The team: ANIM humans
If you had to guess how many employees ANIM had...what would you say? 2? 100? 1000?
The answer is five.
With five employees, a crazy board of directors, and a vast web of collaboration, ANIM is on fire.
Administrative Team
Clotilde Heibing (Elle/elle)
Julie Fradette (She/He)
Myriam Bourry-Shalabi (Elle/elle)
Alexis Adamczyk (he/she)
Belinda Guillen (She/She)
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Executive Director
An international marketer and entrepreneur, Clotilde's profile is not exactly typical and she believes this is a stroke of luck! Over the course of 20 years she has acquired financial and project management skills, championed her ideas to a variety of audiences in hyper-competitive environments, built strong networks with numerous partners, practiced innovative, user-oriented marketing and reinforced her appetite for getting stuff done.
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Administrative and Financial Management
Chance, curiosity, luck? Here she is in the French music industry. She loves learning, structuring, creating charts, taking on new challenges, and she's definitely on her X. At ANIM, she's a multi-tasker - accounting, admin, member relations. Got a question? Don't hesitate to contact her.
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Project Management - Social Innovation Research
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Looking back over Julie's young career, it's easy to see that she's always been involved in local initiatives, promoting a DIY, punk and alternative spirit. Originally from Alma in Lac-Saint-Jean, she has been involved in the world of shows and music for the past ten years, lending a hand to venue management, bars, events and local bands. It's only natural that she's been pursuing this path towards the minority francophone music industry for over two years, where projects, research and representation are her playgrounds. Somewhere between a live music tripper and a bookworm with a degree in literary studies, Julie has a lot of fun at ANIM.
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Digital Records and International Development Manager
From an early age, Alexis has been captivated by the digital world. What might irritate you when a computer gets in the way, fascinates him to no end. He's constantly looking for online ways to make teamwork easier, using AI and other innovative technologies. He is ANIM's official technotherapist.
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ÉDIA+ Coordinator
What has curly hair, insatiable curiosity and an organized mind? Her! Myriam! A recent history and anthropology graduate, she's interested in the intersections between microhistories, the lived experiences of historically excluded groups, and.....roulement de tambour.... music (especially jazz and soul!) A traveler at heart, she travels the world with her camera and paintbrush in hand, while already planning her return to the academic isle next year to pursue studies in archives or museology! The world is her oyster! Her sensitivity to issues of intersectionality, radical feminist theories and critical race theory led her to ANIM, where she is delighted to contribute to the team as part of a four-month internship through the Young Canada Works program.
Board of Directors
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Julie Frigault
President
Julie FrenchyFridge has a thousand talents invisible to the untrained eye. She was born an eternity late and an eternity early.
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José Bertrand
Vice President
He's our super Rockstar, our emergency crutch, and has a phenomenal network that he shares with us.
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Thomas Kriner
Secretary-Treasurer
An expert in all the latest musical practices, he sheds light on our most challenging questions
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Jean Surette
Board Members
Jean brings us his benevolent, positive vision of the world. With him, you don't even dare gossip because he seems so straightforward and kind ... is that his only flaw?
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Marc-Antoine Joly
Board Members
Self-producer, singer, artist, director of Joly Records, and that's just the beginning of the list! We're lucky to have him on our CA!
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Elma Bos
Board Members
Elma comes to us from Sasckatchawan, where she co-directs the francophone association that nurtures talent like mushrooms in damp undergrowth... When you put it like that, it doesn't sound like much, but she is ...
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Penelope Gaultier
Board Members
A real modern-day superhero, Wonderlope radiates positivity, expertise and superhuman logic!
Annual elections
Each year at the AGM, several positions are up for election - three positions in years when the President is up for election, four in other years.
Our team is very small, so we rely on the Board to support us, to enlighten us and to participate in the essential decisions. We maintain a high level of trust, respect and mutual support.
We are all too white, too straight, too old and too neuro-typical. A bunch of privileged people who can't wait for a new generation of people to come along and take their place.
