About Us
Team
VALÉRIE LESSARD
FOUNDER, ARCHIVIST AND ARTIST
Professional archivist certified by the Association des archivistes du Québec, Valérie Lessard is also an artist, teacher, videographer, mediator and cultural worker in the Montreal dance scene. She studied contemporary dance at the University of Quebec in Montreal and in management of cultural organizations at HEC Montreal. She holds a master's degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Montreal, where she sealed her passion for records management and enhancement of cultural heritage.
GENEVIÈVE SIMARD
ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT and PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Before joining Filigrane Archives, Geneviève worked for several years as a coordinator for cultural organizations. A graduate of the cultural organization management programs at HEC and film studies at the University of Montreal, she works part-time as au author. This lover of heritage, assumed nostalgia and voracious reader is enthusiastic about the idea of collaborating on captivating archiving projects, particularly hoping for mandates in literature and cinema, her two main interests.