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Wim Remysen serves as a full professor in the Department of Arts, Languages and Literatures at the University of Sherbrooke, where he conducts research and teaching in sociolinguistics and French language history. Since 2013, he has directed the interuniversity Centre interuniversitaire sur le français en usage au Québec (CRIFUQ), coordinating multi-institutional research on Quebec French usage. He maintains a significant affiliation with McGill University's Centre de recherches interdisciplinaires en études montréalaises (CRIEM), contributing to interdisciplinary metropolis studies. Additionally, he held a Visiting Professorship at AmericaS during 2021-2022, with concentrated activity in March-April 2022.
Professor Remysen's research centers on the sociolinguistic dynamics of Quebec French, examining both historical trajectories and contemporary variations. He investigates how linguistic representations shape Quebecer identity, with specialized focus on Montreal's evolution as a linguistic epicenter. His work analyzes the metropolitan region's role in driving broader sociolinguistic changes across Quebec, providing critical insights into language preservation and adaptation within North America's predominantly English-speaking environment. This research bridges historical analysis with modern sociolinguistic theory to understand French language resilience.
Through CRIFUQ leadership, Professor Remysen orchestrates collaborative research networks across Quebec universities to document authentic French usage patterns in social contexts. His CRIEM affiliation extends this work into urban studies, facilitating interdisciplinary approaches to Montreal's linguistic landscape. These roles position him at the nexus of language documentation, historical analysis, and metropolitan sociolinguistics, with CRIFUQ serving as the primary hub for his empirical investigations into Quebec's evolving linguistic identity.
