Emma Bouillard

Emma Bouillard is a Researcher on CERC Migration's GAPs project, a multidisciplinary Horizon Europe consortium delving into coerced return migration, "Trajectories of French students in Canada," an initiative co-funded by the French Embassy in Canada, and the Link4Skills Horizon Europe project. With an academic background in Global Development Studies, History, and Geography, she specializes in the interdisciplinary field of migration and border studies. Emma earned her Master's degree from Queen's University in 2023, where her thesis focused on the exclusion of Eastern European Roma migrants in France. She has several years of experience in public-facing, advocacy roles, most recently being employed at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. Motivated by her own experience as a first-generation French immigrant in Canada, Emma strives to support the empowerment of international students and immigrants.