Employees and collaborators

University of Ottawa. Because of his interests in the protection of biodiversity and sustainable development, Patrick has been led to collaborate with the Western Philippines University, where he did an evaluation on the effectiveness of a network of protected marine areas managed by local communities. As the Administrative Director of CPAWS Quebec, Patrick is responsible for forests and conservation. Among others, he focuses on the overhaul of the Quebec forest system and its implications on conservation.

He loves the outdoors, and particularly forest hiking (far enough that he can't get a cell phones signal).

Sylvain has BSc and an MSc in Biology from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). His interests were initially focused on boreal ecosystems, forest dynamics and dendrochronology. For fifteen years he worked as a consultant in the field of protected areas, both marine and terrestrial. He taught regional development for several years at the university.

It is only in 2003 that Sylvain started to get involved with the CPAWS working as Assistant for conservation, particularly on issues related to the boreal forest and the establishment of protected areas. Finally, he set up the CPAWS’ Geographic Information System and deals with the cartographic aspects of it.

Jerome earned a Bachelor’s in Molecular Biology from the Claude Bernard University and Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon and a Master’s in Management of the Mediterranean Ecosystems from the University of Corte Pasquale Paoli in France. He then contributed to research projects on the ecology of different species such as the wandering albatross - considered vulnerable - or the rusa deer - an invasive alien species that threatens the remains of the fragile dry forest of New Caledonia.

For five years, Jerôme supervised an international NGO’s programs and contributed to several inventories of both marine and forest ecosystems before identifying their priorities for conservation (he is the main author, in 2007, of the atlas of important areas for bird conservation in New Caledonia). These works has enabled a better integration of biodiversity issues in public policy and industry practices and contributed to the registration of Caledonian lagoons on the list of World Heritage Sites. His work experience in culturally rich and diverse environments has taught him that conservation projects should be built with and for the people concerned, it is with such conviction that he is able to develop his projects.