The Religion and Diversity Project is pleased to have (and have had) so many talented students involved in its programme. The students listed below are either doing their PhD or Master’s thesis with a team member on a related project theme or are employed by a project team member and are working on a related theme/venture. Find out who the students are and who they are working with.
Graduate Student Workshops
The Religion and Diversity Project is committed to training graduate students. Click here to learn more about its graduate student workshop series: themes of the workshops, facilitators, participants, reports and so on.
Årsheim, Helge
(2010-15)
PhD, University of Oslo
Supervisor: Sullivan, Winnifred
Religious Discourse in the UN.
Abou-Hamad, Marianne
(2015-18)
J.D,
University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Beaman, Lori G.
Project Assistant: editorial, event and research support
Alekseevskaia, Mariia
(2014-18)
Graduate Student Workshop
(2015-16)
PhD, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Beaman, Lori G. (Dissertation Committee Member)
Participation of Canadian Reformed schools’ graduates in socio-political life of Canada: Ontario focus.
Alfani Bantea, Roger
Stipend 2011-12
PhD, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Brodeur, Patrice
Religious Peacebuilding in the Great Lakes Region in Africa. The Role of the Church in the Conflicts in Bunia, Bukavu, and Goma (1992-2010).
Alibhai, Zaheeda
(2015-17)
Graduate Student Workshop
(2015-16)
PhD, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Beaman, Lori G.
Religion and Science: A Necessary Divide?
Allaouache, Adam-Yannis
(2013-16)
MA, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Laliberté, André
Islam and domestic workers in Taiwan.
Attia, Assia
MA, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Brodeur, Patrice
Identité et transmission dans une mosquée montréalaise.
Aubin, Michel
(-2012)
PhD, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Lefebvre, Solange
Religion et Internet. Explorer les meilleures pratiques déployées par les gestionnaires de sites Internet religieux.
Audy, Emilie
(2010-)
Graduate Student Workshop (2011-12)
PhD, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Amiraux, Valérie
Identités religieuses et périnatalité: une comparaison de la prise en compte de la variable religieuse dans les systèmes de santé français et québécois.
Bahova, Snezhana
MA, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Lefebvre, Solange
Explorer le rite kolédouvané bulgare. Dimension sociale, individuelle et cosmologique.
Bartel, Rebecca
Stipend 2014-15
PhD, University of Toronto
Supervisor: Klassen, Pamela
Christianity, credit, and capitalism in Bogota.
Bartzel, Joseph
(2015-)
PhD, Indiana University Bloomington
Supervisor: Sullivan, Winnifred
Political Theology of Post-Ferguson black theology.
Batut, Katia
(2010-14)
PhD, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Lefebvre, Solange
Contemporary Christian Zionism in the United-States, from religion to geopolitics.
Beaulieu, Virginie
(2015-16)
MA, Université de Montréal
Supervisor: Thériault, Barabara
Une sociologie du développement personnel : réflexions sur la religion invisible.
Blouin, Samuel
(2012-)
MA, Université de Montréal
Supervisor: Amiraux, Valérie
Les conversions au catholicisme au Québec.
Bourgeois, Isabelle
(2012-14)
LL.M., University of Montréal
Supervisor: Gaudreault-DesBiens, Jean-François
Droit étatique et droit religieux en Inde.
Bourque, Frédérique
(2012-14)
LL.M., University of Montréal
Supervisor: Gaudreault-DesBiens, Jean-François
Liberté de religion en droit international.
Boyer, Geneviève
(2016-2018)
MA, Université de Montréal
Supervisor: Thériault, Barbara
To be determined.
Brasnett, Jonathan
(2016-)
PhD, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Laliberté, André
To be determined.
Brunton, Judith
(2014-19)
Stipend 2014-15
PhD, University of Toronto
Supervisor: Klassen, Pamela
Oil and Wellbeing: the affective infrastructure of “the good life” in Alberta.
