{"id":41524,"date":"2017-02-15T05:49:14","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T10:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox-newtech.tech-access.ca\/?post_type=news-lists&#038;p=41524"},"modified":"2026-04-13T09:17:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:17:26","slug":"tech-access-canada-announces-2017-advisory-board-members","status":"publish","type":"news-lists","link":"https:\/\/www.tech-access.ca\/?news-lists=tech-access-canada-announces-2017-advisory-board-members","title":{"rendered":"Tech-Access Canada announces 2017 Advisory Board members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"xn-location\">OTTAWA<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 15, 2017<\/span>\u00a0\/CNW\/ &#8211;\u00a0Tech-Access Canada, the national network of\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Canada&#8217;s<\/span>\u00a030 Technology Access Centres (TACs), is pleased to announce its Advisory Board members for 2017. The nine-member Advisory Board is made up of representatives from the member Technology Access Centres, and is responsible for setting and adjusting the strategic objectives for Tech-Access Canada.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-person\">David Berthiaume<\/span>, Executive Director of OLEOTEK, was elected Chair, and Dr.\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Nathalie M\u00e9thot<\/span>, Manager, Office of Applied Research and Innovation, La Cit\u00e9 was elected Vice-Chair of the Advisory Board.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to deeply thank Dr.\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Robert Luke<\/span>\u00a0for his leadership and prominent role in setting up Tech-Access Canada and acting as the first Chair of our network. It was a real honor and pleasure to collaborate with him on making this vision a reality!&#8221;, said Mr. Berthiaume, Tech-Access Canada&#8217;s Chair.<\/p>\n<p>Technology Access Centres are specialized applied R&amp;D centres affiliated with Canadian colleges or C\u00e9geps. Demand-driven TACs help Canadian businesses \u2013 especially SMEs \u2013 advance their products, processes and services by:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>conducting applied research and development projects focused on company problems<\/li>\n<li>offering specialized technical services and objective advice<\/li>\n<li>providing training related to new types of equipment and processes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tech-Access Canada is the national network of\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Canada&#8217;s<\/span>\u00a0Technology Access Centres (TACs). The network enables the TACs to serve any company, anywhere in\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Canada<\/span>, and help them access the expertise, equipment, and facilities they need to solve their innovation challenges. The network&#8217;s members provide clients and partners from across\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Canada<\/span>\u00a0with access to:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>expertise and experience of over 1,000 business innovation and applied R&amp;D experts;<\/li>\n<li>over 2.4 million square feet of innovation and applied research space; and<\/li>\n<li>over\u00a0<span class=\"xn-money\">$250 million<\/span>\u00a0worth of highly-specialized equipment and facilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;I am very excited to be part of this talented and dynamic group of people and to witness the development of Technology Access Centers in Colleges all over\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Canada<\/span>&#8221; said Dr. M\u00e9thot, Tech-Access Canada&#8217;s Vice-Chair.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the 2017 Tech-Access Canada Advisory Board are:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">David Berthiaume<\/span>, Executive Director, OLEOTEK,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Thetford Mines, QC<\/span>\u00a0[Chair]<\/li>\n<li>Nathalie M\u00e9thot, Manager, Office of Applied Research and Innovation, La Cit\u00e9,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Ottawa, ON<\/span>\u00a0[Vice- Chair]<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Tammy Wall<\/span>\u00a0&#8211; Operations Manager,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Canada&#8217;s<\/span>\u00a0Smartest Kitchen,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Charlottetown<\/span>, PEI<\/li>\n<li>Nancy D\u00e9ziel, &#8211; Executive Director, CNETE,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Shawinigan, QC<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Dawn Davidson<\/span>\u00a0&#8211; Associate Vice President (Acting), Research and Innovation,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">George Brown College<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Toronto, ON<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Marc Nantel<\/span>\u00a0&#8211; Associate Vice-President, Research &amp; Innovation, Niagara College,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Ray Hoemsen<\/span>\u00a0&#8211; Executive Director, Research Partnerships &amp; Innovation,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Red River College<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Winnipeg, MB<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Robert Franz<\/span>\u00a0&#8211; Director, Centre for Sensors and System Integration, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Edmonton, AB<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Jamie VanDenbossche<\/span>\u00a0&#8211; Manager, Camosun Innovates, Camosun College,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Victoria, BC<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Christine Trauttmansdorff<\/span>\u00a0&#8211; Vice President, Government Relations and Canadian Partnerships, Colleges and Institutes Canada,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Ottawa, ON<\/span>\u00a0[Observer]<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Jack Deyirmendjian<\/span>\u00a0&#8211; Deputy Director, Colleges and Community Innovation Program, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Canada<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Ottawa, ON<\/span>\u00a0[Observer]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;These individuals represent an Advisory Board with a tremendous skill set, bringing over a century of demonstrated and relevant college applied research and industry experience to the table. We believe their combined knowledge and acumen will further support Tech-Access Canada&#8217;s strategic objectives, and advance the success of Technology Access Centres across\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Canada<\/span>&#8221; said\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Ken Doyle<\/span>, Executive Director of Tech-Access Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Tech-Access Canada is the formal, national network of\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Canada&#8217;s<\/span>\u00a030 TACs. Based in\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Ottawa<\/span>, Tech-Access Canada facilitates the sharing of best practices between member TACs; works to harmonize service models across regions; and promotes college applied research to external audiences.<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE Tech-Access Canada<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rt.newswire.ca\/rt.gif?NewsItemId=C6508&amp;Transmission_Id=201702151100CANADANWCANADAPR_C6508&amp;DateId=20170215\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Marie-Jos\u00e9e Lavoie, Director, External Relations, Tech-Access Canada, Phone: 613.746.6626, Email:\u00a0mjlavoie@tech-access.ca, Twitter: @TechAccessCDA, 1 Rideau St., Suite 701 | Ottawa, Ontario | K1N 8S7, www.tech-access.ca<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-41524","news-lists","type-news-lists","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-access.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/news-lists\/41524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-access.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/news-lists"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-access.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/news-lists"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-access.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}