Francine Chaîné is professor at École d’art of Université Laval. Her current researches are on the accompaniment graduate students in visual art and theatre, the creation process in theatre writing and in teenagers’ drama (SSHRC), but also in the autobiographical arts approaches. She is involved as a guest editor for L’Annuaire théâtral (2015), Éducation et francophonie (2012) and Theatre Research in Canada (2007). She was an executive member of CNAL (2016-2018) and member Groupe de recherche sur l’enseignement du théâtre (GRET- 2014- https://www.gret.uqam.ca/). She is co-founder and co-director of FRÉA collection at the Laval University Press (https://www.pulaval.com/collections/frea-formation-et-recherche-en-educa...).