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Emily Zegers is Manager of Toronto Water’s Process, Innovation and Energy team.  A wastewater process engineer with 25 years of water industry experience, her focus areas include wastewater process optimization, instrumentation and data management, process-driven capital planning, and greenhouse gas mitigation. Emily is a member of a past chair of the WEAO/OWWA Climate Change Committee and a member of several utility knowledge sharing networks including the CWN Net Zero National Advisory Committee, the WEF GHG Sub-Committee, and the IWA Climate Smart Utilities GHG Group.  She holds a degree in Civil Engineering from Queen’s University and a Class 4 Ontario wastewater treatment license.

Linda is an Environmental Engineer heavily involved in complex and multidisciplinary projects in both the public and private sectors. In recent years, Linda’s work has focused on supporting the pharmaceutical industry with environmental management and infrastructure construction. Linda has been a dedicated committee member with several Canadian and international water associations.

Geoffrey Gunn is a Senior Analyst working in the Canada Water Agency’s Data Office. A geographer by training, Geoff has worked at the interface of science and policy for over a decade from the Canadian Prairies to the high Arctic. Before joining the Canada Water Agency, he’s had roles at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, the International Institute for Sustainable Development and IISD-Experimental Lakes Area, and the University of Manitoba’s Centre for Earth Observation Science.

Water and Air treatment professional with strong foundation in Carbon Adsorption, Advanced Oxidation, Filtration, and Reverse Osmosis with field experience in Equipment Startup, Project Management and Troubleshooting. Two and half years of research experience in Ozone wastewater treatment and Supercritical Water Oxidation (SCWO) of Biomass.

In 2024 Mr. Goffin joined Toronto Metropolitan University as Water Policy Fellow in the School of Public Policy and Democratic Innovation and affiliated with the Bruce Fellowships in Canadian Freshwater Policy.

Prior to joining Toronto Metropolitan University Mr. Goffin spent more than forty-years in the Public Service of Canada, with Environment and Climate Change Canada, during which time he was engaged in policy develop and program delivery in a wide variety of areas including environmental protection, wildlife management, meteorology, water and ecosystem management, intergovernmental affairs, Indigenous relations and community outreach and engagement.

For more almost twenty years Mr. Goffin was responsible for leading Canada’s efforts to restore and protect the water quality and aquatic ecosystem health of the Great Lakes and in 2012 he was lead negotiator for Canada responsible for negotiation of the Canada-United States Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.  In 2020 Mr. Goffin took on a new role, leading the creation of the Canada Water Agency.

Mr. Goffin received his undergraduate training in environmental studies from the University of Toronto, and has a Master of Science degree in Geomorphology, also from the University of Toronto.