NOÉMIE ROY
As a surfer, a skier, and a canoer, Noémie (she/her) loves everything about the outdoors. Even though her marine biology career has allowed her to travel from Halifax to New Zealand, she feels most grounded when she’s camping along Washipekuk (the St. Lawrence Estuary).
Noémie works at the intersection of marine biology, protected area management, and communication. Her undergraduate honours thesis explored how marine protected areas could become better at biodiversity conservation. She then went on to do a masters thesis on why connecting people with the ocean can mean stronger and more resilient coastal communities.
Her current work focuses on youth engagement, shark conservation, and ecological grief. She is part of a group of young eco-grief researchers, called the Sad Gang. They study and communicate strategies to help environmental practitioners cope with the emotional roller coaster of working in the field of climate change.
Noémie is involved in the UN Decade of Ocean Sciences through her contributions at all scales. She works with local NGOs, participates in national workshops, and planned an international conference.
She is also a first responder for the Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency Network. When a marine mammal beaches in her area, she’s the first on the scene. She manages the safety of both the public and the animal, observes the animal’s health condition, and takes the opportunity to foster a connection between passerby and the marine environment through discussion.
Noémie lives on Niowentsïo and Ndakina, the unceded, traditional, and contemporary territories of the Huron-Wendat and W8banaki Nations, in a city colonially known as Lévis, QC.