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Georgette Macdonald is the Director General of the National Research Council’s Metrology Research Centre, Canada’s National Metrology Institute (NMI). Georgette provides the overall vision and direction for the research activities and measurement services delivered by NRC Metrology. She is committed to fostering innovation through high-precision measurement science and advancements in metrology. Georgette leads the team to provide coherent metrological advice that improves and informs national policy and decision-making for commerce, standards development, regulation, and trade agreements. She links ideas to implementation through collaborative initiatives with stakeholders across the innovation landscape. NRC Metrology’s actions ensure the Canadian market has access to and confidence in competent measurement solutions and while supporting the international recognition of Canada’s National Accreditation schemes and National Measurement System.

Her technical background is in mass and related quantities. She started her career in metrology with GJS Mass Measurement and Fisher Scientific Canada, as a Laboratory Technologist, and then as the Laboratory Supervisor and Quality Manager.