Renée Dancause graduated with distinction from the University of Alberta with a B.Sc. in Home Economics. Her background is in clothing and textiles, with a specialty in the conservation of historic textiles. Renée worked as a volunteer and as a contractor in several museums in Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec before being awarded a Textile Fellowship in CCI's Textile Laboratory in 1994; she has worked as a conservator at CCI since 1995.
