Dean Allison

Dean was first elected as the MP for the riding of Niagara West-Glanbrook in 2004 and has worked tirelessly for his constituents ever since.

A graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University with a degree in Economics, Dean has operated a number of businesses in the Hamilton and Niagara area. He now owns a private equity firm that assists small businesses and start-ups.

He has served his community as President of the West Lincoln Memorial Hospital Foundation, President of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, Director of the Ontario Trillium Foundation and a board member of Junior Achievement in Niagara. Dean is a founding member of the Dave Thomas Adoption Foundation in Canada and of the Belarus Children of Chernobyl program, which brings children affected by the Chernobyl disaster to Canada.

Dean is Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, and a member of the Standing Committee on International Trade.

Niagara College welcomed MP Dean Allison

Niagara College welcomed Niagara West- Glanbrook MP Dean Allison to the Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus on July 21. Allison began his tour at the Wine Visitor + Education Centre where he learned what is new at Niagara College before moving to the main NOTL Campus. Research project manager Nigel Corish led him through the Canadian Food and Wine Institute Research Centre labs and outlined some recent projects Niagara Research has undertaken, including the development of a recipe for the new award-winning alcohol-free MADD Virgin Craft Brewed Lager. He also visited the NC Greenhouse and NC Teaching Brewery.

The tour concluded in the Niagara Research boardroom where industrial research chair Mike Duncan, research project manager (Agriculture and Environment) Gregor MacLean, and senior research associate Sarah Lepp discussed Niagara College’s precision agriculture project and how it is assisting local farmers with managing their fields.(Photo) MP Dean Allison (right) meets with Mike Duncan, Sarah Lepp, and Gregor MacLean during a visit to Niagara College’s Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus July 21. The visit focused on work being done with local food processors in food science labs at the CFWI Research Centre, as well as the work Duncan and his team are doing in precision agriculture.