October 2025 Environmental Non-Governmental Organization Forum

The CNSC–Environmental Non-Governmental Organization (ENGO) Forum met virtually on October 28, 2025.

Agenda

Welcome by Colin Moses, Vice-President, Regulatory Affairs, and Chief Communications Officer

Forum business

• Approval of the June 19, 2025, meeting summary
• Update on recent or emerging items

Update from the Registry on requesting confidentiality and submitting documentary evidence

• Presenters: Jude Samson, Deputy Commission Registrar, Commission Registry; Michael Young, Lead Commission Technical Officer, Commission Registry

Update from the Regulatory Modernization and Coordination Division (RMCD)

• Presenter: Sophie Dagenais, Director, RMCD

Overview of the CNSC’s oversight in regulating the packaging and transport of nuclear substances

• Presenters: Nana-Owusua Kwamena, Director, Transport Licensing and Strategic Support Division

ENGO Forum governance

• Commitment tracker
• Forward agenda
• Winter meeting date

Participants

List of attendees from the CNSC and participating ENGOs

ENGOs

• Sara Libman (ENGO Co-Chair)
• Carroll Chubb (Saskatchewan Environmental Society)
• Larissa Holman (Ottawa Riverkeeper)
• Anne Lindsey (Concerned Citizens of Manitoba)
• Brennain Lloyd (Northwatch)
• Theresa McClenaghan (Canadian Environmental Law Association)
• Michael Poellet (Inter-Church Uranium Committee Educational Co-Operative)

Observer

• Ole Hendrickson (Concerned Citizens of Renfrew County and Area)

CNSC

• Colin Moses (CNSC Co-Chair)
• Nhan Tran
• Tiana Branch
• Geneviève Boudrias
• Sarah Watt
• Sophie Dagenais
• Nana-Owusua Kwamena
• Jude Samson
• Michael Young
• Mathieu Frenette
• Robert Buhr
• Robert Dwyer
• Meghan Gerrish
• Ana Martin
• Martijn Schetselaar