Zachary Gaouad is a journalist, writer, and Master’s student in French Studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. His research is interdisciplinary and largely focuses on digital, postcolonial, and migration studies. He holds a B.A. in Political Science with a minor in English Literature from McGill University. His work has been published by the Global Reporting Centre, the McGill Daily, and is forthcoming on PBS Newshour. He is Canadian, Mauritanian, and French.