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Board of Governors

boardThe Radiation Safety Institute of Canada is a self-governing organization. Overall authority and responsibility rest with its Board of Governors.

Governors are chosen for good sense, practiced judgment and broad experience and are elected independently from the business, academic, legal, health care and other communities and from labour, industry and government. A highly educated and professionally qualified staff of radiation scientists, educators and other professionals conduct Institute programs and services.

Board Members

CHAIR, BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Tim Armstrong, QC, O.ONT

PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Fergal I Nolan MA, DPhil (Oxon)

FOUNDING & HONORARY LIFE CHAIR
Delmar McCormack Smyth MA, PhilM, PhD

John Beaucage
Wasauksing First Nation

Arnold Cader BComm, LLB
President, The Delphi Corporation

Leo W Gerard LLD
International President, United Steelworkers

Barry H Gutteridge MBA

Duncan Hawthorne
President and Chief Executive Officer, Bruce Power

Peter Landry BAA, Med
Vice President, Government Relations and Research, oeb enterprise inc.

The Honourable R. Roy McMurty, OC, O.ONT, QC
Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, Toronto, Ontario

Ken Neumann
Canadian National Director, United Steelworkers

Victor V Pakalnis MEng, MBA, PEng
Kinross Professor in Mining and Sustainability, Queen’s University

John Perquin
Assistant to the International Secretary-Treasurer, United Steelworkers

Frank Saunders
Vice-President, Nuclear Oversight and Regulatory Affairs, Bruce Power

Maureen Shaw
President and Chief Executive Officer, Industrial Accident Prevention Association (Retired)

Dave Shier
Staff Officer, Power Workers’ Union

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