Geneviève Fournier | Global Migration Processes

Geneviève Fournier

Geneviève Fournier

Geneviève Fournier is completing a master’s degree in geographic sciences under the supervision of Danièle Bélanger. Her dissertation project focuses on the precariousness of abused temporary migrant workers who have attempted to take advantage of the Open Work Permit for Vulnerable Workers, a Canadian Federal government policy. This project, funded by the FRQSC and SSHRC, is a continuation of research carried out by the Canada Research Chair in Global Migration Processes, in collaboration with several Canadian community organizations. During her bachelor’s degree, Geneviève worked as a research assistant on this project to assess the multi-sectoral impacts of open work permits for vulnerable workers in Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia.

Over the past three years, Geneviève has also worked as a research assistant on Véronique Tessier’s master’s project on the social determinants of health among temporary agricultural workers in Quebec. She completed a research internship funded by the FRQSC and supervised by Adèle Garnier on the multiscalar impacts of welcoming displaced Ukrainians to Canada. At the same time, she completed a Mitacs internship with the community organization RATTMAQ (Réseau d’aide aux travailleuses et travailleurs migrants agricoles du Québec), supervised by Danièle Bélanger.

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.