Jocelyne Blouin

Jocelyne Blouin (17 October 1950 – 27 May 2019[1]) was a Québécoise meteorologist and weather presenter. She worked for Canadian French-language public broadcaster Société Radio-Canada from 1978 to 2011, where she was known for her regular weather bulletins on the news.[2]

Jocelyne Blouin
Born17 October 1950 
Died27 May 2019  (aged 68)
Longueuil 
NationalityCanadian
EducationM.Sc. meteorology
Alma materUniversité du Québec à Montréal
Occupation
Employer

Biography

Education

Born 17 October 1950, Jocelyne Blouin obtained an honours degree in physics from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) in 1973.[3][4] She was then hired by Environment Canada and followed the Operational Weather Training Course. She obtained a certificate in meteorology from UQAM in 1974.[3] Blouin completed the academic part of a master's degree in meteorology in 1986.[3][5]

Career

Blouin's first position with the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) was in 1974 in Edmonton, Alberta. During these early years, she taught Sea Scout weather courses and participated in the morning broadcast of CHFA Radio-Canada.[3]

In 1976 the MSC repatriated her to Montreal. In 1978 Radio-Canada Television offered her a part-time position as a weather presenter. She resigned from the MSC in July 1980 to devote herself full-time to this new job.[3]

In September 2005 Radio-Canada removed Blouin from the camera due to a "period of transition and testing". Several complaints were lodged in this respect and Blouin returned to her position the following week.[6][7]

In June 2011 Blouin announced her departure from Le Téléjournal to retire after 33 years with Radio-Canada. She was replaced by Pascal Yiacouvakis.[8] Over the course of her career, she presented nearly 15,000 weather bulletins.[9]

On 12 July 2016, Blouin and Jean-Charles Beaubois, the former director of Belgian Radio-Television's weather department, launched the Blisly app. This smartphone program offers personalized health risk indexes from aggravating weather factors and is designed to help people suffering from non-food allergies, joint pain, respiratory or heart problems, or migraines.[10]

Jocelyne Blouin died from cancer on 27 May 2019.[11]

Honours

Jocelyne Blouin was the recipient of many national and international awards. In 1993 she received the Alcide-Ouellet Award,[12] named after a Canadian meteorologist. At the International Weather Festival, she received the Best Weather and Environment Report in 1999, the 2000 Scientists Award, and the Best Weather and Environment Report in 2002.[3]

References
  1. "Jocelyne Blouin (17 octobre , 1950 – 27 mai , 2019". Avis de décès (in French). SCI Shared Resources. 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  2. "Jocelyne Blouin : une carrière et une retraite marquées par la météo" [Jocelyne Blouin: a career and a retirement marked by the weather]. radio-canada.ca (in French). 18 June 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  3. "Jocelyne Blouin" (in French). Société Radio-Canada. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  4. "Anniversaire de Jocelyne Blouin". Rock Détente (in French). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
  5. Sophie Durocher (22 August 1987). "Jocelyne Blouin prédit plus de clarté" (PDF). Télé Presse (in French). p. 5. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  6. Dumas, Hugo (5 October 2005). "Le vent tourne et Jocelyne Blouin est de retour" [The wind turns and Jocelyne Blouin is back]. La Presse (in French). Groupe Gesca.
  7. Richard, Therrien (5 November 2010). "Jocelyne Blouin: Madame Météo" [Jocelyne Blouin: Madam Weather]. Le Soleil (in French). Quebec: Power Corporation of Canada. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  8. Therrien, Richard (2011). "Jocelyne Blouin quitte Le téléjournal après 33 ans" [Jocelyne Blouin leaves The TV news after 33 years]. Le Soleil (in French). Quebec: Power Corporation of Canada. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012.
  9. Nadeau, Pascale (30 June 2011). "Merci Jocelyne Blouin!" [Thank you Jocelyne Blouin!]. Le Téléjournal (in French). Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  10. Destiné, Vanessa (12 July 2016). "Une application mobile pour les ¬´ météo-sensibles ¬ª" [A mobile app for the 'weather-sensitive'] (in French). Radio Canada. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  11. Agence QMI (27 May 2019). "La météorologue Jocelyne Blouin emportée par un cancer". Journal de Montréal (in French). Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  12. "Montréal". Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS). 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
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