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Highlights

Qualifications

PhD in Hydrology
Professional Engineer
Over 30 years in water-related issues
Many publications, including peer-reviewed articles and a children's book

Private, government, and academic sector experience
Consulting clients in non-profit sector and all levels of government
Wide range of water-related projects, including watershed decision-making, nutrient management, water infrastructure best practices, and climate change adaptation
Studies across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales.
Budget management of capital and operating funds

Experience

Policy and program design, implementation, and evaluation
Capacity development, training programs, and teaching
Primary and secondary research, analysis, and reporting
Workshop design and facilitation, public speaking
Staff, project, and budget management

Skills

Mary Trudeau is an experienced manager and professional engineer with over 30 years of experience in the development and implementation of water policy, programs, and projects. She combines strong analytical skills and management abilities with in-depth technical knowledge of urban infrastructure and practical experience in both the public and private sectors. Dr. Trudeau has successfully managed large, multi-disciplinary teams, public advisory committees, and staff groups of up to 70 people, ensuring high-quality deliverables on time and within budget.

Dr. Trudeau’s formal education reflects a wide range of interests. After earning a Bachelor of Applied Science in Civil Engineering, she managed potable water infrastructure for a large Canadian municipality while simultaneously completing a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature.

She later earned a Master of Science in Environment and Management, with a thesis focused on an environmental effects monitoring program she initiated for municipal infrastructure effluents. Her PhD in Geography research examined event-scale hydrology within urbanizing watersheds and its relationship with aquatic biodiversity, specifically fish richness.

As a consultant, she has advised federal departments, provincial agencies, and non-profit sector clients on water and climate adaptation. She is also the author of the children’s book A Tale of Two Planets.

Bio

Sample Projects

Primer on Release of Plastic Pollution from Natural Disasters & Spills

For Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2023. An initiative under Canada's National Agenda for Plastics Action, a literature review and primary research project to identify current activities and best practices to reduce plastic pollution releases due to natural disasters and spills. Undertaken with Giroux Environmental Consulting.

Plastics in Canadian Stormwater, Wastewater and Industrial Discharges

For Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2022. An initiative under Canada's National Agenda for Plastics Action to develop three Primers on the state-of-knowledge on sources, transport and release of plastics via storm, sewage and industrial discharges. Emerging jurisdictional approaches and best practices in Canada and internationally were researched and documented. Undertaken with Giroux Environmental Consulting.

Great Lakes Surface & Groundwater Interaction Modelling

For the International Joint Commission, 2018 (Phase I and 2021 Phase II). Undertook a literature review and gathered information via a facilitated expert workshop to develop options for modelling surface and groundwater interactions on a basin scale for the Great Lakes Basin, in collaboration with LimnoTech, René Drolet Consulting Services, Jim Nicholas and Dr. Pedro Restrepo.

Management of Canada’s Freshwater Resources in the Natural Resources Sectors in a Changing Climate and Low Carbon Economy

For Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), 2017. A project led by Giroux Environmental Consulting, Envirings' role was to develop a scoping paper to identify key policy issues arising from natural resource extraction and the effects on water resources. René Drolet Consulting Services was also a project collaborator.