About the Full Committee
During Full Committee meetings, NHRC Working Groups report to members and presentations are given on emerging research issues and special interest topics. The outcomes of the meeting provide direction for future NHRC activity.

Membership
To be eligible for membership, organizations must:

• Represent a national organization; federal, provincial or territorial government; or other organization with a constituency which has a significant impact on the national housing scene
• Have an active interest in producing or using housing research
• Be made up of individuals responsible for directing or using research and recommending priorities
• Actively participate in the NHRC by sending a representative, at their own expense, to the Full Committee meeting at least once a year

Members are invited to attend all Full Committee meetings and can participate in Working Groups. Staff who accompany the member are considered observers and cannot participate in the meeting directly. Other parties with a significant interest in housing research may be granted associated membership that gives them access to the proceedings and activities of the Committee through the NHRC’s extranet site.

Current members include:

Associations and committees
Association provinciale des constucteurs d'habitations du Québec (APCHQ)
Canadian Federation of Apartment Associations (CFAA)
Canadian Home Builders' Association (CHBA)
Canadian Housing and Renewal Association (CHRA)
Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP)
Canadian Manufactured Housing Institute (CMHI)
Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA)
Cooperative Housing Federation of Canada (CHF)
Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)
Intergovernmental Committee on Urban and Regional Research (ICURR)
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC)

Federal government
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), National Resources Canada (NRCan), National Research Council of Canada (NRC), Statistics Canada, Health Canada, Infrastructure Canada, Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC)

Provincial and territorial governments
All provinces and territories

Municipalities
Two standing membership positions represent the interests of large Canadian municipalities--one represents the East (Ontario and points east) and the other represents the West (Manitoba and points west) for a two-year term

One position rotates between smaller Canadian municipalities for each meeting

Academic institutions
One position rotates between major academic institutions for each meeting

The current co-chairs of the Committee are John Black, Policy and Research Division, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, and Michael Buda, Federation of Canadian Municipalities.