Roger Roy

After obtaining a B.Sc. in forestry from UNB (wildlife management option), Roger started his career as a wildlife biologist with the New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources (NBDNR). He then obtained an M.Sc. in forest ecology from UBC and worked for both the Canadian Forestry Service and NBDNR on ecological land classification. He also has a Ph.D. in forest management from UNB. For most of his career, he has been a professor of forest management at the Université de Moncton’s forestry school in Edmundston, N.B. where he held various administrative positions, including department head and school director.

He has served on several wildlife and forestry-related advisory committees and working groups in both New Brunswick and Quebec and is a past president of the Association of Registered Professional Foresters of New Brunswick. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the New Brunswick Nature Trust (NTNB) and was Chair of the NTNB Land Acquisition Committee. He is currently a member of the Canadian Forestry Accreditation Board which accredits university forestry programs throughout Canada to ensure that educational requirements are met for admission into the country’s various professional forester associations.

He officially retired in 2019 and moved to PEI in 2021 with his wife Judy who grew up in Mount Stewart, so he now considers himself an “Islander by marriage”. They have a property in Tracadie Cross which includes a woodlot where he enjoys spending his free time doing trail construction and maintenance, and tree planting, thinning, and pruning.