Governance

Research and Development Committee (to come)

INQ Implementation Committee Members (2014-2019)

Director of INQ

Jean-Éric Tremblay

Jean-Éric Tremblay is a professor in the Department of Biology at Université Laval, where he has been conducting research and teaching activities in the field of oceanography since 2004. He obtained his PhD from Université Laval in 1996, following which he did postdoctoral work at the Alfred-Wegener Institute (Germany) and in Japan, before joining McGill University as an associate researcher.
 
His research program aims to elucidate the processes that determine the biological productivity and biogeochemical functioning of Arctic and sub-Arctic seas, the transformations that these seas are undergoing in the face of climate change, and the impact of these transformations in the North Atlantic and the east coast of North America, which are exposed to the powerful currents flowing down from the Far North. In particular, he studies the impact of warming and melting ice on the Arctic Ocean's ability to provide abundant and quality marine foods to coastal communities, for whom food security is a major issue.
 
For the short term, Professor Tremblay will continue to serve as scientific director of the Quebec-Ocean, a FRQNT multi-institutional strategic cluster, within which he has worked to develop and coordinate oceanographic research throughout Quebec. He also sits on several boards of directors and scientific orientation committees involved in the development of the marine sector in Quebec and Canada. He is a member of the Takuvik Joint International Laboratory and led either large-scale projects or large thematic teams during International Polar Year and the first two phases of the ArcticNet Network of Centres of Excellence. He is currently leading several pan-Canadian projects: "Nutrient transports and marine living resources across the Inuit Nunangat" in the third phase of ArcticNet, "Biogeochemical signatures of ecosystem stress and resilience: nutrient cycles and lipid flow" in NSERC's Canadian Healthy Ocean Network (CHONe II), and "Marine Ecosystems" in NSERC's BaySys Collaborative Research and Development Network. The last project evaluates the combined impacts of climate change and hydroelectric development in Hudson Bay. As part of Canada First Research Excellence Fund’s Sentinel North Strategy, he co-leads the BriGHT project with Professor Mélanie Lemire to better understand the links between Inuit health and the northern marine environment.
 
Along with his colleagues and the many students he has supervised, Dr. Tremblay has published over 100 articles in scientific journals and edited environmental synthesis reports for decision makers.