Officers & Directors

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The Canadian Society of Forensic Science is governed by a twelve (12) member Board of Directors.

Five of the members are Executive Officers of the Society:  President, President-Elect, Past President, Secretary, and Treasurer.

2026-2027 Officers

President
Karen Woodall
University of Toronto
3359 Mississauga Road
Toronto, ON L5L 1C6

President Elect
Nelson Lafreniere
Ontario Tech University
2000 Simcoe Street N.
Oshawa, ON L1H 7K4

Past President
Diana Polley
Centre of Forensic Sciences
25 Morton Shulman Ave.
Toronto, ON M3M 0B1

Treasurer
Nigel Hearns
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
1200 Vanier Parkway,
Ottawa, ON K1A 0R2

Secretary
Amanda Kaster
Mérieux NutriSciences
4- 335 Laird Road
Guelph, ON N1G 4P7

2026-2027 Directors

James Watterson
Laurentian University
935 Ramsey Lake Road
Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6

Mike Rosland
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
1400 Green Timbers Way
Surrey, BC V3T 4M5

Jenna Comstock
Ontario Tech University
2000 Simcoe Street N.
Oshawa, ON L1H 7K4

Kim Lavoie
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
1200 Vanier Parkway
Ottawa, ON K1A 0R2

James Rajotte
Centre of Forensic Sciences
Northern Regional Laboratory
70 Foster Drive
Sault Ste Marie, ON P6A 6V3

Karine Marcoux-Legault
Laboratoire de sciences judiciaires et de médecine légale
1701, rue Parthenais,
Montreal, QC H2K 3S7

Jeff Modler (Retired)
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
1200 Vanier Parkway
Ottawa, ON K1A 0R2