CV MFortier 2011 Short - Arcticnet - Université Laval
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MARTIN FORTIER<br />
CIVIL STATUS<br />
Legal status: Married<br />
Citizenship: Canadian<br />
Date of birth: 24 May 1967<br />
WORK EXPERIENCE<br />
• 2003- today ArcticNet Inc. Université <strong>Laval</strong>, Québec, Canada<br />
Executive director of ArcticNet, a Network of Centres of Excellence of Canada involving over 140<br />
Canadian researchers and 500 graduate students from 30 Canadian universities, 8 federal<br />
departments and over 40 foreign investigators from 15 countries (www.arcticnet.ulaval.ca).<br />
• 2002-2003 GIROQ, Biology Department Université <strong>Laval</strong>, Quebec, Canada<br />
Network Manager & Scientific coordinator of the CASES Research network (NSERC) ) that led the<br />
Canadian Arctic Shelf Exchange Study involving over 80 principal investigators from 10 countries<br />
(www.cases.quebec-ocean.ulaval.ca).<br />
• 1998 -2001 GIROQ, Biology Department Université <strong>Laval</strong>, Quebec, Canada<br />
Network manager & Scientific coordinator of the NOW Research network (NSERC) that led the<br />
International North Water Polynya Study involving over 60 principal investigators from 7 countries<br />
(www.fsg.ulaval.ca/giroq/now).<br />
ACADEMIC FORMATION<br />
• 2000-2002 Postdoctoral fellow CEOS, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba<br />
On the remote estimation of sea ice associated productivity and export during the winter to summer<br />
transition period.<br />
• 1994 -1999 Ph.D. in Biology (Arctic Oceanography) Université <strong>Laval</strong>, Quebec, Canada<br />
Climatic and biological forcing of the vertical flux of biogenic particles under first-year sea ice in the<br />
Canadian Arctic<br />
• 1992 - 1994 M.Sc. in Biology (Arctic Oceanography) Université <strong>Laval</strong>, Quebec, Canada<br />
Transport of marine fish larvae to ice-covered Saroma-ko Lagoon (Hokkaido, Japan) in relation to the<br />
availability of zooplankton prey<br />
• 1988 - 1991 B.Sc. in Biology Université <strong>Laval</strong>, Quebec, Canada<br />
ARCTIC FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE<br />
• 2002-2009 Chief Scientist onboard the CCGS Pierre Radisson and CCGS Amundsen on six CASES and<br />
ArcticNet research expeditions to the Canadian coastal Arctic.<br />
• 1997-1999 Participant on four expeditions to northern Baffin Bay onboard the CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent,<br />
CCGS Pierre Radisson and Danish research vessel Adolf Jensen.<br />
• 1992-1995 Equivalent of 12 months living and sampling on the sea-ice of Barrow Strait, Northwest<br />
Passage and Saroma-ko Lagoon, Hokkaido, Japan as part of graduate studies field work.<br />
CURRENT AND RECENT APPOINTMENTS<br />
• <strong>2011</strong>- Today Member, Advisory Panel, Canadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS)<br />
• 2010- Today Chair, Advisory Board, Polar Continental Shelf Program (PCSP)<br />
• 2010- Today Member, Steering Committee, IPY2012 “From Knowledge to Action” Conference<br />
• 2010- Today Member, Research Advisory Committee, Beaufort Regional Environmental Assessment<br />
• 2010- Today Member, Steering Committee, Beaufort Regional Environmental Assessment<br />
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• 2010- Today Member, Northern Advisory Committee, Environmental Studies Research Funds<br />
• 2009- Today Member, Board of Directors, Canadian Polar Commission<br />
• 2009- Today Member, Advisory Board, Arctic Tipping Point, EU 7th Framework Programme<br />
• 2007- Today Member, Advisory Board, International Arctic Frontiers Conference, Tromso<br />
• 2004- Today Member, Board of Directors, ArcticNet<br />
• 2004- Today Member, Board of Directors, Amundsen research icebreaker<br />
