Researcher-Member Directory

Allaire, Jean-François, Msc.A, MA

Researcher, Institut universitaire de première ligne en santé et services sociaux

Expertise
Community Development, Health, Poverty/Social Exclusion, Rural/Remote Regions, Social Services, Access to services, Social Inequality in health

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

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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, Immigration/migration, Youth

Bloom, Myra, PhD

Sessional Instructor, Writing, University of Toronto

Expertise
Arts/culture/literature, Communications/media, History/heritage, Identity, Translation, Women, 20th century Quebec fiction and drama

Bonin, Pierre-Olivier, PhD

PhD, Political Science, University of Toronto

Expertise
Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups,Identity, Law/policy, Politics, Sociolinguistics

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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Byers-Heinlein, Krista, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Concordia University

Expertise
Linguistics/language use, Psychology, 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

Chaniac, Arnaud

PhD Candidate, History, Université de Montréal / Université de Nantes

Expertise
History/heritage, Identity, Immigration/migration, Politics, Military history, WWII, Montreal, Pontiac, Eastern Townships, Gaspe, North Shore, France, Channel Islands, UK

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

Di Mascio, Anthony, PhD

Associate Professor, Bishop's University

Expertise
Education, History/heritage, Identity, Law/policy, Politics, Rural/remote regions, Eastern Townships

Donovan, Patrick, PhD

Associate Coordinator, 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

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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

Fyson, Donald, PhD

Full Professor, Department of History, Université Laval

Expertise

Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, History/heritage, Identity, Justice, Law/policy, Politics, Poverty/social exclusion, Crime/criminals, Quebec City, Montreal

Gagné, Philippe, MA

Teacher, Department of French, Vanier College

Expertise

Arts/culture/literature, Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, Education, 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

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

Grace, Robert J., PhD

Lecturer, Department of History, Université Laval

Expertise
History/heritage, Immigration/migration, Linguistics/language use, Translation, Ireland, Irish, Quebec City

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, Theatre, Music, Montreal

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
Communications/media, Community Development, 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, Politics, Psychology, Sociolinguistics, Montreal

Koestner Richard, PhD

Full Professor, McGill Human Motivation Lab, McGill University

Expertise
Psychology, Education

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

Lane-Mercier, Gillian, PhD

Full Professor, French Literature, Translation and Creation, McGill University

Expertise
Arts/culture/literature, Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, Identity, Law/policy, Translation, Montreal

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 Candidate

PhD Candidate, English Literature, Université de Montréal

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

Leitch, Gillian I., PhD

Senior Researcher and Analyst, CDCI Research Inc

Expertise
History/heritage, Identity, Immigration/migration, Montreal, British population in Quebec

Levasseur, Catherine, PhD

Assistant Professor, Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute, University of Ottawa

Expertise
Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, Education, Identity, Youth, Sociolinguistics, Montreal, Western Canada

Lewis, Brian, PhD

Professor, Communication Studies, Concordia University

Expertise
Communications/media, Community Development, Law/policy, Politics

Lussier, Marie-Hélène, MA

Scientific Advisor, Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ)

Expertise
Demography, Health, Sociolinguistics

McIntosh, James, PhD

Professor, Department of Economics, Concordia University

Expertise
Demography, Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, Economic development/employment, Education, Health, Poverty/Social exclusion

Magnan, Marie-Odile, PhD

Associate professor, Administration et fondements de l'éducation, Université de Montréal

Expertise
Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, Education, Identity, Immigration/migration, Youth, English language school system, Quebec City, Montreal, Ethnic diversity

Martin, Cathy, PhD

Independent consultant / First Nation consultant

Expertise
History/heritage, Identity, Rural/remote regions, Community development, Economic development/employment, Education, Politics, Poverty/social exclusion, Indigenous peoples, First nations, Mi'gmaq, Mi'gmaq traditional territory, Gaspe, Atlantic Canada

O'Donnell, Lorraine, PhD

Affiliate Assistant Professor, School of Community and Public Affairs, and coordinator-researcher, QUESCREN, Concordia University

