Deborah C. Poff CM is a Canadian philosopher, educator, and journal editor.
[1] She was the Vice-President for Strategic Development at the Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences, Canada, before retiring.
She taught logic, philosophy of science, and business ethics at the University of Alberta and chaired the Women's Studies Department at Mount St. Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
She is President of the Canadian "National Council on Ethics in Human Research" and serves on the board of the "Nuclear Waste Management Organization.
"[1] She was awarded the Order of Canada in 2016 for her "contributions to the success of academic institutions as an administrator, and for her efforts to create educational opportunities for Indigenous peoples.