RÉSUMÉ
Annick Maugile Flavien
An interdisciplinary creative maker, researcher, and educator currently working on a PhD Research-Creation project that roots itself in Black Aging Studies and Black Geographies of Carework to explore the transmission of intergenerational knowledge and identity within “the Black home” as a crucial site of knowledge production for Canadian Black communities.
Currently not considering longterm positions but open to short-term teaching opportunities, speaking events, and consultation contracts.
annickmf@gmail.com | linkedin.com/in/annickmf
Education
PhD - Interdisciplinary Studies - Concordia University (ongoing)
Master of Arts - Media Studies - Concordia University (2018)
Graduate Diploma - Communications Studies - Concordia University (2015)
Bachelor of Science - Exercise Science - Concordia University (2013)
Professional Experience
Researcher - Concordia University - 2022 to present
Founder, Coordinator and Team Manager - The Black Perspective Office | Office of the Provost, Concordia University - 2019 to 2022
Equity Consultant & Workshop Facilitator. Office of the Provost, Concordia University - 2021 to 2022
Project Coordinator & Communication Lead - CFAR Research Project | Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University - 2016 to 2020
Researcher and Videographer - Encounters Research Project (part of the Art for the Social Change SSHRC partnership) | Faculty of Fine Arts, Concordia University 2014 to 2019
Teaching Assistant - Hip Hop Past, Present and Future (Taught by Yassin Narcy Alsalman) - Faculty of Fine Arts, Concordia University - 2014 to 2016
Board Membership
Advisory Board - Research Project: “Developing guidance for representative recruitment and the integration of social determinants of health in research on aging and Alzheimer’s disease” | Lead by Dr. Maiya Geddes and Dr. Nancy Mayo, McGill University - 2025 to present
Advisory Board - The Family Care Collective | Community Organization lead by Millie Tresierra and Dr. Suparna Choudhury, Montreal - 2024 to present
Co-chair - President’s Task Force on Anti-Black Racism | Office of the President and Vice-Chancellor, Concordia University - 2020 to 2022
Affiliations
The Center for Oral History and Digital Storytelling, Research Centre, Concordia University
EngAge centre for research on Aging, Research Centre, Concordia University
Ageing, Communications, and Technologies (ACT), Research Project, Concordia University
Community Initiatives
Utero - Women’s Health Education - 2023 to present
The Nou Initiative - Research Collective - 2022 to present
Montreal Black Artist-In-Community - Artist Residency - 2018
Mapping Blackness in Montreal - Community Building Workshops - 2018 to 2020
When Matriarchs Gather - Community Gatherings / Podcast - 2016 to 2020
Say Word?! - Radio Show and Music Journalism Blog - 2013 to 2015
Publications
Maugile Flavien, Annick and Rochat, Désirée. “These Halls of Ours: Mapping Black Student Presence at Concordia and Situating Concordia in Black Montreal Youth History.” In Concordia University at 50: A Collective History. Edited by Monika Kin Gagnon and Brandon Webb, 249-260 . Montreal: Concordia University Press, 2024.
Maugile Flavien, Annick. “ Reflections on Black History Month: Many hands, light load." CTV News, February 01, 2021. https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/reflections-on-black-history-month-many-hands-light-load/
Maugile Flavien, Annick. “Black History Month offers a time to reflect on a year of progress and change” Concordia University News, February 1, 2022. https://www.concordia.ca/news/stories/2022/02/01/black-history-month-offers-a-time-to-reflect-on-a-year-of-progress-and-change.html
Maugile Flavien, Annick. 2018. “Understanding Blackness in Montreal - A Toolkit for Engaging Youth in Critical Dialogue Around Race.” Master’s Thesis. Concordia University.
Maugile Flavien, Annick “He’s Here”. CBC June 30, 2017. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/upclose/annick-mf-1.4180777
see also music journalism articles on Music is My Sanctuary among others
Exhibits, Residencies & Productions
Black Community Health Check - Research Residency and Exhibition - Researcher and Curator - 4th space, Concordia University, Montreal - September 2022
Symbols of Resistance - Group Artist Exhibition - Coordinator & Curator (with Meghan Gagliardi) - Galerie Mile-End, Montreal - February 2018
ACOUS! x TCOYS [Take Care of Your Self] - Performance / Workshop - Actor and Facilitator Pop Up Art Gallery - June 2017
Alterations & Repairs - Media Exhibition - Artist (Video) - Concordia University, Montreal - 2016
ACOUS! x Changemakers - Performance - Actor - The MAI Theatre, Montreal - 2016
ACOUS! [A Chorus of Unidentified Singers] - Theatre Performance - Actor and Poet - Play directed and written by Jessica Glavina, part of the Revolution They Wrote Theatre Festival - Mainline Gallery, Montreal - March 2016
Lectures & Talks
Where Isolation Urges Our Imaginary (2022) - Keynote Speaker - Annual Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference: Sovereignty and Inter/dependence, Concordia University
Developing an Anti-Discriminatory Framework in the University Environment (2021 to 2022) - Workshop Facilitator - Delivered to all 36 departments of the Faculty of Arts and Science and Faculty of Fine Arts, Concordia University
The Power of Our Stories: Black Families, Intergenerational Connection, and Belonging (2022) - Panelist - EngAge Centre for Ageing Studies, Concordia University
Beyond Inclusion: An Anti-Racist Pedagogy & Research Workshop for Graduate Students (2021) - Panelist - The GEM Lab, Concordia University
Seeking understanding: as an ally and an activist (2021) - Speaker and Facilitator - Dawson College
Art as Resistance (2019) - Lecture - Concordia University
Fostering a Feminist University (2019) - Lecture, Consultation, and Workshop - University of the Fraser Valley
Intimacy, Coalitions & Community (2019) - Lecture, Consultation, and Workshop - University British Columbia
Planning with a Creative Lens: Exploring the Relationship Between Film and Planning (2019) - Panelist & Consultant - SCARP [RE]Present Conference - University British Columbia
Race, Representation and Public Memory in Montréal (2019) - Presentation and Panelist - Protests & Pedagogy Conference - Concordia University
Homegrown & Local (2017) - Presentation and Panelist - Podcasts: How are they innovative and why should we care? - POP Montreal
Parcours haïtiens au Québec: rencontres, connivences, coïncidences, conflits et malentendus (2016) Presentation and Panelist - Canada-Québec-Caraïbe: Connexions Transaméricaines - Université de Montreal
Re-shaping Diversity: The future of diversity, in the university, and beyond (2016) - Panelist - Beyond Disciplines Conference, Concordia University
Presenting the Matriarch (2015) - Presentation and Panelist - Care To Comment?: Oral History & Marginalized Communities, Panelist, English Department Symposium, Vanier College
Awards & Grants
Doctoral Graduate Fellowship, Concordia University (2021-2026) – In support of PhD research
Engaged Scholar Award, Concordia University (2018) - In support of the organizing, in collaboration with Meghan Gagliardi, for the Montreal Black Artists-in-Community Residency
Sustainability Action Fund Grant, Concordia University (2017-2018) - In support of the Montreal Black Artists-in-Community Residency project and Symbols of Resistance exhibition
Hydro Quebec Master’s Student Award (2016) - In support of Master’s education
Social Diversity & Ethnic Studies Award, Concordia University (2015) - In support of Master’s thesis work: Understanding Blackness in Montreal
Learning Centre Grant, Concordia University (2015) - In support of Master’s education
Pimiento Production House Best Documentary Award (2014) - For debut documentary Kafou Kreyol at the Montreal Black Film Festival
CJLO’s Mapl Award (2013) - For advancing Canadian content on CJLO radio