Recordings from the NWWC 2021 are currently restricted to delegates only. 

Health Canada will join us to update on Health Canada’s activities on drinking water including updates on draft and upcoming Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality.

France Lemieux is the Head of the Materials and Treatment Section in Health Canada’s Water and Air Quality Bureau. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and a Masters’ degree in Civil Engineering -Water Resources. During her 33 year career at Health Canada, she has worked in drinking water for 23 years and has expertise in lead, copper and corrosion control. She is a member of various U.S. and Canadian committees on health-based standards for drinking water, treatment units and plumbing standards; Chair of the NSF Additives Joint Committee, a member of the NSF Council for Public Health Consultant and Chair of the Water Quality Association’s Public Health Review Board as well as sitting on the Board of Directors of RESEAU Centre for Mobilizing Innovation (RESEAU).  

Anne Vézina holds a Master of Science in Environmental Health from the University of Montréal, with a specialization in human health risk assessment, as well as a Master of Science in Environmental Toxicology and a Bachelor of Science in Biology, both from the University of Quebec in Montréal. Anne has been working as a senior science advisor in the Water and Air Quality Bureau of Health Canada since 2005. Anne’s primary roles since 2008 have been to coordinate the activities of the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water, and to contribute to human health risk assessments for chemical parameters in drinking water, to support the development of the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality.

Experts from Public Safety Canada will update on tools and programs available to help secure cyber assets.

Helen Artelle is the Acting Manager of the Critical Infrastructure (CI) Strategic Coordination team at Public Safety Canada (PS).  She oversees the delivery of activities and engagement in various program areas, including Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security; Insider Risk; cyber security assessments; and exercises, aimed at increasing the resilience of Canadian critical infrastructure. Prior to joining the CI directorate in 2017, Helen worked in the Emergency Management and Programs Branch at PS, and has also held positions at Justice Canada and Correctional Service Canada. 

Jean-Pierre Sturgeon is the Manager for Critical Infrastructure Partnerships, Energy Sector, at the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (a part of the Communications Security Establishment (CSE)). Jean-Pierre has worked at CSE for 19 years, holding various positions throughout the organization, focusing on cybersecurity for the last 12. He is a graduate of Carleton University’s Norman Paterson School of International Affairs with an MA in International Affairs.

Nancy Hill will be presenting on the Canadian Infrastructure Benchmarking Initiative (CIBI). The benchmarking initiative was first developed in 1998 by four municipalities but has now grown to include over 50 Canadian municipalities. It now serves as the national standard for water, wastewater, stormwater and roads benchmarking in Canada and is considered to be the world’s most advanced public sector metric benchmarking exercise. The project has grown beyond metric benchmarking to facilitate process improvements in infrastructure management.

Join us for a webinar featuring Jonathan Duguay-Arbesfeld and Alex Ryan from the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB), an impact investor supporting the next generation of infrastructure Canadians need. Jonathan and Alex have led the development of the CIB’s new Infrastructure for Housing Initiative, which includes solutions for water and wastewater infrastructure. They will share insights on how your community can engage with the CIB to unlock more housing by investing in critical water and wastewater infrastructure. Register today!

Jonathan is a Managing Director, Investments, at the CIB, and focuses on a number of sectors (including broadband and industrial decarbonization) and initiatives (including Infrastructure for Housing and Charging & Hydrogen Refuelling) nationwide. Jonathan has been part of the Canadian infrastructure financing landscape since 2008, including nine years with Casgrain & Company.

Alex Ryan is a Director, Investments at the CIB, and helped to develop the CIB’s Infrastructure for Housing Initiative and also covers projects in the clean power sector at the bank. He brings an extensive knowledge of project finance for major infrastructure projects, with prior experience at both Graham Construction and advisory firm Operis.

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