Ayumi
Therrien
Senior Technical Advisor
MSc. Environmental Sciences and Management
(Sherbrooke University),
BSc. Physical Geography
(Université du Québec à Montréal – UQAM)
Ayumi
Therrien
Senior Technical Advisor
MSc. Environmental Sciences and Management (Sherbrooke University)
BSc. Physical Geography (Université du Québec à Montréal – UQAM)
Expertise
With international experience in spill preparedness and response, and environmental emergency management, Ayumi Therrien brings extensive expertise in a wide array of fields including:
- Fate and behaviour of pollutants on shorelines and aquatic environments.
- Various aspects of Incident Management.
- Shoreline assessment, classification, and treatment, including pre-spill mapping, segmentation and integration of SCAT standards.
- Contingency and Tactical Planning.
- Implementation of command and control into response including Incident Command System (ICS) and emergency operations centres (EOCs).
- Sensitivities assessment, mapping and prioritisation.
- Developing, facilitating, and delivering workshops, exercises, and trainings.
Ayumi is fluently bilingual in French and English and is based in Montreal, QC.
Representative
key projects
Throughout her career, Ayumi has responded to and advised on incidents on three different continents. In 2023 she led the shoreline assessment surveys in Yaeyama Islands, Japan’s southern-most inhabited islands. Covering hundreds of kilometers of shoreline, she co-wrote the Japan Coast Guard’s contingency and tactical plan for shoreline response. Later in the year she was invited to share her insights as a speaker and panelist at the Japan Maritime Center (JMC) and the IOPC Funds’ Joint Seminar, where she was the youngest and only female expert among her distinguished peers in the field of spill response. Following an incident in Gibraltar, Ayumi worked alongside the Gibraltar Port Authority, Gibraltar Environmental Agency, and other stakeholders to provide advice on on-water and shoreline clean-up operations. Early 2024, Ayumi designed and facilitated a two-day workshop on surveillance operations during pollution incidents, bringing together government and industry stakeholders.
Interesting career fact
Ayumi has worn multiple hats in her spill response career, including being a Senior Officer for the Government of Canada’s National Environmental Emergencies Centre, as well as being a Technical Advisor for ITOPF in London, UK, where she had an observer role at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the International Oil Pollution Compensation (IOPC) Funds. This multi-faceted experience has given her a deep understanding of emergency response management from different perspectives and on a global scale.
