Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles | Articles scientifiques évalués par les pairs

Bourcheix-Laporte, M. (2025). Before Intermedia Society: Drafting a Prehistory of Artist-Run Centres in British Columbia. BC Studies 226 (Summer), 93-117. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14288/bcs.no226.200861

Bourcheix-Laporte, M. (2025). Community-Driven Ethics in Sectoral Self-Governance: Overview of the Independent Media Arts Alliance’s Online Presentation Standards. Canadian Journal of Communication 50(2), 278–298. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3138/cjc-2024-006  

Bourcheix-Laporte, M. (2023). Canadian Cultural Nationalism in the Time of Digital Platforms: Reframing Proposed Amendments to the Broadcasting Act. Canadian Journal of Communication, Policy Portal 4 “Regulation,” Vol. 48, No. 1, 81-102. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3138/cjc.2022-000  

Sicondolfo, C., Ebanks Schlums, D., Bourcheix-Laporte, M., Luka, ME, & Swanson, R. (2022). Archive Counter/Archive: Activating Principles of Respect in Archival Policy Development. ESSACHESS – Journal of Communication Studies, 15.1 (29), 153-175. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21409/YH3A-1K10 [Equal authorship]

Bourcheix-Laporte, M. (2019). Creative Canada: A Critical Look at a “New” Cultural Policy Framework / Canada Créatif : Regard critique sur un nouveau cadre de politique culturelle. Canadian Radio-television and Communications Commission (CRTC). EN: https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/acrtc/prx/2019laporte.htm,
FR: https://crtc.gc.ca/fra/acrtc/prx/2019laporte.htm 

Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters | Chapitres publiés dans des ouvrages collectifs évalués par les pairs

Bourcheix-Laporte, M. (2023). From Videotape Exchange Networks to On-Demand Streaming Platforms: The Circulation of Independent Canadian Film and Video in the Digital Era. In V. Kannen & A. Langille (Eds.), Virtual Identities and Digital Culture (pp. 201-210). London: Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781003310730-24

Bourcheix-Laporte, M. (2021). Digital Cultural Industrialism and the Arts: A Critical Look at Creative Canada and the Canada Council for the Arts’ Digital Strategy Fund. In D. Beauregard & J. Paquette (Eds.), Canadian Cultural Policy in Transition (pp.183-197). London: Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781003134022-16  

Bourcheix-Laporte, M. (2018). Collective Walks/ Spaces of Contestation: Site-Specificity, Community Involvement and Mobility Employed as Curatorial Strategies in the Creation of Participatory Performances. In D. Davida et al. (Eds.), Curating Live Arts: Global Perspectives, Envisioning Theory and Practice in Performance (pp. 292-302). Oxford,UK and New York, US: Berghahn Books.

Other Articles & Book Chapters | Autres publications

Bourcheix-Laporte, M. (In Press). Free Trade, Art, and the Idea of North America, A review of Trading on Art: Cultural Diplomacy and Free Trade in North America by Sarah E.K. Smith. TOPIA.

Bourcheix-Laporte, M. (2025). There Is No Outside to the Institutionalization of Precarity in the Arts: Reflections on Joshua Schwebel’s The Employee (pp. 206-229). In S. Schwebel & L. Wetmore (Eds.), The Employee. Toronto & London, On.: Art Metropole & Forest City Gallery.

Bourcheix-Laporte, M. (2019). Review of Tear Gas Epiphanies: Protest, Culture, Museums by Kirsty Robertson. RACAR, 44(2), 206-208.

Bourcheix-Laporte, M. (2023). Revisiting “Collective Walks/ Spaces of Contestation: Site-Specificity, Community Involvement and Mobility Employed as Curatorial Strategies in the Creation of Participatory Performances” from Curating Live Arts (2019). TURBA: The Journal for Global Practices in Live Arts Curation, 2.2 Fall 2023, pp. 1-9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3167/turba.2023.020202

Dissertation | Thèse de doctorat

Bourcheix-Laporte, M. (2025). Institutionalization of artist-run centres in British Columbia: Intersecting developments in federal and provincial cultural policy and artist-run governance in the twentieth century [PhD thesis, Simon Fraser University]. https://summit.sfu.ca/item/39271

Research Reports | Rapports de recherche

Bourcheix-Laporte, M., & Dickson, T. (September 2023). Market Research Report: Environmental Scan of New Stakeholders for the Canadian Broadcasting System under the Online Streaming Act. Canadian Radio-television and Communications Commission (CRTC).

Luka, ME., Bourcheix-Laporte, M., and Sicondolfo, C., with additional contribution by Vijay, D. (September 2023). Fair Play: Remuneration, IP Management and Accessibility in the Independent Media Arts Sector Today. In partnership with the Independent Media Arts Alliance.  Critical Digital Methods Institute, University of Toronto. https://criticaldigitalmethods.ca/2023/09/22/fair-play/

Bourcheix-Laporte, M. (2020). Enquête sur les besoins numériques des centres d’artistes autogérés du Québec. Montreal: Regroupement des centres d’artistes autogérés du Québec (RCAAQ).

Bourcheix-Laporte, M., Bertrand, D. (2020). COVID-19: Impact Survey/COVID-19: Sondage d’incidence. Montreal:Artist-Run Centres and Collectives Conference (ARCA).

Bourcheix-Laporte, M. (2018). Assessing Professional Conditions for Performance Artists in Canada. Ottawa and Montreal: Canadian Artists’ Representation Front (CARFAC) and Artist-Run Centres and Collectives Conference (ARCA). (Separate research and report for each partner organization)

Bourcheix-Laporte, M. (2018). IMAA Sector Innovation and Development: Assessing Sector Needs and Researching New Potential Services. Montreal: Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA).

Bourcheix-Laporte, M. (2016). Media Arts Fee Schedule Community Consultation. Ottawa and Montreal: Canadian Artists’ Representation (CARFAC) & Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA).

Bourcheix-Laporte, M. (2015). Pacific IMAA Sectoral Research: Portrait of the Network and Development Opportunities. Vancouver: Pacific Independent Media Arts Alliance (Pacific IMAA).

Bertrand, A. and Bourcheix-Laporte, M. (2014). Review of the Art Book Program Criteria and Recommendations to Support Writing and Publishing by Visual Art Professionals and Organizations.Montreal: Artist-Run Centres and Collectives Conference (ARCA).

Guides & Professional Tools | Guides et outils professionnels

Bourcheix-Laporte, M., in collaboration with Independent Media Art Alliance. (2021-2022). Online Presentation Standards publication series.  https://source.imaa.ca/library/online-media-arts-presentation-standards/

Bourcheix-Laporte, M. (2014) Sélection: Canadian Artist-Run Centres’ Publications. Montreal: Artist-Run Centres and Collectives Conference (ARCA), Librairie Formats & Artexte.

Press and Media articles | Apparitions dans les médias

Bourcheix-Laporte, M. (June 4, 2026). “Conférence à l’ACC : La préservation des archives audiovisuelles.” Interview with Martine Laberge, Dans la mosaïque. CBC Radio-Canada. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/dans-la-mosaique/segments/rattrapage/2393404/conference-a-acc-preservation-archives-audiovisuelles

Bourcheix-Laporte, M. (April 5, 2023). “Online Streaming Act Will Support Canadian Content.” The Conversation Canadian Edition. https://theconversation.com/how-the-online-streaming-act-will-support-canadian-content-201862