Who I am
I am a marine biologist, science popularizer, mother and speaker.
I grew up on the shores of the St. Lawrence, where I developed a fascination for the oceans as a child, and have been working ever since to protect them for future generations. After a PhD in zoology from the University of British Columbia and two post-doctorates: one in nature conservation at Arizona State University and the other in biodiversity at the University of Guelph, I became an ecologist specializing in marine mammals and ecosystem functioning, and above all an expert in multidisciplinarity. I run an environmental mediation agency called M - Expertise Marine, a production company called M - Médias, and I'm an associate professor at Rimouski's Institut des sciences de la mer. I've traveled the globe to pursue my conservation research, and I'm actively involved both in Canada and internationally.
This world-renowned expertise is reflected in numerous research papers published in prestigious journals such as Science and Nature. Winner of a medal from the Quebec National Assembly for my contribution to the advancement of marine science, and the youngest recipient of the Rolland Michener Award from the Canadian Wildlife Federation for excellence in conservation, I combine science and media to promote awareness of the beauty of our oceans and better protect them.
It takes more than actions, it takes optimism and sharing success stories
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Lyne M.
Conservation for the future
Conservation is a bit of everything: it's a bit of philosophy or sociology, because it's selling people on the idea of changing their habits to protect nature. The popularization of science is not often valued by scientists. But in conservation ecology, it's fundamental: it's the methodology for doing our work, it's a bit of marketing we do, we have to talk to people, popularize the issues, because our final product is action to protect nature, we have no choice but to go through the public to do it. So podcasts, TV shows and radio features are the tools of my trade.​
I'm worried about the future of our planet, but I prefer to hold on to hope because I feel it's more effective for what comes next, so I don't spend a lot of time feeling sorry for what's going wrong. It takes more than actions, it takes optimism and sharing success stories. I feel like I'm genetically programmed to do that well...
