Rosa Galvez

The Honourable
Rosa Galvez
Senator for Bedford, Quebec
Assumed office
December 6, 2016
Nominated byJustin Trudeau
Appointed byDavid Johnston
Preceded byCéline Hervieux-Payette
Personal details
Born (1961-06-21) June 21, 1961 (age 63)
Peru
Political partyIndependent Senators Group
Alma materMcGill University
ProfessionEnvironmental engineer
Professor
Websitehttps://rosagalvez.ca/en/about/senator-rosa-galvez/

Rosa Galvez (born June 21, 1961, Peru)[2] is a Canadian Senator representing Québec (Bedford) and an expert in pollution and its effects on human health. She was appointed to the Senate on December 6, 2016.[3][4] At the time of her appointment, she was a professor at Laval University and head of the university's Department of Civil Engineering and Water Engineering.[5] Galvez has proposed the Climate-Aligned Finance Act, in hopes of creating dialogue about the finance sector's role in addressing climate change.[6]

Early life

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Rosa Galvez was born in Peru.[7]

She is the oldest daughter of Elias Rogelio Galvez Rodriguez (a mathematician and professor at San Marcos University in Lima, Peru) and Juana Rosa Tantalean Angeles (accountant and teacher).

She first became interested in science at age ten when she chose to do a school assignment on pollution in Mexico City. Her interest led her to go beyond library research when she reached out to her town's municipality to learn about local waste management.[8]

Education

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Galvez earned her Bachelor of Civil Engineering at the National University of Engineering in Lima, Peru in 1985. After immigrating to Canada, she earned both her Master of Science (M.Sc.), Environmental Engineering Technology in 1989 and then her Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering in 1994 from McGill University.[9][10][1]

Career

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Galvez worked briefly for the Ministry of Housing in Lima, Peru and received professional training at Sedapal (Servicio de Agua Potable y Alcantarillado de Lima).[citation needed] There she became interested in the remediation of contaminated sites. She worked with the Pan-American Center for Sanitary Engineering (Centro Panamericano de Ingenieria Sanitaria, CEPIS, of the World Health Organization, WHO), before moving to Canada in March 1986.[10]

From September 1986 to June 1994 while doing her master and Ph.D. studies at McGill she worked as research assistant and later as Research Associate at the Geotechnical Research Centre, Civil Eng. Department.[11][10]

In 1994, Galvez joined the Department of Civil and Water Engineering at Laval University[7] and served as head of the department from 2010 to 2016.[12]

Galvez was nominated to the Senate on December 6, 2016, on the advice of Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada.[2]

Research

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Her academic research has focused on the area of pollution.[7] Her research achievements include advising on international issues such as the protection of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River,[3] studying the oil spill of Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, conducting studies for the Government of the Northwest Territories on mining and lands sustainability and discussed cumulative impacts of a British Columbia hydroelectric project on the Mackenzie watershed.[13]

Achievements

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One of Galvez's hallmark research achievements was the study of the catastrophic oil spill at Lac-Mégantic.[14]

She advised the Commission for Environmental Cooperation on agreements between Canada and the United States and Quebec and Vermont on the protection of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River.[14][2]

Current research

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  • Advanced study of unconventional oil behaviour, innovative emergency measures to surface water oil spills: protection of water sources, Partenariat, Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et génie Canada, Subventions de projets stratégiques (SPS), from September 30, 2016, to September 29, 2019.
  • Centre de recherche sur l'eau (CentrEau), Subvention, Institutionnel - BDR, BDR - Centres de recherche reconnus, from May 1, 2017, to April 30, 2022.
  • Effective implementation of sustainable remediation by the use of novel eco-processes and emerging genomic tools, Subvention, Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et génie Canada, Subventions à la découverte SD (individuelles et d'équipe), from April 1, 2017-04-01 to March 31, 2022.
  • Institut Hydro-Québec en environnement, développement et société (IHQEDS), Subvention, Institutionnel - BDR, Instituts reconnus, from May 1, 2011, to April 30, 2019.
  • Knowledge Network on Mining Encounters and Indigenous Sustainable Livelihoods: Cross-Perspectives from the Circumpolar North and Melanesia/Australia (MinErAL), Partenariat, Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada, Subvention de partenariat, from April 1, 2016, to March 31, 2022.
  • Lac Mégantic : évaluation stratégique de l'urgence environnementale, outils intégrés d'évaluation des impacts cumulatifs, transformation et transport de contaminants, Partenariat, Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et génie Canada, Subventions de recherche et développement coopérative (RDC), du April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2018.
  • Suivi environnemental de la mise en lumière du pont Jacques-Cartier, Subvention, Les ponts Jacques Cartier et Champlain incorporée, du 2016-12-19 au 2019-03-31
  • Valorisation des plastiques de la collecte sélective en matériaux composites - Étude de cas chez Gaudreau Environnement Inc., Partenariat, Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et génie Canada, Subventions de recherche et développement coopérative (RDC), du 2015-01-01 au 2018-07-27

