Julie has been interested in film theory for more than a decade. As a graduate from Concordia University, Montréal, Canada, she holds a bachelor's degree (BA 2005) and a master's degree (MFA 2007) in Film Studies. Julie teaches film at the college level at Cégep de Saint-Jérôme. Journalist for LGBTQ+ magazine Fugues since 2008 and film critic for the printed magazine Sequences since 2012, her writings were published in many publications like Nouvelles vues, Dire, LSTW, Arc-en-ciel littéraire and in the book Cinematic Queerness: Gay and Lesbian Hypervisibility in Contemporary Francophone Feature Films (2011, Peter Lang Publishing). Over time, she directed various productions, including for the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse, for the RLQ, not to mention some music videos for her musical projects. She directed the experimental short film Women: Beyond Labels (2018) and co-directed the documentary Amazons Then, Lesbians Now: 40 years later (2022), both shown in film festivals in Europe and North America. In 2023, as part of the queer film classics collection, she releases her book À tout prendre et Il était une fois dans l’Est, published by McGill-Queen's University Press. This book gives a unique look at the LGBTQ+ pioneering representations in Quebec’s cinema. Member of the FIPRESCI, and Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma (Québec Film Critics Association), she served on several film juries over the years. In 2023, she joined the prestigious club of international voters for the Golden Globes.