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ANCTIL, Pierre »
Full professor
Faculty of Arts
History
Contact information:
Office: 613-562-5800 (1289)
Cell: 514-261-5265
E-mail: panctil@uOttawa.ca
Website
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Cell Telephone
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My research bears on the different aspects of Canadian identity and on the emergence of a field of research specifically dealing with Canada. I am also interested on ethnicity in Canada, issues on a Quebec and national level, election results in Quebec and Canada, on the Jewish community of Canada and Montréal, and more precisely on anti-Semitism, secularism, linguistic integration and racism in Canadian society. I also specialize on Canadian Yiddish literature and Canadian Yiddish culture.
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- Anthropology
- Canadian history
- Ethnicity
- French-Canadian culture
- Immigration
- Religion
- Translation and interpretation
- Urban anthropology
Language preference:
English and French , Yiddish
DUFRESNE, Lucie »
Lecturer
Faculty of Arts
Classics and Religious Studies
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Home: 613-231-4261
E-mail: lucieduf@uOttawa.ca
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E-mail, Home Telephone
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Bases symboliques et traditionelles des croyances et comportements culturels d'aujourd'hui. Essor vers une spiritualité personelle vécue de façon quotidienne, surtout chez les femmes nord-américaines (culte de la déesse, écoféminisme, etc). Spiritualités amérindiennes traditionnelles et contemporaines.
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Language preference:
English and French
FOSTER, Angel »
Echo Endowed Chair in Women’s Health Research
Associate professor
Faculty of Health Sciences
Interdisciplinary School of Health sciences
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Office: 613-562-5800 (2316)
Cell: 617-417-9974
E-mail: angel.foster@uottawa.ca
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Dr. Angel M. Foster holds a DPhil (doctorate) in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Oxford, an MD from Harvard Medical School, and an AM (master's degree) from Stanford University. She has conducted multi-methods research on women’s health in Canada, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine, the Thailand/Burma border, Tunisia, and the United States. Her current research focuses on expanding access to emergency contraception, increasing access to safe, high quality, and affordable abortion services improving the reproductive health training of health service professionals, and Identifying and addressing the reproductive health needs of vulnerable populations including young/unmarried women and refugees/displaced women. She has published more than 40 articles, book chapters, and technical reports on women's health and her first book, Emergency contraception: The story of a global reproductive health technology, was published by Palgrave MacMillan in 2012 (co-edited with L.L. Wynn).Area(s) of expertise:
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- Abortion
- Anthropology
- Ethics
- Health
- Health policy
- Health research
- International development
- International health
- Middle East
- Other
- Population health
- Women and development
- Women and health
- Women’s health
Language preference:
English and French , Arabic
GILES, Audrey R. »
Assistant Professor
Assistant professor
Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Human Kinetics
Contact information:
Office: 613-562-5800 (2988)
Home: 613-845-0092
E-mail: audrey.giles@uOttawa.ca
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E-mail, Home Telephone, Office Telephone
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Dr. Giles' research examines Aboriginal people's (though especially women's) participation in physical activity, sport, and recreation in the NWT, Nunavut, and Northern Alberta. Her expertise pertains to traditional games, gender, "tradition," and drowning prevention. Sport for development in Aboriginal communities.
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- Anthropology
- Feminist politics and theory
- Health research
- Human kinetics
- Human kinetics
- Physical activity
- Population health
- Postcolonial studies
- Sport
- Women and development
- Women and health
- Women’s health
Language preference:
English only, Intermediate/Advanced French
LAPLANTE, Julie »
Dr.
Assistant professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Sociology
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Office: 613-562-5800 (6134)
Home: 450-229-4571
E-mail: julie.laplante@uOttawa.ca
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My main domain of research is on biomedical, indigenous and humanitarian medicines; more specifically on the processes of elaboration of medicines (pharmaceuticals and 'traditional'), within other processes those of clinical trials. The point of view stems from medical anthropology and science and technology studies. I have mainly worked in Brazilian Amazonia, South Africa and northern America.
