Team Members
Lori Beaman
Project Director
University of Ottawa
Professor
Department of Classics and Religious Studies
Canada Research Chair in the Contextualization of Religion in a Diverse
Canada
Rukhsana Ahmed
University of Ottawa
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
Brief Biography
Research Statement
Valérie Amiraux
University of Montréal
Associate professor
Sociology
Canada Research Chair for the Study of Religious Pluralism and Ethnicity
Brief Biography
Research Statement
Natasha Bakht
University of Ottawa
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Law
Brief Biography
Research Statement
James Beckford
University of Warwick
Professor Emeritus
Sociology
Benjamin L. Berger
Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Associate Professor
Peter Beyer
University of Ottawa
Professor
Department of Classics and Religious Studies
Donald Boisvert
Concordia University
Associate Professor
Department of Religion
Gary D. Bouma
Monash University
Emeritus Professor of Sociology
Political and Social Inquiry
UNESCO Chair in Interreligious and Intercultural Relations : Asia Pacific
Paul W. R. Bowlby
Saint Mary’s University
Professor and Chairperson
Religious Studies
Brief Biography
Research Statement
Paul Bramadat
University of Victoria
Director, Centre for Studies in Religion and Society
Associate Professor
History
Patrice Brodeur
Université de Montréal
Professeur
Faculté de théologie et de sciences des religions
Titulaire de la Chaire du Canada Islam, pluralisme et globalisation
Brief Biography
Research Statement
Avigail Eisenberg
University of Victoria
Associate Professor
Political Science
Co-director of the Consortium on Democratic Constitutionalism
Anver Emon
University of Toronto
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Law
Brief Biography
Research Statement
Pascale Fournier
University of Ottawa
Associate Professor
Faculty of Law (Civil Law Section)
Brief Biography
Research Statement
Jean-François Gaudreault-Desbiens
Université de Montréal
Professeur
Faculté de droit
Titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en identités juridiques et culturelles nord-américaines et comparées
Brief Biography
Research Statement
Nacira Guénif-Souilamas
Université Paris-Nord / 13
Maître De Conférences / Associate Professor
Sciences De L’éducation / Education Sciences
Fellow Researcher Experice (Paris 8-Paris 13)
Brief Biography
Research Statement
Christopher Helland
Dalhousie University
Associate Professor, Sociology of Religion
Assistant Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Sociology and Social Anthropology
William Closson James
Queen's University
Professor Emeritus
Religious Studies
Rebecca Johnson
University of Victoria
Professor
Law
Brief Biography
Research Statement
Pamela Klassen
University of Toronto
Associate Professor
Study of Religion
Director of the Religion in the Public Sphere Initiative
Kim Knott
Lancaster University
Professor
Politics, Philosophy and Religion
Programme Director, AHRC ‘Diasporas, Migration and Identities’
Prema Kurien
Maxwell School of Syracuse University
Associate Professor, Graduate Director
Sociology
André Laliberté
Université d'Ottawa
Professeur titulaire/Professor
École d'études politiques/School of Political Studies
Solange Lefebvre
Université de Montréal
Professeure titulaire
Faculté de théologie et de sciences des religions
Titulaire de la Chaire Religion, culture et société
Richard Moon
University of Windsor
Professor
Law
Nancy Nason-Clark
University of New Brunswick
Professor (and Chair of the Department)
Sociology
Director of the RAVE Project
Susan Palmer
Dawson College
Professor
Department of Religion
Brief Biography
Rubina Ramji
Cape Breton University
Assistant Professor
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Program Chair, Gender and Women’s Studies
Samuel Reimer
Crandall University
Professor
Department of Sociology
James Richardson
University of Nevada, Reno
Professor of Sociology and Judicial Studies
Director of: School of Social Research and Justice Studies; Grant Sawyer Center for Justice Studies; and Judicial Studies Program
Bruce Ryder
York University
Associate Professor and Assistant Dean First Year
Osgoode Hall Law School
Brief Biography
Research Statement
Winnifred Sullivan
University at Buffalo Law School
The State University of New York
Professor of Law
Director of the Law, Religion, and Culture Program
Barbara Thériault
Université de Montréal
Professeur agrégé
Sociologie
Michael Wilkinson
Trinity Western University
Associate Professor
Sociology
Director, Religion in Canada Institute
Linda Woodhead
Lancaster University
Professor
Politics, Philosophy and Religion
Director, AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Programme
Pamela Dickey Young
Queen’s University
Principal/Head and Professor
Religious Studies, Queen’s School of Religion