RESEARCH CHAIR IN THE CREATIVE ECONOMY AND WELL-BEING
At the Core of the Francophone Creative Economy
Research Axes
The Research Chair in the creative economy and well-being (CREAT) connects 4 research areas.
Culture in the regions
The main objective of this axis is to promote and foster research and creative and cultural initiatives in the regions, i.e. outside the major urban centres.
Arts and Health
Encourage and undertake research, training and knowledge-transfer initiatives to better understand the relationship between arts, culture and health.
Digital Creativity
Identify crucial issues within the digital creative industries to foster research, training and development in this sector.
Discoverability
Contribute to understanding the dynamics behind discoverability issues, disseminate knowledge on the subject and propose modes of action based on research.
News
4 November 2026
Four REC episodes to continue the conversations from the CREAT Symposium
Digital Creativity
Culture in the regions
Arts and Health
Discoverability
2 November 2026
“The mind as a battlefield”: Three Awards and International Recognition
Digital Creativity
30 October 2026
A New research mandate on the discoverability of cultural content
Discoverability
29 October 2026
“ET SI ? Ménager au lieu d’aménager”: Rethinking living environments through research-creation
Arts and HealthEVENTS
27 November 2026 – 27 November 2026
9 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.
[ Upon registration ]
ÉTS, 1130 -1132 William Street (Montréal)_Le Bunker room
DiscoverabilityStudy Day 6 > Musique au Québec et streaming : découvrabilité et consommation
19 November 2026 – 20 November 2026
[ Upon registration ]
Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, Valenciennes (France)
Arts and HealthArts and Health: CREAT Research Chair Members on the Program at an International Conference in Valenciennes
17 November 2026 – 17 November 2026
[ Upon registration ]
Théâtre aux Écuries > 7285 Chabot Street Montréal (Québec) H2E 2K7
Culture in the regionsArts, Culture, and the Social Economy: Research Takes the Stage
Latest Podcasts & Videos
Innovation and remediation: Two perspectives on digital creativity
4 November 2026
This episode features a conversation with Valérie Payen Jean Baptiste, postdoctoral researcher at TÉLUQ University, and Yan Breuleux, professor at NAD-UQAC School, recorded alongside the conference “Research-Creation, Digital Creativity and Social Transformations”, organized by the CREAT in collaboration with Hexagram, in May 2026.
Financed by the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Society and Culture sector, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Regional Culture – Field Experiences
21 April 2026
Two cultural sector professionals working in regional areas, Mélanie Girard, Executive Director of the Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent, and Éric Gagnon, Community Development Officer at Culture Côte-Nord, share their career paths and provide insight into on-the-ground realities.
Vulnerability, Resonance, and Our Connection to the Living World
13 April 2026
A conversation with Corine Pelluchon, philosopher and professor at Université Gustave Eiffel, exploring the relationship between vulnerability, aesthetic experience, ethics, and the transformation of our relationship to the world in the context of contemporary crises.
This discussion is part of an engaged philosophical perspective, rooted in the ethics of care, attentiveness, and resonance—as described by Hartmut Rosa—as well as in the human–nature connection.