Liette Vasseur

Liette Vasseur (born 29 April 1963, in Laval, Quebec) is a Canadian biologist who has held the UNESCO Chair in Community Sustainability: From Local to Global in the Department of Biological Sciences since 2014 (renewed in 2018) at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. She is also a member of the Women and Gender Studies program and the Environmental Sustainability Research Centre.

Childhood and education Vasseur was born on April 29, 1963, on a farm in Laval, north of Montreal.

Vasseur, L. 2011. Moving from research into action on issues of climate change for a Canadian community: integration of sciences into decision making. The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses 2:115-126. Vasseur, L. 2009. Avant-propos: Interdisciplinarité... ou va-t-on se perdre dans le bois? Revue de l’Université de Moncton 40 : 121-131(published April 2011). Vasseur, L. and W. Hart. 2002. A basic theoretical framework for community-based conservation management in China and Vietnam. International Journal Sustainable Development of World Ecology 9: 41–47. (accepted without revision) Vasseur, L. 2001. Allozymic diversity of Allium tricoccum Solander var. burdickii Hanes in isolated populations of Nova Scotia (Canada). Plant Syst. Evol. 228: 71–79. Vasseur, L., R. Guscott and P. Mudie. 2001. Monitoring of spring flower phenology in Nova Scotia: Trends for the last century. Northeastern Naturalist 8: 393–402. Vasseur, L., C. Cloutier and C. Ansseau. 2000. Effects of repeated sewage sludge application on plant community diversity and structure under agricultural field conditions on Podxolic soils in eastern Quebec. Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment 81: 209–216. Vasseur, L., B. Shipley and C. Ansseau. 1999. Chemical composition of municipal sewage sludge in southern Quebec: is there a potential for agricultural soil application? Can. J. Wat. Res. 34: 469–480. Vasseur, L., M.J. Fortin and J. Cyr. 1998. The use of clover and cress as two indicator species in the evaluation of impacts of lime sewage sludge and landfill wastewater application on land. The Science of the Total Environment 217: 231–239. Vasseur, L. and C. Potvin. 1998. Changes in pasture community composition under an experimental CO2 enrichment. Plant Ecology 135: 31–41. Vasseur, L., L. Lafrance, D. Renaud, D. Morin, T. Audet and C. Ansseau. 1997. Advisory committee: a powerful tool for helping decision making in environmental issues. Environ. Manag. 21: 359–365. Vasseur, L., C. Cloutier, A. Labelle, J.-N. Duff and C. Ansseau. 1996. Responses of indicator bacteria to forest soil amended municipal sewage sludge from aerated and non-aerated ponds. Env. Poll. 92: 67–72. Vasseur, L., D. Irwin and L.W. Aarssen. 1995. Size versus number of offspring as predictors of success under competition in Lemna minor L. Ann. J. Fenn. 32: 169–178. Vasseur, L., L.W. Aarssen and D.L. Lefebvre. 1995. Plasticity of morphological and allozymic traits in response to short-term environmental variation in Lemna minor. Ecoscience 1(3): 249–254. Vasseur, L. and D. Gagnon. 1994. Factors controlling the survival and growth of transplants of the understory herb Allium tricoccum at the northern limit of its distribution. Biol. Conserv. 68: 107–114. Vasseur, L., T. Bennett and L.W. Aarssen. 1993. Flowering occurrence and allozymic variation in natural populations of Lemna minor L. Amer. J. Bot. 80: 974–979. Vasseur, L. and L.W. Aarssen. 1992. Interpretation of adaptive plasticity in Lemna minor. Oikos 65: 233–241. Vasseur, L. and L.W. Aarssen. 1992. Phenotypic plasticity in a clonal plant, Lemna minor L. Plant Syst. Evol. 180: 205–219. Vasseur, L., L.W. Aarssen and D.D. Lefebvre. 1991. Allozymic and morphometric variation in Lemna minor L. Plant Syst. Evol. 177: 139–148. Vasseur, L., D. Gagnon and J. P. Simon. 1990. Isoenzymatic variability among populations and varieties of wild leek. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 18: 321- 324.

Special interests Vasseur is also very involved in issues related to women in science, engineering, trades and technology. On this topic, she has produced several publications on this topic as well as organized some events and projects to promote gender equality. She is the Past-President (President from 2014 to 2018) of the Canadian Coalition of Women in Engineering, Science, Trades and Technology.