• 2004- Today Chair, Organizing Committee, Annual ArcticNet Scientific Meeting<br />
• 2009-2010 Member, Executive Committee, State of the Arctic 2010 Conference, Miami<br />
• 2008-2009 Member, Advisory Board, Polar Continental Shelf Program (PCSP)<br />
• 2007-2009 Member, Canadian National Committee for the International Polar Year<br />
• 2007-2009 Member, Logistics, Infrastructure and Emergency Preparedness Committee of the<br />
Federal Program for the International Polar Year<br />
• 2008 Chair, National and International Organizing Committees, International Arctic Change<br />
2008 Conference, Quebec City, 900 participants<br />
• 2007-2008 Member, Canadian Polar Commission Working Group on Logistics and Infrastructure<br />
for Northern Science<br />
PUBLICATIONS<br />
Over 15 refereed and non-refereed publications since 1995. Selected publications:<br />
• Fortier, M. & L. Fortier (Ed.) (2008) Identifying Canada’s Global Science Advantage in Addressing<br />
the Grand Research Challenges Facing the Canadian Arctic, Report provided to INAC for the<br />
Canadian Arctic Research Station Initiative, 27 p.<br />
• Fortier, M. & L. Fortier (2006) Canadian-led International Research in the Vast, Unexplored Coastal<br />
Canadian Arctic, Journal of Ocean technology, 1, 1: 1-7.<br />
• Wassmann, P.S., P., E. Bauernfeind, M.Fortier, M. Fukuchi, B. Hargrave, S. Honjo, T. Noji, E.-M.<br />
Nöthig, R. Peinert, H. Sasaki, V. Shevchenko (2004). Particulate organic carbon flux to the sea floor.<br />
In: The Organic Carbon Cycle in the Arctic Ocean: Present and Past. R. Stein & R. M. Macdonald<br />
(eds.) Springer-Verlag Heidelberg-Berlin-New York, 363 p.<br />
• Hobson, K.A., A. Fisk, N. Karnovsky, M. Holst, J.-M.Gagnon, M. Fortier (2002) A stable isotope (δ 13 C, δ<br />
15 N ) model for the North Water Polynya foodweb: implications for evaluating trophodynamics and the flow<br />
of energy and contaminants. Deep-Sea Res. II, 49,<br />
• Fortier, M., L. Fortier, C. Michel, L. Legendre (2002) Climatic and biological forcing of the vertical flux of<br />
biogenic particles under first-year sea ice in the Canadian Arctic. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 225: 1-16.<br />
• Fortier, M., L. Fortier, H. Hattori, H. Saito & L. Legendre (2001) Visual predators and the diel vertical<br />
migration of copepods under Arctic sea ice during the midnight sun. J. Plankton Res., 23: 1263-1278.<br />
• Fortier, L., M. Fortier, M. Fukuchi, D. Barber, Y. Gratton, L. Legendre, T. Odate, Hargrave, B. (2001) The<br />
International North Water Polynya Study: A progress report. Mem. Natl Inst. Polar Res., Spec. Issue, 54:<br />
343-348.<br />
• Fortier, M., L. Fortier (1997) Transport of marine fish larvae to ice-covered Saroma-ko Lagoon (Hokkaido,<br />
Japan) in relation to the availability of zooplankton prey. J. Mar. Syst., 11: 221-234<br />
PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUMS<br />
Over 50 presentations given at national and international symposiums. Selected presentations in last 5 years:<br />
• Fortier, M. (<strong>2011</strong>) (Invited) Arctic Offshore Environmental Research: Opportunities for Collaboration and<br />
Partnerships, Canada-Norway Dialogue, Ottawa, 8 February<br />
• Fortier, M. (2010) Canadian-led Arctic research: Leading the way to international collaboration in the<br />
study of the changing Arctic, Canada-Spain Workshop, Ottawa, December<br />
• Fortier, M. (2010) Canadian-led Arctic research: Leading the way to international collaboration in the<br />
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study of the changing Arctic, 2010 Canada-UK Colloquium, Iqaluit, 6 November<br />
• Fortier, M. (2010) (Invited) ArcticNet International Collaboration Initiatives, State of the Arctic 2010<br />
Conference, Miami, 19 March<br />
