Researcher-members
QUESCREN researcher-members form a network of specialists in many fields exploring the many facets of English-speaking Quebec.
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Explore our growing series of in-depth researcher portraits to learn about their work, interests, and impact.
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Researcher-member directory
Allaire, Jean-François, Msc.A, MA
Researcher, Institut universitaire de première ligne en santé et services sociaux
Expertise
Community Development, Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, Poverty/Social Exclusion, Social Services, Access to services, Social Inequality in health
Archibald, James, PhD
Invited Professor, Università degli Studi di Torino
Expertise
Law/policy, Linguistics/language use, Translation
Auger, Nathalie, MD, MSc, FRC, PC
Researcher, Centre de recherche du CHUM; Professor, Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Université de Montréal
Expertise
Demography, Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, Health, Immigration/migration, Public Health, Epidemiology
Belkhodja, Chedly, PhD
Principal and Professor, School of Community and Public Affairs, Concordia University
Expertise
Community Development, Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, Identity, Immigration/migration, Politics, Poverty/social exclusion, Rural/Remote regions, Francophones outside Quebec
Beneventi, Domenico A., PhD
Professor, English Literature, Université de Sherbrooke
Expertise
Arts/culture/literature, Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, Education, Geography/mapping, Identity, Justice, Poverty/social exclusion, Montreal, Eastern Townships
Blanchet-Cohen, Natasha, PhD
Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director for Youth Work, Applied Human Sciences, Concordia University
Expertise
Community Development, Social Services, Youth, Indigenous Peoples
Bloom, Myra, PhD
Associate Professor, English, York University
Expertise
Arts/culture/literature, Communications/media, History/heritage, Identity, Translation, Women, 20th century Quebec fiction and drama
Bonin, Pierre-Olivier, PhD
Data Scientist, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Expertise
Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups,Identity, Law/policy, Politics, Sociolinguistics, Data Science
Bourhis, Richard Y., PhD
Emeritus Professor, Département de psychologie, UQAM
Expertise
Demography, Identity, Immigration/migration, Linguistics/language use, Psychology, Sociolinguistics, Ethnolinguistic vitality, Demolinguistics, Acculturation, Cross-cultural relations
Bukhari, Syeda Nayab, PhD
Affiliate Assistant Professor, Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University
Expertise
Communications/media, Community development, Diversity/ethno-cultural subgroups, Economic development/employment, Identity, Immigration/migration, Law/policy, Poverty/social exclusion, Seniors, Women
Byers-Heinlein, Krista, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Concordia University
Expertise
Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, Psychology, Sociolinguistics, Youth, Bilingualism in infancy and childhood
Canton, Licia, PhD
Founding Editor-in-Chief, Accenti Magazine
Expertise
Arts/culture/literature, Communications/media, Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, History/heritage, Identity, Immigration/migration, Translation, Women, Italians, Montreal
Charpentier, Claude, PhD
Associate Professor, Philosophy, Bishop's University
Expertise
Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, Identity, Immigration/migration, Psychology, Health, Religion, Social services, Philosophy, Pragmatism, Inequality, Eastern Townships, Estrie, Sherbrooke, Secularism, Reasonable Accommodation
Chouinard, Stéphanie, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Political Science, Royal Military College of Canada
Expertise
Justice, Law/policy, Politics, Language policy
Collins, Tya, PhD
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa
Expertise
Community development, Diversity/ethno-cultural subgroups, Education, Immigration/migration, Black studies, Disability studies
Cudmore, Jaimie, PhD Candidate
Literacy Quebec
PhD Candidate, Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture, McGill University
Expertise
Community development, Geography/mapping
Di Mascio, Anthony, PhD
Professor, Bishop's University
Expertise
Education, History/heritage, Identity, Law/policy, Politics, Rural/remote regions, Eastern Townships, Italian Canadians
Donovan, Patrick, PhD
Research Associate, QUESCREN, Concordia University
Expertise
Arts/culture/literature, Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, Geography/mapping, History/heritage, Identity, Immigration/migration, Poverty/social exclusion, Religion, Social services, Ethnic relations, Ireland, Irish, Quebec City, Montreal
Eliadis, Pearl, BCL Oxon
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, McGill University
Expertise
Identity, Immigration/migration, Justice, Law/policy, Poverty/Social exclusion, Religion, Women, Human Rights, Religious neutrality
