Silvana Morales-Boiardi

Silvana Morales-Boiardi obtained her Master of Arts in Religion from Concordia University in 2023. Before that, she majored in Creative Writing and Religions and Cultures at Concordia University. As a graduate student, her primary focus was researching religion in Latin America and the Caribbean, with her thesis examining the religious lives of Cuban immigrants in Montreal after living through Fidel Castro's atheist policies. Upon graduating, Silvana was accreddited as a chaplain through Humanist Canada. In 2026, she enrolled as the third Humanist chaplain in the Canadian Armed Forces.

Thesis supervisor: Sowparnika Balaswaminathan

Thesis title: "Religion is one thing, politics another." Examining the religiosities of Cuban immigrants in Montreal.