David Grimes (meteorologist)

David Grimes CM is a career meteorologist who studied mathematics and nuclear and quantum physics at Brock University in Ontario, Canada. He has been assistant deputy minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada in charge of the Meteorological Service of Canada since July 2006. In 2011, he was elected president of the World Meteorological Organization by its 189 members, succeeding Alexander Bedritskiy of Russia.[1][2][3]

David Grimes
David Grimes during the 10th Plenary of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO-X) in Geneva.
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Awards
  • member of the Order of Canada (2020) 

In 2020, he was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada.[4]

References
  1. David Grimes. World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  2. Canada, Government of Canada, Environment and Climate Change. "Environment and Climate Change Canada - Canadian to Lead World Meteorological Organization - Biography".
  3. "First Canadian to be world's weatherman forecasts more focus on North".
  4. "Governor General Announces 114 New Appointments to the Order of Canada".
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