Information-based professions are the new cornerstone of our current and future society. I believe our fundamental role in organizing, providing access and preserving information promotes our identity, democracy, accountability and good governance. When I decided to complete a Master’s degree in Information Sciences in the late 90s, I had no idea how information would so extensively permeate our lives in so little time. I remain enthralled with the potential of this field to continue to help forge our tomorrow. During my Ph.D. in Information Sciences, I combined my academic research expertise with private sector consultancy to unite the theoretical with the business reality. Since 2006, I have been an Information Management Consultant for large public administrations including the Government of Canada, the Council of Europe and the International Monetary Fund. I feel this experience has reinforced my belief in the importance of further connecting information research with the needs of the business community. My research focuses on personal information management & textual practices in organizations, digital recordkeeping & preservation in public administrations, document & genre theory, and organizational semiotics. Within these fields of interest, I was involved in numerous research projects with organizations including the University of Montreal, the Government of Canada, the Government of Scotland and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Montreal. To promote the sharing of experiences between academia and the business community, I am now acting as the Scientific Director of the Organizational Information Compliance research stream at the Cogniva Information Science Research Institute. This sharing of experiences constitutes the foundation of my teaching philosophy at the ÉSIS.