Ms. Josephine Archbold is one of 230 leaders across Canada who was selected to embark on an unique and intensive 15-day program starting on June 1, 2012.  The experience starts in Halifax, where the participants will be coached by top Canadian leaders in the public and private sectors. The participants are then broken out into small groups and sent to different regions in Canada for an intensive experience exploring sustainability issues in the provinces and territories. 

Ms. Archbold is in the Alberta study group and will be exploring issues related to sustainability and meeting with business, government, union, aboriginal and community leaders in Calgary, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Fort MacKay, Pincher Creek, and Banff.  The conference ends in Ottawa, where the study participants will present on their experience to the conference participants, alumni and David Johnston, the Governor General of Canada. 

You can follow the study tour on the team’s blog and learn more about this experience on the Governor General’s Leadership Conference website at www.leadershipcanada.ca.   Ms. Archbold is looking forward to applying this incredible experience and lessons learned to providing leadership on issues related to the environment, public health and sustainability. 

Congratulations Josephine!

Dr. Loren Knopper, a senior scientist at Intrinsik Environmental Sciences, has recently been appointed as an Adjunct Professor in the School of Public Health and Health Systems at the University of Waterloo.

Congratulations Loren!

Ruth Hull, a Senior Scientist in the Intrinsik Mississauga office, will be participating in the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) Chemicals Management Forum on May 15-16 in San Antonio, Texas.  She will be speaking in two sessions: Transparency, Risk Communication & Stakeholder Engagement; and, Fostering Innovative Approaches to Promote Sustainability. 

For more information, contact Ruth at rhull@intrinsik.com or visit the CEC website at www.cec.org.

Dr. Loren Knopper, a senior scientist at Intrinsik Environmental Sciences, will be giving a seminar on the importance of biology in ecological risk assessment (ERA) to the Alberta Society of Professional Biologists on Tuesday, May 29th, 2012, at the Husky Conference Centre in Calgary, Alberta.  Loren will be discussing the theory behind the practice of ERA, go over the main components of ERA and introduce the concept, and show the utility of biomarkers/biomonitoring in ERA.  The intrinsic value of having biologists involved in the ERA process will be highlighted.

For more information on the seminar click here, or contact Loren at lknopper@intrinsik.com. 

Dr. Jon Daniels, Executive Vice President and Principal Toxicologist for Intrinsik Health Sciences Inc., will be speaking at a training course entitled “Toxicology for Industrial and Regulatory Scientists”.  The workshop, developed by the American College of Toxicology, will take place April 23-27, 2012, in Falls Church, VA.

The title of Dr. Daniels’ lecture will be General Toxicology and he will be presenting the principles of general (descriptive) toxicology testing, such as species selection, setting dose levels, and interpretation of results, and how these principles are applied in nonclinical product development and used to support regulatory initiatives.

For further information, you can download the course brochure here, or contact Dr. Daniels at jdaniels@intrinsik.com.

Intrinsik Environmental Sciences Inc. has an immediate opening for a junior to intermediate scientific position as an Environmental Risk Analyst in our Calgary office. 

We aim to offer our employees an environment that encourages professionalism, creativity, independence and continual learning. The assets of any knowledge-based company are its people, and we believe strongly in investing in those assets by offering training and mentoring of our staff. Like all modern successful organizations, we are committed to growing and advancing our employees’ careers by providing them with new responsibilities and opportunities within the company.

The position would involve providing support to intermediate and senior environmental risk assessors (both human health and ecological), in the following areas:

• Review of site characterization data pertaining to air, soils, groundwater and surface water;
• Screening of analytical chemistry data against regulatory guidelines;
• Critical review of scientific information and preparation of toxicological profiles; and,
• Risk modelling and statistical treatment of the data, using spreadsheets and computer models.

Ideally, the successful applicant would have the following qualifications:

• Bachelor or Masters Degree in biological sciences or chemistry, preferably in toxicology.
• Diversity in base knowledge (statistics, biology, ecology, mathematics).
• Candidates should be able to demonstrate strong written and oral communication skills in combination with a facility for technical detail.
• Familiarity with common computer programs is expected, and proficiency in computer programming and modeling would be an asset. 
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team (with in-house and external experts).
• Ability to multi-task (multiple projects/issues) and react to changing situations. /time management).

Please submit your CV in confidence to Mary-Ann Gaitan, Office Administrator at mgaitan@intrinsik.com.

One Friday each month, the employees of the Mississauga Intrinsik office wear their denims and donate $5 each to charity. We collect about $100 each month, and one person’s name is drawn to select the charity to receive that month’s donation. 

In 2010 and 2011, over $2,500 was raised for a diverse range of charities, both large (e.g., Canadian Cancer Society, Heart and Stroke Foundation, Red Cross, and United Way) and small (e.g., the Chinese Stem Cell Initiative).

For more information about our donations, please contact Ruth Hull at rhull@intrinsik.com.

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Intrinsik staff recently gave a lecture at the University of Toronto on soil contaminants and urban food production.  For more information, please contact Josephine Archbold at jarchbold@intrinsik.com or (905) 364-7800.

On March 9th, 2012, Intrinsik hosted an interdisciplinary webinar on Lead and Public Health.  Participants heard from three speakers with a diversity of perspectives: local public health; medical doctor and researcher; and consultant with expertise in biomonitoring studies. 

For more information on this webinar and to receive notification of upcoming webinars, please contact Josephine Archbold at jarchbold@intrinsik.com or (905) 364-7800.