DRDH has recently been established by Gonzague Verdenal. 

 

For the past 15 years, Gonzague has been working in the area of French language teaching to business people and academics.

 

Since 2012, he has been providing private tuition to HEC Montréal's foreign professors who are involved in teaching economics, finance, marketing, information technology, management, human resources, and other subjects.

 

Starting in 2006, he has also given French classes to professionals working in multinationals and Quebec companies such as PriceWaterCooperHouse, Ernst and Young, C.T.V., Musique Plus, Pratt and Whitney, Astral Media, Transat Voyages, CSC, Aon Minet, Bell, Nurun, CGI, IRC...

 

He has also taught several language courses at UQAM including Business French, Effective Written Communication for Business People, Grammar, as well as Advanced Training for Teachers of French as a Foreign Language. 

 

He has also spent three years as an audience development specialist and partnership manager at Usine C, a Montreal-based broadcaster and cultural producer. The experience enabled him to further deepen his knowledge of Montreal's performing arts’ scene and to fully appreciate its dynamism and diversity.

 

In 2002, while writing his master's thesis at UQAM, Gonzague wrote “4430 miles on the meter”, a book on the Southwestern United States. Published in Quebec by Les 400 Coups publishing house, the book was prefaced by Marie-France Bazzo and has received several prizes and accolades in Quebec and the United States. In 2018, he published “Venturis Ventis” a book of photographs about the architecture of Brasilia, Brazil's capital. 

 

Finally, for more than 20 years, Gonzague has been engaged in artistic work revolving around two themes: image and language. His installations and performance projects were mainly presented in Canada and Brazil.