Master's degree of Zoology - University of Toronto - 1984 Deborah Martin-Downs is a Canadian aquatic biologist who specializes in fish and their environments.
[3][4] She worked as an environmental consultant, first as an assistant aquatic biologist with Ecoplans and then as a part of the Toronto Area Watershed Management Strategy (TAWMS) until 1982,[5] when she received a scholarship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council.
The program created educational and leisure activities for fishing resources with the aim of gaining community support for environmental rehabilitation of urban ponds and waterways.
Facing budget cuts, she became an environmental consultant with Gartner Lee Associates in 1989, working on projects throughout Ontario, and in some locations in British Columbia, Newfoundland, and the Yukon.
[2][6][7] During her tenure at the TRCA, Martin-Downs continued conservation efforts of the Don River,[6][8] and worked with other governmental agencies to improve performance in "water and air quality, carbon emissions, waste diversion, land use and biodiversity".