Researcher-Member Directory
QUESCREN researcher-members form a network of specialists in many fields related to English-speaking Quebec. They work in different institutions in Quebec, Canada, and abroad. The directory below can be narrowed by discipline by selecting the areas of expertise from the list on the right or at the end of the page.
For a more in depth look into our researcher members' activities and interests, consult the Researcher-member portraits. If you want to join QUESCREN's researcher-member network, please complete this short online English-language form or French-language form. A committee will evaluate your request and within one month will let you know if it is accepted.

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
See researcher portrait.

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

Byers-Heinlein, Krista, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Concordia University
Expertise
Linguistics/language use, Psychology, 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

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

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

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
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

Zanazanian, Paul, PhD
Associate Professor, McGill University
Expertise
Community development, Diversity/Ethno-cultural subgroups, Education, History/heritage, Identity