Muriel Interviews Ms. Elizabeth Dowdeswell
Elizabeth Dowdeswell’s eclectic public service career has spanned provincial, federal and international borders and transcended traditional disciplinary lines. Throughout, her focus has been on engaging the public in public policy-making; seeking innovation in the successful management of organizations through change; and, strengthening communications and education as means to achieve results.
The focus of her recent work has been on elaborating the links between public policy and science and technology. Specifically she was the founding President and CEO of Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management organization which develop a recommendation for the Government of Canada, collaboratively with Canadians, on the long term management of Canada’s used nuclear fuel. She is also a visiting professor in public health sciences at the McLaughlin–Rotman Center for Global Health, University of Toronto, with a particular concern for genomics, biotechnology and ethics. She also chairs the Scientific Advisory Committee of the new Council of Canadian Academies.
Ms. Dowdeswell served as Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program and Undersecretary General of the United Nations, Assistant Deputy Minister of Environment Canada, responsible for the national weather and atmospheric agency and led a number of public inquiries into such politically sensitive issues as Canada’s unemployment benefits program and federal water policy. Her early career included terms as Deputy Minister of Culture and Youth for the Province of Saskatchewan, educational consultant, university lecturer and high-school teacher.
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