Monique became a diver in 1982 (PADI). She co-founded the Ottawa chapter of Save Ontario Shipwrecks. She was a speaker at many US and Canadian scuba diving shows. Monique has donated thousand of hours to marine archeology research and studies. She has had hundreds of articles published in Canada, France and the USA (French & English). In the early 90's she founded several successful non-profit International photo contests. She is in the arts, producing paintings in pastel and black and withe. She also makes jewelry and does specialty wire wrapping of her husbands gemstone art (pendants etc...). She is now involved in charities, such as food banks, World Vision Canada, Save the Manatees, Turtle Protection in Florida. She donates her art work and jewelry for various organizations and charities. She has undertaken a new project video filming of nature, the sea and many more subjects. She is in the process of archiving (Micheal's) thousands of slides of shipwrecks from Eastern Ontario Canada, to donate to the Marine Museum in Kingston Ontario. Perhaps one day a book in the making...