Guillaume Haemmerli | Global Migration Processes

Guillaume Haemmerli

Guillaume Haemmerli

Guillaume Haemmerli holds a master’s degree in geograpy from Université Laval (Québec).

His research examined migration dynamics in Southeast Asia through a case study of the internal and international migration patterns, household life cycles and care needs (i.e. social and economic burdens) of Vietnamese households. Collaborating with Dr. Danièle Bélanger (Geography Department, Université Laval), and Dr. Charles Fleury (Sociology Department, Université Laval), Guillaume has also worked on various research projects regarding migration paths, status transitions as well as the economic integration of immigrants, temporary workers and refugees allowed in Canada. He had the financial support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Société et Culture (FRQSC).

Photographic contribution

Michel Huneault is a documentary photographer and visual artist. Before devoting himself entirely to photography starting in 2008, he worked for more than ten years in international development. He holds an M.A. in Latin American Studies from the University of California at Berkeley, where he was a Rotary Peace Fellow, focusing on the role of collective memory in the aftermath of large-scale trauma. First in Berkeley and then in New York, he was a student and assistant to photographer Gilles Peress of the Magnum agency. Today, Michel Huneault is still interested in development, trauma, migration and other complex geographic realities, including the impacts of climate change. In 2016, he was awarded the Travers Foreign Corresponding Fellowship to continue his research on migration issues. In 2018, ROXHAM, his visual and sound project on the passage of asylum seekers from the United States to Canada was adapted into virtual reality by the National Film Board of Canada.