Myriam Michaud is a doctoral student in management at the Faculty of Business Administration (Université Laval). Her research and teaching interests relate to the cooperative model, governance, corporate democracy, management education issues and cooperative education. Her thesis focuses on the processes of professionalization of cooperative governance. She is a part-time teacher at the School of Social Innovation for the course Starting a Social Organization. She has been involved in the cooperative sector for more than ten years and has contributed to the start-up, management and administration of various cooperatives and non-profit organizations. Today, she acts as an advisor and volunteer coach for social economy enterprises in Quebec City.