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Janet Stein honoured with Donald M. Stuart Award at RIMS Canada Conference


October 8, 2013   by Canadian Underwriter


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RIMS Canada Conference 2013 – Janet G.M. Stein, director of risk management and insurance for the University of Calgary, was recognized Tuesday with the country’s highest honour in risk management at the RIMS Canada Conference in Victoria, B.C.

Janet Stein honoured with Donald M. Stuart Award at RIMS Canada Conference

The RIMS Ontario Chapter (ORIMS) presented Stein with the Donald M. Stuart Award, bestowed annually since 1979 to celebrate Canadians who have made outstanding contributions in the risk management profession.

“Throughout her career, Janet’s professionalism, superior risk management knowledge and unmatched experience has enabled her to help guide her institution and work with the Province of Alberta through some of the most complex and devastating challenges in recent history,” ORIMS president Suzanne Barrett says in a statement.

During the record-breaking flooding in Calgary this past June, Stein worked in the university’s Emergency Operations Centre.

Among her other many accomplishments, Stein has analyzed and implemented a variety of risk management programs for the institution, including the university’s first Master Emergency Response Plan and one of the first university risk management web sites in Canada; she has participated on a provincial committee during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic to create specific guidelines for students working in healthcare facilities; she was a co-recipient of the Les B. Strickler Innovation in Instruction Award from the American Risk and Insurance Association in 2011; and she has held numerous leadership positions on RIMS local, national and international committees.

Stein is currently chair of the new RIMS Canada Council Centralized Conference Programming Committee that works with Local Organizing Committees on the educational components of RIMS Canada Conferences.

“Today’s risks continue to gain in complexity and come at us with speeds that risk professionals have never experienced before. This tends to prevent us from taking time to step back and reflect on our careers,” Stein says, extending her sincere thanks to ORIMS for the honour and for “acknowledging my passion for this truly exciting and rewarding profession.”

Also honoured during the packed ceremony at the RIMS Canada Conference was Dr. Philip Samuel Mouser. Dr. Mouser, assistant vice president of Marsh Canada Limited, was presented with the 2013 Fred H. Bossons Award in recognition of the risk management professional who earns the highest marks on the three courses required to receive the CRM designation. 


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