Nicole Nolette

Nicole Nolette is an Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo and the Canada Research Chair in Minority Studies (Tier 2). Since joining Waterloo in 2016, she has led major SSHRC-funded projects examining theatre translation between French and English in Toronto and the circulation of minority arts in Canada.

Education & Career Path

• SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship, Harvard University
• Assistant Professor, Acadia University
• Associate Professor, University of Waterloo (2016–present)
• Canada Research Chair in Minority Studies (Tier 2, 2018–2023)

Research Focus

Nolette’s interdisciplinary scholarship centres on French-Canadian and Québec literatures, contemporary theatre, and translation studies. She investigates multilingual Canadian theatre, the history of translation, the mobility of minority arts, and the use of communication technologies by francophone theatre artists. Her theoretical lens draws on new materialisms, affect theory, and questions of agency within minority cultural production.

Major Projects & Leadership

• Principal Investigator, SSHRC Insight Development Grant “Traduire (à) Toronto”
• Principal Investigator, SSHRC-funded program of the Canada Research Chair in Minority Studies
• President, Société québécoise d’études théâtrales (SQET)

Honours & Awards

• Canada Research Chair in Minority Studies (Tier 2) – 2018
• Prix du meilleur ouvrage en théâtre québécois (2014–2016) – 2017
• Ann-Saddlemyer Award, Canadian Association for Theatre Studies – 2016

Grants & Collaborations

Nolette has collaborated on multiple SSHRC Insight Grants and international partnerships, including projects on socio-aesthetic regimes of Québec theatre (1945–2015) and the translation of gender and sexuality in feminist and LGBT+ literatures with partners in Argentina.

Labs & Teams

As leader of the Canada Research Chair in Minority Studies, she directs an active research program that integrates graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and community partners in the study of minority artistic practices and their translation across Canada.