O'Donnell, Lorraine
Research Associate (QUESCREN)
Quebec English-Speaking Community Research Network
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.
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Theme :
Quebec AnglophonesWomenHistory and folklore
Interest with research on linguistic minorities
Lorraine O'Donnell is interested in the history and heritage of English-speaking Quebecers. She has carried out major projects resulting in research reports, exhibits and websites on the history/heritage of Quebec City's Jewish community (www.shalomquebec.org), the Irish of Quebec (www.mccord-museum.qc.ca), and Quebec Anglophones the Lower North Shore, Gaspésie, Mauricie and Lower St. Lawrence. She has drawn from these experiences to presented papers on community-building history projects.
Lorraine has also researched the history of women's unpaid labour including women's relation to consumption and visual culture. Her article on the Montreal Eaton's store discussed "Anglophone" issues in this regard.
O’DONNELL, Lorraine (2016). “Housoldiers: The mobilization of Quebec housewives for World War II.” Quebec Heritage News 10, 4, Fall 2016.
O’DONNELL, Lorraine (2016). “‘Bloodshed and Broken Hearts’: The Battle of Hong Kong on the Quebec City Home Front.” Society Pages [magazine of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec] 48, Spring 2016.
O’Donnell, Lorraine (2002). Visualising the History of Women at Eaton's, 1869-1976. PhD thesis (History), McGill University.
O’Donnell, Lorraine (1997). "Review of Anne McClintock, Imperial Leather (Routledge, 1995)." Labour/Le travail 40: 310 12.
O’Donnell, Lorraine (1994). "Towards Total Archives: The Form and Meaning of Photographic Records." Archivaria 38: 105 18. http://journals.sfu.ca/archivar/index.php/archivaria/issue/view/397/showToc
O'Donnell, Lorraine (contributor; 1991). "Guide to Moving Image Records" Eds. G. Wells and H. Averill. Compiled by N. Hamann. Title entries by L. O'Donnell. Toronto: University of Toronto Archives.
O'Donnell, Lorraine, Jan Rollins, et. al. (1991). "Preliminary Inventory of the Graphic Records of the T. Eaton Records." 2 vols. Toronto: Archives of Ontario.
O'Donnell, Lorraine (1991). "Review of exhibition From Plague to Aids." Archivaria 32: 196 98. http://journals.sfu.ca/archivar/index.php/archivaria/issue/view/391/showToc
O'Donnell, Lorraine, Linda Cobon, et. al. (1990). "Preliminary Inventory of the T. Eaton Records." 6 vols. Toronto: Archives of Ontario.
Lorraine has also researched the history of women's unpaid labour including women's relation to consumption and visual culture. Her article on the Montreal Eaton's store discussed "Anglophone" issues in this regard.
Publications on Linguistic Minorities
, (2023
), Introduction. Heritage, Memory and Vitality of Linguistic Minorities, Linguistic Minorities and Society, (21), Journal Article.
, (2021
), 50 Years of Legislation Concerning Official Languages in Canada: Review and Prospects, Linguistic Minorities and Society, (17), 10-30, Journal Article.
- Robineau, Anne; Urtnowski, Karen; O'Donnell, Lorraine; Forgues, Éric; Shragge, Eric (dir.); Guignard Noël, Josée (coll.);
, (2012
), Immigration, Settlement and Integration in Quebec Anglophone Communities: A Preleminary Report, Journal of Eastern Townships Studies / Revue d’études des Cantons-de-l’Est, 38, 7-32.
, (2012
), La diversité, la pauvreté et le capital historique et social des communautés d’expression anglaise au Québec, dans Vatz Laarousi, M., Bernier, E. & Guilbert, L (dir.), Les collectivités locales au coeur de l'intégration des immigrants. Questions identitaires et stratégies régionales, Québec, Presses de l’Université Laval, 161-168.
, (2012
), Quelle place pour les anglophones dans le grand récit collectif des Québécois? Rapport d’une journée d’étude, Enjeux de l'univers social, 8, 1.
- Robineau, Anne; Urtnowski, Karen; O'Donnell, Lorraine; Forgues, Éric; Shragge, Eric (dir.); Guignard Noël, Josée (coll.);
, (2010
), The Historical Diversity of English-Speaking Quebec as a public project: a preliminary strategic analysis, Canadian Diversity (Spring), 8, 2, 33-37.
, (2005
), Le voyage virtuel. Les consommatrices, le monde de l’étranger et Eaton à Montréal, 1880-1980, Revue d'histoire de l'Amérique française (Printemps), 58, 4, 535-568.
, (2005
), The QCGN Documentation Centre: Current Status and Proposal Development Plan, Québec, Quebec Community Groups Networks.
, (2004
), Research Capacity and Quebec's English-Speaking Communities: Launching A New Development Initiative, Québec, Quebec Community Groups Networks.
, (1999
), English Speakers in the Quebec/Chaudière-Appalaches Region: A Needs Assessment, Québec, Voice of English-speaking Quebec / HRDC.
, (2023
), Introduction. Patrimoine, mémoire et vitalité des communautés linguistiques en situation minoritaire., Minorités linguistiques et société, (21), Journal Article.
Other publications :O’DONNELL, Lorraine (2016). “Housoldiers: The mobilization of Quebec housewives for World War II.” Quebec Heritage News 10, 4, Fall 2016.
O’DONNELL, Lorraine (2016). “‘Bloodshed and Broken Hearts’: The Battle of Hong Kong on the Quebec City Home Front.” Society Pages [magazine of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec] 48, Spring 2016.
O’Donnell, Lorraine (2002). Visualising the History of Women at Eaton's, 1869-1976. PhD thesis (History), McGill University.
O’Donnell, Lorraine (1997). "Review of Anne McClintock, Imperial Leather (Routledge, 1995)." Labour/Le travail 40: 310 12.
O’Donnell, Lorraine (1994). "Towards Total Archives: The Form and Meaning of Photographic Records." Archivaria 38: 105 18. http://journals.sfu.ca/archivar/index.php/archivaria/issue/view/397/showToc
O'Donnell, Lorraine (contributor; 1991). "Guide to Moving Image Records" Eds. G. Wells and H. Averill. Compiled by N. Hamann. Title entries by L. O'Donnell. Toronto: University of Toronto Archives.
O'Donnell, Lorraine, Jan Rollins, et. al. (1991). "Preliminary Inventory of the Graphic Records of the T. Eaton Records." 2 vols. Toronto: Archives of Ontario.
O'Donnell, Lorraine (1991). "Review of exhibition From Plague to Aids." Archivaria 32: 196 98. http://journals.sfu.ca/archivar/index.php/archivaria/issue/view/391/showToc
O'Donnell, Lorraine, Linda Cobon, et. al. (1990). "Preliminary Inventory of the T. Eaton Records." 6 vols. Toronto: Archives of Ontario.
