Allison Barr

Allison Barr has returned to her position as director of the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation's research branch after taking maternity leave. Interim director Craig Fowler has accepted a temporary six-month assignment as acting director of scientific and research collaborations. He will assist in building up the new unit which includes the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research and the Ontario Genomics Institute....

LAB Research Inc (LRI) , Laval QC-based non-clinical contract research organization, has made a number of management changes including the appointment of Alain Tanguay as CFO and two senior appointments at its Hungarian subsidiary. Tanguay replaces Louise Brussiéres and comes to LRI from Mega brands Inc where he served as VP and CFO for 10 years. In other news, LRI president and CEO Luc Mainville resumes management of the firm's Canadian operations following the departure of Dr Daniel Ménard after a tenure of just six months. LRI does contract research se