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What would you like the general population to know about female firefighters?
Note: All names and identifying information has been changed to protect the individuals.
"Like we now know that females can be just as good doctors as male doctors, just as good astronauts as male astronauts, we have to learn that female firefighters can be just as good firefighters as male firefighters." (Allie)
"I think the stereotype is if you’re gonna do a man’s job then you’re like a man. But you don’t have to be like a man to do a man’s job. It’s only a man’s job because it’s been a man’s job throughout history. But it’s not necessarily only for men!" (Bree)
"I would tell them to follow their dreams. And not to allow the opinions of others to stand in their way. It’s not about anybody else’s beliefs, it’s about your beliefs." (Diane)
"It’s no different than any other job: You have to train, and you have to be educated, and you have to work hard." (Frances)
"Don’t treat us [women] like we’re special, or make a big deal, we’re here to do our job, acknowledge that!" (Gabrielle)
"Female firefighters don’t underestimate them. Even if they’re small or big or whatever country they come from, they’re strong." (Georgia)
"We’re all there for the same reason [to do firefighting work]." (Joanne)
"That we got hired with the same standards as the men. We do not have different standards. We can do the job, and that we are a benefit to the public, to be in the fire service." (Lenore)
"If we make it into the job, it’s because we can do it physically and not because we’re just there for show. . . We passed all the tests, there was no advantage. It was because we got there the same way everyone else [i.e., men] got there." (Odille)
"We are not the albino unicorn. There’s lots of us out there. . . It’s okay for their daughters and sisters and wives to become firefighters." (Olive)
"We’re still females but we do the job. And all you can do is try. Don’t say you can’t do it. Try and you’d be surprised what you can do." (Renee)
"We work just as hard as men. We’re just as capable of doing the job. There’s really no difference other than our genders." (Unity)
"People have to realize that women, especially in male-dominated environments, are there because they love doing what they do, not because they’re trying to compete with the males." (Xaviera)
What would you like the general population to know about female firefighters?
Note: All names and identifying information has been changed to protect the individuals.
"Like we now know that females can be just as good doctors as male doctors, just as good astronauts as male astronauts, we have to learn that female firefighters can be just as good firefighters as male firefighters." (Allie)
"I think the stereotype is if you’re gonna do a man’s job then you’re like a man. But you don’t have to be like a man to do a man’s job. It’s only a man’s job because it’s been a man’s job throughout history. But it’s not necessarily only for men!" (Bree)
"I would tell them to follow their dreams. And not to allow the opinions of others to stand in their way. It’s not about anybody else’s beliefs, it’s about your beliefs." (Diane)
"It’s no different than any other job: You have to train, and you have to be educated, and you have to work hard." (Frances)
"Don’t treat us [women] like we’re special, or make a big deal, we’re here to do our job, acknowledge that!" (Gabrielle)
"Female firefighters don’t underestimate them. Even if they’re small or big or whatever country they come from, they’re strong." (Georgia)
"We’re all there for the same reason [to do firefighting work]." (Joanne)
"That we got hired with the same standards as the men. We do not have different standards. We can do the job, and that we are a benefit to the public, to be in the fire service." (Lenore)
"If we make it into the job, it’s because we can do it physically and not because we’re just there for show. . . We passed all the tests, there was no advantage. It was because we got there the same way everyone else [i.e., men] got there." (Odille)
"We are not the albino unicorn. There’s lots of us out there. . . It’s okay for their daughters and sisters and wives to become firefighters." (Olive)
"We’re still females but we do the job. And all you can do is try. Don’t say you can’t do it. Try and you’d be surprised what you can do." (Renee)
"We work just as hard as men. We’re just as capable of doing the job. There’s really no difference other than our genders." (Unity)
"People have to realize that women, especially in male-dominated environments, are there because they love doing what they do, not because they’re trying to compete with the males." (Xaviera)
Women constitute a small portion of all the firefighters (approximately 4.4%) in Canada. This is the case whether they are volunteer or career firefighters. Research documenting the unique perspective of this minority of Canadian firefighters is nearly absent in the literature. Mostly, we know of a few mediatised cases that have been popularised because women were bullied and took their case to the human rights’ court. In spite of this media attention, research on the experience of Canadian women in fire-services has gone missing. In this project, we are studying the reality of Canadian female firefighters. Specifically, we want to know: (1) How they navigate an environment that is predominantly occupied by men; (2) What structural enablers and barriers do they encounter in their daily experience (e.g., policies of fire service institutions); (3) What discrimination and/or harassment, and/or gendered cultural practices do they face in such a gendered environment; and (4) How do they cope with, and exhibit resilience in, the firefighting services.
To complete this study, we are utilising the Psycho-Social Ethnography of the Commonplace (P-SEC) Methodology. This approach was developed to study the lives of marginalised groups and to develop recommendations for social changes to enhance the lives of marginalised groups. Thus, it is ideal for investigating the experience of women firefighters.
