Marielle Savard
Marielle Savard, Agr., ph.d. (UBC)
155 Place du College app. 4
Quebec, Canada, J4J 1G3
Tel. (office) (514) 398-7824Tel. for messages (450) 679-8600
TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
Policy analysis, teaching, project coordination (hiring and supervising), extension (radio, magazines), scientific communication (public speaking and writing).
Experience - agricultural & environmental economics
McGill University, Montreal, CanadaAugust 2003- present
Faculty Lecturer, Department of Agricultural Economics
Teaching 1) Resource and Environmental Economics, 2) Agriculture, Food and Resource Policy and as part of the entrepreneurship program: 3) Agricultural and Food Marketing 4) Agribusiness Management
Assisting in graduate supervision
Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, Iowa, US
(university without tenure-track positions)1998 -2003
Co-Director, Sustainable Living Program, Department of Life Sciences
With a colleague, performed the tasks required to start a new program. Worked with Admissions and Public Relations Departments to create publicity material and identify target audiences.
Assistant Professor,School of Business and Public Administration
Taught 1 month intensive courses (26 hours/week) - undergraduates and MBA students: Environmental Management, Business Statistics and Managerial Economics (including an industry analysis for a business plan); Supervised courses (including Macroeconomics) taught by local Faculty to MBA students on campus in India; Supervised students under directed studies; Faculty Advisor to the Permaculture Club; Supervised a student under a work-study governmental program; Taught at the University of Oxbridge in China.
Provided input for the expansion of distance education programs, improvement of the curriculum (e.g. extension of the Honours option from the first year to all undergraduate courses, increase of math requirements etc) and public relations for Eco-Fair,a conference on ecological design, energy efficiency and sustainable agriculture .
Reviewing papers for Ecological Economics since 1993
External Examiner for Ph.D. Theses - University of Hyderabad, India and INRS, Quebec.
Laval University, Department of Agricultural Economics, Quebec City (Canada)1989-1997
Ph.D. Scholar
Adapted a non linear programming model and a model estimating soil erosion and water quality to analyse trade, agricultural & environmental policies (under a Continuing Education Program of Laval University to obtain a Ph.D. from UBC)
Research Associate
Built an econometric model to analyse the impact various governmental programs
Wrote descriptive studies (e.g. world grain trade)
Supervised part-time employees (students and secretary)
Presented results at conferences and on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Wrote publications and obtained research grants
Organized the agricultural economics section of a national conference
Member of the Environmental Committee, Quebec Agronomists Association
McGill University, Department of Agricultural Economics, Montreal (Canada)1987-1989
Research Assistant
Built an econometric model following the literature review
Experience – environmental education1983-1987
Professor
André-Grasset College, Biology Department, Montreal (Canada)
Biologist
Government of Quebec, Ministry Leisure, Fish & Game, Montreal (Canada)
Education
Ph.D. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES1997
Best rating for thesis in economics by external examiner
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
M.Sc. - AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS1989
Best thesis of the department
McGill University, Montreal, Canada
CERTIFICATE (30 credits) – COMMUNICATIONS1984
University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
B.Sc. Agr. - RENEWABLE RESOURCES (Wildlife Resources Major)1982
Distinction
McGill University, Montreal, Canada
CONSULTING
Client: OECD, Directorate for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries & Environment Directorate, Impact of a Manure Tax and Trade Liberalization in Feedgrains in the North American Hog/Pork Industry on Production, Welfare and Trade Patterns. 2001-2002
PUBLICATIONS
"Modelling Risk, Trade and Environmental Policies to Assess Trade-offs between Water Quality and Welfare in Quebec and North Carolina". Ecological Modelling Vol. 125 (2000): 51-66
"Impact of Trade, Environmental and Agricultural Policies in the North American Hog/Pork Industry on Trade Patterns and Welfare" Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics. Vol. 51 No 1(2003): 85-97
"Impact of Trade, Environmental and Agricultural Policies in the North American Hog/Pork Industry on Water Quality" with M. Bohman. Journal of Policy Modeling Vol. 25 (2003): 77-84
"Stabilization Programs: Analysis of its Role & Effects on Production, Prices and Income" with R. Romain and P. Marcotte. Research Paper no 17. Department of Agricultural Economics. Laval University.
"Evolution of World Cereal Trade, Production & Stocks: 1970-1989" with R. Romain. Paper no 4. Department of Agricultural Economics. Laval University. February 1991.
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AWARDS AND GRANTS
Grants from the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa Energy Center, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE), foundations and co-sponsors for the Eco-Fair 2002 and 2003 (including Toyota).
International Press Coverage of a class project and award given to by the American Lung Association. The project will become a case study published by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
Award given by Maharishi University of Management for Service to the Community
KTVO “Heartland Hero” on July 14th 2003
Sierra Club Environmental Educator Award 2003
Ph.D. Dissertation funded by the UBC Humanities and Social Sciences Grant (with M. Bohman)
Wrote a proposal and obtained funding ($160,000) from the Government of Quebec (with R. Romain)
Canadian Agricultural Economics Society & UBC Travel Grants
PRESENTATIONS
"Impact of a Manure Tax and Trade Liberalization in the Corn Sector in the North American Hog/Pork Industry on Production, Welfare and Trade Patterns" Department of Economics. University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, January 21, 2002.
“Teaching Environmental Economics with a Holistic Approach”. Maharishi University of Management. Fairfield. June 2001.
"Impact of Trade and Environmental Policies in the Hog Sector on the Levels of Nitrates and Phosphates in North Carolina and in Quebec" with M. Bohman and P.P. Claude. Joint Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) and of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economics (AERE). San Antonio. Texas. July 1996. (also presented at the Annual Meeting of the Interdisciplinary Environmental Association, at UBC, Laval University and at the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium)
"Trade Liberalization and Environmental Policy: Canada-US Pork Trade" with M. Bohman and P.P. Claude. Fifth Annual Meeting of the Canadian Resource and Environmental Economics Study Group (CREE). Vancouver. September 1995.
"Trade, Environment and Agriculture: a Methodological Approach" with M. Bohman. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Agricultural Economics and Farm Management Society. Ottawa. July 1995.
"Impact of Environmental Legislation on Pork Production in Quebec" with R. Romain. Annual Meeting of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. Stockholm. Sweden. June 1991.
"Evolution of production and prices in the beef and pork sectors" with R. Romain. 58th Congress of the French Canadian Association for the Advancement of Science. Quebec City. May 1990.
"Impact of Canadian Stabilization Programs on Pork Exports to the United States". Economic and Farm Management Council. Quebec. October 1988
COMPUTER SKILLS
Minitab, GAMS, SAS, Regression Analysis for Time Series etc.
OTHER
Lived in France, Mexico City & travelled in South America
Languages: French and English; elementary knowledge of Spanish and interest in Portuguese
Conservation Chair of the Executive Committee of the Leopold Group/Sierra Club in 2003
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