Awards

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Rosa Galvez has received many awards, including the following:

Selected publications

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White papers

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  • Galvez, Rosa; Addas, Amr; Péloffy, Karine; Rose, Sandy (October 2023). 2023 Update: Aligning Canadian Finance with Climate Commitments (PDF). Office of Senator Rosa Galvez.
  • Galvez, Rosa; Zrinyi, Nick; Péloffy, Karine; Laviolette, Stéphane (2020). Building Forward Better: A Clean and Just Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic | Senator Rosa Galvez. Office of The Honourable Rosa Galvez, Senate of Canada.[26]
  • Zrinyi, Nick (2019). Canada's Building Code in the Context of Climate Change, Adaptation, and Sustainability | Senator Rosa Galvez (PDF). Office of The Honourable Rosa Galvez, Senate of Canada.[27]

Books

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  • Cledon, Maximiliano; Brar, Satinder Kaur; Galvez, Rosa; Oyanedel-Craver, Vinka, eds. (2018). Integrated and sustainable environmental remediation. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society. ISBN 978-0841233676.

Journal papers and book chapters

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Prof. Rosa Galvez-Cloutier, Ph.D., P. Eng" (PDF). Laval University, Quebec.
  2. ^ a b c "Senators". Senate of Canada.
  3. ^ a b "Senator Rosa Galvez". Senate of Canada. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  4. ^ "Profile: Rosa Galvez". Parliament of Canada.
  5. ^ "Rosa Galvez - Université Laval". Vrrc.ulaval.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  6. ^ Shingler, Benjamin (May 27, 2024). "This senator wants Canadian banks to fight climate change". CBC News. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  7. ^ a b c Olivier, Fannie (2 November 2016). "Trudeau appoints 6 new senators for Quebec including a doctor, environmental scientist - Toronto Star". Thestar.com. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  8. ^ "Senator Rosa Galvez celebrates Science Literacy Week". Senate of Canada. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  9. ^ "*Rosa Gálvez: SI UNO LO QUIERE, LOS SUEÑOS PUEDEN HACERSE REALIDAD"" (PDF). Ingeniería Nacional. No. April. 2017. pp. 48–51. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  10. ^ a b c "Formation sur la Protection et restauration des lacs" (PDF). CLRA. 5 April 2016.
  11. ^ Privy Council Office (2 February 2017). "Report of the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments - Permanent Process (July to November 2016)". Government of Canada.
  12. ^ "Engineers on Parliament Hill: Senator Rosa Galvez | Engineers Canada". engineerscanada.ca. 3 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Biographical notes". Prime Minister of Canada. 2016-11-01. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  14. ^ a b "Meet Canada's Newest Senators 2016". Senate of Canada. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  15. ^ "Fifty-five new Fellows elected into the Canadian Academy of Engineering" (PDF). Canadian Academy of Engineering. 5 June 2023.
  16. ^ "Directory of Fellows: Galvez, Rosa". The Canadian Academy of Engineering / L’Académie canadienne du génie.
  17. ^ "Redefining influence: Meet the 2023 Top 25 Women of Influence recipients". The Globe and Mail. 3 April 2023.
  18. ^ "Senator Rosa Galvez – Women of Influence". Women of Influence. March 7, 2023.
  19. ^ a b Mize, Alison (July 21, 2022). "Senator Rosa Galvez Selected as the 2022 ESA Regional Policy Award Winner". Ecological Society of America.
  20. ^ "Senator Rosa Galvez". Clean50. 18 April 2021.
  21. ^ "Conseil d'administration". ParlAmericas (in French). 3 April 2022.
  22. ^ Engineering, Canadian Society for Civil (19 June 2019). "Canadian Society for Civil Engineering 2019 ACE Awards Gala Winners". GlobeNewswire.
  23. ^ "2018 Engineers Canada award recipients honoured | Engineers Canada". Engineers Canada. May 24, 2018.
  24. ^ a b "Shaping our Future: Engineers' Role in Addressing Climate Change". Engineers Canada. March 4, 2022.
  25. ^ "Peruvian Scientists". peruvianscience.com.
  26. ^ "Building Forward Better | CUSP #postgrowth research informing ambitious Canadian Senate White Paper". Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity. 26 November 2020.
  27. ^ "Rosa Galvez". Canada's National Observer.
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