Findings for this project will shed light on this unknown reality and provide insights regarding policies and practices that could be changed to enhance the work environment of women firefighters. Depending on the findings, it could also provide information on how to improve the overall culture or practices inherent to firefighting that impede the work and wellbeing of women firefighters. It may also point to the need for standards that are normalised and better adapted for rural contexts, which are typical to Canadian firefighting.
Project Description
Equality legislation implemented since the 1970s (e.g., Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms) facilitated the influx of an increasing number of …
Avez-vous 90 ans ou plus?
Connaissez-vous quelqu’un qui a 90 ans et plus?
Les personnes exceptionnellement âgées pourraient nous rendre un grand service en acceptant de partager avec nous leurs expériences de vie.
Dans le cadre d’un projet de recherche sur les récits de vie de personnes qui jouissent d’une longévité extraordinaire, des chercheurs à l’Université du Nouveau Brunswick recueillent les témoignages de personnes « exceptionnellement âgées » de 90 ans et plus qui vivent de façon relativement autonome. Aucun renseignement personnel susceptible de vous identifier ne sera divulgué ou publié.
Nous sommes toujours à votre disposition pour répondre à vos questions au sujet de cette étude. Pour participer ou pour obtenir plus de renseignements, veuillez contacter la Dre Carmen Poulin ou la Dre Lynne Gouliquer au 506-458-7800 ou par courriel à [email protected] Nous vous invitons aussi à visiter notre site web à www.p-sec.org.
Are you 90 or older?
Do you know someone who is 90 or older?
Exceptionally elderly individuals can help us tremendously by agreeing to speak with us about their life-long experience.
As part of a study on the life histories of individuals with extraordinary longevity, researchers at the University of New Brunswick and University of Laurentian are seeking to interview “exceptionally elderly” francophones. We are looking for individuals who are at least 90 years old and currently living relatively independently. No personal information that could identify study participants will be released or published.
We would be happy to answer any questions you may have. To participate or for further information, please contact Dr. Carmen Poulin or Dr. Lynne Gouliquer at 506-458-7800 or by e-mail at [email protected]. We also invite you to visit our website at www.p-sec.org.
Project Description
Equality legislation implemented since the 1970s (e.g., Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms) facilitated the influx of an increasing number of Canadian women into male-dominated traditional occupations (Hughes, 1995, 1990). However, this has not been the case in firefighting. In 2017, women made up only 4.4% (1,445 out of 32,875) of the total numbers of firefighters in Canada (Statistics Canada, 2017).
Some researchers have argued that the demanding physical nature of firefighting probably explains why women are underrepresented (Flynn, 2000). However, findings from the US and Australia suggest that factors such as on-the-job discrimination and sexual harassment also function to keep women out of firefighting (Floren, 1980, 1981; Murphy, Beaton, Cain, & Pike, 1994; Rosell, Miller, & Barber, 1995; Wang & Kleiner, 2001; Yoder & Aniakudo, 1996; Yoder & Berendsen, 2001; Yoder & McDonald, 1998). The answer to this question, however, remains unclear because few studies have investigated the everyday experiences of female firefighters on the job, especially in the Canadian context. Further, most studies do not include female volunteer firefighters; indeed, we lack an official figure regarding the extent of female involvement in this respect.
For this study, between 40 to 50 full-time female firefighters, and another 40 to 50 volunteer women firefighters presently working in the fire service domain will be recruited from across Canada. In addition, we will also recruit 15 to 20 former Canadian women firefighters to obtain a retrospective on their past experience.
Using P-SEC Methodology (Gouliquer & Poulin, 2005), we will conduct face-to-face, over the telephone, or online individual interviews. Confidentiality and anonymity will be assured to all women firefighters who take part in this study. Following the data gathering and analysis, we will contact representatives from fire service institutions to react to the preliminary findings, and provide an institutional response.
Findings will be disseminated to the public through this web site, as well as to researchers in the field, fire service institutions, and political governmental bodies in the forms of conference presentations, journal publications, press releases, and policy briefs.
Purpose and Importance of this Study
- To examine the influence of social relations, culture, and policies of Canadian fire services on the daily lives of women firefighters.
- To document barriers and difficulties that women firefighters encounter because of the way the institution is set up and the culture of firefighting.
- To investigate their cognitive and behavioural coping mechanisms and resilience.
- To shed light on differences and similarities between the experience of paid and unpaid women firefighters.
- To assess the effectiveness of institutional practices, policies, and remedial strategies to improve gender relations.
- To make policy recommendations based on findings.
References
Floren, T. (1980). Women fire fighters speak: Part one of a survey of the nation’s female fire fighters. Fire Command, 47(12), 22-24.
Floren, T. (1981). Women fire fighters speak: Part two. Fire Command, 48(1), 22-25.
