Media Training for Researchers
- Date
- February 05, 2026
- Time
- 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
- Location
- In person at Bridging Divides/ Global Migration Institute Offices, 220 Yonge Street, Suite 204, Toronto, ON M5B 2H1
- Open To
- All Bridging Divides researchers, affiliates, partners, students and staff
This training session is hosted by Bridging Divides at the Global Migration Institute, Toronto Metropolitan University, and open to all BD researchers, affiliated researchers, HQPs, partners, and staff. The training is facilitated by Johanne Pelletier (external link) (Concordia University).
Please note: This training will not be recorded.
This media training workshop will help researchers communicate their work beyond academia. Participants will learn how to craft story-driven pitches, connect with various media outlets, and prepare for interviews. The workshop emphasizes that simplifying research for public understanding is not a compromise of academic rigour but an act of knowledge mobilization that extends the impact of scientific work. The training is facilitate by Johanne Pelletier (external link) , award-winning storyteller, writer, public speaker, and communications expert.
More about the presenter
Johanne Pelletier (MA, ICD.D, PPCC) is Director, Public Engagement (Communications) as part of the communications team at Concordia University in Montreal. She is an award winning storyteller, teaching and coaching scientists, academics and startups through the incubator ecosystem (including V1Studio, District 3 both at Concordia University and the Life Science Entrepreneurship Development Program with the John Molson School of Business Executive Centre), Johanne knows how to turn the complexity of a message into clear, concise and compelling pitches.
You can learn more about her work using storytelling at jpelletier.ca (external link) .