Marie J. Bouchard is a researcher at PhiLab and is also: President of the Scientific Commission Social and Cooperative Economy of CIRIEC International, the International center of research and information on public, social and cooperative economy; President of the Technical workgroup for statistics on cooperatives of COPAC, the Committee for the promotion and advancement of cooperatives, presided over by the International work organization; Manager of the Collective companies axis of CRISES, the Research center on social innovation; member of the Scientific committee of TIESS, Innovative territories in social and solidarity economy; and member of RQIS, the Quebec network of social innovation.