Burford-Grinnell, Jillian
(2010-11)
Stipend 2010-11
MA, Queen’s University
Supervisor: Young, Pamela Dickey
Women’s studies.
Bussey, Barry
(2011-13)
PhD, Osgoode Hall Law School
Supervisor: Berger, Benjamin
Theoretical Justifications for the Constitutional Protection of Religion.
Carmichael, Adam
Stipend 2010-11
PhD, University of Victoria
Supervisor: Eisenberg, Avigail
The biopolitics of normative monogamy: a critical discourse analysis of the polygamy debate and Bountiful, British Columbia.
Caucci, Roberto Jr.
(2017-2019)
MA, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Beaman, Lori G.
Freedom of conscience and religion as it is interpreted, and applied, in relation to children and the nonreligious in Canadian society.
Charkravarty, Gandhar K.
(-2014)
PhD, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Lefebvre, Solange
Rastafari of Jamaica and South Africa. Comparison on the basis of their adherence to the Laws of the Nazirities.
Chattoo, Saliha
(2013-19)
PhD, University of Toronto
Supervisor: Klassen, Pamela
Evangelical youth; performance-based conversion events in the United States.
Choi, Glen
(2010-14)
PhD, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Beyer, Peter
Lotus Pond, Bicultural Ripples: The Psychological Orientation of Korean-Canadian Practitioners of Buddhism.
Chouinard, Carmen
PhD, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Brodeur, Patrice
La triple occultation contemporaine des femmes croyantes au Québec : Analyse des perspectives de solutions proposées par Norma B. Joseph (juive), Denise Couture (chrétienne) et Lynda Clarke (musulmane).
Chowdhury, Farah
Stipend 2011-12
PhD, Osgoode Hall Law School
Supervisor: Berger, Benjamin
To be determined.
Connell, Katherine
(2009-12)
MA, Dalhousie University
Supervisor: Helland, Christopher
Social anthropology.
Conrad, Geoff
(2010-12)
Stipend 2010-11
LL.M. University of Victoria
Supervisor: Berger, Benjamin
The Nature of Public Discourse in Religiously Diverse Societies and the Norms of Judicial Reasoning.
Cotter, Christopher R.
(2012-16)
PhD, Lancaster University
Supervisor: Knott, Kim
Relocating ‘Religion’: Toward an Alternative Understanding of Religion in the Contemporary British City.
Coulombe, Sophie
(2014-)
Stipend 2014-16
MA, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Thériault, Barbara
La religion en miniature, la clé miroir du chapelet en prison.
Craig, Scott
(2013-17)
PhD, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Beyer, Peter
Global fluctuations of Zen Buddhism with particular focus on North America.
Cummins, Alyshea
(2012-17)
Graduate Student Workshop (2013-14)
PhD, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Beyer, Peter
Redefining Islam in the West: An Ismaili Muslim Movement.
Cusack, Christine
(2013-17)
Graduate Student Workshop
(2013-14)
Stipend 2014-15
PhD, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Beaman, Lori G.
Rethinking Religious Education in Canadian Public Schools.
Cusson, Suzie
2016-2017
B.A Law, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Fournier, Pascale
La religion, l’objection de conscience et l’aide médicale à mourir.
Cuthbertson, Ian Alexander
Stipend 2015-16
PhD, Queen’s University
Supervisor: Young, Pamela Dickey
Cultural studies; RA for RGSY project.
Dabby, Dia
(2010-11)
LL.D., University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Fournier, Pascale
Freedom of Religion and the Variable Geometry of the Best Interest of the Child.
Dada, Isaiah
PhD, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Brodeur, Patrice
Réduction de la violence au Nigeria : Curriculum interreligieux d’éducation à la paix dans les formations religieuses avancées.
Dallva, Priscila
(MITACS Globalink Research Intern, May-August 2015)
BA, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
Supervisor: Beaman, Lori G.
To be determined.
