Frédérik Beaudry | Global Migration Processes

Frédérik Beaudry

Frédérik Beaudry

Frédérik holds a bachelor’s degree in applied sociology and is a television production technician. She will begin her master’s degree in applied geography in fall 2024 under the supervision of Danièle Bélanger. Her research experience in socio-ecological transition and her academic training in sociology have enabled her to develop a keen interest in environmental refugees. She plans to explore this issue in her dissertation, adopting an ecofeminist approach. Frédérik is also the events coordinator and social networks manager of the Canada Research Chair in Global Migration Processes.

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.