Dr. Brian Evans

Dr. Brian Evans
Chief Food Safety Officer and Chief Veterinary Officer for Canada
Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Dr. Brian
Evans

Dr. Brian Evans has been the Chief Veterinary Officer of Canada since the inception of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in 1997 and the delegate of the Government of Canada to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) since 1999. For the past three years, Dr. Evans served as Executive Vice President of the Agency. Effective June 28, 2010, Dr. Evans was appointed Canada’s first Chief Food Safety Officer.

Dr. Evans has a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, with a major in animal science and minor in genetics, from the Ontario Agriculture College at the University of Guelph. He also has a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from the Ontario Veterinary College of the University in Guelph.

Before the creation of the CFIA, Dr. Brian Evans held senior-level positions within Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and spent several years in private practice, focussing on reproductive herd health.