Davies-Kildea, Jason
(2012-16)
PhD, Monash University
Supervisor: Bouma, Gary
The Salvation Army and The Social Gospel – Reconciling Evangelical Intent and Social Concern.
Dees, Sarah
(2012-15)
PhD, Indiana University Bloomington
Supervisor: Sullivan, Winnifred
She is interested in ideas about the scientific study of religion which informed legislation on Indians at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries in the U.S.
Delic, Zijad
(2014-17)
Graduate Student Workshop
(2015-16)
PhD, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Beyer, Peter
Localizing Islam in Canada: A Sociological Examination of Shari’a in the Reconstruction of Islamic Authority and Authenticity.
Deng, Cristal Jing
(2012-13)
MA, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Laliberté, André
Comparison Analysis-Religious Non-Governmental Organizations in the wake of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake.
Denis-Boileau, Marie-Andrée
(2012-)
LL.M., University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Fournier, Pascale
Le port du niqab, de la burqa et du voile intégral dans la société laïque canadienne.
Dion-Lirette, Vanessa
(-2011)
BA, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Beaman, Lori G.
Conflict studies, human rights and international development.
Djaout, Aziz
(2013-17)
PhD, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Lefebvre, Solange
Radicalisation et contre-radicalisation au Québec. Les perspectives musulmanes.
Downie, Caitlin
(2011-13)
MA, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Beaman, Lori G.
Mind the Gap: Muslim Identities, Islamophilia, and the Good/Bad Muslim Dichotomy in St. John’s.
Doyle, Ashley
(-2013)
MA, Dalhousie University
Supervisor: Helland, Christopher
Exploring religious engagement among young adults between the ages of 18-29 in Halifax and Prince Edward Island.
Dufresne, Fred
(2011-14)
LL.M., University of Montréal
Supervisor: Gaudreault-DesBiens, Jean-François
La question du port des signes religieux dans la sphère publique : une réflexion à partir du droit international et d’une comparaison du Canada, des États-Unis, de la France et de la Suisse.
Ellsworth, Jason W. M.
(2014-19)
PhD, Dalhousie University
Supervisor: Helland, Christopher
Buddhism in Canada, Social Anthropology, and Religion.
Fadil, Mohamed
(-2015)
Graduate Student Workshop
(2013-14)
Stipend 2014-15
PhD, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Lefebvre, Solange
Un groupe religieux à l’épreuve du parti politique : Sécularisation de l’islamisme au Maroc (Mouvement de l’Unicité et de la Réforme / Parti de la Justice et du Développement (1969-2012)).
Farahmand, Manéli
(2015-18)
PhD, University of Ottawa / Université de Lausanne
Supervisor: Beyer, Peter
Reconstruction of Religious Traditions in Transnational Context.
Farrar, Haley
(2014-16)
MA/Research Assistant, Dalhousie University
Supervisor: Helland, Christopher
Measuring the Gap: An Analysis of Subjective and Objective Measures of Health Status by Educational Attainment Level in Canada.
Fisher, Amy
(2011-)
PhD, University of Toronto
Supervisor: Klassen, Pamela
“Love is the Solution to Homelessness”: Christianity and friendship in an urban shelter.
Forbes, Lauren
(2010-12)
MA, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Beaman, Lori G.
Understanding Religion in Law: How Aboriginal Beliefs are Framed in Canadian Court Cases.
Franz, Marisa
(2013-19)
Stipend 2013-14
PhD, University of Toronto
Supervisor: Klassen, Pamela
Boxes from the North: Siberian Shamanism and the Russian Ethnographic Museum, 1880-1930.
Gaddi, Valentina
(2011-13)
MA, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Amiraux, Valérie
La communauté Hassidique dans le quartier Outremont de Montréal: entre enjeux ordinaire de voisinage et gestion publique du pluralisme.
Gagnon-Tessier, Louis-Charles
(-2014)
Graduate Student Workshop (2011-12)
PhD, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Lefebvre, Solange
Catholicisme québécois et postmodernité. Analyse derridienne des commissions sur la religion et l’école.
