: a peer editor, a practicing clinician (CMA member), an academic physician (CMA member) and a scholarly publishing expert with financial expertise, as well as a representative from the CMA Board, the Joule™ Board and the CMAJ Editorial Advisory Board. The CMAJ Editor-in-Chief, the Publisher and the Joule Interim President also participate as ex officio members.
The Governance Council reports to the Joule Board and meets quarterly.
Current council members
Dr. Alika Lafontaine (Chair)
Jocalyn Clark (Member, peer editor)
Diane Scott-Lichter (Member, scholarly publishing expert)
Dr. Don Redelmeier (Member, academic physician)
Dr. Niranjan (Tex) Kissoon (Representative, CMAJ Editorial Advisory Board)
Dr. Allison Kennedy (Representative, CMA Board)
Debbie Fischer (Representative, Joule Board)
Deborah Scott Douglas (Joule Interim President, ex officio)
Holly Bodger (Publisher, ex officio)
Dr. Andreas Laupacis (Editor-in-Chief, ex officio)