Marie-José Auclair

President

Graduated in Biology with a Major in Sciences of the Environment at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), specialising in Aquatic Ecology. She has been working for the Environment for more than 35 years.

At Environment Canada, Marie-José Auclair worked as an advisor in environmental evaluation and to establish the state of the health of the St-Lawrence River. She also represented the Federal Government among different environment comities under the “Convention de la Baie James et du Nord québécois”.

She is now a freelance Biologist. She has written many books and articles on the many natural, historic and cultural beauty of many regions of Québec and published articles on Outdoor, Ecotourism and Biodiversity throughout the world. Her book “Le Québec au fil de l’eau” (2009) published by Les Éditions de l’HOMME puts forth the beauty and fragility of this precious resource in Québec and North America.

She has also been an additional Commissary at “Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement du Québec” (BAPE) and supplied freelance works on Environment and Biodiversity of many Organisms.