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The day-to-day activities of the Prairie Metropolis Centre are managed by the Co-Directors and an Assistant to the Co-Directors.. More broadly, however, the Prairie Metropolis Centre is governed by an Internal Agreement which defines its organizational structure and provides guidelines for its administrative and research operations. This Agreement is signed by the Presidents of all six participating universities, by partner organizations and by Investigators and Co-Investigators. The Internal Agreement was substantially revised in August 2007 in order to reflect the changes to the Prairie Metropolis Centre in Phase III of Metropolis.

According to the Internal Agreement the highest decision-making authority for the Prairie Metropolis Centre is its Board of Governors. The Board of Governors is accountable to the funders through the Presidents of the participating universities; and the Centre Co-Directors report to the Board of Governors. The Board of Governors elects its own Chair for a specified period of time.

Currently the Prairie Metropolis Centre has four standing committees. (1) the Executive Committee of the Board has delegated authority to make decisions on behalf of the Board during the period falling between the Board's in-person annual meetings. The scholarly work of the Prairie Centre is managed by two advisory committees, namely: (2) the Domain Research Committee and (3) the Adjudication Committee. The Adjudication Committee is appointed by the Board of Governors.

Finally, (4) the Data Committee is an advisory committee to the Board and is responsible for coordinating the purchase, sharing and distribution of statistical data both within the prairie region and nationally among the five Metropolis Centres of Excellence.