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Use the Alphabet bellow to locate your VRSC Researcher by their Last Name. Or you can also use the Filter Search below to find a VRSC Researcher by Project Type, Research Type, Subject Area and Language.
150 Visual Researchers
Jenna Baraschuk-Modha
e-mail jbaraschukmodha@gmail.com
City
Winnipeg
Project Type
Museum Exhibitions, Web Content
Research Type
Visuals Stills, Visuals Footage, Music Clearances, Licensing
Subject Areas
History World, History Canadian, Politics Current Affairs, Human Rights, Popular Culture, Arts Culture, Music, First Nations Issues
Languages
English
About My Work
I currently work as the licensing specialist for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. I'm responsible for our use of third party licensed content as well as licensing out our museum-created IP. Our museum uses an enormous amount of licensed content, mostly still images, av, and some music. I have a background in copyright obtained through my time working in academic libraries. I have a certificate in Canadian Copyright Law from Leslie Ellen Harris's CopyrightLaws.com, a Masters degree in Gender, Feminist, and Women's Studies from York University, and a diploma in Library and Information Studies from Red River College.
Celina Bell
e-mail celina2bell@gmail.com
City
Toronto
Project Type
Documentary, Factual Series
Research Type
Visuals Stills, Visuals Footage, Editorial Research
Subject Areas
History Canadian, Politics Current Affairs, Science Environment, Popular Culture, Arts Culture, Health Medicine
Languages
English
About My Work
Thanks for your interest... I'm currently on hiatus.
Juan Bello
e-mail jbello@trianamedia.ca
City
London
Project Type
Documentary, Museum Exhibitions, Web Content
Research Type
Visuals Stills, Visuals Footage, Editorial Research
Subject Areas
History World, History Canadian, Biography, Human Rights, Popular Culture, Arts And Culture, Agriculture
Languages
English, Spanish
Website http://www.trianamedia.ca
Max Berger
e-mail maxberger129@gmail.com
City
Toronto
Project Type
All Formats
Research Type
Visuals Stills, Visuals Footage, Licensing, Project Management, Editorial Research
Subject Areas
History World, History Canadian, History American, History European, History Military, Politics Current Affairs, Food, Biography, Geography, Human Rights, Science Environment, Popular Culture, Arts Culture, Nature, Crime, Music, Architecture, Social Studies, Health Medicine, Business Law, Sports, First Nations Issues, Agriculture
Languages
English
About My Work
Max Berger has worked as an Archive Producer and Researcher on numerous productions, most notably serving as the Archive Producer on the Oscar-winning feature documentary, Navalny (2022). Though his primary focus is documentary features and series, his visual research work has also extended to fictional films and museum exhibitions. He has a passion for delving into story details and conducting editorial research as well, and his work has been honoured by the Canadian Screen Awards with wins in both the Visual and Editorial Research categories for contributions to Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe (2023). For further information on his filmography and work, please visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-berger-research/
Maya Bilbao
e-mail mayatbilbao@gmail.com
City
Toronto
Project Type
Documentary, Feature Films, Web Content
Research Type
Visuals Stills, Visuals Footage, Editorial Research
Subject Areas
History Canadian, History Military, Biography, Geography, Arts And Culture, Architecture And Interior Design
Languages
English
About My Work
I am a Toronto-based researcher with a passion for the history and culture of Canada. I have researched more than 200 features for television on a range of topics that include entertainment, history, architecture, art, and nature. My strengths include sourcing unique stories across the country, fact-checking, interviewing, and sourcing images. I located more than 1000 images for broadcast in my career. I also have experience conducting detailed site history research for archaeological site reports. I was nominated in 2019 and 2020 for the Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research.
Laurent Blais
e-mail lkblais@gmail.com
City
Montréal
Subject Areas
Food, Biography, Music
About My Work
Bonjour,
Je travaille depuis 15 ans comme journaliste/recherchiste basé à Montréal.
Je travaille autant dans la pub que pour des projets documentaires, de cinéma et de télévision.
J'ai une «fourchette» professionnelle à trois dents:
La recherche d'images, la recherche de contenu et la libération d'archives.
C'est Karine Perron qui m'a parlé de cette association, et de l'intérêt d'en faire partie!
Merci!
