In 1992 Dr. Mike O'Connor was awarded an Honourary Doctor of Science degree from Queen's University for his pioneering work in geo-environmental engineering. As the founder of Canada's first geo-environmental consulting company, O'Connor Associates Environmental Inc.. He gained international recognition for developing innovative clean-up technologies for petroleum and chemical spills, and has published extensively. He is a practitioner who has not only achieved excellence himself at the highest level of his profession, but has also, at every stage, continued to support education. This has ...

Ken Ogilvie has had a distinguished career in the environmental field, beginning as a project engineer with the federal government and progressing through various policy-related positions with the federal and two provincial governments — Manitoba and Ontario. He then served for twelve years as the Executive Director of Pollution Probe, one of Canada's premier environmental organizations. He has been a Board member and vice-chair as well as an Advisory Group member of a number of not-for-profit organizations, and was a co-founder of QUEST (Quality Urban Energy Systems of Tomorrow). He remains ...

Dr. Jan Oleszkiewicz is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Manitoba and an international leader in the science and engineering of water pollution control. His ground breaking research on nitrogen removal through bio-augmentation led to the commissioning in Winnipeg of North America's first full scale facility based on this type of technology. The process that Dr. Oleszkiewicz developed reduces the cost of wastewater treatment by millions of dollars. His expertise is sought internationally and he has contributed to wastewater and biosolids master plan activities for wastewater ...

Dr. James Olson is a visionary leader, pioneering researcher, and inspiring educator who has made transformative contributions to the forest products sector of engineering. As a direct result of Dr. Olson's innovative research and patented inventions, the pulp and paper industry can produce premium pulp using half the energy, has access to more effective fibre separation and refining processes, and is able to measure key properties of fibres more accurately and efficiently. Dr. Olson's honours include two NSERC Synergy Awards, two NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplements, an APEGBC Meritorious ...