Dr. Tim McTiernan was appointed president and vice-chancellor of UOIT on July 1, 2011. Dr. McTiernan has held numerous academic and leadership roles throughout Canada in the university, college and government sectors.

Dr. McTiernan has more than 25 years of senior-level leadership and administrative experience spanning the areas of innovation; research administration and commercialization; social and economic development; and post-secondary education. Dr. McTiernan has served as assistant vice-president, Government, Institutional and Community Relations; interim vice-president, Research; assistant vice-president, Research and executive director, The Innovations Group, University of Toronto; acting deputy minister, assistant deputy minister and chief operating officer, Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation; president, Canadore College of Applied Arts and Technology in North Bay, Ontario; and deputy minister, cabinet secretary and chief negotiator for Land Claims, Self-Government and Devolution, Yukon government.

Internationally he serves on the board of Atlantic Corridor - Ireland. Nationally he is a member of the Council of Canadian Academies' Expert Panel on Science Performance and Research Funding, and the Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) Advisory Board for the National Research Council. In addition, he serves on a number of boards, including Ontario Genomics Institute and the Yves Landry Foundation. He previously served on the founding board of MaRS Innovation, MaRS, MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund Inc., the board of BioDiscovery Toronto, chaired the Committee of the Presidents of the Ontario Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology (now Colleges Ontario) and was co-chair of the College-University Consortium Council. He has served as a trustee of the Ontario Innovation Trust, a member of the North Bay Economic Development Commission, a board member of Contact North - Canada's largest distance education network, a member of the secretariat to the National Task Force on Environment and Economy, a founding member both of the Dispute Resolution Board established pursuant to the Yukon First Nations Land Claims Settlement Act and of the Environmental Impact Screening Committee established pursuant to the Western Arctic (Inuvialuit) Claims Settlement Act.

Dr. McTiernan has published on innovation, conservation, sustainable development and post-secondary education policy. He is a frequent conference presenter and panellist and has lectured for University of British Columbia.

From Kilkenny, Ireland, Dr. McTiernan earned his Bachelor of Arts (Mod) in Psychology and Philosophy (1973) from Trinity College in Dublin, and his Master of Arts degree (1977) and PhD (1982) in Psychology from the University of British Columbia.

A founder of the environment movement and known as the sensible environmentalist, Dr. Patrick Moore believes that one of our most serious environmental problems can be attributed to the ineffective communication between special interest groups and the business community. A leader of the international environmental movement for more than 30 years, Dr. Moore reveals the myths and misinformation that distort current environmental debates.

Martha Healey has considerable expertise in federal and provincial regulatory matters, specifically in federally regulated matters, including competition, health, agricultural and consumer products regulation, food, drug, cosmetic and consumer product recalls, transportation, privacy, records management and access to information. Ms. Healey advises clients regularly in the food, drug (human and veterinarian), medical device, natural health product, pesticide, animal feed, communications and other commercial sectors. Her practice includes telecommunications, transportation, life sciences and competition law (including mergers, marketing practices and advertising), as well as information and e-commerce regulation and conflict of interest investigation. She is Chair of the administrative law and judicial review team.

Ms. Healey liaises regularly with federal regulatory officials. She advises clients on preparing and implementing corporate competition and privacy law compliance audits and plans, industry certification programs and advertising and marketing programs, as well as on access to information litigation, third-party responses to access requests and numerous other issues. She also provides competition and privacy law advice to existing Canadian businesses and new business entrants into Canada.

Ms. Healey has appeared before the Federal Court, the Federal Court of Appeal, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Appeal. She has also appeared before and participated in proceedings before federal and provincial tribunals and regulatory authorities and a federal commission of inquiry.

Mr. Hay joined CIBC in 2010 as Managing Director and Vice Chairman of CIBC World Markets Inc. In his role, Mr. Hay focuses on senior relationships for CIBC with particular attention to power and utility clients.

Mr. Hay was the CEO of New Brunswick Power Corporation for six years ending January 2010. Mr. Hay and his team, using various private sector management techniques executed a turnaround of the corporation. He was appointed by a conservative government and renewed by a subsequent liberal government. Focus was on operations, HR and financial performance. A ten percent reduction in headcount, introduction of Balanced Scorecard methodology and other techniques turned four years of losses ($156 million) into five profitable years ($285 million). A failed fuel deal with Venezuela was rehabilitated through a $338 million settlement with the Chavez government. HR focus on “people at their best” resulted in a Top 100 Employer designation for the past three years and a zero lost time accident record over a 12 month period.

Prior to NB Power, Mr. Hay ran his own consulting company, Delgatie Incorporated which orchestrated the IPO financing for Star Choice Communications, and the TSX public takeover of Champion Road Machinery by Volvo. From 1984 to 1996 Mr. Hay worked for Merrill Lynch in Toronto and London England with the bulk of his career spent in European Mergers and Acquisitions ending up as Managing Director. On his return to Canada, Mr. Hay was a Senior Vice President and Director responsible for Mergers and Acquisitions.

A lawyer by training, Mr. Hay started his career as at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt in Toronto, was a Law Clerk at the Supreme Court of Ontario and taught part time at both the University of Toronto and University of New Brunswick.

An original internet explorer, Lucia Mancuso is proud to be the Lead Strategist and President of The Blog Studio. Since 2003, Lucia has been pioneering digital platforms for brands and businesses. She began blazing these trails by extolling the virtues of blogging, and literally wrote the book on how to communicate effectively online.

