{"id":187197,"date":"2018-10-27T06:14:32","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T10:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=187197"},"modified":"2018-10-27T06:14:32","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T10:14:32","slug":"minister-bains-announces-appointment-members-standards-council-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/10\/27\/minister-bains-announces-appointment-members-standards-council-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Bains announces appointment of members to Standards Council of Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_124644\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124644\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/37236489220_9ee700087c_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-124644\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/37236489220_9ee700087c_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/37236489220_9ee700087c_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/37236489220_9ee700087c_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-124644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, announced the appointment of eight experienced leaders (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mgifford\/37236489220\/in\/photolist-6jzCBK-Y4zd15-YJsKAf-YJsJeN-Z9jFvp-YJsLts-YJsJWQ-YJsLUY-Z5wHQf-YJsMu5-Z6yKCy-Z6ySsA-Y4zsUd-9vAWMQ-9vxH6T\">File Photo<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mgifford\/\">Mike Gifford\/Flickr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"textimage-text\">\n<p>The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, announced the appointment of eight experienced leaders from various industries and fields to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scc.ca\/en\">Standards Council of Canada<\/a>\u2019s (SCC) Governing Council:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mr. Michael Burns, P.Eng., retired<\/li>\n<li>Mr. Tom Bursey, FCPA, ICD.D, Vice-President, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer, Council of Canadian Academies<\/li>\n<li>Mr. Colin Clark, P.Eng., Chief Technical Officer, Brookfield Renewable (reappointment)<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Fran\u00e7ois\u00a0Coallier, PhD, Elec. Eng., professor, \u00c9cole de technologie sup\u00e9rieure<\/li>\n<li>Ms. Kathryn Coll, President and Managing Partner for HR Atlantic (reappointment)<\/li>\n<li>Ms. Zakiah A. Kassam, P.Eng., Principal, AirVironment Canada<\/li>\n<li>Ms. Glenda Reid, BN, MBA, retired<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Brent Schacter, physician, CancerCare Manitoba\u200e and professor, University of Manitoba<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, Mr. Clark has been designated as Vice-Chairperson.<\/p>\n<p>The SCC\u2019s 13-member\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scc.ca\/en\/about-scc\/governance\/council\">Governing Council<\/a>\u00a0reviews, approves and advises the organization on its strategic direction and reports to Parliament through the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development. Ten appointments to this governing body are made by the Governor in Council and are the result of an open, transparent and merit-based selection process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Quotes<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe work of the Standards Council of Canada is essential to enhancing Canada\u2019s economic competitiveness and social well-being through standardization solutions. I am confident that all new and reappointed members of the SCC\u2019s Governing Council will apply their combined years of experience to the benefit of this important organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Quick facts<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Standards Council of Canada is a federal Crown corporation that promotes efficient and effective standardization in Canada.<\/li>\n<li>The SCC has a 13-member\u00a0governing council\u00a0and a staff of approximately 112.<\/li>\n<li>The organization reports to Parliament through the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development\u00a0and oversees Canada\u2019s national standardization network.<\/li>\n<li>The SCC also represents Canada\u2019s interests on standards-related matters in foreign and international forums.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, announced the appointment of eight experienced leaders from various &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":124644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-news","mauthors-innovation","mauthors-science-and-economic-development-canada","mauthors-government-of-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}