Government appoints 17 members to Science Council

Industry Canada has named the 17 members of the recently created Science, Technology and Innovation Council. "The Council will provide the government with policy advice on science and technology issues and will produce regular national reports that measure Canada's science and technology performance against international standards of excellence. It will play a vital role in providing science and technology advice on issues, identified by government, which are critical to Canada's economic development and social well-being," read a news release. Headed by Howard Alper, he will be joined by a number of distinguished people. Ø Francesco Bellini is chair, president and CEO of Neurochem, an industry leader in the development of therapeutic drugs for the Central Nervous System (CNS).Ø Eric Bergeron has 18 years of global international management experience in high-tech industries, including business development, sales, technology and finance. He is the founder of Optosecurity Inc., a venture-funded company that develops breakthrough security products for the Transportation and Critical Infrastructure markets.Ø Richard Dicerni was appointed deputy minister of Industry Canada in May 2006. Prior to his appointment, he was a Partner at Mercer Delta Canada (2005 to 2006) and senior VP, corporate and environmental affairs, executive VP and corporate secretary, then acting president and CEO of Ontario Power Generation Inc. from 1997 to 2005.Ø David Fissel co-founded ASL Environmental Sciences, and became president in 1982. Fissel has been based in ASL's Sidney BC office except for five years (1986-1991) when he managed ASL's office in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.Ø Peter MacKinnon is president of the University of Saskatchewan (1999 - present). He previously served the university as Dean of Law and Acting VP (Academic).Ø Terry Matthews is the non-executive chair of a number of technology companies including Mitel Corp., March Networks Corp., DragonWave Corp., Newport Networks and Solace Systems. In 1972 Matthews co-founded his first technology company, Mitel.Ø Marie-Lucie Morin was appointed deputy minister of International Trade on April 13, 2006. From December 2003 to April 2006 she served as associate deputy minister of Foreign Affairs. Prior to this appointment, she held the post of assistant deputy minister, international business, and Chief Trade Commissioner.Ø Heather Munroe-Blum is the 16th Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University. She is a member of McGill's Faculty of Medicine and a professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.Ø David O'Brien is chair of the board of directors of EnCana and chairman of the board of the Royal Bank of Canada. He is a director of Molson Coors Brewing Company and TransCanada Corporation.Ø J. Robert S. Prichard is president and CEO of Torstar Corporation.Ø Morris Rosenberg was appointed deputy minister of Health in December 2004. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Rosenberg served as deputy minister of Justice and deputy attorney general of Canada from July 1998 to December 2004.Ø Guy Rouleau is the Canada Research Chair in Genetics of the Nervous System, and is a professor in the Department of Medicine at the Université de Montréal.Ø Sam Shaw is president and CEO of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (1997-present), one of the country's leading technical institutes.Ø Molly Shoichet holds the NSERC Canada Research Chair in Tissue Engineering and is professor of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, Chemistry and Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto.Ø Mihaela Ulieru holds the NSERC Canada Research Chair in Adaptive Information Infrastructures for the e-Society at the University of New Brunswick where she founded and directs the Adaptive Risk Management Lab.Ø Harvey Weingarten is seventh president and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calgary.Ø Rob Wildeboer is the executive chair and co-founder of Martinrea International Inc.

Government appoints 17 members to Science Council

People | 10/19/2007 7:47 pm EDT

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