Christy Lyon is the newest member of the Western Canada Operations team for Progressive Waste Solutions. Christy joined PWS this summer from the City of Calgary after 16 years, 11 of which were spent in the Waste & Recycling Services business unit. Christy’s experiences in the industry have crossed the spectrum from strategy to operations. […]
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Michelle Hannah
Michelle Hannah is a Waste Reduction Specialist with the Government of the Northwest Territories’ Department of Environment and Natural Resources. She works as part of a growing and dynamic team to create and manage programs to reduce waste in the Northwest Territories. The low waste volumes and high transportation costs of one of the most […]
Jo-Anne St. Godard
Jo-Anne St. Godard has been Executive Director of Recycling Council of Ontario (RCO) since 2004, and plays a key role in furthering waste reduction and recycling in Ontario and beyond. Her expertise relates to development of policies and practices that drive positive environmental outcomes under market-based approaches, and how they relate to stewardship and extended […]
Glenda Gies
Glenda is the principal of Glenda Gies & Associates Inc. and has been involved in designing and delivering waste diversion programs for more than 30 years. During the 1980s, Glenda launched curbside and depot collection of packaging and printed papers in the Region of Durham. As the first Executive Director of Waste Diversion Ontario, Glenda […]
Jason Grier
Jason Grier is the Senior Advisor, Policy and Public Affairs for the Canadian Newspaper Association (CNA). As a consultant for the CNA over the last few years, Jason has been responsible for advancing the industry’s issues in Ottawa and in provincial capitals across the country. Key priority issues for the industry include product stewardship programs, […]
Jane Fulton
Likely influenced by her family’s agricultural ties, Jane left her federal position at Industry Canada and moved to Alberta 12 years ago. Completing a diploma program at Olds College and receiving her Certified Crop Advisor, Jane started her career with Mountain View County as a summer student, and moving up over the years, she has […]
Pat Sliworsky
Pat Sliworsky is the Chief Administrative Officer for Mountain View Regional Waste Management Commission. Pat has spent the last 26 years in waste management. Pat was involved in the certification of Landfill and Compost Managers as well as a stakeholder group that put together the Standards for Landfills in Alberta.
Shayne Butcher
Shayne and his business partner started Calibre Environmental in 2003 when they realized unwanted paint was being destroyed instead of recycled. They conducted some research on how to recycle latex paint and visited the very first paint recycling facility in North America to learn the processes. In those early years, before paint stewardship was implemented […]
Jean-Luc Plante
Jean-Luc Plante is ÉEQ’s Vice-President, Optimization. An accomplished manager with more than 25 years experience working for various manufacturing corporations, including Sanimax, Uniboard Canada and Kraft Canada, he is known for his strategic and organizational skills as well as his ability to motivate teams in a climate conducive to success. Jean-Luc has a Bachelor’s Degree […]
Michael Goeres
Michael Goeres was appointed Executive Director of the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) in 2010. CCME is the primary minister-led intergovernmental forum for collective action on environmental issues of national and international concern, and is comprised of the environment ministers from the federal, provincial and territorial governments. As Director of Corporate Services […]