Expertise
Community Development, History/heritage, Women, Jews, Irish

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Oishi, Taro, PhD

Associate Professor, Geography, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan

Expertise
Demography, Geography/mapping, History/heritage, Identity, Immigration/migration, Linguistics/language use, Rural/remote regions

Patterson, Glenn, PhD Candidate

PhD Candidate, Ethnomusicology, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Expertise
Arts/culture/literature, Communications/media, Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, History/heritage, Identity, Rural/remote regions, Gaspe Peninsula, Music, Ethnomusicology

Popica, Maria, MA

Teacher, Department of French, John Abbott College

Expertise
Community Development, Education, Identity, Linguistics/language use, Sociolinguistics, French as a second language

Ravensbergen, Frances, PhD

Part-time Faculty, Concordia University
Consultant, Centre for Community Organizations

Expertise
Community Development

Reia, Jhessica, PhD

Fellow, McGill University, Department of Art History and Communication Studies

Expertise
Arts/culture/literature, Communications/media, Geography/mapping, Law/policy, Street performance, Brazil/Quebec comparative study

Reid, Wendy, PhD

Associate Professor, HEC Montreal

Expertise
Arts/culture/literature, Montreal, Leadership, Philanthropy

Roman, Aurelia, PhD Candidate

PhD Candidate, Applied Human Sciences Department, Concordia University

Expertise
Community Development, Identity, Immigration/migration, Poverty/social exclusion, Social Services, Women, Montreal

Ryder, Andrew, PhD

Associate Professor, Psychology Department, Concordia University

Expertise
Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, Health, Identity, Immigration/migration, Psychology, Social Services

Sanderson, Duncan, PhD

Independent Researcher/Sociologist

Expertise
Community development, Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, Health, Seniors, Quebec City

Segalowitz, Norman, PhD

Full Professor, Psychology Department, Concordia University

Expertise
Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, Health, Identity Linguistics/language use, Psychology, Second-language learning, Minority integration

Sfeir, Ghada, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Concordia University

Expertise
Cosmopolitanism, Multiculturalism, Social Studies, Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, Education, Identity, Immigration/migration, Social exclustion and inclusion

Starr, Lisa, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University

Expertise
Education

Stout, Dale, PhD

Professor, Psychology Department, Bishop's University

Expertise
Identity, Immigration/migration, Psychology, Religion, Social Services, Eastern Townships

Talbot, Robert J., PhD

Manager of Research, Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada

Expertise
History/heritage, Identity, Politics, OLMCs, Anglophone-Francophone rapprochement 

Vieira, Aimee, PhD

Associate Professor, Sociology, Norwich University

Expertise
Community Development, Economic development/employment, Identity, Linguistics/language use, Rural/remote regions, Sociolinguistics, Eastern Townships

Vieux-Fort, Karine, PhD

Coordinator, Consortium d’animation sur la persévérance et la réussite en enseignement supérieur (CAPRES), Université du Québec
PhD, Administration et politiques de l'éducation, Université Laval

Expertise
Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, Education, History/heritage, Identity, Immigration/migration, Politics, Youth, Quebec City, Montreal

Warnke, Jan, PhD Candidate

PhD Candidate, Geography, Université Laval

Expertise
Community Development, Demography, Economic development/employment, Geography/mapping, Health, Identity, Immigration/migration, Linguistics/language use, Rural/remote regions, Seniors, Social Services, Spatial analysis, Needs analysis, Geodemographic profiling

Williams, Dorothy, PhD

President and Founder, Blacbiblio.com, Inc.
Member of the Board of Directors, CEDEC

Expertise
Arts/culture/literature, Community development, Demography, Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, Economic development/employment, Education, History/heritage, Identity, Immigration/migration, Social Services, Youth, Poverty/Social exclusion, Montreal, Black community

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Zanazanian, Paul, PhD

Associate Professor, McGill University

Expertise
Community development, Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, Education, History/heritage, Identity