Yves Frenette

Yves Frenette is a Permanent Professor at the University of Saint-Boniface holding the prestigious Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Migration, Transfers and Francophone Communities. Based in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, he teaches history courses including HIST 2761 - United States History Since 1877 and maintains an active research program focused on North American Francophone communities.

Education:

• Ph.D. in History from Laval University

Professor Frenette's research centers on North American Francophonies, Migrations, Social history, and Ethnic Studies. His work employs interdisciplinary methodologies to examine transnational migration patterns, identity formation in minority communities, and the historical evolution of French-speaking populations across continental North America. Through meticulous archival analysis and comparative frameworks, he explores how Francophone communities navigate cultural preservation within dominant English-speaking societies.

His recent scholarship reveals consistent thematic engagement with Franco-Canadian identity politics, government memory policies, and microhistorical migration studies. Publications demonstrate methodological diversity spanning historiographical analysis, epistolary studies, and demographic research, all contributing to broader understandings of cultural resilience in diaspora contexts.

Scientific Awards:

• Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
• Member of the Order of Francophones of America
• Elected member of the Charlevoix Society
• Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Migration, Transfers and Francophone Communities

Professor Frenette has secured substantial research funding including a $1.4 million Canada Research Chair (2013-2020) and multiple SSHRC grants. Key projects include the Partnership Development Grant New Perspectives on the Occupation of the North American Continent by the French-Canadian Population, 1760-1914 ($197,500) and Knowledge Grant Un Canadien errant: moorings, mobilities and transformative restructurings of national identity ($340,372), reflecting his leadership in migration studies.

As director of the CRC-MTCF (Migration, Transfers and Francophone Communities) research group, he coordinates interdisciplinary collaboration through his institutional platform ustboniface.ca/crc-mtcf, fostering scholarly exchange on Francophone migration dynamics across North America.