Rosa Galvez

The Honourable Rosa Galvez (born June 21, 1961, Peru) is a Canadian Senator representing Québec (Bedford) and an expert in pollution and its effects on human health. She was appointed to the Senate on December 6, 2016. While a professor at Laval University and head of the university's Department of Civil Engineering and Water Engineering Galvez established its environmental research laboratory. For her work on the restoration of Lac Saint-Augustin, Société Radio-Canada nicknamed her “La Dame du Lac”. Her research on the devastating Lac-Mégantic rail disaster and fire of 2013, which contaminated air, water and soil, has been internationally recognized. She is a member of Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec, a Fellow of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering and a Fellow of Engineers Canada. As chair of Canada's Senate Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Committee, and through the production of science and policy white papers, Galvez has demonstrated the impact of evidence- and fact-based information on policy-making …

1. 1.Environmental Defence Canada12
2. 2.Davie Canada Yard Inc.8
3. 3.Ecojustice Canada8
4. 4.Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers7
5. 5.Canadian Medical Association7
6. 6.Citizens' Climate Lobby Canada5
7. 7.NATURE CANADA5
8. 8.The Mining Association of Canada (MAC)5
9. 9.McGill University4
10. 10.Canadian Chamber of Commerce4
11. 11.Oxfam-Québec4
12. 12.Canadian Institute of Steel Construction4
13. 13.Small Change Fund4
14. 14.Chemistry Industry Association of Canada3
15. 15.MakeWay Charitable Society3