Catherine Drolet
President

Collaborative leader combining vision and action with quality and results, Catherine Drolet brings 25 years of experience in program leadership, large-scale production, and strategic partnerships at the intersection of innovation, education, culture, and impact.

She designs, leads, and supports innovative initiatives that foster learning, creativity, and the sustainable transformation of organizations, their audiences, and society as a whole.

She has led growth and transformation strategies, designed and produced award-winning initiatives with social reach, orchestrated educational and cultural experiences, built collaborative infrastructures, and developed lasting partnerships across cultural, technological, educational, institutional, and corporate sectors — in Canada and internationally.

Her career stands out for an approach that integrates leadership, strategy, program design, organizational development, production, and innovation through creative and emerging technologies. Highly cross-functional, she turns strategy into action, drives innovation, and mobilizes multidisciplinary teams to deliver lasting results. Guided by curiosity and a constant pursuit of excellence, she places people and creativity at the heart of every initiative.

Trained at MIT in immersive XR technologies, she also holds a Master’s degree in Project Management (MPM) and a Bachelor’s degree in Education — Guidance and Counseling (B.Ed.).

Awards and Nominations

Over the years, her productions have been acclaimed by critics and recognized at several festivals and award ceremonies — including the Gémeaux Awards, Numix Awards, and major international festivals — highlighting the vision and leadership she brought to each of these projects.

Ton Déclic │When It Clicks 

→ Numix Awards 2021’s Finalist : Short-form and Web Series : Documentary

→ Gemeaux Awards 2020’s Finalist : Best Original Program or Series Produced for Digital Media : Documentary

Cities Held Hostage │Main basse sur la ville

→ Gemeaux Awards 2019’s Winner : Best Documentary Screenplay – film

→ Gemeaux Awards 2019’s Finalist :

Best Documentary or Documentary Series : History and politics

Best Documentary Direction : Society, history and politics – film

Best Documentary Cinematography – film

Claude n’est pas mort │Claude – Still Alive

→ Gémeaux Awards 2018’s Winner: 

Best Documentary or Documentary Series : Biography or Portrait

Best Sound : Magazines, Public affairs, Documentary

→ Gemeaux Awards 2018’s Finalist :

Best Documentary Direction: Biography or Portray, Arts and Culture, Nature, Sciences and Environnement – Film

Best Original Music : Documentary

Un gars, c’est un gars! │A Guy’s a Guy!

→ Gemeaux Awards 2014’s Finalist: 

Best Documentary : Society (for two films out of the five nominees)

Best Research : Public affairs, Documentary all categories

No Land No Food No Life│Sans terre, c’est la faim

→ Gemeaux Awards 2014’s Finalist: 

Best documentary : Society (two films among the five nominees)

→ Grand Prize South Crossroads Images – Festival del Terre (Austria, 2014)

→ Special Jury Mention – Portneuf Environmental Film Festival (Québec, 2014)

→ IDFA Social Justice Oxfam Award’s Finalist – IDFA (Netherlands, 2013)

Hier encore, je t’espérais toujours │ Yesterday Still Hoping

→ Special Jury Mention – Paris International Human Rights Film Festival (France, 2009)

À contre-courant (2004-2008)

→ Télé-Québec Audience Award –  Québec Cinema Rendezvous (Québec, 2013)

Hiro (2007) 

→ Technical Award –  Ânûû-rû Âboro International Film Festival (New Caledonia, 2008)