Gallagher, Ryan
(2017)
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, university of Ottawa
Supervisor: Beaman, Lori G.
Stewardship, environmentalism, (non)religion and activism
Gallini, Tom
(2010-11)
MA, Queen’s University
Supervisor: Young, Pamela Dickey
Identity, Queer Theory, LGTB, Christianity.
Gareau, Paul
(2010-15)
Graduate Student Workshop
(2013-14)
PhD, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Beaman, Lori G.
Journeying to the Father: Researching Faith and Identity in a Contemporary Catholic Youth Movement in Canada.
Golberg, Shari
PhD, University of Toronto
Supervisor: Klassen, Pamela
When Beruriah Met Aisha: Textual Intersections among Jewish and Muslim Women.
Gravel, Stéphanie
Graduate Student Workshop
(2013-14)
Stipend 2010-11
PhD, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Lefebvre, Solange
L’impartialité et le programme Éthique et culture religieuse (Québec, 2008).
Grigore, Monica
(-2015)
PhD, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Thériault, Barbara
Influencer le sort. Croyances et rituels dans l’orthodoxie roumaine.
Hameed, Qamer
(2010-15)
MA, University of Ottawa
Supervisors: Beaman, Lori G. and Peter Beyer
Second Generation Canadian Muslims: A Case Study of Grassroots Canadian Muslim Identity in the Prairie City of Winnipeg.
Hemmat, Samaneh
(2014-17)
Stipend 2015-17
Graduate Student Workshop
(2015-16)
PhD, Osgoode Hall Law School
Supervisor: Berger, Benjamin
Understanding International Religious Freedom Promotion: Perspectives from Canadian Development on Sacred Indigenous Land.
Hmimssa, Azeddine
PhD, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Brodeur, Patrice
La citoyenneté vue par les Musulmans du Québec.
Holt, Cimminnee
PhD, Concordia University
Supervisor: Boisvert, Donald
An ethnographic study of the Church of Satan.
Holtmann, Cathy
(2010-14)
Graduate Student Workshop (2011-12)
PhD, University of New Brunswick
Supervisor: Nason-Clark, Nancy
Social Action and Religion, Catholicism, Immigrant Women, Family Crisis.
Hunter, Morgan
(2009-11)
MA, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Beaman, Lori G.
Pull up a chair and join in: The Collective Creation of Space on the United Church of Canada’s WonderCafe Website.
Julia Itel
(2016-18)
MA, Université de Montréal
Supervisor: Lefebvre, Solange
Les créatifs culturels : regard sur un nouveau profil de chercheur spirituel à l’ère de l’ultramodernité
Joncas-Tremblay, Marie-Pier
(-2012)
LL.M., University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Fournier, Pascale
Les droits des conjoints de fait versus ceux mariés et unis civilement.
Khlifate, Imane
Stipend 2015-16
MA, Université de Montréal
Supervisor: Lefebvre, Solange
To be determined.
Kigar, Samuel
(2010-18)
PhD, Duke University
Supervisor: Sullivan, Winnifred
Theories of territory and real property in modern Islamic thought.
King, Rebekka
(-2012)
Stipend 2011-12
PhD, University of Toronto
Supervisor: Klassen, Pamela
The New Heretics: Popular Theology and Challenged within Contemporary Christianity.
Korban, Aline
(2013-17)
PhD, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Laliberté, André
Communalism in post-colonial democracies: a comparative perspective.
Kuiper, Heather
(2012-14)
Stipend 2012-13
LL.M., Osgoode Hall Law School
Supervisor: Berger, Benjamin
Historical Disadvantage in Equality Theory.
Kwateng-Yeboah, James
(2017-21)
PhD, University of Ottawa
Supervisors: Beaman, Lori and Peter Beyer
Issues of contemporary African immigrants’ religiosity with a special focus on African initiated Pentecostal Churches in Canada.
