Désirée Rochat

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Désirée Rochat is a community educator and transdisciplinary scholar. Guided by an integrative approach connecting historical research, community archival preservation and education, her work aims to document, theorize and transmit (hi)stories of Black communities’ activism. Rochat develops collaborative projects bridging scholarly and community work. Through this work, she has authored pedagogical material for the community sector on Caribbean communities in Quebec and worked in various initiatives for the preservation and promotion of Black community archives. Her research interests include histories of Black transnational activism; Caribbean diasporic community organizing in Canada; community education and archives; collaborative research methodologies; archival pedagogy and engagement; and the racialization of youth.

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