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James Moore, Minister of Industry, and Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology), announced last week the appointment of Tom Jenkins as Chair of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC).

Jenkins is known to the aerospace and defence community for his work on the “Jenkins” report on military procurement.

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More details as outlined in the news release:

Jenkins is Chairman of the Board of OpenText Corporation and has served as a member of its board since 1994. He is an Executive Fellow of the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary and a member of the Board of Directors of both the C.D. Howe Institute and the Canadian Council of Chief Executives. Jenkins was the chair of the six-member expert panel that conducted the Review of Federal Support to Research and Development.

The NRC is Canada’s premier research and technology organization.