Linda Cardinal (Contributor)
Linda Cardinal is a professor at the School of Political Studies and holds the Research Chair in Canadian Francophonie and Public Policies at the University of Ottawa. Cardinal was the first coordinator of the Francophone Studies program (2011–2014). She both oversaw the Political Science PhD program (2014–2016) and was the director of the Political Science Undergraduate Program (2017 to 2019). From 2012 to 2015, she was a member of the University of Ottawa’s Board of Governors. Since 2017 she has been a member of the University of Ottawa Senate and the Council of Ontario Universities. She is internationally recognized for her work on the comparative analysis of language regimes, constitutionalism, citizenship, and minorities. Cardinal was recently appointed to the Law Commission of Ontario as a member-at-large. She was also awarded the Ordre du mérite by the Association of French-Speaking Jurists of Ontario. In 2013 she was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In 2014 she was named Knight of France’s Ordre des Palmes académiques. In 2017 she received the Order of Canada for her research on public policy and language rights, the Bernard Grandmaître prize from the Association des communautés francophones d’Ottawa (ACFO) for her leadership and commitment, and the Pillar of the Francophonie Award from the Assemblée de la francophonie de l’Ontario. She has written and edited numerous works on language policy and the public participation of linguistic minorities in Canada, Quebec and Europe in the fields of justice, mental health, education, and municipal politics. Her most recent publications and collaborations include La constitution bilingue du Canada, un projet inachevé (Université Laval Press, 2017), Une tradition et un droit: Le Sénat et la représentation de la francophonie canadienne (University of Ottawa Press, 2017), “Minority Languages, Education, and the Constitution” in The Oxford Handbook of the Canadian Constitution (Oxford University Press, 2017) and State Traditions and Language Regimes (McGill–Queen’s University Press, 2015).
Pierre Foucher (Contributor)
Pierre Foucher obtained his law degree from the Université de Montréal in 1977 and his Master of Administrative Law from Queens University at Kingston in 1981. A member of the Quebec Bar, he has been a full professor at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Law since 2008 and teaches in the areas of constitutional law and language rights.
Nathalie Plante (Contributor)
Nathalie Plante works as a regional support officer for students with ASD for the French school boards in the Montreal area. She supports the development of projects that contribute to the academic success of students with ASD. She is also a certified TEACCH® consultant from the University of North Carolina and is very involved in the deployment of this approach in Quebec.
