Rory W. E. Demetrioff

Rory W.E. Demetrioff (born in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada)

Demetrioff lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba for seven years before returning to Toronto in the mid 80's where he received an honours degree in Business from the Schulich School of Business.

Throughout most of his adult life, Demetrioff has been politically active. Being non-partisan, Demetrioff has been an organizor on a variety of political election campaigns across all levels of government including municipal, provincial, and federal elections.

The majority of Demetrioff's expertise has had an emphasis on negotiating agreements with government and multinational corporations.

Demetrioff's accomplishments include:

- The negotiation of funding of 50 million dollars for a network of Ontario social service providers (2003).

- An agreement with the Ontario government to eliminate a provincial lottery that was causing a disruption to 4 major non-profit charity lotteries, including the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) lottery (2002).

- The opening up of a bilateral talks to conclude a 1.4 tillion dollar land claim between the government of Canada and Mississauga New Credit First Nation (2004).

- Negotiations with Attawapiskat First Nation and the federal government of Canada to build a 32 million dollar school in the remote community along the James Bay coast.

- The development of an inventory audit service agreement with Wal-Mart USA during their entrance to the Canadian marketplace to convert Woolco's 150 million dollars worth of stock (1993).

- Negotiations with Ontario's Ministry of Health to maintain 55 million dollars of funding for publicly funded OHIP services.

- The creation of a nationally operating inventory auditing firm (1998).

- The design and construction of Canada's first T1 portable data collector (2005).

- Negotiations for two million dollars for the Ontario government to reconstruct a camp for blind children (2002).

- Negotiations with the Ontario Ministry of Health to commence a public inquiry to regulate Ultrasound, MRI, and CT which had been allowed to operated without regulations (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006).

- Initiated talks with the Ministry of Agriculture to create self regulation for Veterinary Technicians which led to its implementation (2003).

- Supported the negotiation of a 12 million dollar facility in Toronto dedicated to providing attendant care services to the physically disabled (2005).

- Negotiated with the Ontario Government and Ministry of Democratic Renewal to revamp the creation of voters lists to enhance the democratic process, while protecting and maintaining the rights guaranteed in the Ontario Privacy Act (2003).

- Initiated a multi-Ministry discussion to revamp X-Ray safety codes in Ontario (2002).

- Supported the negotiation to create Naturopatic Doctors as a new health care profession under the RHPA (Regulated Health Care Professions Act) (2003).

Rory Demetrioff beside the Rory Demetrioff Classroom at York University's Schulich School of Business (2007).
- Opened up negotiations with the Chief Justice of Ontario and the Attorney General of Ontario to address the court system backlog for insolvency hearings (2004).

For his contributions to the betterment of Canadian society, Demetrioff was nominatated in 2007 as one of Canada's top 45 under 45 (2007).

The Schulich School of Business has named a classroom in honour as a significant contributor to the construction of a new building located on the York University campus in Toronto.

Currently, Demetrioff resides in Oakville, Ontario.

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