CANECT 2026 Speaker List
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| 1A – Environmental Regulation & Compliance 2026 | |
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| Course Chair: Jessica Boily, Partner | Gowling WLG |
| Jeff Baker, Manager, Administrative Monetary Penalty System | City of Markham |
| Jennifer Danahy, Partner, Certified Specialist (Environmental Law) | Gowling WLG |
| Michael Finley, Partner | Gowling WLG |
| Jennifer King, Partner, National Co-Lead – Administrative Law Practice Group (Canada) | Gowling WLG |
| Stacy Porter, Associate | Gowling WLG |
| Graham Reeder, Associate | Gowling WLG |
| Gord Reusing, M.Sc., P.E., P.Eng., Principal | GHD |
| Alex Sadvari, Partner, National Co-Lead – BioEnergy Group (Canada) | Gowling WLG |
| 1B – Environmental Compliance for the Construction Industry | |
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| Course Chair: Linda Byron, Owner/Director | Blue Heron Environmental |
| Sarah Burke, B.Sc./Env. Sp., Project Manager | Dominion Construction |
| Serena Maki, Specialist/Lead Trainer | Blue Heron Environmental |
| 2A – The Evolution of Environmental Management: Past, Present and Future | |
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| Course Chair: Randy Sinukoff, Senior Associate | Stantec Consulting Ltd. |
| Joanne Badley, Vice President of Environment, Health & Safety | QuadReal Property Group |
| Janet Bobechko, Partner, Certified Specialist in Environmental Law | WeirFoulds LLP |
| Michael DeWit, Senior Environmental Advisor | ICF Consulting |
| Rosanna DiLabio, M.Sc., P.Eng., EP, Senior Manager, Environmental Affairs | ERCO Worldwide |
| Alex Gill, Founder | Mendicant Group |
| Joshua Slobodsky, Corporate Environmental Director | EllisDon |
| Sandra Tavares, Founder and Principal | Tavares Group Consulting |
| John Voss, P.Eng., Principal | Jupiter Energy Advisors |
| 2B – Environmental Issues: Air Quality, Climate Change, and Decarbonization | |
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| Course Chair: Brad Bergeron, Strategic Director, Principal | RWDI |
| Course Chair: Joanna Vince, Partner, Certified Specialist in Environmental Law | Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP |
| Huda Alkhatib, Sustainability Consultant | RWDI |
| Matt Costigane, Technical Director, Associate | RWDI |
| Claire Crawford, Scientist Engineer | RWDI |
| George Jaikaran, Environmental Analyst, Associate Senior Decarbonization Consultant | RWDI |
| Ali Naraghi, Associate | Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP |
| Jacquelyn Stevens, Partner, Certified Specialist in Environmental Law | Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP |
| Peter Van Delden, Technical Director | RWDI |
| Annik White, Technical Director, Associate Principal | RWDI |
| Matt Woods, Senior Decarbonization Consultant | RWDI |
| 2C – Excess Soils Regulation and Contaminated Sites | |
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| Course Chair: Janet Bobechko, Certified Specialist in Environmental Law, Partner | WeirFoulds LLP |
| Bahman Bani, Emerging Contaminants Community of Practice Lead | Jacobs |
| Krista Barfoot, Infrastructure Sector Leader | SLR Consulting |
| Meggen Janes, Principal Environmental Engineer | Geosyntec Consultants International, Inc. |
| Catalina Karam, Associate | WeirFoulds LLP |
| Reema Kureishy, Senior Policy Analyst | Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, Land Use Policy Section |
| Denise Lacchin, Senior Technical Director, Environmental Engineer / Regional BD Lead, Ontario | WSP Canada |
| Reese McMillan, M.Sc., QPRA, Head of Risk Assessment | DS Consultants Ltd. |
| Cherilyn Mertes, Senior Scientist | Geosyntec Consultants International, Inc. |
| Cameron Parrack, Director of Programs and Stakeholder Relations | Resource Productivity & Recovery Authority (RPRA) |
| Alexandra Polera, Environmental Scientist, Assistant Team Lead of Ontario Site Assessment and Remediation | BluMetric Environmental Inc. |
| Kyle VanderMeer, Environmental Engineer | City of Guelph |
| Andrea Wojtyniak, Senior Scientist | Geosyntec Consultants International, Inc. |
| 3A – Environmental Compliance for Water and Wastewater | |
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| Course Chair: Serena Maki, Environmental Specialist/Training Coordinator | Blue Heron Environmental |
| Carl Bader, Lead Project Manager | Tillsonburg Custom Foods |
| Linda Byron, Owner/Director | Blue Heron Environmental |
| Leany Moreno, Industrial Treatment Engineer | York Region |
| Kent Raymond, Municipal Bylaw Enforcement Officer | York Region |
| Bruce Taylor, Founder | Enviro-Stewards |
| Siva Thirupparan, Industrial Treatment Engineer | York Region |
| 3B – Dealing with Environmental Emergencies & Spills | |
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| Course Chair: Janet Bobechko, Certified Specialist in Environmental Law, Partner | WeirFoulds LLP |
| Sania Azim, Emergency Management Specialist | GHD |
| George Boire, Business Development Executive | Berkley Canada |
| Lindsay Furan, Supervisor | Spills Action Centre, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (invited) |
| Luke Greco, Environmental Emergency Prevention Officer | Environment and Climate Change Canada |
| Mark Jasper, Technical Director – Emergency Management, Principal | GHD |
| Catalina Karam, Associate | WeirFoulds LLP |
| Afeefa F. Karim-Nasir, Senior Manager (A) | Spills Action Centre, Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (invited) |
| Janya Kelly, Practice Lead, Climate Science | WSP |
| 3C – Environmental Due Diligence for Supervisors and Managers | |
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| Course Chair: Matthew Gardner, Partner, Certified Specialist in Environmental Law | Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP |
| Alessia Petricone-Westwood, Partner | Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP |
| James Power, Senior Project Manager | BlueFrog Environmental Consulting |
| Greg Fullarton, President | Fulco Environmental Inc. |