Mireille Lajoie | Global Migration Processes

Mireille Lajoie

Mireille Lajoie

Mireille Lajoie holds a master’s degree in geographic sciences from Université Laval.

Her research focuses on the migratory trajectories of people seeking asylum in Canada, more specifically in the province of Quebec, and all the factors that influence these trajectories. Her dissertation is entitled: Les trajectoires migratoires des demandeurs d’asile au Québec : Types et facteurs des trajectoires avant et après l’arrivée au Canada. She worked under the supervision of Danièle Bélanger and the co-direction of Adèle Garnier. Her master’s research was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et Culture (FRQSC). Her undergraduate research project focused on the situation of young migrants attempting to reach Europe via the Mediterranean Sea from Libya. She carried out this project in collaboration with the European organization SOS Méditerranée, whose mission is to rescue migrants on the high seas of the central Mediterranean.

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.