Chantal Gagnon

Chantal Gagnon is a Full Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Translation at the University of Montreal's Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Her academic position includes teaching business and economic translation at the Master's level, with specific courses like TRA6111 Translation Administrative. She maintains an active research profile through multiple ongoing projects funded by CRSH and FRQSC, and has developed significant pedagogical resources including the Tradéco wiki platform for economic and commercial translation.

Research Interests

Professor Gagnon specializes in political discourse translation with particular focus on Canadian contexts. Her research examines ideological dimensions in translation, power relations between linguistic communities, and critical discourse analysis in multilingual settings. Key areas include translation of national identities, financial press ideologies (particularly transparency and confidence concepts), and political speech translation across media platforms. She employs semi-automated textual analysis using bilingual concordancers to study syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic translation shifts.

Scientific Recognition

• OTTIAQ Certified Translator (Ordre des traducteurs, terminologues, interprètes agréés du Québec)

Research Leadership

As Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator on multiple CRSH-funded projects since 2012, Professor Gagnon has secured over $1.2 million in research funding. Her current projects include investigating debt translation in Canadian newspapers (2023-2026) and examining financial journalism translation. She leads interdisciplinary teams and collaborates with researchers across Canadian institutions. Her work has resulted in the Observatoire du discours financier en traduction blog and numerous publications in top translation journals.

Academic Community

Professor Gagnon actively contributes to academic discourse through participation in conferences like the Translation, Politics and Policies Congress. She serves on editorial boards and peer-review panels, and maintains professional connections through ResearchGate, LinkedIn, and Google Scholar profiles. Her departmental responsibilities include mentoring doctoral students and contributing to curriculum development in translation studies.