Linda Cardinal

Linda Cardinal OC FRSC (born July 13, 1959) is a Franco-Ontarian political scientist. She is a University Professor and a Canada Research Chair in Canadian Francophonie and Public Policies at the University of Ottawa. Cardinal was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2013 and honoured with the Ordre des Palmes Académiques and Member of the Order of Canada. She was also the first coordinator of the francophone studies program at the University of Ottawa.

Linda Cardinal
Born (1959-07-13) July 13, 1959
Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada
AwardsOrder of Canada
Ordre des Palmes Académiques
Academic background
EducationBA., MA., University of Ottawa
PhD., Sociology, 1987, School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences
ThesisAutonomie et contestation: étude des mouvements étudiants et féministes aux Etats-Unis et en France, 1950-1975 (1988)
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical Science
InstitutionsUniversity College Dublin
University of Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3
University of Ottawa
Main interestslanguage minority issues, language policies and language development

Early life and education

Cardinal was born in Hawkesbury, Ontario on July 13, 1959.[1] She earned her Bachelor of Arts and Master's degree from the University of Ottawa before travelling to Paris for her PhD.[2]

Career

After earning her PhD in 1987, Cardinal worked as a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Ottawa. Beginning as an adjunct professor in 1987, she worked her way up to full professor in the School of Political Studies by 1995.[3] From there, Cardinal served as president of the Network of Women's Researchers in French Ontario between 1999 and 2002. In this capacity, she published "The Commitment to Thinking: Writing in a Francophone Minority Community in Canada" and "Chronicles of a Chaotic Political Life: Ontario Francophone from 1986 to 1996."[1] Cardinal was subsequently hired as the Craig-Dobbin Chair of Canadian Studies at University College Dublin from 2002 to 2004. During this time, she simultaneously directed the academic journal "Politique et societies".[4] She also collaborated with David Headon to create "Shaping Nations: Constitutionalism and Society in Australia and Canada," which combined the scholarly work of both Canadian and Australian scholars to question the ideas of nationhood and national identity.[5]

In 2005, Cardinal was approached by Marcel Castonguay, director of the Coordinator of French Language Services (FLS), to conduct a study regarding the FLS and justice system. As part of the Coalition des intervenantes et intervenants francophones en justice, Cardinal published "Coalition des intervenantes et intervenants francophones en justice: a community innovation to increase the offer of French-language services in Ontario" with Marie-Ève Levert, Danielle Manton and Sonia Ouellet.[6]

In 2006, she held the Chair in Canadian Studies at the University of Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3[1] and co-chaired the International Association of Political Science RC 50 on Language and Politics until 2012.[7] In 2007, Cardinal published "Managing Diversity: Practices of Citizenship" with Nicholas Brown.[8] She also sat on the Executive committee of the International Association of Political Science and served as President of the Société québécoise de science politique for one term in 2008–09.[7][9] On April 1, 2008, she was elected to the board of directors for the Center de la Francophonie des Amériques.[10] Cardinal used her position on the board to continue to emphasis the historical impact Franco-Ontarians had in the development of Canada.[11] The following year, Cardinal was awarded the University of Ottawa's Excellence in Research Award.[12]

In 2011, Cardinal traveled to the University of Helsinki where she worked as a professor and guest lecturer at the Center for Research on Ethnic Relations and Nationalism.[13] She also became the first coordinator of the Francophonie Studies program at the University of Ottawa, which she served until 2014. After which she became the Director of the Undergraduate Program in Political Science and served of the University's Board of Governors.[14]

In 2013, she was awarded the Ordre des Palmes Académiques and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[15] She also worked with Jacques de Courville Nicol to co-found the Movement for an Official Bilingual Capital of Canada.[16] Cardinal stated she co-founded this movement to ensure "that French does not lose its legitimacy as a language in Canada."[17] The following year, Cardinal collaborated with Simon Jolivet and Isabelle Matte to publish "Le Québec et l'Irlande: culture, histoire, identité." The book was a compilation of text to showcase the similarities between Irish Catholics and French Canadians in 19th century Quebec, such as historical, cultural, religious, social, political and identity ties.[18]

In February 2017, Cardinal was awarded the Bernard Grandmaître Award from the Association of Francophone Communities of Ottawa for her commitment to the Francophone community.[19] She was also named a Member of the Order of Canada for her public policy developments.[20][21] Cardinal worked with fellow University of Ottawa professor Sébastien Grammond to published a book "Une tradition et un droit, le Sénat et la représentation de la francophonie canadienne" detailing how the French language played a role in shaping the Canadian Constitution, legislation and evolution of Canada.[22][23] In October 2017, the Law Commission of Ontario nominated Cardinal to their Board of Governors and she was officially appointed in June 2018.[24]

In January 2018, Cardinal was named one of the top 10 influential francophone personalities by the Francopresse.[25] In June 2018, she was awarded the Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Ontario (AJEFO) Order of Merit.[26] The following month, Cardinal was appointed by the president of the University of Ottawa to create a mandate regarding the state of French on campus.[27]

