Nipissing University will bestow an honorary doctorate to Roy Slack, president of Cementation Canada.
Slack is a professional engineer and a graduate of the Mining Engineering program at Queen’s University in Kingston.
In 1998, he launched Cementation’s operations in North America, serving as President, a role he still holds today.
In 2008, Slack was awarded the Engineer’s Medal for Entrepreneurship by the Professional Engineers of Ontario and presented with the Metal Mining Society Award by the Canadian Institute of Mining in 2009. In 2012, Rotary International named him a Paul Harris Fellow.
Slack has been active in numerous safety initiatives and in 2013, he was appointed to the Province of Ontario’s first Prevention Council to advise the government on workplace safety. In 2017, he was appointed Incoming President Elect of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, the leading technical society of professionals in the Canadian minerals and energy industries.
Slack responded, “This is very exciting and I am thrilled to be honoured by Nipissing University. In many ways this honour is recognition of the Cementation group and all our employees, who work very hard to support the communities we live and work in. “
He will receive his honorary degree during the North Bay convocation ceremonies being held at Nipissing University on June 9.
