Thomas Tenkate

Associate Professor, School of Occupational & Public Health, Ryerson University

Thomas Tenkate is an Associate Professor and was Director (2011 to 2020), School of Occupational and Public Health at Ryerson University. He has worked in Australia, the USA and in Canada in the fields of environmental health and occupational health and safety. He has been in academia for 18 years, and prior to this he worked in a variety of government roles for 10 years. He has gained qualifications in environmental health, industrial hygiene, management, education, and risk management, including a Doctor of Public Health from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA. His research interests involve risk assessment and risk management in occupational settings.