Michael Bramadat-Willcock
Michael Bramadat-Willcock’s Biography
Journalist, editor, researcher and translator in several languages. Michael Bramadat-Willcock is working on his MA - Digital Innovations in Journalism with Concordia University’s Journalism Department. His research focuses on bringing data into journalism through direct climate studies in the Canadian North. He began his career as a documentary filmmaker in India and China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. He has worked as a Research Assistant with the Geography of News project, the Resilience Research Centre and as editor for What’s Up Yukon Magazine in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. Bramadat-Willcock grew up on a small farm in the Megantic region of Quebec and gave his perspective on the Lac-Megantic railway disaster in 2013 in an article for the Montreal Gazette. He has appeared as a guest on CBC Radio’s As It Happens, CTV’s Canada AM and CTV’s Kevin Newman Live, among others. His primary interests are in data journalism, climate science, infrastructure, transportation and public policy. He currently freelances and is involved in a Canada-wide investigative project.