Employee Spotlight: Get to Know the Team
Ryan Brousseau
Environmental Technician
Meet Ryan Brousseau, Environmental Technician, a 2021 addition to our Blue Heron Environmental team.
Mr. Brousseau, Environmental Technician, joined Blue Heron Environmental in November of 2021. He is a graduate of the Environmental Technician Protection and Compliance program at Canadore College.
Mr. Brousseau has experience working in different sectors of the environmental field including forestry and geochemistry. Before joining the team at Blue Heron, Ryan worked as a Resource Technician with the MNRF Growth and Yield Program for two field seasons. He also enjoys spending his time volunteering for environmental based projects such as shoreline cleanups and assisting in electrofishing.
We asked Ryan to answer a few questions to help our clients get to know him better.
We continue to share the stories of the remarkable additions to our hard-working team at Blue Heron Environmental (BHE). In the past few years, we’ve hired a number of new professionals to help reach new heights for our business.
To showcase the people who make up Blue Heron, we sat down with team members to ask them a few questions about their professional career — and a few personal ones too.
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HOW DID YOU FIRST LEARN ABOUT BLUE HERON ENVIRONMENTAL?
Honestly, the first time I heard of Blue Heron Environmental would have been competing against the team they sponsored in Minor Hockey as a kid. But as far as hearing about them on a professional level it was when I was in post-secondary when our professors would use Blue Heron as reference for some of the activities we were doing.
HOW DID YOU FIRST LEARN ABOUT BLUE HERON ENVIRONMENTAL?
Honestly, the first time I heard of Blue Heron Environmental would have been competing against the team they sponsored in Minor Hockey as a kid. But as far as hearing about them on a professional level it was when I was in post-secondary when our professors would use Blue Heron as reference for some of the activities we were doing.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PART ABOUT BEING An Environmental Technician?
My favorite part about being an environmental technician would be being able to go out every day into the natural environment and being able to see what nature has to offer on a daily basis.
I truly believe that we are privileged to be doing this as a career. Another part that I truly enjoy as a technician is being able to access these remote locations using recreational vehicles such as ATV’s and snowmobiles, which on my own time I enjoy using as well.
WHAT IS ONE MYTH ABOUT BEING AN ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICIAN THAT YOU’D LIKE TO CLEAR UP?
A myth that I would like to clear up as an environmental technician would be that we are not on site to give other workers and companies a difficult time.
We are solely there to do our part in preserving and protecting the environment.
WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST JOB?
My first job growing up as kid was a cook at Pizza Hut, here in Timmins. At the time I was about 15 years old when I started there.
However, I still enjoy eating there from time to time.
IF YOU COULD PICK UP ANY NEW SKILL IN AN INSTANT, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
If I were able to pickup a new skill in an instant, it would most likely be having the ability to not get stuck at all while snowmobiling in 5+ feet of snow.
GOT ANY FAVORITE QUOTES?
“”Well, here goes nothing.”
WHAT’S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO IN THE NEXT YEAR THAT YOU’VE NEVER DONE BEFORE?
One thing I would like to do within the next year would be to go on a fly in hunting or fishing trip, mostly because I have never had the opportunity to be on a float plane before and because I truly believe it would be an amazing experience to do what I love in such remote locations.
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE PLACE YOU’VE EVER VISITED?
My favorite place to visit has to be Cocoa Beach in Florida!
For me, beautiful weather and beaches take the cake! Not to mention the beautiful scenery as well as the many adventures it has to offer as well, such as deep-sea fishing, air boat rides through the everglades, and snorkeling.