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Elizabeth Dowdeswell
Conseillère spéciale du conseil d'administration, Société de Gestion des Déchets nucléaires (NWMO), Canada
Elizabeth Dowdeswell's eclectic public service career has spanned provincial, federal and international borders and transcended traditional disciplinary lines. Throughout, her focus has been on engaging the public in public policy-making; seeking innovation in the successful management of organizations through change; and, strengthening communications and education as means to achieve results.
In October 2002, Ms. Dowdeswell was appointed President of Canada's Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO). NWMO's initial purpose was to conduct a study and develop a recommendation for the Government of Canada on the long term management of Canada's used nuclear fuel. Having completed that assignment, Ms. Dowdeswell continues as Special Advisor to the Board of NWMO.
Ms. Dowdeswell served as Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program and Undersecretary General of the United Nations, Assistant Deputy Minister of Environment Canada, responsible for the national weather and atmospheric agency, including negotiating the Framework Convention on Climate Change, and led a number of public inquiries into such politically sensitive issues as Canada's unemployment benefits program and federal water policy. Her early career included terms as Deputy Minister of Culture and Youth for the Province of Saskatchewan, educational consultant, university lecturer and high-school teacher.
She was appointed one of the first Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation mentors, helping to guide the public policy research of Trudeau scholars. She is also a visiting professor in genomics and global health at the Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto. Ms. Dowdeswell is a Director on the Board of several corporations and contributes in an advisory capacity to a number of not-for-profit organizations, including chairing the Scientific Advisory Committee of the new Council of Canadian Academies