TEAM
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
INDUSTRY COMMITTEE
GOVERNMENT COORDINATION COMMITTEE
(in formation)
RESEARCH & TRAINING COMMITTEE
Our leadership and committee teams represent industry, government, and academic excellence collaborating to ensure pan-Canadian representation.
We are actively recruiting committee and working group members who have the drive and resources to contribute.
Want to join? Contact one of our Committee Chairs.
LEADERSHIP
Executive Committee
Co-Chair
Managing Director,
Strategy & Partnerships
University of Toronto Robotics Institute
Government Committee
(in formation)
Co-Chair
Government Committee
(in formation)
Co-Chair
Senior Advisor, Space Exploration Policy
Canadian Space Agency
Research
& Training Committee Co-Chair
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
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Co-Chairs
Ryan Gariepy, CTO, Clearpath Robotics & OTTO Motors
Hallie Siegel, Managing Director, Strategy & Partnerships, University of Toronto Robotics Institute
Members
Andrew Allen, Director, Technology Strategy, MDA Robotics & Space Operations
Charles Deguire, CEO, Kinova
Eric Jackson, President, Cellula Robotics Ltd.
Pablo Molina, CTO, VP of Product, Chairman, Co-founder, Avidbots
Bruno Monsarrat, Team Leader, Automation, Robotics & Intelligent Manufacturing, National Research Council (NRC)
AJung Moon, Assistant Professor, RAISE Lab at McGill University
François Pomerleau, Associate Professor, Norlab at Université Laval
Frédéric Pilote, Senior Advisor, Space Exploration Policy, Canadian Space Agency
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INDUSTRY COMMITTEE
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Co-Chairs
Andrew Allen, Director, Technology Strategy, MDA Robotics & Space Operations
Pablo Molina, CTO, VP of Product, Chairman, Co-founder, Avidbots
Members
Christy Michalak, Director, Manufacturing Development Programs, NGen
Charles Deguire, CEO, Kinova
Eric Jackson, President, Cellula Robotics Ltd.
Ilija Jovanic, COO, Taiga Robotics
Jessica Yip, COO & Director, A&K Robotics
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GOVERNMENT COORDINATION COMMITTEE (In Formation)
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Co-Chairs
Bruno Monsarrat, Team Leader, Automation, Robotics & Intelligent Manufacturing, National Research Council Canada (NRC)
Frédéric Pilote, Senior Advisor, Space Exploration Policy, Canadian Space Agency
Members
We have engaged a critical mass of government agencies from across the country to form a "robotics community of practice". The Government Coordination Committee operates independently from other Council Committees to foster cross-sectoral interagency collaboration at the federal, provincial and municipal levels. Please contact Bruno Monsarrat for more information.
RESEARCH & TRAINING
COMMITTEE
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Co-Chairs
AJung Moon, Assistant Professor, RAISE Lab at McGill University
François Pomerleau, Associate Professor, Norlab at Université Laval
Members
Ramzi Asfour, Associate Director (Administration), Ingenuity Labs, Queens
Brandon DeHart, Adjunct Assistant Professor & Manager, Robohub, Waterloo
Amir Hajzargarbashi, PhD, P.Eng., Research Officer, Aerospace Manufacturing, National Research Council Canada, Technologies Centre​
Clément Gosselin, Professor, Laboratoire de robotique, Université Laval
Angelica Lim, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, ROSIE Lab, SFU
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Observers
Sudipa Chatterjee, Business Development Advisor, Mitacs
Hyelim Juliana Kim, Senior Advisor, Major Accounts - National Cybersecurity Lead, Mitacs
Sylvain Langlois, Manager, Manufacturing, Communications and Technologies, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
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