Sandra Arruda | Global Migration Processes

Sandra Arruda

Sandra Arruda

In the fall of 2024, Sandra will begin a master’s degree in geographic sciences at Université Laval under the supervision of Danièle Bélanger and funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). Her research will focus on the effects of climate change in the province of Quebec, human mobility and its social impacts. During her bachelor’s degree in geography, also obtained at Université Laval, Sandra worked as a research assistant on projects with the Équipe de recherche en partenariat sur la diversité culturelle et l’immigration dans la region de Québec (ÉDIQ), thus enriching her academic and professional career. Graduating in social work techniques in 2016, Sandra gained experience working with marginalized populations. Since 2020, she has worked as a community worker for the Programme d’encadrement clinique et d’hébergement (PECH), where she supports people in situations of residential instability.

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.