International Advisory Board

Mehran Alaee, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada 

João Vicente de Assunção, University of São Paulo, Brazil 

Georg Becher, University of Oslo, Norway 

Paolo Brambilla, University of Milan Bicocca, Monza - Desio Hospital, Italy 

Michael S. Denison, University of California, USA 

Jerzy Falandysz, University of Gdansk, Poland 

Heidelore Fiedler, Örebro University, Sweden 

Jean-Francois Focant, University of Liege, Belgium 

Begoña Jiménez, Institute of Organic Chemistry (CSIC), Spain 

Stuart Harrad, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom 

Gary Hunt, TRC Environmental Corporation, USA 

Stephen H. Safe, Texas A and M University, USA 

Shinichi Sakai, Kyoto University, Japan 

Jae-Ho Yang, Catholic University of Daegu, Korea 

Minghui Zheng, Chinese Academy of Sciences, People's Republic of China

Scientific Committee

Linda Birnbaum, National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

John Cosgrove, Axys, Sydney, British Columbia 

Miriam Diamond, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario 

John Giesy, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 

Paul Helm, Ontario Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Toronto, Ontario 

Rob Letcher, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, Canada 

Ron McLeod, ASL, Burlington, Ontario 

Derek Muir, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Burlington, Canada 

Terry Obal, Maxxam, Mississauga, Ontario 

Joanne Parrott, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Burlington, Canada 

Don Patterson, EnviroSolutions, Atlanta, Georgia 

Hui Peng, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 

Heather Stapleton, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 

Court Sandau, Chemistry Matters, Calgary, Alberta 

Marta Venier, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 

Jonathan Verreault, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec 

Tom Webster, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 


Organizing Committee

Graham van Aggelen, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Vancouver, BC 

Stelvio Bandiera, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC 

Farida Bishay, Metro Vancouver, Vancouver, BC 

Coreen Hamilton, Axys Analytical Services, Sidney, BC 

Dave Hope, Pacific Rim Laboratories, Surrey, BC 

Dorene Ganton, Health Canada, Vancouver, BC 

Marie Noel, Vancouver Aquarium, Vancouver, BC 

Nicole Riddell, Wellington Laboratories, Guelph, ON 

Peter Ross, Vancouver Aquarium, Vancouver, BC 


Dioxin 2017 Student Activity Team Co-Chairs 

Karen Compton, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC 
Mariana DiMauro, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC