RIMS Canada Council National Education Committee

The National Education Committee (NEC) supports the following objectives of the RIMS Canada Council:

• Strengthening ties with chapters                                         
• Helping chapters lead                                        
• Rebuilding member confidence in chapters                                        
• Promoting member growth in Canada

The terms of membership in the NEC have been defined to provide for balance and continuity by ensuring that the whole membership does not change in any given year, and also to rejuvenate the committee and produce fresh ideas and enthusiasm through encouraging new members. In order to promote the RCC goal of strengthening ties with chapters, a requirement that chapter boards select or approve NEC members every two years has been included. Half of the terms in the NEC expire on alternate years.

Education Committee Mandate

• Improve the quality and availability of educational seminars to Canadian RIMS chapters                                  
• Raise the profile of risk management in Canada                                  
• Promote formal risk management education                              
• Assist those interested in formal risk management education in accessing that education                                  
• Assist the RIMS Canada Council and other sub-committees with education-related issues                                 
• Work with RIMS on Canadian formal education issues including                 
• Canadian content in the CRM program                              
• Ensure that the RIMS Fellow designation is valuable, accessible and affordable in Canada.

Education Committee Members

Jeff Schaafsma, Chair
City of Surrey, B.C.
Tel: 604-952-3641, Fax: 604-946-5796,
email:  jschaafsma@surrey.ca

Jim Swanson
Province of Manitoba
Tel: 204-945-1919 , Fax: 204-948-2452
email:  jswanson@gov.mb.ca

Dave Jackson
Saskatchewan School Boards
Tel: 306-569-0750
email:  djackson@saskschoolboards.ca

Angela Haywood
AltaLink
Tel: 403-267-3400, Fax: 403-281-3404
email:  angela.haywood@altalink.ca

Lynda Lyttle
Stantec
Tel:  780-917-8575, Fax: 780-969-2030
email:  lynda.lyttle@stantec.com

Carrie Green
Canadian Universities Reciprocal Insurance Exchange,
Tel:  (905) 336-3366; Fax:  (905) 336-3373
email:   cgreen@curie.org

Maureen Graham
City of Ottawa
Tel: 613-580-2424 Ext. 43093, Fax: 613-580-2654
email:  maureen.graham@ottawa.ca

Christopher Cross
L-3 Communications
Tel:  (514) 787-4932
email:   christopher.cross@L-3com.com

Adib Samaan, Member
J.D.Irving, Ltd.
Tel: (506) 633-3270, Fax: (506) 634-2446,
email:    samaan.adib@jdirving.com

Betty Clarke
City of St. John's
Tel: 709-576-8102, Fax: 709-576-8561
email:     eclarke@stjohns.ca

Tino Brambilla - RIMS Canada Council Liaison