• Fortier, M. (2008) (Keynote) ArcticNet: the Integrated Natural/ Human Health/ Social Study of the<br />
Changing Coastal Canadian Arctic, US-Canada Northern Oil & Gas Research Forum, Anchorage, Alaska,<br />
October 2008<br />
• Fortier, M. (2007) ArcticNet’s Arctic Observation Networks, SAON Workshop, Stockholm 10-15<br />
November<br />
• Fortier, M. (2007) (Invited) ArcticNet: the Integrated Natural/ Human Health/ Social Study of the<br />
Changing Coastal Canadian Arctic, 7th Inuvik Petroleum Show, Inuvik, 12-16 June 2007<br />
• Fortier, M. (2007) (Invited) A Changing Arctic: Ice Melt and U.S. Concerns, The United States, Climate<br />
Change, and the Arctic-International Conference, Montreal 19-20 April 2007<br />
• Fortier, M. & Smith, D. (Invited) (2007) Facing up to the challenges and opportunities of climate change in<br />
the Canadian Arctic, 2007 Arctic Frontiers Conference, Tromso, Norway, 23 January<br />
• Fortier, M. (2005) (Invited) Canadian-led oceanographic research in the Northwest Passage, Ocean<br />
Innovation 2005 - Operational Challenges in Northern Waters, Rimouski, 24-25 October<br />
• Fortier, M. (2005) ArcticNet: the Integrated Natural/ Human Health/ Social Study of the Changing Coastal<br />
Canadian Arctic, Adapting to Climate Change in Canada, Montreal, 2 – 6 May<br />
OTHER COMMUNICATIONS<br />
Over 20 invited communications in national and international venues since 2004. Selected presentations:<br />
• Fortier, M. (2010) ArcticNet Offshore Environmental Research: Opportunities for Collaboration and<br />
Partnerships, National Energy Board, Calgary, March<br />
• Fortier, M. (2009) (Invited) Arctic Offshore Environmental Research: Opportunities for Collaboration and<br />
Partnerships, Environmental Studies Research Funds (ESRF) Board meeting, Ottawa, September<br />
• Fortier, M. (2008) (Keynote) Establishing a truly collaborative Northern Transportation research program,<br />
Northern Transportation Research Workshop, Montreal, 21 November<br />
• Fortier, M. (2008) (Invited) PCSP: Incubator of Large Scale, Multidisciplinary, International Science<br />
Programs, Science Workshop Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Polar Continental Shelf Project, 14<br />
May<br />
• Fortier, M. & Boucher, B. (2008) (Invited) ArcticNet: the Integrated Natural/ Human Health/ Social Study<br />
of the Changing Coastal Canadian Arctic, Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and<br />
Natural Resources, Ottawa, 8 May<br />
• Fortier, M. (2007) (Invited) Canada’s North: On top of the world, Assistant Deputy Minister Forum,<br />
Ottawa, 30-31 October<br />
• Fortier, M. (2007) (Invited) ArcticNet: the Integrated Natural/ Human Health/ Social Study of the<br />
Changing Coastal Canadian Arctic, Interdepartmental working group meeting on Northern S&T, Ottawa,<br />
March<br />
• Fortier, M. (2006) ArcticNet: the Integrated Natural/ Human Health/ Social Study of the Changing Coastal<br />
Canadian Arctic, Nunavut Association of Municipalities Annual General Meeting, Cambridge Bay, 5 May<br />
SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS<br />
• 1994-2002 Doctoral and Postdoctoral scholarships from Fonds FCAR du Québec<br />
• 2001-2002 Postdoctoral scholarship from University of Manitoba<br />
PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
My photos depicting Polar research activities and scenery have been featured in numerous national and<br />
international magazines and publications including: Canada’s Northern Strategy, Canada Post, The National<br />
Post, Vertical Magazine, UpHere, L’Actualité, Circumpolar Health Atlas, University Affairs, BBC News, NBC<br />
Today Show, NBC Nightly News, IASC Annual Report, Radio-Canada, CBC News, Québec-Science<br />
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