Thank you to Her Honour Edith Dumont, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, for Her Honourary Patronage, and to the Champions and the MPPs who joined us for SMP-ON 2026. Your engagement plays a key role in building connections between science and policy in Ontario. See below for a full list of this year’s supporters.

Lieutenant Governor

Hon. Edith Dumont, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. Photo-by-Cole-Burston.

Honourable Edith Dumont

Lieutenant Governor

Ontario

Champions

Lorne Coe

SMP Champion
Progressive Conservative Party
Whitby

Catherine Fife
Catherine Fife

SMP Champion
New Democratic Party
Waterloo

Ted Hsu
Ted Hsu

SMP Champion
Liberal Party
Kingston and the Islands

Aislinn Clancy
Aislinn Clancy

SMP Champion
Green Party
Kitchener Centre

Participant MPPs

Deepak Anand
Deepak Anand

Progressive Conservative Party
Mississauga—Malton

Teresa Armstrong

New Democratic Party of Ontario
London—Fanshawe

Stephen Blais

Ontario Liberal Party
Orléans

Will Bouma

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Brantford—Brant

Stephanie Bowman
Stephanie Bowman

Liberal Party
Don Valley West

Bobbi Ann Brady

Independent Candidate
Haldimand-Norfolk

Rob Cerjanec
Rob Cerjanec

Liberal Party
Ajax

Michelle Cooper
Michelle Cooper

Progressive Conservative Party
Eglinton—Lawrence

Rudy Cuzzetto
Rudy Cuzzetto

Progressive Conservative Party
Mississauga—Lakeshore

Lee Fairclough
Lee Fairclough

Liberal Party
Etobicoke—Lakeshore

John Fraser
John Fraser

Liberal Party
Ottawa South

Dawn Gallagher Murphy
Dawn Gallagher Murphy

Progressive Conservative Party
Newmarket—Aurora

France Gélinas

New Democratic Party
Nickel Belt

Alexa Gilmour
Alexa Gilmour

New Democratic Party
Parkdale—High Park

Chris Glover
Chris Glover

New Democratic Party
Spadina—Fort York

Ernie Hardeman

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Oxford

Terence Kernaghan

New Democratic Party of Ontario
London North Centre

Robin Lennox

New Democratic Party of Ontario
Hamilton Centre

Karen McCrimmon
Karen McCrimmon

Liberal Party
Kanata—Carleton

Mary-Margaret McMahon
Mary-Margaret McMahon

Liberal Party
Beaches—East York

George Pirie

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Timmins

Peggy Sattler
Peggy Sattler

New Democratic Party
London West

Mike Schreiner
Mike Schreiner

Green Party
Guelph

Adil Shamji
Adil Shamji

Liberal Party
Don Valley East

Dave Smith

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Peterborough—Kawartha

Jonathan Tsao
Jonathan Tsao

Liberal Party
Don Valley North

Tyler Watt

Liberal Party
Nepean

Thanks to the Science Meets Parliament organizing committee for making this program possible:

  • Matt McTaggart, Royal Military College of Canada

  • Christopher Caputo, York University

  • Cecile Malardier-Jugroot, Royal Military College of Canada

  • Andrea Mellor, University of Victoria

  • Mehrdad Hariri, Canadian Science Policy Centre

  • Zainab Taleb, Canadian Science Policy Centre

  • Trushar Patel, University of Lethbridge

  • Wendi Zhou, Canadian Science Policy Centre

  • Effie Pereira, Queen's University

  • Homa Kheyrollah Pour, Wilfrid Laurier University