Persistent Identifier (PID) Governance
The ORCID-CA and DataCite Canada Consortia are each governed by a volunteer committee composed of consortia members. They share a joint advisory committee.
The ORCID-CA Governing Committee (OCGC), composed of and elected by ORCID-CA members, provides governance and operational oversight for ORCID-CA to function effectively and sustainably into the future with program support administered by CRKN. Please see the OCGC Terms of Reference for more information.
Members:
| Charlie Lessard-Berger (Chair) | Bibliothécaire spécialiste des identifiants uniques pérennes | Université Laval | Dec 2025 - First Term |
| Geoff Brown | Librarian | Dalhousie University | Dec 2025 - First Term |
| Alicia Cassidy | Science Advisor, Publications and Open Science | Fisheries and Oceans Canada | Dec 2025 - First Term |
| Mike Hendley | Manager, Business Systems Integrations | Ottawa Hospital Research Institute | Dec 2025 - Second Term |
| Emily Nickerson | Business & Law Librarian | UVic | Dec 2026 - First Term |
| Virginie Paquet | Bibliothécaire – Impact de la recherche et identité numérique | Université de Montréal | Dec 2026 - First Term |
| Jordan Pedersen | Research & Scholarship Librarian | University of Guelph | Dec 2025 - First Term |
| Natalie Waters | Associate Dean Research and Scholarship | McGill University | Dec 2026 - First Term |
| Henry Guanwen Zhang | Senior Digital Preservation Specialist | University of Alberta Library | Dec 2026 - Second Term |
| Kevin Stranack | Director of Operations | Public Knowledge Project (PKP), CPIDAC Vice-Chair | N/A |
The DataCite Canada Governing Committee (DCCGC), composed of and elected by DataCite Canada Consortium members, provides governance and operational oversight for DataCite Canada to function effectively and sustainably into the future, with program support jointly administered by CRKN and the Digital Research Alliance of Canada. Please see the DCCGC Terms of Reference for more information.
Members:
| Yoo Young Lee (Chair) | Head, Metadata and Processing | University of Ottawa | Dec 2025 - First Term |
| Cyndie Found | Digital Initiatives Analyst | National Research Council (NRC) | Dec 2025 - Second Term |
| Louise Gillis | Research Data Management Librarian | Dalhousie University | Dec 2025 - First Term |
| Julia Gilmore | Digital Projects Librarian | Scholars Portal | Dec 2026 - First Term |
| Christie Hurrell | Acting Associate University Librarian | University of Calgary | Dec 2025 - First Term |
| Charlie Lessard - Berger | Bibliothécaire spécialiste des identifiants uniques pérennes | Université Laval | Dec 2025 - First Term |
| Dana McFarland | Librarian & Coordinator, eResources & Scholarly Communication | Vancouver Island University | Dec 2026 - First Term |
| Dany Savard | Chief Librarian | University of Toronto Mississauga | Dec 2026 - First Term |
| Tatiana Zaraiskaya | STEM Liaison Librarian/RDM Specialist | University of New Brunswick | Dec 2025 - First Term |
| Susan Haigh | Executive Director | Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), CPIDAC Chair | N/A |
The Canadian Persistent Identifier Advisory Committee (CPIDAC) acts in the interests of the Canadian scholarly community by providing expertise and advice to the ORCID-CA Governing Committee and the DataCite Canada Consortium Governing Committee on leveraging maximum benefits through national adoption and use of persistent identifiers (PIDs). The CPIDAC replaced the ORCID-CA Advisory Committee in 2020. Please see the CPIDAC Terms of Reference.
Members:
| Susan Haigh (Chair) | Executive Director | Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) |
| Kevin Stranack (Vice-Chair) | Director of Operations | Public Knowledge Project (PKP) |
| Clare Appavoo | Executive Director; Member | Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN); ORCID Board of Directors |
| Martin Bernier | Chief Information Officer, University of Ottawa | Canadian University Council of CIOs (CUCCIO) |
| Darren Boss | Senior Programmer/Analyst | Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance) |
| Alexandre Bourque-Viens | Senior Policy Advisor | Office of the Chief Science Advisor of Canada |
| Jay Brodeur | Associate Director, Digital Scholarship Services, McMaster | Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) |
| Julie Cardinal | Directrice, Soutien à la réussite, à la recherche et à l’enseignement, Université de Montréal | Partenariat des Bibliothèques universitaires du Québec (PBUQ) |
| Liza Chan | Research Librarian, University of Alberta | Alberta Innovates |
| Dan Chow | Manager | Tri-agency grants management solution (TGMS) |
| Trevor Davis | Executive Director, Research Operations, SFU | Canadian Association of Research Administrators (CARA) |
| Pierre Denis | Director, IM/IT | Genome Canada |
| Matthieu Fortin | Directeur – Bureau de projets | Fonds de Recherche du Québec (FRQ) |
| Jeremy Geelen | Senior Advisor | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| Sherry Gill | Director, Evaluation and Learning | Michael Smith Health Research BC |
| Lisa Goddard | AUL Digital Scholarship & Strategy, UVic | Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL) |
| Guy Harding | Senior Project Manager | Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) |
| Lisa Haughton | Director of Description Division, Private Archives and Published Heritage Branch | Library and Archives Canada (LAC) / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada (BAC) |
| Michael Lam | Chief Data Officer | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) |
| Ariadne Legendre | Deputy Director, Data Strategy and Analytics | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) |
| James MacGregor | Manager, Research Infrastructure and Development | CRKN |
| Jamie MacKenzie | Director, Scholarly Technologies, UNB | The Council of Atlantic Academic Libraries (CAAL) |
| Tanja Niemann | Executive Director, Érudit | Coalition Publica |
| Sorin Seruna | Manager, Corporate Planning and Reporting | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) |
| Chris Sibbons | Senior Director, Production and Technology | Canadian Science Publishing |
| Tom Vitez | Senior Director, Applications | CANARIE |
| Lee Wilson | Director, Research Data Management | Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance) |
| Wei Zhao | Metadata Librarian | Scholar’s Portal |