Website http://lkblais.com
Laura Blaney
e-mail laurab680@gmail.com
City
Hanover, Ontario
Project Type
Documentary, Dramatic Television, Factual Series
Research Type
Visuals Stills, Visuals Footage, Talent Clearances, Trademark Clearances, Licensing, Editorial Research
Subject Areas
Politics And Current Affairs, Biography, Human Rights, Science And Environment, Popular Culture, Nature
Languages
English
About My Work
I have worked as an archival producer/researcher and clearance coordinator for over 20 years in several formats including documentary features and series, reality television, media installations and commercials.
Christine Bouchard
e-mail christine.bouchard@tva.ca
City
Montréal
Project Type
Publishing
Subject Areas
Music, Sports
Languages
English, French
About My Work
Je suis conseillère droits et contrats chez Groupe TVA. J'ai fait partie au tout début de l'ARAC. Je suis responsable de la libération des droits pour toute utilisation d'archives musicales ou visuelles pour Groupe TVA et également administratrice du catalogue est éditions musicales de TVA.
Catherine Emmanuel Brunet
e-mail brunetcatherine@outlook.com
City
Montreal
Project Type
All Formats
Research Type
All Types
Subject Areas
History World, History Canadian, History American, History European, History Military, Politics Current Affairs, Food, Biography, Geography, Human Rights, Science Environment, Popular Culture, Arts Culture, Nature, Crime, Music, Architecture, Social Studies, Health Medicine, Business Law, Sports, First Nations Issues, Agriculture
Languages
English, French
About My Work
Literature and documentaries are my two passions in life which I have continued to improve and perfect over the past decade. Currently my work varies from being a researcher (both content & archives), screenwriter and also a field producer for feature-length documentaries and documentary series on Disney+, Netflix, CuriosityStream, Illico, Crave, Radio-Canada, TV5 and Unis TV. I am a co-recipient of three Gemeaux Awards in the Documentary Scenario & Research Categories. In order to share my passion and experience, I also host round tables and interviews on literature. It is with pride that since 2021, I have held the position of Vice-President for the Audiovisual Research Association of Canada.
Je cultive mes deux passions, la littérature et les documentaires depuis plus de 10 ans. Je travaille comme recherchiste (contenu et archives), scénariste et productrice terrain pour des documentaires longs-métrages et séries documentaires sur Disney+, Netflix, CuriosityStream, Illico, Crave, Radio-Canada, TV5 and Unis TV. Je suis récipiendaire de trois Prix Gémeaux les catégories scénario et recherche documentaire. J'anime également des tables rondes et entrevues littéraires. Depuis 2021, j'occupe le poste de vice-présidente de l'Association des recherches en audiovisuel du Canada.
Emma Brunet
e-mail emma@lanego.ca
City
Montreal
Project Type
Documentary, Feature Films, Dramatic Television, Factual Series, Museum Exhibitions
Research Type
Visuals Stills, Visuals Footage, Music Clearances, Licensing, Project Management, Editorial Research
Subject Areas
Science Environment, Nature, Music
Languages
French
About My Work
Au cours de mes premières années dans le domaine télévisuel, j’ai accumulé des expériences en production et postproduction. Ces emplois m’ont amenée à connaître les rouages de la télé de fond en comble. Les différents postes de coordonnatrice et superviseure de postproduction m’ont permis d’organiser différents départements, mais aussi différentes productions; en passant par des séries jeunesse, documentaires et magazines.
Depuis 2020, je travaille avec laNégo, en recherche d’archives et libération de droits.
Depuis 2022, je fais également de la libération musicale.
J’ai collaboré à différents projets documentaires tels que « Le silence » (ONF), « In Your Face » (Josh Freed Productions) et « L’ordre secret » (ONF). Les séries documentaires « Skate le monde » (Sphère Média ), « Allons boire ailleurs » (Sphère Média), « Loto-Méno » (KOTV) et « Chasseurs d’étoiles » (B-612) m’ont engagée pour la recherche d’archives et libération de droits.
J’ai libéré les droits et effectué la recherche visuelle sur des séries jeunesse telles que « Curium » (Trio Orange) et « Luka & Léo 2 » (Saturne5).
Vous pouvez consulter ma page LinkedIn, où les différents projets de recherche auxquels j’ai participé y sont listés : https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-brunet-50368b40/.
Formation
Certificate in Canadian Copyright Law, 2021
D.E.C. en Technique de production télévisuelle et postproduction, spécialisation en production télévisuelle, 2010
Website https://lanego.ca/
