Bio
Jonathan Kimbukusu
PROFESSIONAL ADDRESS :
Chaire de leadership en enseignement en foresterie autochtone (CLE foresterie autochtone)
Faculté de Foresterie, Géographie et Géomatique (FFGG)
Université Laval
Pavillon Abitibi-Price
2405, rue de la Terrasse, local 2179 Université Laval, Québec, (Québec), G1V 0A6
E-mail: jo***********************@****al.ca, jo****************@***il.com
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
- 2024- Present: PhD candidate in Forest Sciences at Laval University, Quebec, Canada
- 2021- 2023: Master’s degree in forest ecology at the University of Quebec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada
- 2012-2016: B.Sc. Ecosystem Management, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, University of Kinshasa-Democratic Republic of Congo
PROFESSIONNAL EXPERIENCE
- January 2024- August 2024: Agro-environmental project manager, Groupe Conseil Agricole de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue (GCAA).
- July 2023- November 2024: Project manager and regional implementation manager for the Abitibi-Témiscamingue Nature Plan. This mandate was made possible through collaboration between the Oganisme du Bassin versant du Témiscamingue (OBVT) and the Conseil régional de l’Environnement de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue (CREAT).
- November 2018-May 2020: Junior Technical Advisor, Biodiversity Maintenance and Sustainable Forest Management Program, Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Democratic Republic of Congo
- May-October 2018: Internship at the National Forest Inventory Program, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Democratic Republic of Congo
- July-November 2017: Internship at the Biodiversity Maintenance and Sustainable Forest Management Program, Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Democratic Republic of Congo
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Forest management, forest soil restoration, First Nations forestry workforce, ecosystem services.