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
24 August 2026
Crises and Transformations in Quebec’s Music Ecosystem: A Series of Seven Study Days
Discoverability
20 August 2026
EXEcentrer invites Chaudière-Appalaches organizations to join a new network
Culture in the regionsEVENTS
22 September 2026 – 23 September 2026
[ Upon registration ]
Alma, Baie-Comeau, Gatineau, Longueuil, Montréal, Saint-Camille, and Trois-Rivières
Culture in the regionsWhen Culture Contributes to Well-Being: Join Us This September!
18 September 2026 – 18 September 2026
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
[ Upon registration ]
INRS 385, Sherbrooke East Montreal (Quebec) H2X 1E3 > ROOM 2109
DiscoverabilityStudy Day 1 > D’une crise à l’autre : histoire de l’écosystème musical au Québec
12 September 2026
Strating at 12 p.m.
[ Free admission ]
Agora, UQAM's Cœur des sciences
Culture in the regions
Arts and Health
Digital Creativity
DiscoverabilityLudodrome 2026: Celebrating Montreal’s Experimental Game Creativity
Latest Podcasts & Videos
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.
Digital Creativity – Exploring New Artistic Forms
7 April 2026
How do practitioners integrate digital creativity into their work? Mélanie-Beby Robert, Director of Training Programs and Pedagogy at the École de cirque de Verdun, shares her experience.