Mr Clement has a Master of Science degree in Medical Physics and is a Certified Health Physicist. He has more than thirty-five years of experience in radiological protection, and prior to joining ICRP worked in environmental monitoring and remediation, radiological counterterrorism, and as Director of Radiation Protection at the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission overseeing radiation protection regulation in all sectors across the country. For several years he represented Canada at the IAEA Radiation Safety Standards Committee, and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency’s Committee on Radiation Protection and Public Health.

He has received the two highest honours of the Canadian Radiation Protection Association (CRPA): the Distinguished Achievement Award in 2011, and the Richard V. Osborne Founders’ Award in 2015. In 2019, he received the Ambassador’s Award from the Ambassador of Japan to Canada for his work in recovery after the Fukushima Daiichi accident and the promotion of mutual understanding and friendly relations between Japan and Canada. In 2022, he had the honour of being named as a G. William Morgan Lecturer by the US Health Physics Society, and in 2024 was invited to give the Dunster Lecture by the UK Society for Radiological Protection.

– Member of the Board of Directors of the Workers Health & Safety Centre, 1992 – 1996.

– Member of the Council of Ontario Sectoral Health & Safety Organizations, 1994 – 1996.

(COSHSO was an organization set up to oversee joint initiatives in health and safety training between labour and management organizations in Ontario.)

– Member of the Joint Steering Committee on Hazardous Substances and its Biomedical Surveillance Task Force, 1992 – 1996.

(The JSCHS and the BMSTF were committees appointed by the Ontario Minister of Labour with a directive to arrive at a consensus between labour and management in Ontario and to give advice to the Minister about: permissible exposure levels for regulated chemicals and substances; new regulations relating to workplace monitoring; new regulations relating to the provision of medical monitoring as well as the protocols for such monitoring programs.)

– Labour Co-Chair of Small Business Advisory Committee established through the Ontario Workplace Health and Safety Agency, 1993 – 1996.

(The SBAC was a joint labour and management committee appointed by the Ontario Minister of Labour to give advice to the Minister with respect to health and safety regulations for Ontario’s small business sector.)

– Alternate member of the Ontario Mining Legislative Review Committee, 1992 – 1996.

(The MLRC is a joint labour and management committee appointed by the Ontario Minister of Labour to give advice to the Minister with respect to health and safety regulations for the Ontario mining industry.)

– Member of Green Industry Ministerial Advisory Committee, 1993 – 1994.

(GIMAC was a tripartite committee appointed by the Ontario Minister of Environment and Energy to give advice on Green Industry Technology issues.  Its report was published in November 1994.)

– Member of Ontario Premier’s Labour and Management Advisory Council Secretariat to study Workers’ Compensation Reform, 1993.

– Participated as a member in the Governor General’s Canadian Study Conference, June 1991.

(The GGCSC is a multi-partite structure established to provide opportunities for Canada’s potential future leaders to share occupational and life experiences and thought processes with each other, over a 21 day period of intense interaction in various regional settings throughout Canada.)

– Author and/or co-author and/or instructor of numerous worker education materials on occupational health and safety as well as other topics.

– Author and/or co-author of various briefs and submissions to government agencies.

– Negotiator in workplace contract negotiations.

– Representative of workers and families at various Public Tribunals and Coroner’s Inquests.

International:

– Canadian Delegate to the International Labour Organization meeting to develop an International Standard for Health and Safety in the Mines, June 1994.

– Canadian Delegate to the International Labour Organization reconvened meeting to complete the development of an International Standard for Health and Safety in the Mines, June 1995.

– Member of the Mine Safety and Health Research Advisory Committee, 1998 – 2003.

(MSHRAC is a Federal Advisory Committee that gives advice on mining safety and health research matters to the US Government through NIOSH – National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.)

I have worked in the electrical power industry in Canada for the past 50 years. Commenced work in the Electrical Power Industry as a Generating Plant Operator in the sixties for Ontario Hydro. Progressed through the Operator classifications. Became a Union Steward in 1974. From 1974 to 1987 was active as an elected Union representative being involved with a wide range of Union activities internally and externally to the local Union. In 1987 was selected to a Staff Position with the local. Has served in a variety of positions within the local and in 1999 was appointed to his current position as Staff Officer Nuclear. Over the years have been involved with Bargaining, Organizing, Training, Health & Safety and most other areas of a Union organization. Served as a Board of Director on the Electrical & Utilities Safety Association of Ontario from 2003 to 2010 & still serves on the Radiation Safety Institute of Canada Board. Has and still serves as an alternate board member for the Canadian Nuclear Association. Represents the PWU on Canadian Labour Congress and Ontario Federation of Labour Committees. In 1993 was elected as President of the Canadian Nuclear Workers Council. In 2004 was elected as President of the International Nuclear Workers’ Unions’ Network based in Geneva Switzerland. Have many friends in the Labour Movement across the world. Has one adult son and lives with his wife an hour North of Toronto. Power Plant Operator – 1965 – 1987 On completing formal schooling entered a training program to become a power plant operator. This was with Ontario Hydro which was the public power company in the province of Ontario, Canada. Training consisted of company and external training courses as well as on the job training. Courses and training was engineer oriented. Over time progressed through different operator job classifications ending up as a Shift Unit Supervisor in 1981. During this period had experience in coal and gas fired power plants. This training and experience contribute greatly to knowledge of the transmission, distribution, and generation systems of the power industry. Union Experience and Training I became a union steward in 1974. From this time until 1987 I was a shop floor representative. Training consisted of many courses on Labour relations, public speaking, health and safety, etc. Experienced all areas of union activities – grievance, arbitration, collective bargaining, etc. During this period progressed from shop steward to the executive level of the Union. In 1987 I was selected to a professional staff position with the union. From 1987 to the present time I have had numerous training courses and have been extensively involved with national and international labour bodies. During this period I have learned the nuclear industry and I have visited many nuclear power plants worldwide as well as uranium mines, nuclear research centers, nuclear fuel processing facilities, etc. In 1993 I was a founding member of the Canadian Nuclear Workers Council (CNWC) and was elected as President at the founding convention, a position that I still hold today. In 1997 I took over the duties as CNWC coordinator. As CNWC President I am involved with presentations to the Canadian Nuclear Regulator, presentations at public hearings, nuclear power presentations to labour and public forums etc., assist the nuclear industry with nuclear power public relations issues, etc. I was a founding member of WONUC and held the position of Vice President/Canada until my union disaffiliated in 2001. In 2004 I formed the International Nuclear Workers Unions Network (INWUN) and was elected as President at the founding meeting. In 1997 INWUN came under the umbrella of the International Chemical, Energy, & Mines Union (ICEM). I hold the position of Chairperson INWUN. In this capacity I liaise with IAEA, ILO, NEA, ICRP, WANO, etc. on behalf of INWUN. Boards Radiation Safety Institute of Canada – Board of Governors – 1989 to present. Operating Engineers Board of Review (Ontario Government Ministry) – 1988 – 1993. Canadian Nuclear Association – Executive Board – (Alternate member) – 1991 – current. Electrical & Utilities Safety Association – Executive Board – 2003 – 2010.