Businesses and other economic development stakeholders have a key role to play in order to maintain and reinforce Quebec’s social and economic prosperity. The program will develop knowledge and tools to consolidate the resilience of economic players by accounting for climate change risks and opportunities in their decision-making, planning, risk management and operation processes.
In collaboration with authorities, economic development organizations, major investors, stakeholders, economic sectors as well as regions:
Stéphanie Bleau holds a Master’s in water sciences from INRS-ETE (Institut national de la recherche scientifique, centre—eau, terre et environnement). Her expertise is mostly in subarctic and arctic environments; Ms. Bleau studies the mechanisms, processes and hydro-climatic parameters that dictate river, estuary and sea-ice regimes. She is particularly interested in microwave remote sensing, climate change adaptation and in collaborative approaches to adaptation within Nunavik communities. Ms. Bleau’s experience organizing major urban events in winter tourism, and in coastal and offshore navigation, provide her with significant business expertise. At Ouranos since 2014, she co-coordinates the Northern Environment program and she coordinates theTourism program within the Vulnerabilities, Impacts and Adaptation Group.
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