Mission and governance
Hexagram is an interdisciplinary network dedicated to research-creation addressing the relationships between arts, cultures and technologies. It comprises around forty co-researchers, forty collaborators, and a little over 200 students from various artistic disciplines related, in particular, to living arts, visual arts, design, and media arts, while also touching disciplines in the social sciences and humanities or natural sciences and engineering.
45
co-investigator members
40
collaborator members
+200
student members
Mission
COLLABORATION AND INTERDISCIPLINARITY
It promotes collaborative work and the sharing of facilities by federating human and material resources between 8 universities, mainly from Université du Québec à Montréal and Concordia University, but also those of Université de Montréal, École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Université Laval, and McGill University.
It creates opportunities for knowledge-sharing between experts from different creative disciplines and various fields of research by facilitating collaboration between members in interdisciplinary activities.
EXPERIMENTATION AND MOBILITY
It supports the development of experimental or critical research-creation projects by offering residency programs and national and international mobility grants.
DISSEMINATION, CURATION AND SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
It helps explicate and disseminate the various methodological approaches and theoretical foundations of research-creation through the publication of books, radio broadcasts, and videographic material accessible online.
It organizes artistic and scientific events such as symposia, conferences, exhibitions, concerts, shows, and other creative forms in public space.
PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
It encourages knowledge-sharing and exposure for emerging artist by developing partnerships with educational institutions, artistic organizations, and cultural businesses located in Quebec, Canada, and abroad.
Governance
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Alice Jarry, co-investigator, Concordia University.
- Jean Dubois, co-investigator, Université du Québec à Montréal.
- Jean-Ambroise Vesac, co-investigator, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue.
- Sofian Audry, Co-director, Université du Québec à Montréal.
- Suzanne Paquet, co-investigator, Université de Montréal.
- Emilie St-Hilaire, student member, Concordia University.
- Danny Perreault, student member, Université du Québec à Montréal.
- Albertine Thunier, student member, Université de Montréal
- Frédéric Bigras-Burrogano, student member, Université du Québec à Montréal. (Substitute)
- Jonathan Lessard, Co-director, Concordia University
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Barbara Clausen, Vice-Dean for Research and Creation, Faculty of Arts, Université du Québec à Montréal.
- Dominique Michaud, Representative of Associate Vice-President, Research, Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships, Concordia University.
- Yan Breuleux, co-investigator member, UQAC-NAD.
- Jean-Pierre Richer, Representative of Vice-Rector for Research, Creation and Diffusion, Université du Québec à Montréal.
- Marc Ménard, Vice-Dean for Research and Creation, Faculty of Communication, Université du Québec à Montréal.
- MJ Thompson, Associate Dean, Research, Faculty of Fine Arts, Concordia University.
- A representative of the research office of one of the non-main partner universities [UQAC-NAD, in 2022].
REPRESENTATIVE OF PARTNER INSTITUTIONS
- Alanna Thain, McGill University.
- Bart Simon, Concordia University.
- David St-Onge, École de technologie supérieure.
- Sofian Audry, Université du Québec à Montréal.
- Jean-Ambroise Vesac, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue.
- Marie-Christiane Mathieu, Université Laval.
- Aleksandra Kaminska, Université de Montréal.
- Yan Breuleux, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi.
EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION (EDI) COMMITTEE
- Sofian Audry, UQAM.
- Alanna Thain, McGill University.
- Rilla Khaled, Concordia University.
- André-Éric Létourneau, UQAM.
- Elina Kasatkina, student member, UQAM
General Bylaws
Hexagram’s general bylaws and organizational structure are based on the principles described in the Common General Rules of the Fonds de recherche du Québec (2019) and in the Strategic clusters – Fall 2019 competition program’s call for applications. They are also in compliance with the governance and management policies of partner universities, according to the statutes and procedures that apply to their respective institutional frameworks.
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