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
16 February 2026
Call for papers, CREAT Conference
Culture in the regions
Arts and Health
Digital Creativity
Discoverability
11 February 2026
SSHRC funds structuring initiative in digital creativity at the CREAT Chair
Culture in the regions
Arts and Health
Digital Creativity
Discoverability
10 February 2026
Creative Economy, Well-Being, and Territory, Special Issue
Culture in the regions
Arts and Health
Digital Creativity
Discoverability
9 February 2026
Launch of CREAT Podcast Series
Culture in the regions
Arts and Health
Digital Creativity
DiscoverabilityEVENTS
28 May 2026 – 29 May 2026
[ Upon registration ]
Outaouais
Culture in the regionsStudy Days on the Concept of Culture in the Regions
21 May 2026 – 22 May 2026
[ Sur inscription ]
Montréal
Culture in the regions
Arts and Health
Digital Creativity
DiscoverabilityCREAT Conference, May 21-22, 2026
12 February 2026 – 12 February 2026
Montréal
Digital CreativityLaunch of an essay by Les Presses de l’Université Laval
Latest Podcasts & Videos
“L’écho des Plantes” : An Ecological and Poetic Opera
2 March 2026
Is it possible to create an opera with plants?
This episode takes you inside a groundbreaking artistic initiative.
Imagined in collaboration with teenagers, L’Écho des Plantss is a transdisciplinary opera that brings together living systems, the arts, and science in a dynamic dialogue.
Charlotte Gagnon (Manager of Social Action and Education at Opéra de Montréal / Co-founder and Co-Artistic & Executive Director of Productions Rigoletta) and Antoine Bellemare (multidisciplinary artist and postdoctoral researcher) take us behind the scenes of this collective creation, where emotions, plant signals, and words intertwine to shape a new way of listening to the world.
The CREAT Chairheaders
17 February 2026
This episode features four interviews with the headers of the Research Chair in Creative Economy and Well-Being (CREAT). Learn more about their backgrounds, areas of interest, and research.