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Language preference:
English and French , portugais
RAMISCH, Joshua »
Associate professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
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Office: 613-562-5800 (4421)
E-mail: jramisch@uOttawa.ca
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E-mail, Office Telephone
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Food security, agriculture, food policy, food aid, peasant farming, globalization, international development, development project management, African environmental issues, African social change, Kenya, Mali, Uganda, Tanzania, NGOs in Africa.
Area(s) of expertise:
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- Anthropology
- Climate change
- Colonization
- Ecology
- Globalization
- International development and globalization
- International trade and environment
- Postcolonial studies
- Project management
- Social change
- Soils
- Women and development
Language preference:
English and French
SALANOVA, Andrés Pablo »
Assistant professor
Faculty of Arts
Linguistics
Contact information:
Office: 613-562-5800 (1759)
E-mail: kaitire@uOttawa.ca
Website
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Office Telephone
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My research concentrates on the grammatical structure of the indigenous languages spoken in the lowlands of South America, in particular that of Mebengokre, spoken by approximately 10.000 people in central Brazil.
More broadly, I'm interested in Eastern Brazil and the Chaco as cultural areas, in their ethnographic, historical, archaeological and linguistic aspects.
Area(s) of expertise:
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- Anthropology
- Archives
- Bilingualism
- Dialects
- Ethnicity
- Minority languages
- Modern languages and literatures
- Native teacher education
Language preference:
English and French , Espagnol/Spanish, Portugais/Portuguese, Mebengokre
SIMON, Scott »
School of International Development and Global Studies /École de développement international et mondialisation
Associate professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Sociology
Contact information:
Office: 613-562-5800 (1363)
E-mail: ssimon@uOttawa.ca
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E-mail, Office Telephone
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I specialize in the study of political economy. I do research on questions of economic development in Taiwan, including female entrepreneurship and development in the indigenous Austronesian communities of the island. I also work on questions of ethnic identity and nationalism, issues that are crucial to understanding relations between Taiwan and China.
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Language preference:
English and French , mandarin, japonais, Allemand / Mandarin, Japanese, German
SOULIÈRE, Marguerite »
Assistant professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
School of Social Work
Contact information:
Office: 613-562-5800 (6390)
Home: 819-503-1574
E-mail: marguerite.souliere@uOttawa.ca
Website
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E-mail, Home Telephone
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Je m'intéresse aux événements des cycles de vie : naissance, adolescence, ménopause.
Mon enseignement porte sur la famille, la santé et les inégalités sociales et les problématiques liées à la santé dans une perspective politique, socioculturelle et individuelle.
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Language preference:
Français seulement
SPITZER, Denise »
Canada Research Chair in Gender, Migration and Health,
Associate professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Women's Studies Institute
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Office: 613-562-5800 (1222)
E-mail: dspitzer@uottawa.ca
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I am interested in examining how global processes—intersecting with gender, ethnicity, migration status and other social identifiers—are implicated in health and well-being. At present, my program of research examines the impact of shifts in the global economy on the social and economic well-being of different groups of immigrants, migrants, and refugees and their families.
Area(s) of expertise:
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- Anthropology
- Culture
- Diasporas and Remittances
- Ethnicity
- Globalization
- Immigration
- International health
- Multicultural populations
- Population health
- Stress
- Urban anthropology
- Women
- Women and health
Language preference:
English and French , German / allemand; Chinese / chinois
ZHANG, Sheri »
Coordinator
Contact information:
Office: 613-562-5800 (3)
Cell: 613-720-2394
E-mail: szhang@uOttawa.ca
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My teaching and research work at universities in North America, Japan and China are linked to Canada's international education.
Area(s) of expertise:
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- 20th century
- Adult education
- Anthropology
- Asian history
- Canadian studies
- Culture
- Curriculum
- E-learning
- Education
- Feminist ethics
- Language Services
- Modern languages and literatures
- Second-language teaching
- Second-language teaching
- Sports Services
- Teacher training
- Translation
- Translation and interpretation
- Women
Language preference:
English and French
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