Lacroix-Cuerrier, Vincent (2012-15)
MA, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Laliberté, André
Religious philanthropy in Yunnan, China
Lafleur, Tania
(2010-13)
LL.M., University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Fournier, Pascale
Le multiculturalisme et l’interculturalisme en droit canadien.
Lam, Kim
(2013-16)
PhD,
Monash University
Supervisor: Bouma, Gary
Australian minority religions and the politics of inclusion.
Laverdière, Andréanne
(2012-2016)
MA, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Laliberté, André
The representation of religions and believers in Chinese school text books and teaching.
Lavoie, Bertrand
(2012-16)
LL.D., University of Montréal
Supervisor: Gaudreault-Desbiens, Jean-François
Le religieux vu par le droit. Le port de signes religieux au Canada et en France/The religious seen by the Law. The wearing of religious symbols in Canada and France.
LeBrun, Erin
(2010-13)
MA, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Lefebvre, Solange
Religion et santé. Gestion politique de la diversité.
Legault, Alexandre
(2016-2018)
MA, Université de Montréal
Supervisor: Thériault, Barbara
To be determined.
Lemieux, Catherine
PhD, University of Toronto
Supervisor: Klassen, Pamela
Coptic Christianity in Transnational Perspective.
Leyva, Karel J.
(2013-17)
Stipend 2013-15
PhD, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Lefebvre, Solange
Fondements philosophiques du discours sur la diversité culturelle et religieuse dans les rapports de quatre démocraties libérales : la Grande- Bretagne, la France, le Québec, et la Belgique.
Loewen, Rachel
Stipend 2011-12
PhD, University of Toronto
Supervisor: Klassen, Pamela
Hypnosis Workshops and the Cultivation of Memory: Spiritual Experience and Practice in Toronto.
Ludin, Sara
(2010-16)
Graduate Student Workshop
(2015-16)
PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Supervisor: Sullivan, Winnifred
Legal history of the Protestant Reformation in the early modern German lands, narrated at the level of dispute resolution in courts.
Lyons, Adam
(2013-)
PhD, Harvard University
Supervisor: Sullivan, Winnifred
Capital punishment and prison chaplaincy in Japan today.
MacDonald, Lucy
(-2012)
BA, Political Science, University of Cape Breton
Supervisor: Ramji, Rubina
RA Project : Database – Niqab in Europe.
MacDougall, Alyssa
(2010-13)
BA, Religious Studies, University of Cape Breton
Supervisor: Ramji, Rubina
RA Project : Database – Niqab in Europe (french articles).
Machtinger, Yael
Stipend 2013-14
PhD, Osgoode Hall Law School
Supervisor: Berger, Benjamin
Socio-Legal Study of the Get in Canada.
Malcolmson, Ted
(2016-2019)
PhD, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Beaman, Lori G.
Marginal religious communities.
Martin, Philippe
(2014-19)
PhD, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Laliberté, André
To be determined.
Martini, Peter
PhD, University of Nevada, Reno
Supervisor: Richardson, James
Social psychology; Muslim self-identity changes in three western countries (US, Canada, Australia).
McCallum, Emily
(2015-)
BA, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Beaman, Lori G.
Religion and Diversity Project – Project Assistant.
McLelland, Kaleigh
(2013-15)
MA, University of Toronto
Supervisor: Klassen, Pamela
Memory and national identity formation at Canadian Catholic pilgrimage sites.
Maslouh, Mohamed
(2014-15)
PhD, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Beaman, Lori G.
Muslim Communities Attitudes toward Organ Donation in Canada.
Michels, David
(-2014)
Graduate Student Workshop (2011-12)
PhD, Dalhousie University
Supervisor: Helland, Christopher
Informed Dissent? A study of the information seeking and use of Canadian Christian churches that offer ecclesiastical sanctuary.
Mo, Helen
(2013-17)
Stipend 2013-14
PhD, University of Toronto
Supervisor: Klassen, Pamela
Evangelicals in the Ethnoburbs: An Ethno-history of Chinese Christian Imaginaries in Canada.
