She is actually member of the Educational Research Unit Science ECO 21 at the Faculty of education, UofO. She teach the science education courses at the B.Ed. level, as well as the methods courses at the graduate level. Her research activities concentrated mostly in the field of collaborative teachers' professional development in science. She is also active in the field of environmental education, and schools' partnership for teachers' professional development. New researcher award winner in 2009, Doctor Dionne is the author of many publications in her field of expertise.