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Monique Simard

Inspiring person

From 2018 to 2020, she was a member of the Expert Panel for the Review of Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislation (Yale Report). She was CEO of SODEC from 2014 to 2018 and DG of the French Program at the National Film Board of Canada from 2008 to 2013, where she notably opened the interactive production studio.

From 1998 to 2008, she was producer and VP of Productions Virage, where she produced over 60 films. She was President of the Board of the Cinémathèque québécoise and a founding member of the RIDM, as well as a member of the Board of the Association des producteurs de films et de télévision du Québec (APFTQ).

In 2017, she was named Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters of the French Republic.