Flynn, K. (2000, February 3). Despite recruiting, few women do well in firefighter tests, The New York Times. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.proxy.hil.unb.ca/docview/431374521
Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2005). For Better and for Worse: Psychological Demands and Structural Impacts of the Military on Gay Servicewomen and their Partners in Long- term Relationships. In D. Pawluch, B. Shaffir, & C. Miall (Eds), Doing ethnography: Researching everyday life. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press Inc.
Hughes, K. D. (1990). Trading places: Men and women in non-traditional occupations, 1971-86, Perspectives on Labour and Income, 2(2), 58-68.
Hughes, K. D. (1995). Women in non-traditional occupations. Perspectives on Labour and Income, 7(3), 14-19.
Murphy, S. A., Beaton, R. D., Cain, K., & Pike, K. (1994). Gender differences in fire fighter job stressors and symptoms of stress. Women & Health, 22(2), 55-69. doi: 10.1300/J0013v22n02_04
Rossell, E., Miller, K., & Barber, K. (1995). Firefighting women and sexual harassment. Industrial Relations & Labor, 24(3), 339-350. doi: 10.1177/009102609502400306
Statistics Canada (2011). Occupation - National occupational classification (NOC) 2011 (691), class of worker (5), age groups (13B) and sex (3) for the employed labour force 15 years and over, in private households of Canada, provinces, territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, national household survey (Statistics Canada Catalogue No. 00-012-X2011033). Retrieved from http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=1&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GK=0&GRP=0&PID=105897&PRID=0&PTYPE=105277&S=0&SHOWALL=1&SUB=0&Temporal=2013&THEME=96&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=
Wang, S, & Kleiner, B. H. (2001). Sex discrimination in fire fighting organisations. The International Journal of Sociology and social Policy, 21(8-10), 175-183. doi: 10.1108/01443330110789934
Yoder, J. D., & Aniakudo, P. (1996). When pranks become harassment: The case of African American women firefighters. Sex Roles, 35(5-6), 253-270. doi: 10.1007/BF01664768
Yoder, J. D. & Berendsen, L. L. (2001). ‘Outsider within’ the firehouse: African American and White women firefighters. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 25(1), 27-36. doi: 10.1111/1471-6402.00004
Yoder, J. D. & McDonalds, T. W. (1998). Measuring sexist discrimination in the workplace: Support for the validity of the schedule of sexist events. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 22(3), 487-491. doi: 10.111/j.1471-6412=3.1998.tb00170.x
Publications
Poulin, C., Gouliquer, L., & McWilliams, J. (Accepted, February 2019). Othering of full-time and volunteer women firefighters in the Canadian fire services. …
Publications
Poulin, C., Gouliquer, L., & McWilliams, J. (Accepted, February 2019). Othering of full-time and volunteer women firefighters in the Canadian fire services. Qualitative Sociology Review – Special Issue (Pages: 47).
Poulin, C., Gouliquer, L., & Moore, A. (2018). Les femmes pompières : la passion du feu et le prix à payer. In J. Douesnard (Ed.), Enjeux humains et psychosociaux du travail (pp. 209-247). Québec, Qc : Les Presses de l’Université du Québec (PUQ).
Presentations
McWilliams, J., Sharkey, M., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2019). Women firefighters in Canada: The issue of ill-fitting personal protective equipment. Symposium: The …
Presentations
McWilliams, J., Sharkey, M., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2019). Women firefighters in Canada: The issue of ill-fitting personal protective equipment. Symposium: The marginalisation of women across time, land, and institutions. 80th annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Halifax, Canada, May 31-June 2.
Sharkey, M., McWilliams, J., Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2019). “That’s the way they are made”: Canadian women firefighters and the issue of ill-fitting personal protective equipment. The 36th Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference: The Transdisciplinary Efficacy of Qualitative Methods: Studying Everyday Life, the Empirical Tradition Continues. Fredericton, New Brunswick, May 9-11.
McWilliams, J., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2018). Feeling like the outsider: Othering of women firefighters in Canada. The 35th Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference: Creating, Negotiating, and Transcending Social Boundaries in Everyday Life. Fredericton, New Brunswick (May 16-18).
McWilliams, J., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2018). Health implications of othering: A study of women firefighters in Canada. The Faculty of Nursing's 23rd Annual Research Day, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada (May 11).
McWilliams, J., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2017). Othering of Volunteer and Full-time Female Firefighters in Canada. Symposium: New Rules, Same Results: Institutions Shaping the Everyday Realities of the Marginalised. 78th annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, June 8-10.
Poulin, C., Gouliquer, L., McWilliams, J., Young, P., Tucker, W., & Moore, A. (2016). Female firefighters in leadership roles: “Where is the man in charge?” Poster-presentation at the UNB Research Showcase, Fredericton, Canada, (30 September).
Lesmana, M., Poulin, C., Gouliquer, L., Hamilton, H. (2016). Female firefighters in leadership roles: “There’s no line up for the washrooms!” Poster-presentation at the 77th annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Victoria, Canada, June 9 - 11.
Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2015). Aging, Women, and Firefighting: Just like oil and water! Aging & Society: An Interdisciplinary Conference: Fifth Interdisciplinary Conference. Washington, DC (5 - 6 November).
Étude pan-canadienne: L’expérience au quotidien chez les pompières. Presentation given with Dr. L. Gouliquer at the « Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal” (SIM), 10 August, 2015.
Lesmana, M., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L., (2015). The experience of female firefighters: Confronting Ageism and Sexism. Poster-presentation at the 76th annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, Canada, June 3-6.
Media
CBC The Fifth Estate
Theirs is a reputation forged in fire -- built on bravery, dedication and danger. But privately, there’s a dark side; a burning secret inside so many fire halls across the country. Female firefighters who spoke to the fifth estate say they are being bullied and harassed on the job. Despite this they keep fighting, and across the country young women are signing up to become firefighters, driven by the fire within. Watch this fifth estate episode for the untold story of women who take on the all-male brotherhood.
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- Carmen Poulin, PhD
- Lynne Gouliquer, PhD
- Beverly C. S. Brazier
- Heather MacArthur
- Alyssa Mabey
- Kathleen Webb
Carmen Poulin, PhD, Associate Dean for the Faculty of Arts; Professor of Psychology and Gender & Women's Studies at University of New Brunswick, Fredericton
[email protected]
In a global sense, my research interests focus on the lived reality of women and marginalised groups. This sounds very broad, but it is accurate. I’m interested in the ways in which women and marginalised men – specific groups of women and specific groups of men – manage their lives psychologically and behaviourally in response to the demands of specific social contexts that affect them. Previously, I was interested in the correspondence between psychological and physiological responses that are specific to women. For example, I studied the effect of the menstrual cycle on performance and mood. I also carried out research on the relationship between physiological and psychological sexual arousal. More recently, I have been interested in social organisations and their effects on women and marginalised men’s daily experiences. As my interests have become more focussed on the structural aspects that influence experiences, I have adapted my methodological approach to better suit my research needs.
The methodological approaches that I used in my earlier research were fundamentally reductionist. I tried to circumvent psychological biases (e.g., demand characteristics) that could influence research findings. With time, however, I became increasingly interested in the psychological experiences of women, and felt that I should not be trying to circumvent psychological biases, but rather, examine them in more detail. In collaboration with Dr. Lynne Gouliquer, a sociologist, I developed a new methodological approach to look at the dynamics between the social context and the psychological experience. This methodological approach is known as the Psycho-social Ethnography of the Commonplace (P-SEC), as described on this website. P-SEC has permitted us to ask very different questions, which in turn, helps us to understand the psychology of women and marginalised men in much different ways.
Currently, most of my research is on the social organisation of the everyday life of women in particular institutions, and the cognitive schemata women use to make sense of their reality. The epistemological assumptions influencing how I develop ideas for research inquiries centrally situates the experience of marginalised groups. My research is based on a feminist understanding of the social world. My most recent work includes research on Female Firefighters, and 90+ citizens living independently.
Publications & Presentations
Selected Publications:
Burdett, F., Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2018). Culture of corrections: The experiences of women correctional officers. Feminist Criminology, 13(3), 329-349. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1557085118767974
Gouliquer, L., Poulin, C., & Moore, J. (2018). A threat to Canadian national security: A lesbian soldier’s story. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 15(2-3), 323-335. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2018.1430206
Poulin, C., Gouliquer, L., & Moore, A. (2018). Les femmes pompières : la passion du feu et le prix à payer. In La santé psychologique au travail, J. Douesnard (Ed.). Québec, Qc: Les Presses de l’Université du Québec (PUQ).
Poulin, C., Gouliquer, L., & McCutcheon, J. (2017). Violating gender norms in the Canadian Military: The experiences of gay and lesbian soldiers. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 1-14. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-017-0304-y
Gouliquer, L., Poulin, C., & Lesmana, M. (2015). Mobility boundaries between home, community and beyond: Experiences of the exceptionally old living in a Canadian province. Qualitative Sociology Review, XI (3), 124 – 150.
R Chomiak, D., & Poulin, C. (2012). Minding spaces, monitoring places: An examination of patriarchal influences on women’s experiences in public domains. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie Canadienne, 53(2a), 26.
R MacArthur, H., & Poulin, C. (2012). Provoking a “storm:” Gender schema theory and the public’s reaction to a genderless child. Journal of Psychological Inquiry, 17 (2), 41-44.
Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2012). Clandestine existences and secret research: Eliminating official discrimination in the Canadian military and going public in academia. Journal of Lesbian Studies,16:1, 54-64
MacArthur, H., & Poulin, C. (2011). Gender representation in a selection of children’s picture books: A skewed ratio of male to female characters? Undergraduate Research Journal for the Human Sciences, 10. http://www.kon.org/urc/v10/macarthur.html.
McCutcheon, J., Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2009). Sports and soldiering: Examining servicewomen’s experiences with military sports. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie Canadienne, 50(2a), 41.
