In his role at the CUPE National Headquarters in Ottawa, Troy assists CUPE locals and their 640,000 members across the country with health and safety related issues. Troy is a Certified Registered Safety Professional, and chairs or sits on numerous committees and working groups, including being a Governor of the Canadian Centre of Occupational Health and Safety. He holds a Bachelor degree in Kinesiology and a Master’s of Applied Science in Industrial Engineering with a specialization in ergonomics and work design. Prior to CUPE, Troy concurrently spent ten years as a researcher and five as a Sessional Professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax.