Climate Crisis Task Force
Protecting the environment during the ongoing climate crisis is essential to promote a sustainable and healthy lifestyle for current and future generations. As problem solvers, engineers provide important insights on system planning, efficiencies and integration, total lifecycle costing and scenario analysis for sound policy making when it comes to combating climate change and mitigating its impact.
Climate Crisis Task Force Chair
Tom Markowitz, P.Eng.
Tom is a retired chemical engineer with 30 years’ experience working in the Ontario Ministries of Energy and Environment.
Tom was a Project Officer for demonstration projects in renewable energy and energy efficiency. He was also a Senior Advisor in the Industry Conservation Branch, visiting dozens of Ontario industries to advise on their energy, waste, and water use. Later, he was a Senior Policy Advisor in Air Emissions and Strategic Policy. Tom was a member of the Ministry of the Environment team that produced Canada’s first cap-and-trade program for smog gases from electricity generators in Ontario.
Since retiring, Tom has been active in the environmental initiatives of PEO and OSPE. He was the organizer and Chair of a highly successful OSPE/PEO seminar, Climate Change: Ontario’s Path Forward, in 2016.
Tom has been a member of the OSPE Environment Committee and later the OSPE Climate Change Task Force since 2017.
From 2010 to 2015, Tom operated a website, Enerhope, providing advice and education on cap and trade for greenhouse gases.
Climate Crisis Task Force Members
- Tom Markowitz, P.Eng. (Chair)
- Shrini Avula, P.Eng, PQS, PMP, M.Eng, MBA
- Kadra Branker, P.Eng.
- Kenzie Lewis
- Tom Markowitz, P.Eng.
- Onur Orhan, M.Sc.
- Michael Pathak, P.Eng.
- Hazel Victorio, AMiChemE
- Lynn Wizniak, P.Eng., MScEng, MBA
- Saad Jasim, PH.D., P.Eng.
Get involved
Interested in sharing your expertise? Email us at advocacy@ospe.on.ca.
