Brigitte Leblon

THUNDER BAY, Ontario – Lakehead University has chosen Dr. Brigitte Leblon to be the next dean of the Faculty of Natural Resources Management. Dr. Leblon will begin her new role on September 1. She holds a PhD from SupAgro Montpellier in France and is currently dean of research at Université TÉLUQ and a full professor in the Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management at the University of New Brunswick (UNB). …She also coordinates the participation of Université TÉLUQ in MedFOR, an ERASMUS-MUNDUS+ master’s program on Mediterranean forestry. At UNB, Dr. Leblon designed and chaired TRANSFOR-M, a dual-degree master’s program between Canada and Europe in forestry and environmental management. She also designed and chaired an online certificate in geoinformatics and coordinated the participation of UNB in an ERASMUS-MUNDUS+ master’s program on European forestry.