Moore, J. A., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2009). Partners of Canadian lesbian soldiers: Examining the military family social support system. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie Canadienne, 50(2a), 99.
Poulin, C., Gouliquer, L., & Moore, J. (2009). Discharged for homosexuality from the Canadian military: Health implications for lesbians. Feminism & Psychology, 19(4) 497-516.
DiTommaso, E., Turbide, J., Poulin, C., & Robinson, B. (2007). L’échelle de solitude sociale et émotionnelle (ÉSSÉ): A French-Canadian adaptation of the social and emotional loneliness scale for Adults. Social Behavior and Personality, 35 (3), 339-350.
Burdett, F., & Poulin, C. (2007). Quality of care during childbirth: Does it affect Mothers feelings of self-efficacy? Canadian Psychology / Psychologie Canadienne, 48(2a), 380.
Poulin, C. (2007). It made us think differently: Unger’s ‘toward a redefinition of sex and gender.’ Feminism & Psychology, 17, 435 – 441.
Bergeron, S., Senn, C., & Poulin, C. (Eds.)(2006). Introduction. Special Canadian Issue of Feminism & Psychology, 16(3), 235-241.
Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2005). For better and for worse: Psychological demands and structural impacts of the military on gay servicewomen and their partners in long-term relationships. In D. Pawluch, W. Shaffir & C. Miall (Eds.), Doing ethnography: Studying everyday life. (pp. 323-335). Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press Inc.
Newman. K, Poulin, C., Brazier, B., & Cashmore, A. L. (2005). Media’s depiction of emotional abuse: Reactions and commentaries amongst young university women. In D. Pawluch, W. Shaffir & C. Miall (Eds.), Doing ethnography: Researching everyday life. (pp. 200-211). Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press Inc.
Poulin, C., Gouliquer, L., Brazier, B., Hughes, J. Brazier, B.C.S., Arseneault, R., MacAulay, S., & Lynne Thériault (2004). Keeping it confidential: A struggle for transition houses. In M.L. Stirling, C. A. Cameron, N. Nason-Clark, & B. Miedema (Eds), Understanding abuse: Partnering for change (pp. 85 – 108). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2003). Part-time disabled lesbian passing on roller blades or PMS, Prozac, and essentializing woman’s ailments. Women & Therapy, 26, 95 – 108. (Also published as a chapter of an edited book by Banks, M. E., & Kaschak, E (Eds.), Women with visible and invisible disabilities: Multiple intersections, multiple issues, multiple therapies. Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press).
Burdett, F., & Poulin, C. (2003). New Brunswick Female Correctional Officers’ Experience of Abuse and Violence. Report submitted to the New-Brunswick advisory council on the status of women. (pp. 22).
Poulin, C. (2001). “The military is the wife and I am the mistress” Partners of Gay Service Women. Atlantis, 26(1), 65 – 76. Beauregard, M., Gagné, E., & Poulin., C. (1999). Équipe de rédaction pour la publication: Le corps en tête. Ottawa, Canada: ICREF/CRIAW. (pp.115).
Poulin, C., & Rondeau, G. (1997). Éditorial: Violences Familiales (Vol. Eds.). Criminologie, XXX(2), 3-5.
Poulin, C., & Ross, L.R. (1997). Recherche sur la violence familiale: contribution des différentes épistémologies. Criminologie, XXX(2), 7-25.
Muzychka, M., Poulin, M. B. C., Cottrell, B., Miedema, B., & Roberts, B. (1996). Feminist Research Ethics: A Process (2nd ed.). Ottawa, Ont: Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women. (pp. 89).
Poulin, M. B. C., Ross, L., Gouliquer, L., Fox, B., Thériault, L., Arseneault, R., Wuest, J., Merritt-Gray, M., Root, A., Flowers, L.(1995). An evaluation and summary of the accumulated “Monthly Reporting Form”: Usage of New Brunswick transition houses. Report submitted to the Department of Health and Community Services and available to the public. (pp. 38) (also available in French).
Recent Scholarly Presentations:
Burdett, F., Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2018 - Accepted). Culture of corrections: The experiences of women correctional officers. Feminist Criminology. 74th The American Society of Criminology’s (ASC) Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA (November 14-17).
Gouliquer, L., Poulin, C., Young, P., & Moore, A. (2018). Cultural protection against the internalising of the schema of the older adult as frail and burdensome. International Federation on Ageing (IFA)14th Global Conference on Ageing, Towards a Decade of Healthy Ageing. Toronto, ON (August 8-10).
Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2018). Research matters! Making a difference with social science data. Preaching to the Choir: An International LGBTQ Psychology Conference (A Pre-Conference to the International Congress of Applied Psychology), Montreal, Qc. (June 24-25).
Moore, A., Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2018). Respecting the secular: Non-religious outlooks among older adults. The 35th Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference, Fredericton, New Brunswick, (May 16 – 18).
