Person: Dr Marc Fortin

Mark Roman

Mark Roman has been appointed president and CEO of CANARIE Inc effective April 25th, replacing Jim Roche who held the position on an interim basis since February/10 following the unexpected departure of Guy Bujold. Roman comes to CANARIE from the Univ of Victoria where he is chief information officer. While at UVic, he was responsible…

Dr Marc Fortin 2011

Dr Marc Fortin has been appointed assistant DM (Science and Technology) of the Department of National Defence and the CEO of Defence R&D Canada, replacing Dr Robert Walker who left the position late last year to become senior VP at Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd, with responsibility for its nuclear laboratories. Fortin comes to DRDC…

Ken Armour

Ken Armour is stepping down as executive director research and innovation at the BC Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation. Armour is taking a position as executive director of Intergovernmental and Community Relations with the Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation. He will be replaced on an interim basis by Melanie Friesen, director of the…

Dr Gerri Sinclair

Dr Gerri Sinclair has joined the board of directors of Ballard Power Systems, Vancouver. Sinclair has a strong telecommunications background and is currently chair of the Canada Telecom Policy Review Panel. She is the former GM of MSN Canada and the founder of NCompass Labs, an Internet content management firm acquired by Microsoft in 2001.…

Dr Alastair Glass

Dr Alastair Glass has been appointed DM of the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation (OMRI), a recently created ministry headed by premier Dalton McGuinty (R$, July 1/05). He replaces Dr Tim McTiernan, who held the position in an acting capacity and now returns to his former role as ADM research and commercialization. Glass, who…

Dr Marc Fortin 2006

Dr Marc Fortin has been appointed assistant DM research at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). Fortin recently completed a two-year stint as a visiting scholar at the l’Institut de recherche agronomique a Bordeaux in France. Prior to that, he was chair of the department of plant science at McGill Univ’s faculty of agricultural and environmental…

Dr Noreen Golfman

Dr Noreen Golfman has been appointed president elect of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Golfman is currently serving in the position and will begin her official two-year term this November. She is a former president of the Association of Canadian Colleges and University Teachers in English and has a strong interest…

Dr David Cox

Dr David Cox has been appointed CEO of TEC Edmonton effective April 1. Cox comes to TEC Edmonton from Quest PharmaTech Inc (formerly Altachem Pharma Ltd) where he served as president and CEO for 11 months. Between 1994 and 2005 he served as CEO for Apotex Fermentation Inc, Winnipeg, Synsorb Biotech Inc, Calgary, and KS…