Morency, Marc-André
Stipend 2013-14
MA, Univeristy of Montréal
Supervisor: Lefebvre, Solange
To be determined.
Moreno, Javiera Araya
(2011-14)
MA, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Amiraux, Valérie
L’État immoral : la construction de la différence dans le processus de sélection d’immigrants au Québec et au Canada.
Morgan, Guillaume
(2012-15)
Stipend 2014-15
BA, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Lefebvre, Solange
To be determined.
Mulhern, Aldea
Stipend 2012-13
PhD, University of Toronto
Supervisor: Klassen, Pamela
Meat and Multiculturalism.
Nachaj, Alexander
(2014-18)
PhD, Concordia University
Supervisor: Boisvert, Donald
Religion, gender and sanctity with a focus on identity making and sainthood in North American Catholicism.
Nahme, Paul
PhD, University of Toronto
Supervisor: Klassen, Pamela
The Theological Conditions of the Political: Legitimacy and Justification as categories of Legal and Religious Reason.
Palmer, Jordan
(2012-15)
Graduate Student Workshop
(2013-14)
PhD, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Bakht, Natasha
The Bedrooms of the Nation: A critical examination of the laws of private sexual ordering and their sources in the legal regimes of the 21st century.
Patel, Sana
(2017-2021)
PhD, University of Ottawa
Supervisors: Beaman, Lori and Beyer, Peter
Religious scholars and their use of social media to engage with young Canadian Muslims.
Payette, Alex
(2012-15)
PhD, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Laliberté, André
Confucianism in its diversity in contemporary China.
Phonevilay, Lamphone
(-2015)
PhD, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Lefebvre, Solange
Mémoire et transmission intergénérationnelle des réfugiés : le cas des Laotiens catholiques de Montréal.
Piluso, Caileigh Lyn
(2010-11)
MA, Queen’s University
Supervisor: Young, Pamela Dickey
The role of religion in the promotion of sexual abstinence for non-heterosexual couples in the United States.
Pineau, Josan
(February 2015-April 2015)
BA, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Beaman, Lori G.
Courting the definition: Religion.
Pringnitz, Keelin
(2015-)
Graduate Student Workshop
(2015-16)
PhD, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Beaman, Lori G.
The cross-section of religious impact on recreational facilities, namely accessibility challenges to athletic programming associated to an increase in religious diversity in Canada.
Raina, Ajay
(2013-16)
PhD, Monash University
Supervisor: Bouma, Gary
Democracy and Minorities in a Plural Society: A Malaysia Case Study.
Rangdrol, David
(2012-17)
Graduate Student Workshop (2011-12)
PhD, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Laliberté, André
The resilience of the Japanese secular state and the political participation of religious minorities
Ren, Zhijun
(2012-)
PhD, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Laliberté, André
Religion and nationalism in Republican China-2014.
Riddett, Matthew
(2013-)
Graduate Student Workshop (2013-14)
Stipend 2012-15
PhD, University of Victoria
Supervisor: Eisenberg, Avigail
My research is at the intersection of identity politics and Canadian child/youth education policy, comparing how the provinces have responded to increasing social diversity.
Riikonen, Tanja
Graduate Student Workshop (2011-12)
PhD, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Brodeur, Patrice
Politiques multiculturelles et identités religieuses en Finlande et au Québec: Étude de cas d’étudiantes musulmanes immigrées à Helsinki et à Montréal.
Ruiz, Giomny H.
Graduate Student Workshop
(2013-14)
Stipend 2013-15
PhD, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Lefebvre, Solange
Les dieux cubains en terre canadienne : Étude sur l’identité socioreligieuse des jeunes migrants cubains de première génération au Canada.