McWilliams, J., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2018). Feeling like the outsider: Othering of women firefighters in Canada. The 35th Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference: Creating, Negotiating, and Transcending Social Boundaries in Everyday Life. Fredericton, New Brunswick, May 16-18.
McWilliams, J., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2018). Health implications of othering: A study of women firefighters in Canada. The Faculty of Nursing's 23rd Annual Research Day, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada (May 11).
Gouliquer, L., Young, P., Poulin, C., Chen, C-F., & Moore, A. (2018). The poesy of aging: Listening to our elders. Laurentian Research Week, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON (March 19-22).
Moore, A., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2017). Women firefighters face increased physical and psychological health risks due to marginalised status. The 9th Annual New Brunswick Health Research Conference, Moncton, NB, (1-2 November).
Gouliquer, L., Young, P., Poulin, C., Chen, C-F., & Moore, A. (2017). Rhymes and rhythms of aging: Attending to the voices of the exceptionally old. Canadian Association on Gerontology (CAG2017): Evidence for Action in an Aging World, Winnipeg, Manitoba (October 19-21).
Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2017). Symposium: New Rules, Same Results: Institutions Shaping the Everyday Realities of the Marginalised. 78th annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, June 8-10.
Mabey, A.K., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2017). Institutionalized Discrimination: How Social Assistance functions to keep Single Mothers ‘On The System’. Symposium: New Rules, Same Results: Institutions Shaping the Everyday Realities of the Marginalised. 78th annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, June 8-10.
McWilliams, J., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2017). Othering of Volunteer and Full-time Female Firefighters in Canada. Symposium: New Rules, Same Results: Institutions Shaping the Everyday Realities of the Marginalised. 78th annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, June 8-10.
Young, P., Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2017). How patriarchy and neoliberalism shape the experience of commercial home-care for the 90+ year old recipient. Symposium: New Rules, Same Results: Institutions Shaping the Everyday Realities of the Marginalised. 78th annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, June 8-10.
Moore, A., Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2017). Extra-nuclear family members: Pet ownership as ersatz family among the very elderly. Symposium: New Rules, Same Results: Institutions Shaping the Everyday Realities of the Marginalised. 78th annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, June 8-10.
Chen, C.-F., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2016). Getting prescriptions in Taiwan health care system: How the duration(length) of prescription for chronic disease medications complicates the lives of oldest-old 85+. Aging & Society: An Interdisciplinary Conference: Sixth Interdisciplinary Conference. Norrköping, Sweden (5 - 6 October).
Poulin, C., Chen, C.-F., & Gouliquer, L. (2016). Implicit and explicit gender division in long-term care: A comparison between Taiwan and Canada. Aging & Society: An Interdisciplinary Conference: Sixth Interdisciplinary Conference. Norrköping, Sweden (5 - 6 October).
Lesmana, M., Poulin, C., Gouliquer, L., Hamilton, H. (2016). Female firefighters in leadership roles: “There’s no line up for the washrooms!” Poster-presentation at the 77th annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Victoria, Canada, June 9 - 11.
Gouliquer, L., Poulin, C., Moore, A., & Pineau, C. (2016) Disrupting ageist stereotypes with I-Poem poetics: Turning old on its head! The 33rd Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference, St. Catharines, ON, (11 - 13 May).
Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2015). Aging, Women, and Firefighting: Just like oil and water! Aging & Society: An Interdisciplinary Conference: Fifth Interdisciplinary Conference. Washington, DC (5 - 6 November).
Mabey, A., Webb, K., Lesmana, M., Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2015). Women’s Experiences Negotiating the Dual Role of Mother and Student in Canadian Universities. Workshop given at the Section on Women & Psychology Institute; Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) convention, Ottawa, Ontario, 2 June.
Lesmana, M., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L., (2015). The experience of female firefighters: Confronting Ageism and Sexism. Poster-presentation at the 76th annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, Canada, June 3-6.
Gouliquer, L., Poulin, C., & Lesmana, M. (2014). What Do Pets Have to Do with It? Older Adults, Neoliberalism, and the Replaceable/Disposable Family. Atlantic Centre for Qualitative Research & Analysis: Qualitative Luncheon, St-Thomas University. Fredericton, NB (21 November).
Lesmana, M., Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2014). Experiences of the exceptionally old living in New Brunswick: Friends, ageism, and health. 6th Annual New Brunswick Health Research Conference. Delta Beausejour Moncton, NB (13 -14 – November).
Gouliquer, L., Poulin, C., & Lesmana, M. (2014). What Do Pets Have to Do with It? Understanding the Ninety-plus Year Olds in the Neoliberal Era. Aging & Society: An Interdisciplinary Conference: Fourth Interdisciplinary Conference. Manchester, UK (7 - 8 November).
Mabey, A., Gouliquer, L., Poulin, C., (2014) Its just a roof over our heads: Housing Issues of Single Mothers on Social Assistance in New Brunswick, The 31st Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference, London, ON, (25-27 June).