Cardinal continued her writing and collaborated with Anne Gilbert, Michel Bock, Lucie Hotte, and François Charbonneau to co-edit "Ottawa, lieu de vie français. The book focused on the impact Ottawa francophones had in shaping their city, from the 1960s to contemporary French Ottawa.[28] Her co-edited book was named a finalist for the 2019 Canada Prize in the Humanities and Social Sciences.[29] In May 2019, Cardinal was loaned to the University of Ontario to help develop a research strategy to integrate into the organization of the Francophone Carrefour of Knowledge and Innovation.[30][31]

Selected publications

The following is a list of selected publications:

  • Shaping nations: Constitutionalism and society in Australia and Canada (2002)
  • Managing Diversity: Practices of Citizenship (2007)
  • Les politiques publiques au Canada: pouvoir, conflits et idéologies (2009)
  • Le conservatisme: le Canada et le Québec en contexte (2009)
  • Le Québec et l'Irlande: culture, histoire, identité (2014)
  • Une tradition et un droit, le Sénat et la représentation de la francophonie canadienne (2017)

References
  1. Sylvestre, Paul-François (July 25, 2006). "La Sorbonne confie sa Chaire en études canadiennes à une Franco-Ontarienne". l-express.ca (in French). Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  2. "Honneurs bien mérités pour Linda Cardinal et Paul Le Vay". l-express.ca (in French). May 25, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  3. "Current members of the Board of Governors". lco-cdo.org. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  4. "Craig Dobbin Chair in Canadian Studies". ucd.ie. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  5. Cameron D. Bodnar (September 2004). "Reviewed Work: Shaping Nations: Constitutionalism and Society in Australia and Canada by Linda Cardinal, David Headon". Canadian Journal of Political Science. 37 (3): 755–757. doi:10.1017/S0008423904330106. JSTOR 25165711.
  6. Anik Sauvé (2013-12-06). "Justice in Official Languages - Newsletter No 12 June 2015". justice.gc.ca. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  7. "Linda Cardinal (Canada), Editor, World Political Science". ipsa.org. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  8. Grace, Joan (December 2008). "Reviewed Work: Managing Diversity: Practices of Citizenship by Nicholas Brown, Linda Cardinal". Canadian Journal of Political Science. 41 (4): 1034–1036. doi:10.1017/S0008423908081213. JSTOR 27754418.
  9. "Linda Cardinal nommée présidente de la Société québécoise de science politique". cridaq.uqam.ca (in French). 2009-01-12. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  10. "Nouvel élan pour le Centre de la francophonie des Amériques". l-express.ca (in French). April 1, 2008. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  11. "Linda Cardinal et un groupe de chercheuses de l'Université d'Ottawa au service de l'identité des Franco-ontariens". francophoniedesameriques.com (in French). October 9, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  12. "Faculty of Social Sciences 2009 Annual Report uOttawa" (PDF). socialsciences.uottawa.ca. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  13. "Linda Cardinal". ieim.uqam.ca. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  14. "La professeure Linda Cardinal, de l'Université d'Ottawa, prêtera main-forte à l'UOF". lerempart.ca (in French). March 22, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  15. "Professor Linda Cardinal receives two prestigious honours". socialsciences.uottawa.ca. September 6, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  16. ""ON NE PEUT PAS ATTENDRE ENCORE 150 ANS", AFFIRME LINDA CARDINAL". onfr.tfo.org. February 17, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  17. "Linda Cardinal, un Combat Pour l'Égalité Linguistique". larotonde.ca. January 29, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  18. "Quebec and Ireland, Culture, history, identity, Septentrion, 2014". erudit.org. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  19. "Linda Cardinal remporte le prix Bernard-Grandmaître". ici.radio-canada.ca (in French). February 16, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  20. "SSHRC-funded researchers appointed to the Order of Canada". sshrc-crsh.gc.ca. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  21. "Linda Cardinal receives the Order of Canada". socialsciences.uottawa.ca. January 9, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  22. "Une tradition et un droit, le Sénat et la représentation de la francophonie canadienne". liberalsenateforum.ca. April 6, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  23. Vachon-Chabot, Amy (June 2018). "A Tradition and a Right: The Senate and the Representation of the Canadian Francophonie". Canadian Journal of Political Science. 51: 493–494. doi:10.1017/S0008423918000288. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  24. "The LCO announces the appointments of three at-large Board of Governors members". lco-cdo.org. June 7, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  25. "La sélection des 10 personnalités influentes : les femmes dominent le Palmarès Francopresse". francopresse.ca (in French). January 3, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  26. "Common Law Alumna Nadia Effendi (LL.B. 2003) Elected President of AJEFO". commonlaw.uottawa.c. June 26, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  27. "Report on Francophonie". uottawa.ca. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  28. "Ottawa, lieu de vie français". press.uottawa.ca. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  29. "Media release: Finalists for Canada Prizes announced". ideas-idees.ca. March 12, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  30. "L'Université d'Ottawa prête sa professeure Linda Cardinal à l'UOF pour un an". l-express.ca (in French). May 22, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  31. "Linda Cardinal travaillera pendant un an pour l'Université de l'Ontario français". ici.radio-canada.ca (in French). May 21, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
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