Formerly Sylvie was a senior researcher and Chair of Tourism at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and a researcher and professor at Carleton University, University of Ottawa and University of Montpellier, among others. Previous to that she was an international ecotourism consultant, in which capacity she worked in Latin America, Africa and Europe with partners such as the European Union, the World Bank, French, German and US development agencies, the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Tourism Organization and the UN Environment Programme. She was also the Director of the Department of Sustainable Tourism and Local Development at SECA, an eco-development company in Montpellier, where she worked with numerous clients, including the French Ministry of Agriculture, to develop rural tourism offers. Her book Le Guide des Destinations Indigènes (https://aborinet.cefe.cnrs.fr) is a guide to ecotourism and Indigenous tourism initiatives around the world.