Gwénaëlle André

Gwénaëlle André is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Research on Migration and Society (IRMS) at Concordia University (Montreal, Canada). She holds a PhD in Education from Simon Fraser University (2024). Her research explores the relationship between immigration and digital literacies. This perspective on digital phenomena invites a questioning of both individual and collective processes, as well as consideration of the mode of existence of digital objects. Her work focuses on people with immigrant backgrounds and their use of digital technologies in social, cultural, educational, and political contexts. 

She has also contributed to various research projects examining the socio-professional integration of visible minority students and teachers in francophone minority settings.

Selected publications

• André, G., Smythe, S., and Sinclair, N. (2026). Automated consent: critiques, creolizations and speculations. In, Salvo, J. (Ed). Educational Media and Technology: New Developments in Remote Teaching, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Other Topics. Myers Education Press.
• Smythe, S., André, G., & Sinclair, N. (2023). Consent as “Feeling-with”: Everyday Automation and Ontologies of Consent in a Community Technology Centre. Digital Culture & Education, 14(5), 64–82.
• André, G. (2021). Les cultures civiques au sein d’un organisme associatif à l’épreuve de la COVID-19. Éducation et francophonie, 49(2). https://doi.org/10.7202/1085301ar
• Dagenais, D., Brisson, G., Forte, M., & André, G. (2021). Questioning Human and Material Boundaries in Plurilingual Identity Construction. In The Routledge Handbook of Plurilingual Language Education. Routledge.
• Dagenais, D., Brisson, G., André, G., & Forte, M. (2020). Multiple becomings in digital story creation. Language and Intercultural Communication, 20(5), 419–432. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2020.1776309

Website: gwenaelleandre.com

Teaching activities

• EDUC 710 G003:  Digital Literacy and Digital Justice, co-instructor, Simon Fraser University. 
• EDUC 471: Curriculum development: Theory and Practice; Teaching Assistant, Simon Fraser University. 
• Linguistic support French, OFFA, Simon Fraser University. 
• Instructional Design Instructor, First year Student, University of Rennes 2