Jean Tétreault studied at the University of Montreal, where he received a Masters Degree in Science (analytical chemistry). In 1989, he joined the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI), where he is currently working as an adviser and researcher on environmental condition directives, pollutants, exhibit and storage products and strategy on the preservation assessment of collections. Mr. Tétreault was the President of the Canadian Association for Conservation of Cultural Property from 1995 to 1997 and the principal author of directives on pollutant concentrations in museums and archives included in the “Museums, Libraries, and Archives” chapter of the 2003 ASHRAE Application Handbook. He has also presented numerous papers in Canada and Europe on exhibit and storage products. He is currently the acting manager of the Preventive Conservation Services Division of the CCI.
