Governance Structure

Governance

The Contraception and Abortion Research Team – Groupe de recherche sur l’avortement et la contraception (CART-GRAC) network will be managed by a Governing Council of 7-10 Directors: The co-Directors, the Directors of each research domain and a trainee member

Core Values

CART-GRAC is a network that aims to support people equitably to realize their own goals for whether and when to have children. Through health policy, systems and services research and knowledge mobilization, and researcher training, CART-GRAC works to increase equitable access to high quality family planning knowledge, services, and methods. CART-GRAC connects collaborators, fosters the sharing of ideas and supports new interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral collaborations with a potential for health policy/healthcare change toward the organization aim. CART-GRAC as an organization maintains independence from industry sponsored research.

For more information please view our 2022 Governance Report:

CART-GRAC Governance Structure

Terms of Reference for Governing Council


Members of the Governing Council are recruited and nominated by the Co-Directors, in consultation with the Emeritus Directors, and appointed by the Governing Council


The term for a Council Member is honorary (unpaid).


Council meetings will be virtual and/or in person and largely asynchronous dealing with the business of the organization as needs arise.


Consensus decision making will be the preferred model, with voting by simple majority when consensus is not possible. The Co-Directors may vote only when consensus, or a majority vote, is not otherwise possible