FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2003-03-25

Council members reappointed to the Standards Council of Canada

OTTAWA-The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) today announced the reappointment of Suzanne Morin, James Reichert and Yuen Pau Woo to the SCC Council. Ms. Morin, Dr. Reichert and Mr. Woo were first appointed to the Council in March, 2000.

"These three members have brought significant expertise to the work of Council," said Mr. Hugh Krentz, Chairman of the Standards Council of Canada. "Their extensive knowledge and experience have been invaluable to the SCC and we look forward to their continued contributions."

Ms. Morin is Senior Counsel, Regulatory Law, for Bell Canada in Ottawa-Hull, where she is involved in privacy, copyright, telecommunications and electronic commerce legal and policy issues. She received her law degree from the University of Ottawa, was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1992, and completed Queen's Regulatory Best Practices Certificate program in 1997. Ms. Morin is a member of the CSA International Technical Privacy Committee and was one of two Canadian representatives on an International Standards Organisation (ISO) advisory group on privacy. Ms. Morin speaks frequently at Canadian and international conferences and in June 2000, co-authored the Canadian Privacy Law Handbook, the first book published on Canada's new private sector privacy legislation.

Dr. Reichert is president and CEO of the Science Council of British Columbia, a Crown agency which encourages the application of science and technology for economic growth. Prior to this, Dr. Reichert was the Vice-President of Manitoba's Economic Innovation and Technology Council, an organization he helped create in 1992 to advise government and focus Manitoba's economic development activities on science, technology, and innovation. He is also a member of several science, technology and economic development organizations, and is a member of the Canadian National Committee on the International Organization for Standardization (CNC/ISO).

Mr. Woo is vice-president, research, and chief economist for the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, a national think-tank on Canada-Asia relations. He is also chair of the Canadian National Committee for the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) and director of the APEC Study Centre in Canada. Mr. Woo serves on the advisory boards of the University of Victoria's Centre for Asia Pacific Initiatives (CAPI) and the Centre of Excellence for immigration research at Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia.

The Standards Council of Canada is a Crown corporation with a mandate to promote efficient and effective use of voluntary standardization, and is Canada's representative to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). The SCC coordinates and oversees the efforts of the National Standards System and offers a variety of standardization-related programs and services. For more information on the Standards Council of Canada visit http://www.scc.ca or e-mail [email protected].

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