Today, Lucia seamlessly integrates the entire social web into an organization's online story. She teaches some of the world's most recognizable brands, Fortune 500 Corporations and start-ups how to join and contribute to vibrant online cultures. With a background in design and marketing, Lucia's unique perspective has made her a highly-regarded industry expert.

Lucia often speaks at industry events about social media, digital content and brand management. She has also appeared on the tech sector world stage, with a feature on TechTV, and two appearances at North by Northeast, South by Southwest and Social Media Week.

Dr. Rick Miner is President of Miner and Miner Ltd., a management consulting firm that specializes in issues related to labour force demand, jobs of the future, Human Resource Management and post-secondary education. Prior to this position, he served as Seneca College’s President from August 2001 to July 2009, at which time he retired and was appointed at Seneca’s President Emeritus.

Prior to joining Seneca, he was Vice-President, University of New Brunswick for seven years. Before his term at UNB, he was at Saint Mary’s University in Nova Scotia where he served as Director of the Canada/China Language and Cultural Program from 1989 to 1993, Dean of Commerce from 1982 to 1987, and MBA Director from 1978 to 1981. Dr. Miner has also held faculty positions with the University of New Brunswick, the University of Toronto and Saint Mary’s University.

Dr. Miner holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from Gettysburg College, a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Utah and a Doctorate in Management from the University of Minnesota.

He has written books and papers on the subjects of management, organizational behavior and labour force projections, and has spoken extensively in Canada and abroad on these and related topics.

Amongst the awards he has received are the Ontario Minister of Training Colleges and Universities Life Time Achievement award for 2010, the President’s Award, Saint John Board of Trade, a CIDA Professional Award, MBA Professor of the Year (Saint Mary’s University) and various community and student recognitions.

Dr. Miner is Past Chair of the Committee of Presidents of Ontario Colleges. He has served on the boards of the Millennium Scholarship Foundation, the Ontario Innovation Trust, the Saint John Airport Authority, the University of New Brunswick, Seneca College, Polytechnics Canada, the Toronto Regional Research Alliance, The Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance, RC-2020 (an association of large urban colleges, where he has been appointed as an emeritus member) and Seneca Corporation. He is currently on the Board of the CAAT Pension Plan as well as a member of the Canadian Foundation for Innovation. He was actively involved with the Toronto Financial Services Alliance and the Transportation Advisory Committee of Metrolinx (formerly the Greater Toronto Transit Authority).

Dr. Miner works closely with various government departments on issues that impact on immigration, the skills shortage, innovation and commercialization.

In 2007, New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham appointed Dr. Miner as commissioner of the province’s Commission on Post-Secondary Education. The Commission reviewed the entirety of the province’s post-secondary system, including public and private universities and colleges. The report (Advantage New Brunswick) was delivered to the Premier in September 2007, and the government acted on its recommendations in 2008. In July 2008, Dr. Miner was appointed by Federal and Provincial Labour Ministers to serve on a five person panel to recommend improvements to Canada’s Labour Market Information System. The panel report was completed in June 2009.

David McFadden is a partner in Gowlings' Toronto office, Chair of the Firm's International group, a member of the Firm's Board of Trustees, Chair of Gowlings’ International Management Committee and of the Gowlings International Strategic Advisory Group (GISAG). David has extensive international experience, whether it be for clients investing or operating in Canada, Canadian clients investing or operating internationally or international clients abroad, particularly in the energy, infrastructure, financial services and aerospace industries.

GISAG was formed to provide a strategic and business complement to the Firm's already impressive legal capabilities, advising clients at the highest level on their international business needs. The group provides advisory services in the areas of corporate and business strategy, industry and organizational restructuring, government relations and lobbying, government restructuring and regulatory regime development, regulatory affairs, public policy strategy development, financing, international financial regulation, corporate governance and security advice, and planning and risk management. Working seamlessly with other Gowlings professionals, David and other members of GISAG help clients to manage risk and extract value in high-stakes international deals or multi-country expansions.

David acts for corporations, municipalities and utilities involved in the generation, distribution, marketing and financing of energy. He also acts for clients involved in infrastructure development, management and renewal. He has acted as counsel in a variety of infrastructure projects including toll highways and tunnels, light rail systems and health care facilities.

Bryne Purchase began his career in public policy in 1975 with the Ontario Ministry of Treasury and Economics, advancing to Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Economist in the Office of Economic Policy (1984-88). During that time he also served in New York as Senior Counselor, Economic Affairs.

From 1988 to 1998, Dr Purchase was a principal in Strategico, a corporate strategy and public policy consulting company and later served at the C.D. Howe Institute, the Economic Council of Canada and as a Senior Fellow in the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University.

Dr. Purchase returned to the Ontario government in 1998, accepting the concurrent positions of Deputy Minister of Finance, Deputy Minister of Revenue and Deputy Minister of Economics, and served in these capacities until August 2000 when he assumed the position of Deputy Minister, Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology. He retired in May, 2004. He is a former director of the Ontario Innovation Trust, SuperBuild Corporation, OPG Ventures Corporation and Chair of the Board of the Ontario Financing Authority and the Ontario Electric Financial Corporation.

A PhD graduate in Economics from the University of Toronto, Dr. Purchase is the author of a number of publications relating to governance, economics and competitiveness. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the School of Policy Studies, Queen’s University and founding Executive Director of the Queen’s institute for Energy and Environmental Policy.