Janet King

Janet King is Chair of Polar Knowledge Canada, Vice-Chair of the Canadian Light Source and Vice-Chair of the Canadian Science Policy Centre. Janet worked with the Canadian government beginning as an Arctic researcher and subsequently worked on health regulation, sector / regional economic development, northern issues such as establishing the Canadian High Arctic Research Station, concluding her career with an initiative to revitalize federal science laboratories. Janet recently chaired an expert panel on Canada’s national-scale research infrastructure for the Council of Canadian Academies.