Forgues, Éric, PhD
Executive Director, Canadian Institute for Research on Linguistic Minorities, Université de Moncton
Expertise
Community Development, Demography, Health, History/heritage, Immigration/migration, Politics
Fralich, Russell, PhD
Associate Professor of Strategy, HEC Montréal
Expertise
Arts/culture/literature, Law/policy, Psychology
Fyson, Donald, PhD
Full Professor, Department of History, Université Laval
Expertise
History/heritage, Justice, Law/policy, Crime/criminals, Quebec City, Montreal
Gagné, Philippe, MA
Teacher, Department of French, Vanier College
Expertise
Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, Education, Identity, Linguistics/language use, Sociolinguistics, French as a second language
Gallant, Nicole, PhD
Full Professor, INRS Urbanisation Culture Société
Expertise
Communications/media, Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, Economic development/employment, Identity, Immigration/migration, Law/policy, Linguistics/language use, Politics, Rural/remote regions, Sociolinguistics, Youth
Gani, Raphaël, PhD
Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Université Laval
Expertise
Education, History/Heritage, Identity, Justice, Law/policy
Gauthier, Carol-Anne, PhD
Psychology Teacher, CEGEP Champlain St. Lawrence
Expertise
Diversity/ethno-cultural subgroups, Economic development/employment, Education, Health, Identity, Immigration/migration, Justice, Linguistics/language use, Poverty/social exclusion, Psychology, Women, Youth, Quebec City
Gérin-Lajoie, Diane, PhD
Full Professor, OISE, University of Toronto, Centre de recherches en éducation franco-ontarienne (CREFO)
Expertise
Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, Education, Identity, Youth
Grace, Robert J., PhD
Lecturer, Department of History, Université Laval
Expertise
Demography, History/heritage, Immigration/migration, Ireland, Irish, Quebec City
Hamilton, Leith, MSW
Consultant
Expertise
Community Development, Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, Justice, Law/policy, Poverty/social exclusion, Social services, Montreal, Black community
Harrington, Matthew P., SJD
Professor, Faculty of Law, Université de Montréal
Expertise
History/heritage, Justice, Law/policy, Politics, Religion, Constitutional law, Language rights, Legal history, United States, England
Hurley, Erin, PhD
Professor, Department of English, McGill University
Expertise
Arts/culture/literature, Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, Identity, Women, Montreal, Theatre
Huston, Lorne, PhD
Professor (retired), History, Cégep Édouard Montpetit
Expertise
Arts/culture/literature, History/heritage, Theatre, Music, Montreal
Jean-Pierre, Johanne, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, York University
Expertise
Diversity/ethno-cultural subgroups, Education, Immigration/migration, Poverty/social exclusion, Youth, Ontario, Quebec, Maritimes
Jiwani, Yasmin, PhD
Full Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Concordia University; Concordia University Research Chair in Intersectionality, Violence, and Resistance
Expertise
Communications/media, Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, Identity, Immigration/migration, Linguistics/language use, Politics, Religion, Seniors, Women, Youth, Media, Muslim minorities
Khaled, Rilla, PhD
Associate Professor, Design and Computation Arts, Concordia University
Expertise
Arts/culture/literature, Communications/media, Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, Digital Media, Learning, Games
Kircher, Ruth, PhD
Researcher, Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, Frisian Academy in Leeuwarden (Netherlands)
Expertise
Identity, Immigration/migration, Law/policy, Linguistics/language use, Psychology, Sociolinguistics, Montreal
Koestner Richard, PhD
Full Professor, McGill Human Motivation Lab, McGill University
Expertise
Identity, Psychology, Education, Black community
Lacasse, Chantal, PhD
Independent Researcher
Expertise
Communications/Media, Education, History/heritage, Identity, Law/policy, Politics
Lamarre, Patricia, PhD
Professor, Education, Université de Montréal
Expertise
Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, Education, Immigration/migration, Linguistics/language use, Sociolinguistics, Youth, Language practices, bilingualism, plurilingualism, linguistic ideologies, language practices and space, ethnography, community learning centers, English school system, French immersion, Quebec post-101
Lang, Jonathan, MA
Project Officer, InterParliamentary Union
Expertise
Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, History/heritage, Identity, Immigration/migration, Politics, Youth, Jewish community of Montreal
Leconte, Marie, PhD
Professor, Translation, Concordia University
Expertise
Arts/culture/literature, History/heritage, Linguistics/language use, Politics, Sociolinguistics, Translation, Montreal
Leimgruber, Jakob R. E., PhD
Assistant Professor, Linguistics, University of Freiburg, Germany
Expertise
Linguistics/language use, Sociolinguistics, Montreal