SCIENTISTS
GEERG researchers and volunteers are based at various institutions across Canada. Although studying the Greenland shark and other northern elasmobranchs could easily employ several researchers on a full-time basis, no funding exists to sustain our work. GEERG duties are thus seasonal and non-remunerated. GEERG directors may nonetheless be reached throughout the year.
Director - Atlantic RegionMSc Candidate - Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
info@geerg.ca
Fields of study: Distribution of Somniosus microcephalus; Influence of environmental conditions on the movements of Somniosus microcephalus; Social and environmental impact of sport diving activities in the presence of sharks; Shark behaviour.
Jeffrey is also Managing Director of the Shark Research Institute (SRI Canada), Director of the Shark Observation Network (www.sharksonline.net), and an executive of the Canadian Association for Underwater Science (CAUS).
Jeffrey started diving with the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets in 1982 at the age of 14. He has since led several research and training expeditions around the world. Among other accomplishments, Gallant was trained as an aquanaut in Romania in 1995, he is the former Chief Diver of the Quebec Aquarium, and he spent a few days diving aboard Cousteau's windship Alcyone in 1999. An award-winning underwater photographer and videographer, Jeffrey has contributed to several dive publications, books, as well as television and film documentaries on sharks and diving, including National Geographic, Discovery Channel, History Channel, and the BBC. He is the author of the internationally-acclaimed Diving Almanac and Book of Records and he has been a contributing editor of Vancouver-based DIVER Magazine since 1997. He was elected a Fellow of the Explorers Club in January 2010. Jeffrey lives in Drummondville, Quebec, where he teaches at the local CEGEP (university prep).
Director - Pacific Regionchclark@interchange.ubc.ca
Fields of study: Shark behaviour and anatomy; Distribution of Somniosus microcephalus.
Chris is the author of over 30 research papers and chapters on veterinary aspects of fish, reptiles and amphibians, and he published a marine life guide to Canadian Atlantic waters, Eastern Tidepool and Reef. He held positions at the University of Alberta, Dalhousie University, and at present is at the University of British Columbia where he is in the Zoology Department. He is active on the Canadian Council on Animal Care and he is currently on the boards of the Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada, and the Canadian Farm Animal Care Trust. His interest in marine conservation led him to a number of television and film credits including Discovery Channel, CBC, BBC, and the National Film Board of Canada as creator, writer, host and Director of underwater photography.
BITÓN PORSMOGUER, Sebastián - Asociación Chelonia, University of Madrid
CABANA, Josiane - GREMM (Group for Research and Education on Marine Mammals)
CASTRO, Dr. Jose - Mote Marine Laboratory
CHABOT, Dr. Denis - Maurice Lamontagne Institute (Department of Fisheries and Oceans)
CHOROMANSKI, Joe - Director of Animal Husbandry, Ripley Aquariums
RILEY, Cyrena - PhD Candidate, Université du Québec à Rimouski
SAINT-LOUIS, Dr. Richard - Maurice Lamontagne Institute (Department of Fisheries and Oceans)
STOKESBURY, Dr. Michael - Acadia University
WHORISKEY, Dr. Fred G. Jr. - Acting Executive Director, The Ocean Tracking Network, Dalhousie University
COURTEAU, Jean-Louis - www.jeanlouiscourteau.comBorn in Montreal in 1959, Jean-Louis Courteau is self-taught, notwithstanding his college studies in visual arts, the classes of which he admits having skipped more than his share…
A passionate lover of nature, Courteau mostly paints landscapes, although he was once defined as an animal painter. His workshop: the great outdoors, often Lake Baskatong where he goes to paint, living alone under a tent on an island, soaking in impressions received from the great surroundings, especially the light: « The light is what counts, the subject is merely a pretext », which is particularly apparent in Courteau’s underwater scenes (he is also an avid diver).
Courteau makes colour vibrate, inviting us to immerse ourselves in the painting until its subject is forgotten, leaving the shapes, impressions and atmosphere emanating from it to be perceived. (Source: Galerie d'art Michel Bigué)
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