Michel Bouchard
Professor
Anthropology
University of Northern British Columbia
Canada
Biography
Dr. Bouchard states that given his range of interests, he would entertain proposals from students interested in conducting various research topics around the world and in Canada. This would include: an examination of Canada's Russian-speaking populations (Old Believers, Dukhobors, recent immigrants); a study of the Russian-speaking population in Israel; research anywhere in Eastern Europe (the Baltic States, Ukraine, Romania, etc.) or any research proposal examining one of North America's French-speaking populations either in B.C., elsewhere in Canada or anywhere in the world.
Research Interest
Russian-speaking diaspora • Russian Federation and its constituent populations • French North America • Nationalism and ethnicity • Religion and Community • Sociolinguistics and ethnolinguistics • Language and education