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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

Aloisio, Anita, MA

Research Associate, QUESCREN, Concordia University

Expertise
Arts/culture/literature, Communications/media, Diversity/ethno-cultural subgroups, Education, Identity, Immigration/migration, Linguistics/language use, Politics, Women, Italians, Italian Montrealers

Amin Ngami, Jilefack, Ph.D.

Social Justice and Research Coordinator, Canadian Association for Social Work Education

Expertise

Community development, Diversity/ethno-cultural subgroups, Economic development/employment, Identity, Immigration/migration, Justice, Law/policy, Poverty/social exclusion, Social services, Sociolinguistics, Women

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

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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

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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

Bolger, Laura-Lee, MSc

Geographic Information System (GIS) Analyst, WSP

Expertise

Geography/mapping

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

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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

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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

Affiliate 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

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Donovan, Patrick, PhD

Affiliate Professor, Department of History, Concordia University
Research and Operations Manager, QUESCREN

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

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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

Holt, Cimminnee, PhD

Policy and Research Manager, Literacy Quebec

Expertise

Community development, Education, Health, Linguistics/language use, Poverty/social exclusion, Rural/remote regions, Social services

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

Kalan, Amir, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Education, McGill University

Expertise
Arts/culture/literature, Communications/media, Community development, Education, Immigration/migration, Linguistics/language use, Sociolinguistics, Youth

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, European Centre for Minority Issues

Expertise
Identity, Immigration/migration, Law/policy, Linguistics/language use, Psychology, Sociolinguistics, Montreal

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Koestner Richard, PhD

Full Professor, McGill Human Motivation Lab, McGill University

Expertise
Identity, Psychology, Education, Black community

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Lacasse, Chantal, PhD

Independent Researcher

Expertise
Communications/Media, Education, History/heritage, Identity, Law/policy, Politics

Lacasse, Simon-Pierre, PhD

Senior Education Research Associate, QUESCREN, Concordia University

Expertise
Demography, History/heritage, Identity, Religion, Sociolinguistics, Jews/Judaism

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