Pascale Fournier, University of Ottawa

Research

Reconciliation Indigenous rights Indian Act Bill C-31 Women's Rights Intersectionality Identity Belonging

Latest funding

Developing an Indigenous & non-Indigenous collaborative research partnership: human rights, self-determination and the Indian Act's legacy of harm and discrimination
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$71,000
Religious diversity and its limits: moving beyond tolerance and accommodation
SSHRC · 2010 · Co-investigator
$2,500,000
Jewish and Muslim women negotiating divorce in Western Europe and Canada
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$85,094

Developing an Indigenous & non-Indigenous collaborative research partnership: human rights, self-determination and the Indian Act's legacy of harm and discrimination

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Fournier, Pascale

Keywords: Reconciliation; Indigenous rights; Indian Act; Bill C-31; Women's Rights; Intersectionality; Identity; Belonging; Discrimination; Brave Spaces; First Nations; United Nations; CEDAW; Truth and Reconciliation; Collaborative; Indigenous-led; Inclusive

$71,000

Religious diversity and its limits: moving beyond tolerance and accommodation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Major Collaborative Research Initiatives Program

Principal investigators: Beaman, Lori G.

Keywords: religion; law; society; multiculturalism; religious diversity; tolerance; reasonable accommodation; freedom of religion; reciprocity; equality; harm; religious expression; identity

$2,500,000

Jewish and Muslim women negotiating divorce in Western Europe and Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Fournier, Pascale

Keywords: gender; comparative family law; religious and secular divorce; Judaism and Islam; storytelling and distributional justice; the get and the Talaq

$85,094

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Reconciliation Dear Professor Fournier, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on reconciliation connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Developing an Indigenous & non-Indigenous collaborative research partnership: human rights, self-determination and the Indian Act's legacy of harm and discrimination" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]