Dr. Gabriel is the founding Associate Provost, Research & Graduate Programs at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. He has been instrumental in rapidly moving UOIT into a culture of research intensiveness. His tireless efforts led to UOIT being widely respected in the academic community and among stakeholders in governments, industry and the public at large. Dr. Gabriel is an internationally renowned researcher. He is specially known for his pioneering work in the area of thermal management systems for space applications. He holds a US patent for a heat-recovery system which ...

A visionary and passionate leader, Camille Gagnon has over 50 years of experience in the fields of innovation and economic development and is known as a rare innovation expert in Quebec and in Canada. As President and CEO at Innovitech, a private firm he founded in 1989, he has left a lasting mark with the ability to mobilize academia, industry and government. Innovitech, through Camille Gagnon’s expertise and leadership, has been at the forefront of major urban development projects, managed major research/innovation consortia. Through Innovitech, Camille has mentored, financed and coached ...

Professor Gagnon is an internationally recognized Canadian forward-thinking researcher who had a great impact on the educational and industrial level. He made some breakthroughs over the last three decades while he created and led two research chairs, many initiatives, spin-offs and institutes, and contributed to patents or led his peers to obtain their own. From designing leading edge radios and inventing a code technique that has an economic impact of around one billion dollars in Canada to allowing saving lives and giving access to virtual books to remote villages, his research is of great ...

Prof. André Galibois is a graduate of Engineering Physics, and has had a distinguished career at Laval University in Materials Engineering as a teacher, researcher and developer. He is the author of over 150 refereed publications, plus 8 monographs and book chapters; he has also supervised numerous graduate students. He has co-founded four companies in the field of automated welding, and has acted as a consultant in metallurgy and operational research since 1968. He is very active both on behalf of his Alma Mater as well as within learned scientific and professional societies.

Rosa Galvez, originally from Peru, is one of Canada’s leading experts in pollution control and its effect on human health. She has a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from McGill University and has been a professor at Université Laval in Québec Québec City since 1994, heading the Civil and Water Engineering Department from 2010 to 2016. Dr. Galvez was appointed to the Senate of Canada as an independent senator for Québec on December 6, 2016.Senator Galvez specializes in water and soil decontamination, waste management and residues, and environmental impact and risk assessment. Throughout her ...

For his ground-breaking discoveries, insights, and engineering solutions to heavy oil and oil sands recovery energy systems and routes for lowering their environmental impacts, reenvisioning the use of heavy oil and oil sands systems for producing clean hydrogen and valuable carbon-based products, training, and mentorship of trainees in the area of energy research, and leadership of energy-related initiatives and efforts to move research to solutions for the benefit of society.

Executive Jean Gaulin has played an eminent role in the development and operation of Ultramar's major oil refinery in St. Romuald near Quebec City, which currently produces 250,000 barrels a day. This is rated as the most productive oil refinery in North America, and one of the best in the world. Jean Gaulin has been President and CEO of several large public firms in Canada and abroad, including Gaz Métropolitain in Montreal, Ultramar Canada, Ultramar PLC, and Ultramar Diamond Shamrock. Since 2002, he has served on the Boards of several companies, including Crane, Saputo, Rona, Bombardier ...

Ibrahim Gedeon has made globally recognized contributions to next-generation communications systems. As Senior VP, Wireless Engineering, for Nortel Networks, he pioneered automated core provisioning and IP for wireless. As TELUS CTO since 2003, he has led development of its digital IPTV service, and the first integrated MPLS national core for wireless and wireline traffic. He played a pivotal role in establishing the IPShere 2008 telecommunication network. Leading TELUS' wireless network evolution, he has helped move Canada towards adoption of HSPA and LTE technologies. Since 2008, he has ...

As an influential leader, Michelle George has blazed the trail for women in operations, engineering, and construction. She is an authentic, intelligent, and well-respected engineer with a seat at the most senior table at Enbridge. Michelle is currently the Vice President of New Energy Technologies, delivering innovative projects and bringing low carbon commitments to life, including exciting work to introduce renewable natural gas and hydrogen into the natural gas system to green Ontario’s energy grid. As a professional engineer for over 25 years, Michelle develops simple and strategic ...

Dr. Edouard Gervais, former VP Technology and Market Research with Noranda Sales Corporation LTD, Toronto, Ontario and Manager of the Product Engineering division of the Noranda Technology Center, Pointe Claire, Quebec, is internationally recognized as an expert in the metallurgy of zinc and its alloys. At Noranda he distinguished himself in the creation and management of a new Product Engineering Division at the Noranda Research Centre.In 1991 he was appointed Executive Director to launch and manage the International Zinc Association (IZA), Brussels,Belgium. World zinc industry resources in ...