Team

Eric Forgues received his doctorate degree in sociology from the University of Montréal. His thesis subject was on the role of the state in the economic development of Francophones in Quebec. Since 1998, he has carried out research at the Université de Moncton on community development, health and welfare, as well as regional and sustainable development. He has taught at the Université de Moncton in sociology and environmental studies. He has also served as innovation officer at the Bureau de soutien à l'innovation (Innovation Support Office) of Université de Moncton. Since 2012, he is the Executive Director of the Canadian Institute for Research on Linguistic Minorities. He held the position of Assistant Director and Researcher at the CIRLM from 2003 to 2012. His research has focused on the development of communities living in minority situations and the role that governance, social capital and community capabilities play in the initiatives aiming to develop them.  Other research projects have focused on migration, income disparities, the model for addressing the health needs of communities living in minority situations.

Anne Robineau has been the Assistant Director of the Canadian Institute for Research on Linguistic Minorities since 2012. Researcher at the Institute since 2006, she has developed its expertise on public policies (federal and provincial) in the management of language issues and official languages. She is author of several scholarly articles, book chapters, and studies on the Canadian Francophonie and on Anglophones in Quebec.

She holds master's and doctoral degrees in sociology from the Université de Montréal and was a doctoral scholar at the New School for Social Research in the New School University in New York. She also graduated with a degree in sociology and anthropology from the Université François-Rabelais de Tours in France. Anne Robineau taught sociology and anthropology at the Université de Montréal, the Université de Saint-Boniface in Manitoba and at the Université de Moncton.

From 2010 to 2017, she was a member of the sectoral commission on Culture, communication and information of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO. Co-organizer of several conferences and workshops, she is also co-founder and co-director of the Langues officielles et sociétés series at the Presses de l’Université Laval. Much of her research focuses on arts and culture (artistic professions, audiences, cultural industries). She is currently conducting a project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada on the creative economy of Quebec Anglophones, which explores new issues related to the digital mediation of culture in multilingual contexts.

Dominique Pépin-Filion has been a researcher at the Canadian Institute for Research on Linguistic Minorities since 2012. Prior to this, he was an institutional researcher at the Université de Moncton and a lecturer in social science research methods at the  Shippagan Campus.  He also served as Director of the Economic Development and Employability Network in Yukon.  He earned a Master’s Degree in Regional Development at the Université du Québec in Rimouski and a doctorate in sociology at the Université Laval.  A proponent of the link between quantitative and qualitative methodologies, his research interests in relation to minority languages currently focus on migrations, demographic projections and post-secondary education.  He is also interested in economic development, including regional development and socio-economic inequalities.

Josée Guignard Noël joined to the team in May 2007. She holds a masters  in environment studies , supplemented by a baccalaureate in Arts with major in geography and minor in history, both from the Université de Moncton.

The subject of her thesis was the role of the social networks of the French-speaking northern New Brunswick migrants on the ethnolinguistic vitality of the urban territory of Moncton-Dieppe. She participates in numerous CIRLM projects, namely on migration and health among Francophones in a minority setting.

Azure earned a college diploma in Graphic Design in 1996.  She worked in Customer Service as well as in the field of publishing for several years before completing a course in Office Management –Bilingual in 2012 at the Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick de Dieppe.  She joined the Institute team in August of 2013.

Quebec English-Speaking Community Research Network, a joint initiative of the School of Community and Public Affairs at Concordia University and the Canadian Institute for Research on Linguistic Minorities with support from Canadian Heritage.

Lorraine O'Donnell is coordinator-researcher of the Quebec English-Speaking Communities Research Network, a joint initiative of CIRLM and Concordia University's School of Community and Public Affairs. Located in Montreal, the Network develops research capacity related to Quebec's English-speaking community.

Ms. O'Donnell has a graduate diploma in Community Economic Development (Concordia University) and a Ph.D. in history (McGill University). She many years of experience as a professional researcher, project coordinator and consultant, focusing for the last decade on community development projects pertaining to English-speaking Quebecers. She has also taught Canadian history at Université Laval.

Her current research interest is in history and heritage projects that involve and help build communities and social groups such as women's organizations.

Patrick Donovan is completing a Ph.D. in history (Université Laval) on the evolution of ethno-religious boundaries within social service networks for Quebec City’s English-speakers. He has a Masters degree in Heritage Preservation (Université de Montréal), and played an instrumental role in the restoration and establishment of the Morrin Centre, an English-language cultural centre and heritage site in Quebec City. He recently curated two Quebec history exhibits relating to English-speakers during World War II. Patrick has worked on projects for the Quebec English-Speaking Community Research Network (QUESCREN) since 2010, and has been Associate Coordinator since 2014.