Person
Mona Nemer
Also known as Nemer, Dr. Nemer
- Chief Science Advisor of Canada (appointed 2017, reappointed 2024)
- Molecular cardiologist; former Vice-President of Research, University of Ottawa
Mona Nemer is a Canadian scientist who was first appointed Chief Science Advisor of Canada in 2017 and reappointed in 2024. Before that she was Professor and Vice-President of Research at the University of Ottawa and directed its Molecular Genetics and Cardiac Regeneration Laboratory; her research in molecular cardiology concerned heart failure and the genetics of cardiac birth defects. She holds a PhD in chemistry from McGill University.
As Chief Science Advisor she launched the Sky Canada Project in the fall of 2022, a review of how reports of unidentified aerial phenomena from the public are handled in Canada. Her office published its final report in June 2025, with fourteen recommendations. In her foreword she stresses that the project was about reporting services, not about what UAPs are.
Sources: Official biography (Office of the Chief Science Advisor) · Sky Canada report (June 2025) · Sky Canada Project Q&A
Facts and claims
- documented Dr. Mona Nemer was first appointed Canada's Chief Science Advisor in 2017 and reappointed for a fourth term in 2024; before that she was Professor and Vice-President of Research at the University of Ottawa. Source: science.gc.ca (archived)
- documented In her message opening the Sky Canada report she writes that it “focuses on the services available to the Canadian public for reporting UAPs, and not on the UAPs themselves”, and that “The Sky Canada Project is not about investigating what UAPs are. It is about science informing and serving everyone.” — Mona Nemer Source: doc-sky-canada-report-2025.pdf
Connected files
Documents
- Management of Public Reporting of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena in Canada: Report of the Sky Canada Project (June 2025) (issued) — Report of her office; she signs its opening message as Chief Science Advisor of Canada
Programs
- Sky Canada Project (led) — “The Chief Science Advisor launched the Sky Canada Project in the fall of 2022”