Webb, K., Burdett, F., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2014). "Crossing Personal Boundaries: The Experience of Breastfeeding in New Brunswick Hospitals", 31th Qualitative Analysis Conference – Brescia University, London, ON (25-27 June).
Silva, C.F., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2014). Formal and informal care: What do Brazilian and Canadian elders have to say? 31th Qualitative Analysis Conference – Brescia University, London, ON (25-27 June).
Lesmana, M., Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2014, June). Physical consequences of being old and their impact on independence and social life. 31th Qualitative Analysis Conference – Brescia University, London, ON (25-27 June).
Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2014). Boundaries of aging: How you feel about it and how I feel about it! 31th Qualitative Analysis Conference – Brescia University, London, ON (25-27 June).
Lesmana, M., Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2014). How does neoliberalism influence the 4th age? Experiences of people aged 90 and over. Poster-presentation at the 75th annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Vancouver, Canada, June 5.
Webb, K., Burdett, F., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2014). "Giving Birth in New Brunswick: How Labour Induction Practices Complicate Women's Experiences", 75th Annual Canadian Psychological Association Convention, Vancouver, Canada, June 7.
Mabey, A., Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2014) "Poverty without Hope: The Experiences of Single Mothers Living on Social Assistance in New Brunswick, Canada," The 75th Annual Canadian Psychological Association Convention, Vancouver, Canada, June 5.
Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2013). A Crisis in Health Care: Rhetoric Versus the Lived-Reality of Rural Seniors. Aging & Society: An Interdisciplinary Conference, Chicago, IL, USA (8-9 November).
Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2013). A Feminist Interdisciplinary Methodology: The Psycho-Social Ethnography of the Commonplace (P-SEC). 29th Qualitative Analysis Conference – Ottawa, 23-25 May, 2013.
Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2013). Aging at home in rural New Brunswick: “Essentialising” the role of family networks. 74th Canadian Psychological Association convention, Québec City, Qc (June 13-15).
Webb, K., Burdett, F., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2013). Giving Birth in New Brunswick: How the Medical Institution Shapes the experience of Women. 74th Canadian Psychological Association convention, Québec City, Qc (June 13-15).
Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2012). Vieillir chez soi: La voix des aînés du Nouveau-Brunswick
Aging at home: The voices of rural New Brunswick Seniors. The 4th annual New Brunswick Health Research Conference: The dream of future generations – The challenge of our generation, Nov. 7-8, 2012, Fredericton, NB.
Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2012). A thriving military lesbian community during the witch hunt of the 80s? Shedding light on resilience in the face of marginalisation. Section on Women and Psychology Institute (Canadian Psychological Association), Halifax, NS.
Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2012). The Psycho-social ethnography of the commonplace (P-SEC): A semi-structured qualitative approach to feminist research. 73rd Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) convention, Halifax, NS.
Moore, J. A., Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2010). Health consequences of institutional discrimination: Gay men serving in the pre-1992 Canadian Armed Forces. 71st Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) convention, Winnipeg, MB.
McCutcheon, J., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2010). Both sides of the spectrum: Gay and lesbian soldiers in the Canadian Armed Forces. 71st Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) Convention. Winnipeg, MB.
McCutcheon, J., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2009). Policing masculinity and femininity: Health consequences for gay and lesbian soldiers in the Canadian Armed Forces. Sexual and Gender Diversity vulnerability and Resilience (SVR) Conference, Montreal, QC.
Moore, J. A., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2009). Partners of Canadian lesbian soldiers: Examining the military family social support system. 70th Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) convention, Montréal, Qc.
McCutcheon, J., Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2009). Sports and Soldiering: Examining servicewomen’s experiences with military sports. 70th Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) convention, Montréal, Qc.
Lynne Gouliquer, PhD, Co-Director; Associate Professor of Sociology at Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario
[email protected]
After 16 years of service in the Canadian military, I retired and pursued graduate studies in Sociology. The military is and probably always will be a big part of who I am. Indeed, my research represents a combination of my military experience and academic interests (military & para-military institutions and marginalization).
I began my university studies at Saint Thomas University where I completed a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Sociology in 1995. My thesis was entitled: “The Needs and Issues of Military Wives: A Case Study of Women’s Grassroots Struggle and the State.” My supervisors were Dr. Marilee Reimer and the late Dr. John McKendy. Following my studies at St. Thomas, I completed my Masters and PhD in Sociology at McGill University. My MA was supervised by Dr. Peta Tancred. I remained focused on the Canadian Armed Forces, but examined the experience of historically invisible and marginalised group -- lesbian soldiers. My MA Research Paper was entitled “A Menace to the Gender Order: The Management of Lesbian Sexuality in the Canadian Military.” For my PhD, I investigated women’s career success and integration in the Canadian military, both quantitatively and qualitatively. My PhD research project was supervised by Drs Suzanne Staggenborg and Elaine Weiner. It is entitled: “Soldiering in the Canadian Forces: How and Why Gender Counts!”
