Board of Directors

Board members 2026-2027

Aviroop Biswas, PhD (President & Acting Treasurer)
Scientist, Institute for Work and Health;  Assistant Professor, Affiliated Scientist, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen’s University

Chun-Yip Hon, PhD CPHI(C) CRSP CIH (President-Elect)
Associate Professor, School of Occupational, The Chang School Toronto Metropolitan University

Kim Cullen, PhD (Past President)
Associate Professor, School of Human Kinetics & Recreation, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Robert Macpherson, MA, MSC, PhD (Secretary)
Research Associate, Partnership for Work, Health and Safety, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia

Dorothy Wigmore, MSc., MFA (Co-Communications Lead)
Occupational Health Specialist

Daniel Côté, PhD (Co-Communications Lead)
Senior Researcher, IRSST

Marie-Eve Major, PhD (French Translation Support)
Professor, Department of Industrial Relations, Université Laval

Aida Haghighi, P.Eng, PhD (Member-At-Large)
Assistant Professor, School of Occupational and Public Health, Toronto Metropolitan University

Desai Shan, PhD (Member-At-Large)
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Laura Bogaert, PhD (Cand.), MSc (Member-At-Large)
Senior Epidemiologist, Canadian Forces Health Services Headquarters, National Defence/Government of Canada

Momtaz Begum, PhD Candidate (Member-At-Large)
PhD Candidate, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Paul Taylor, BA, Dip. (Member-At-Large)
Paralegal, Paul’s Paralegal

Toby Desnomie, PE, NCSO, HSA, NPSO (Member-At-Large)
Founder & CEO, Indigenous Center for Occupational Health & Public Safety, Hereditary Ogihtcita Okimaw Kahahachapiw Nation, Treaty 4 1874, Founding kihei Okimaw- Confederation of Indigenous Workers, Board of Directors: Chairman- National Indigenous Research Council, Board of Directors: Chairman- Indigenous Workers Compensation Board