Person: Iain Stewart

NRC to strengthen collaborations with academia and government as part of evolving mandate

Change is coming to the National Research Council (NRC) with plans to modify the ways in which it generates new knowledge and expertise for business. The 100-year-old agency is recalibrating to enhance its role in the national innovation agenda by placing greater emphasis on exploratory research in emerging fields, stepping up collaboration with higher education institutions and enhancing integration within the federal innovation ecosystem.

A RE$EARCH MONEY Q&A with NRC President Iain Stewart

RE$EARCH MONEY managing editor Mark Henderson sat down with National Research Council president Iain Stewart on April 11 to discuss the organization’s recent internal consultations and plans for the future. Stewart assembled seven Tiger Teams to fan out across the country and report back to him in preparation for a Spring Memorandum to Cabinet.

Guy Levesque, 2010

Guy Levesque has been appointed director of programs at the Canada Foundation for Innovation, effective April 12th. Levesque returns to the CFI where he previously served as coordinator of institutional relations between 2002 and 2005. Since 2007, he has been manager of the Prairies regional Office of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council in…

Iain Stewart

Iain Stewart has been appointed to the governing council of the National Research Council. Currently assistant VP research at Dalhousie Univ, Stewart was formerly associate assistant DM of the science and innovation sector at Industry Canada and was heavily involved in the development of the 2007 S&T framework. He holds a master of public administration,…

Dr Hany Moustapha

Dr Hany Moustapha has been appointed professor of mechanical engineering and director of a new aerospace program (AERO-ETS) and its undergraduate aerospace institute at the Univ of Quebec’s École technologie superieure, effective March 1st. Moustapha spent 32 years at Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC), most recently as senior fellow and director for technology and collaboration…

John McDougall

John McDougall has been appointed president of the National Research Council effective April 19th, replacing Dr Pierre Coulombe who left the position in mid February. Currently chair of Innoventures Canada (a national consortium of Canada’s research and technology deployment organizations) and a director of PFB Corp (industrial products made from beaded foam plastics), McDougall served…

Dr Anthony De Vuono

Dr Anthony De Vuono has been appointed senior VP and chief technology officer of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL), effective August 4th. As one of three VPs in the CANDU reactor division, De Vuono will be responsible for developing AECL’s technology with a focus on competitive costing, safety and licensing requirements. He holds a…

Dr Prakash Patnaik

Dr Prakash Patnaik has been appointed to the Research and Technology Organization of NATO and its Applied Vehicle Technology panel. He is already chair of NATO’s technical committee on mechanical systems and materials for the latter panel. Patnaik is a director and chief defence scientist at the National Research Council’s Institute of Aerospace Research (IAR).…

Mitch Davies

Mitch Davies has been appointed associate assistant DM of Industry Canada’s science and innovation sector, succeeding