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Julie Boissonneault serves as a Sessional Lecturer in the French Studies Department at Laurentian University since 2003, specializing in sociolinguistics and French language didactics within minority contexts. With over 30 years of post-secondary teaching experience, she leads the Observatoire de la langue française en Ontario (OLFO) and serves as editor of the Revue du Nouvel-Ontario. Her institutional affiliations include accreditation with Laurentian's Ph.D. Program in Human Sciences and M.Sc. program in Speech Pathology.
Her research focuses on Francophone linguistic security, digital media in academia, and educational transitions in minority communities. Key projects include analyzing oral corpora of Northern Ontario workers, studying French-to-English school transitions (funded by Ontario Ministry of Education), and investigating cultural nuclei in Francophone communities (supported by Canadian Heritage). Her methodology combines sociolinguistic corpus analysis with policy-relevant qualitative research.
Publications demonstrate consistent interdisciplinary output since 2004, with recent work emphasizing linguistic security dynamics (2013), digital technology integration in education (2012), and cross-cultural lexical studies (2010). Her edited book series Language and Territory represents significant scholarly contributions to minority language studies.
- Ontario Ministry of Education research grant (2013-2016) on school transitions
- Fédération culturelle canadienne-française/Canadian Heritage funding (2013-2016)
- Laurentian University support for OLFO oral history collections
As supervisor for Ph.D. and M.Sc. programs, she offers opportunities in sociolinguistic analysis and educational interventions. Her editorial role at Revue du Nouvel-Ontario provides additional scholarly engagement pathways. The OLFO research group maintains unique oral and literary corpora essential for studying language evolution in minority contexts.
