Émilie Monnet

The multidisciplinary artist Émilie Monnet has worked in Canada, Europe, and Latin America. For several years, she has been involved in various projects that aim to build bridges between the indigenous peoples of the Americas. She is one of the six voices in Odaya, a music group made up of six indigenous women with whom she performed last year at Théâtre Maisonneuve as well as at Quebec city’s 400th anniversary. Currently she is working to produce a contemporary story-telling event with a theme of indigenous eroticism. She also runs theatre workshops for incarcerated women as a part of the Agir par l’imaginaire project, which uses artistic creation to resist the criminalisation of poverty. Émilie is a graduate of the indigenous theatre program offered by Ondinnok in collaboration with the National Theatre School of Canada; she also has a Master’s degree in Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies. She was born to an Algonquin mother and a French father, and her childhood was divided between the Outaouais region and Brittany.