![portrait par Valerie Martell](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2023-12/Valarie%20Martell.jpeg?itok=b5J_iAIO)
Valerie Martell
Career Profiles
Funeral Director/Embalmer
As a Funeral Director and Embalmer I arrange care and disposition of deceased people.
![Shari Forbes à l'extérieur du centre de décomposition humaine](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2022-03/Shari%20Forbes.jpg?itok=tS4g4EoW)
Shari Forbes (she/her/elle)
Career Profiles
Forensic Scientist
I conduct research to understand how the human body decomposes in our unique Canadian environment.
![Lac-Mégantic fire on the day of the train derailment](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-10/Lac_megantic_burning.jpg?itok=bfjuGRz5)
CSI Lac-Mégantic: How are victims identified after a disaster?
STEM Explained
Learn about forensic pathology and other methods scientists use, like analysing the skeletal system, to identify the dead after a disaster.