ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENTOMOLOGICAL PROJECTS
Biologist for private and municipal owners to obtain certificate of authorization from the Quebec government , 2017 to today
Notre-Dame-de-l'île-Perrot, Île Carillon, MRC Vaudreuil-Soulanges, St-Lazare, Notre-Dame-de-Pontmain
- Characterization and delimitation of terrestrial and wetland habitats, of natural high water mark of watercourses, inventory of flora and fauna species at risk, drafting of reports for authorization certificate requests
Entomologist for the Montreal Insectarium, 2019 to today
The sentinels of Nunavik | Space for life
Facebook: @SentinellesNunavikSentinels
- Develop and offer entomological training to young Inuit in all the communities of Nunavik
- Create tools and guides for identification and popularization
- Promote the project through Facebook publications
- Train and support young people in the collection and identification of insects
- Participate in the writing of a guide to the butterflies of Nunavik
Taxonomist for the Quebec Public Health Expertise and Reference Centre, 2017-2018-2021
Monitoring report for West Nile virus and other arboviruses transmitted by mosquitoes in Quebec: 2017 season | INSPQ
- Monitoring of the accidental mechanical introduction of vector species of exotic mosquitoes in southern Quebec
- Develop a protocol and carry out rearings of the eggs to the 4th larval stage and / or to the adult stage
- Identify specimens to the species level at the larval and adult stages
Entomologist for the Centre de développement du porc du Québec, 2019
Project 248 | Quebec Pork Development Center (cdpq.ca)
- Develop an insect sampling protocol at the research station and provide the different types of appropriate traps
- Train technicians in collection and handling
- Identify insects and create an identification key
- Provide a report on the behavior, life cycle, eating habits of each of the identified insect species
Biologist for the Canadian Wildlife Service for the Report on the General Status of Species in Canada, 2012-2013-2017-2018-2019-2020-2021
Reports - Wild Species (wildspecies.ca)
- Develop species lists for Diptera and Hemiptera families in each of the Canadian provinces
- Evaluate the conservation status of species with the NatureServe program
- Create an electronic database of 8000 specimens of Neuroptera, Vespids and Coleoptera from Canada from the Lyman collection, McGill University
- Develop common French and English names for 53 Diptera families
Scientific revision of books from the Autour de toi collection , 2019-2020-2021
Les bestioles d'ici- Éditions MD (editionsmd.com)
- Exhaustive reading to ensure the accuracy of the information and sources used
- Validate the choice of species and illustrations
Collaborator in a research project on the response of beetle communities to the quantity of dead trees associated with burns with Dr. Christian Hébert (Natural Resources Canada) and Dr. Jacques Ibarzabal (University of Quebec in Chicoutimi)
Collaborator in a research project on the diversity of necrophagous insects collected on pig carcasses in three regions of Quebec with Dr. Marjolaine Giroux (Montreal Insectarium) and Dr. Jade Savage (Bishop University)
Collaborator in a research project on the phenology and trophic structure of an arctic fly community (Kugluktuk, Nunavut) with Anna Solecki (University of Guelph)