Sainsine, Yves
(2016-2020)
PhD, Université de Montréal
Supervisor: Lefebvre, Solange
Les églises protestantes haïtiennes a Montreal-Nord: une étude de cas
Salisbury-White, Caelen
(2016-2017)
MA, Queen’s University
Supervisor: Young, Pamela Dickey
Goddess representations, pilgrimage, daily ritual, tourism, the Divine feminine, new religion/non-religion, alternative spirituality, ancient Mesopotamian deities, fertility cults, human rights in history, conflict resolution, women in peace building, popular culture, and multi-disciplinary interconnectivity.
Schonthal, Benjamin J.
(-2012)
PhD, Indiana University Bloomington
Supervisor: Sullivan, Winnifred
Law, democracy and religious diversity in Sri Lanka.
See, Erica
(2009-13)
LL.D., University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Fournier, Pascale
The ways in which narratives of gendered and religious identities are articulated in the context of refugee determination hearings.
Sheibani, Mariam
(-2011)
MA, Carleton University (Second Reader)
Supervisor: Fournier, Pascale
Islam and Human Rights.
Singamsetty, Manvitha
(2011-2018)
PhD, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Sikka, Sonia
Critique of liberal multiculturalism approaches to diversity
Singh, Jasjit
(-2012)
PhD, Lancaster University
Supervisor: Knott, Kim
Keeping the Faith: The Transmission of Sikhism among young British Sikhs (18-30).
Snyers d’Attenhoven, Victoria
(2015-2016)
MA, Université Libre de Bruxelles /University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Fournier, Pascale
Les problèmes contemporains de la laïcité et le rapport dialectique entre le droit et la religion.
Sotiron, Jean-Michel
(-2011)
MA, UQAM
Supervisor: Laliberté, André
Le Bharatiya Janata Party et ses conflits internes tels que vus par son traitement des minorités religieuses.
Sparkes, Jason
(-2013)
MA, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Brodeur, Patrice
Analyse comparative de la doctrine et des pratiques contemporaines de la voie soufie Burhaniya: Égypte, Soudan, Occident.
Springer, Victoria
(-2015)
PhD, University of Nevada, Reno
Supervisor: Richardson, James
Social psychology; Muslim self-identity changes in three western countries (US, Canada, Australia).
Starkey, Caroline
(2010-15)
PhD, Lancaster University
Supervisor: Knott, Kim
Female Ordination within Buddhism in Britain.
Steele, Connor
(2015-17)
PhD, University of Ottawa
Supervisors: Beyer, Peter and Lori G. Beaman
How Religious Rights and LGBT Rights Intersect Under the Charter.
Steele, Cory
(2016-18) MA, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Beaman, Lori G.
Religion and politics/law.
Stein, Justin
Stipend 2012-13
PhD, University of Toronto
Supervisor: Klassen, Pamela
Transnational religion, spirituality, healing, Japanese diaspora, New Age movement, science and religion.
Sudeyko, Natalia
Stipend 2015-16
J.D., University of Victoria
Supervisor: Johnson, Rebecca
The relationships between clothing, tradition, spirituality, and gender in indigenous communities
Swain, Stacie
(2017-2021)
PhD, University of Victoria
Supervisor: Eisenberg, Avigail
Religion, Spirituality, and Ceremony in Indigenous-Canadian Relations; Categories of Governance and Sovereignty; Cultural, Social, and Political Theory.
Syvrais-Gallant, Alexandre
(2012-14)
MA, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Laliberté, André
Protestant churches and democratization in Taiwan and China.
Tagliente, Rosaria Maria
(2012-16)
PhD, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Amiraux, Valérie
Laïcité et multiculturalisme. Italie-Canada.
Tahari, Makram
LL.D, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Gaudreault-DesBiens, Jean-François
La gestion juridique du fait religieux islamique au Québec et en Afrique du Nord.
Tajini, Fatima
(2015-16)
MA, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Fournier, Pascale
Le droit des femmes à disposer de leur corps dans les religions monothéistes et les mariages interreligieux ou interconfessionnels et leurs conséquences au Liban.
Tang, Avian
(2013-2016)
Research Assistant
Supervisor: Beaman, Lori G.
