History of P-SEC
Dr. Carmen Poulin and Dr. Lynne Gouliquer are the cofounders of the P-SEC methodology and research group. They first worked together investigating transition house usage in New Brunswick in the early 90s. Carmen was teaching psychology at the University of New Brunswick and Lynne, a retired soldier with 16 years of service, had started on a second career in sociology.
P-SEC Methodology
The Psycho-Social Ethnography of the Commonplace (P-SEC; Gouliquer & Poulin, 2005) is a feminist qualitative methodology. It was developed to examine the lived experiences of marginalised groups. More specifically, P-SEC allows for the examination of the experience of marginalised groups within particular organisations, whether these are ideological or have a visible material presence.