{"id":62178,"date":"2021-08-03T10:50:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T14:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/2021\/08\/03\/discrimination-et-harcelement-dans-lindustrie-du-jeu-video-recherche-en-cours-a-luqam\/"},"modified":"2025-03-16T21:32:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T01:32:15","slug":"discrimination-and-harassment-in-the-video-game-industry-research-underway-at-uqam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/2021\/08\/03\/discrimination-and-harassment-in-the-video-game-industry-research-underway-at-uqam\/","title":{"rendered":"Discrimination and harassment in the video game industry: research underway at UQAM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Note<em>: This article is an automated<\/em><\/em> <em><em>translation. For the original article, click on Fran\u00e7ais in the menu.<\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My original intention was to write a short article about what&#8217;s currently going on with the lawsuits against Activision Blizzard and Riot Games. While writing it, however, I noticed that it took a very syndicalist turn, and that it&#8217;s going to require a much heavier level of explanation and analysis than I intended. For this type of more complex article, I prefer to take my time and publish it when it&#8217;s ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m taking the liberty of publishing this article to remind those of you in the video game industry that there is research underway in Quebec, led by a team at the Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al and directed by Gabrielle Tr\u00e9panier-Jobin. The aim of this research is to paint a numerical portrait of the diversity and inclusion of women and other minorities in the Quebec video game industry. It addresses issues such as equity, discrimination and harassment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the link to the survey, which can be completed in English or French. You won&#8217;t have to identify yourself or the studio you work for. If you haven&#8217;t already done so, there&#8217;s not much time left to complete it: <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.surveymonkey.com\/r\/inclusion2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/fr.surveymonkey.com\/r\/inclusion2021<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions about the study, you can contact the research team at : <a href=\"mailto:recherchejeuxvideo@uqam.ca\">recherchejeuxvideo@uqam.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\/\/\\\\\/\/\\\\\/\/\\\\\/\/\\\\\/\/\\\\\/\/\\\\\/\/\\\\\/\/\\\\<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in the video game industry, know that Activision Blizzard is being sued, and want an overview of everything that&#8217;s going on: this <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/everything-that-has-happened-since-the-activision-blizz-1847401161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dossier from Kotaku<\/a> (Zwiezen, 2021) may help. You can also go to Google, where there are literally hundreds of articles on the subject. The information shouldn&#8217;t be hard to find. In this podcast, Krista Hiner, a lawyer specializing in video games, discusses it with Christopher \u201cMonteCristo\u201d Mykles, Duncan \u201cThorin\u201d Shields and Richard Lewis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ANALYZING Activision-Blizzard&#039;s Discrimination Lawsuit - The Four Horsemen S1E7 (feat. 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