February 2026 Environmental Non-Governmental Organization Forum

The CNSC–Environmental Non-Governmental Organization (ENGO) Forum met virtually on February 25, 2026.

Agenda

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

Remarks by and discussion with Pierre Tremblay, President and Chief Executive Officer of the CNSC

Forum business

• Approval of the October 28, 2025, meeting summary
• Update on recent or emerging items
• Spring meeting date

Listening tour update and What We Heard report

• Presenters: Nick Bridges, Senior Policy Officer, Reconciliation Policy and Public Programs Division

Reinventing regulatory oversight reporting

• Presenters: Karen Owen-Whitred, Director General, Directorate of Nuclear Substance Regulation; Samantha Pollex, Senior Transformation Management Advisor, Transformation Management Office

ENGO Forum governance

• Commitment tracker
• Forward agenda

Participants

List of attendees from the CNSC and participating ENGOs

ENGOs

• Sara Libman (ENGO Co-Chair)
• Carroll Chubb (Saskatchewan Environmental Society)
• Pippa Feinstein (Nuclear Transparency Project)
• 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)

CNSC

• Pierre Tremblay (President and CEO)
• Heather Crowe
• Colin Moses (CNSC Co-Chair)
• Julia Cropley
• Rhonda Walker-Sisttie
• Karen Owen-Whitred
• Bibi Roy
• Nhan Tran
• Tiana Branch
• Candace Salmon
• Jude Samson
• Michael Young
• Samantha Pollex
• Michael Gosselin
• Meghan Gerrish
• Nick Bridges
• Ana Martin
• Martijn Schetselaar