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Ontario Tech acknowledges the lands and people of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation.

We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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Keynote Speaker

Daryl J. Mayers, PhD

Daryl Mayers, BSc (Toronto), MSc and PhD (Saskatchewan) joined the Centre of Forensic Sciences Toxicology Section in 1992.  He recently finished his term on the Alcohol Test Committee (ATC) after 12 years of service.  He Chaired that committee for three of those years and during that time he addressed both Parliamentary and Senatorial Committees on three occasions (for two different Bills) when they were considering substantial amendments to the Impaired and Over 80 Sections of the Criminal Code.  He is a co-coordinator of the Breath Alcohol program for the province of Ontario and has lost count of the number of police officers he has trained as Qualified Breath Technicians.  Since coming to the Centre, he has also been responsible for thousands of cases involving alcohol and has given expert testimony at all levels of court in Ontario in excess of 600 times. 

He is frequently invited to address Crown Attorneys and Defense Counsel on issues related to breath alcohol testing and in the past has taught Forensic Toxicology in the Forensic Science program at the University of Toronto, Mississauga and courses in Forensic Toxicology and Toxicology and Drug Metabolism at the University of Saskatchewan.  

Dr. Mayers has served as the Chair of the Toxicology Section of the CSFS and has also served on its Board of Directors. 

"50 over 80": A retrospective on 50 years of forensic alcohol testing in Canada

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