Edmundston, New Brunswick - 8 August 2014
Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau is an executive whose career and community engagement have focused on economic development and the promotion and advancement of education. She is currently in her second and final mandate as Vice-President at the Université de Moncton’s Shippagan Campus. She holds a Master of Public Administration and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Industrial Engineering from the Université de Moncton, as well as a teaching certificate from the province of New Brunswick.
Throughout her career she has sought to promote and advance research and innovation. Ms. Roy-Vienneau served as Assistant Deputy Minister for Post-Secondary Education in the Government of New Brunswick’s Department of Education. She also worked at the New Brunswick Community College in Bathurst for 23 years as dean, department head, professor, and manager, including six years as the College’s Director General. She began her career as a project engineer at the Esso Imperial Oil Limited refinery in Montreal.
Ms. Roy-Vienneau is the first woman to occupy a secular position as Vice-President of a campus at the Université de Moncton, the first woman to direct a francophone community college in New Brunswick, and one of the first women to graduate from the Université de Moncton’s Faculty of Engineering.
In 2003, she was named Alumni of the Year from the Université de Moncton’s engineering faculty. In 2001, during her time as Director General of New Brunswick Community College in Bathurst, the school became one of the first two colleges in the country to be eligible for research grants with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada.
Ms. Roy-Vienneau also currently serves as chairperson of the board of directors of Coastal Zones Research Institute Incorporated, a board member of the Fondation Communautaire de la Péninsule acadienne, a member of the board of directors of the Comité Avenir Jeunesse de la Péninsule acadienne, and a member of the board of directors of the Collectivité ingénieuse de la Péninsule acadienne.
Ms. Roy-Vienneau resides in Haut-Shippagan, New Brunswick, with her husband Ronald Vienneau. She is the mother to two grown children, Isabelle and Cédric.