Editorial assistance and research on multiculturalism, secularism, diversity and agency.
Tanner, H. Nicole
(2014-20)
PhD, Monash University
Supervisor: Bouma, Gary
Melbourne Anglican Church Multicultural Ministry and Mission 1975-1995.
Tardif, Etienne
(2012-14)
Stipend 2012-13
MA, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Thériault, Barbara
La pastorale en milieu carcéral et la perspective dramaturgique comme procédé d’analyse. Étude de cas d’une prison pour femmes du Québec.
Tataryn, Anastasia
(2009-10)
LL.D., University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Fournier, Pascale
Law, Justice, Migration and Money: A Look at Non-Citizen Labour Migrants and the Law.
Thibault, Hélène
(2012-14)
PhD, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Laliberté, André
Religious Revival in Post-Soviet Tajikistan: The Soviet Legacy Revisited
Thompson, Jonathon
(2015-17)
MA, Dalhousie University
Supervisor: Helland, Christopher
To be determined.
Tomlins, Steven
(2010-15)
PhD, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Beaman, Lori G.
Opposing the Supremacy of God: Practicing Atheism in Canada’s Capital City.
Trevisan, Janine
(Exchange student, Jan-Oct, 2013)
PhD, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Supervisor: Beyer, Peter
Relationship between religion and politics, secularism and religious freedom. The participation of Pentecostals in Brazilian presidential elections, considering the redemocratization period in Brazil, since 1989 and up to 2014.
Trinh De Freitas, Josee
(2011)
BA, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Beaman, Lori G.
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program: Case law database.
Turriff, Shaun
Graduate Student Workshop (2011-12)
PhD, Concordia University
Supervisor: Boisvert, Donald
Catholicisme québécois. Brother André and Mother Marie-Léonie: Catholic identity, saintly persons and social issues in Québec and Canada.
Urban, Jens Pierre
(2010-11)
LL.D., University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Fournier, Pascale
Religion, beliefs & their influence on Canadian law.
Vanasse-Pelletier, Mathilde
(2013-17)
Stipend 2014-15
Graduate Student Workshop
(2015-16)
PhD, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Lefebvre, Solange
Mes recherches porteront sur les Mormons, principalement sur l’expérience des femmes mormones.
Van Arragon, Leo
(2010-15)
Graduate Student Workshop (2011-12)
PhD, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Beaman, Lori G.
The Ontario Election of 2007: Faith based schools and the boundaries of religious freedom.
Van Geuns. Suzanne
(2016-2020)
PhD, University of Toronto
Supervisor: Klassen, Pamela
The position the internet lays claim to in its users’ daily lives, and more specifically, how that position is leveraged in the articulation and mobilization of right-wing political objectives.
Van Vu, Thai
PhD, University of Montréal
Supervisor: Lefebvre, Solange
Le bouddhisme vietnamien à Montréal.
Vergani, Matteo
(2013-15)
MA, Monash University
Supervisor: Bouma, Gary
Terror Management Theory and fundamentalism.
Voudouris, Stéphanie
(-2013)
Stipend 2012-13
JD, Osgoode Hall Law School
Supervisor: Berger, Benjamin
To be determined.
Weatherdon, Meaghan
(2013-19)
PhD, University of Toronto
Supervisor: Klassen, Pamela
Indigenous spirituality, social and environmental movements in Canada.
Wilkinson, Sarah
PhD, University of Victoria
Supervisor: Eisenberg, Avigail
Nations and Nationalism; Citizenship; Religion and Secularism; Multiculturalism and Pluralism; Migration; Europe and North America.
Woodlock, Rachel
(2006-15)
PhD, Monash University
Supervisor: Bouma, Gary
Islam and Muslims in an Australian context: A survey of religious Muslim Australians’ social attitudes.
Zhang, Youna
(2015-2016)
MA, University of Ottawa
Supervisor: Laliberté, André
To be determined.