I was awarded a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship which I completed at St. Thomas University under the supervision of the Canada Research Chair in Qualitative Research, Dr. Deborah van den Hoonaard. My postdoctoral research focused on older adults, specifically those who attained 90 or more years and still live independently.
I am currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Laurentian University.
Research wise, I have been collaborating with Dr. Carmen Poulin for many years. The largest and most important project we collaborate on is the development and use of the P-SEC methodology, as explained in this website. We also collaborate on a number of studies such as 1) Life history stories of senior-seniors (90+) : Tales of resiliency, identity, and longevity from the Maritimes, 2) Rural New Brunswick elders: Their health and the formal and informal organisation of care, 3) Women in the Canadian fire services: Putting out “fires” and taking their place, and 4) LGBT soldiers in the Canadian military. Most recently, I have started a project on the historically neglected but now emerging, Métis nation and identity. For this research, I am establishing collaborative networks across Canada but especially in Sudbury and Treat 3 region, my traditional Métis territory.
Publications & Presentations
Selected Publications:
Burdett, F., Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2018). Culture of corrections: The experiences of women correctional officers. Feminist Criminology, 13(3), 329-349. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1557085118767974
Gouliquer, L., Poulin, C., & Moore, J. (2018). A threat to Canadian national security: A lesbian soldier’s story. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 15(2-3), 323-335. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2018.1430206
Poulin, C., Gouliquer, L., & Moore, A. (2018). Les femmes pompières : la passion du feu et le prix à payer. In La santé psychologique au travail, J. Douesnard (Ed.). Québec, Qc: Les Presses de l’Université du Québec (PUQ).
Poulin, C., Gouliquer, L., & McCutcheon, J. (2017). Violating gender norms in the Canadian Military: The experiences of gay and lesbian soldiers. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 1-14. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-017-0304-y
Kubiliene, N., Shandik, S. M., Gouliquer, L., & Cameron, A. (2016). Agency and Communion in a Day in the Life of a Thriving Older Adult. Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging (Accepted Journal number and issue pending).
Gouliquer, L., Poulin, C. & Lesmana, M. (2015). Mobility Boundaries Between Home, Community and Beyond: Experiences of the Exceptionally Old Living in a Canadian Province. Qualitative Sociology Review, 11(3), 124-150.
Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2012). Clandestine existences and secret research: Eliminating official discrimination in the Canadian military and going public in academia. Journal of Lesbian Studies,16(1), 54-64
McCutcheon, J., Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2009). Sports and Soldiering: Examining servicewomen’s experiences with military sports. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie Canadienne, 50(2a), 41.
Moore, J. A., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2009). Partners of Canadian lesbian soldiers: Examining the military family social support system. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie Canadienne, 50(2a), 99.
Poulin, C., Gouliquer, L., & Moore, J. (2009). Discharged for Homosexuality from the Canadian military: Health Implications for Lesbians. Feminism & Psychology, 19(4) 497-516.
Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2005). For Better and for Worse: Psychological Demands and Structural Impacts of the Military on Gay Servicewomen and their Partners in Long-term Relationships. In D. Pawluch, W. Shaffir & C. Miall (Eds.), Doing ethnography: Studying everyday life. (pp. 323-335). Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press Inc.
St.Pierre, M., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2005). Homosexual identity development in the context of the Canadian Forces: Organisational influences, schematic responses, and coping strategies. Canadian Psychology/ Psychologie canadienne, 46(2a), 200.
Gouliquer, L. (2004). Ask and tell [Review of the books, Officially gay: The political construction of sexuality and the US military, and Don’t ask, don’t tell: Debating the gay ban in the military]. The Women’s Review of Books, XXI(8), 22-3.
Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2004). Symposium: Translating Theory into Methodology: The Intersection of Sociologies and Psychologies. Canadian Psychology/ Psychologie canadienne, 45(2a), 135.
Poulin, C., Gouliquer, L., Brazier, B., Hughes, J. Brazier, B.C.S., Arseneault, R., MacAulay, S., & Lynne Thériault (2004). Keeping it confidential: A struggle for Transition Houses. In M.L. Stirling, C. A. Cameron, N. Nason-Clark, & B. Miedema (Eds). Understanding Abuse: Partnering for Change (85 – 108). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2003). Part-time disabled lesbian passing on roller blades or PMS, Prozac, and essentializing woman’s ailments. Women & Therapy, 26, 95 – 108. (Also published as a chapter of an edited book by Banks, M. E., & Kaschak, E. Women with Visible and Invisible Disabilities: Multiple Intersections, Multiple Issues, Multiple Therapies. Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press).
Gouliquer, L., (2001). Introduction: Women and the Canadian Military Special Collection. Atlantis: A Women’s Studies Journal, 26(1).
Gouliquer, L., (2001). What Gay Servicewomen can tell us about the gender order. Proceedings of Feminisms Challenge the Traditional Discipline: A Colloquium in Honour of Peta Tancred. Montréal, Québec: McGill Centre for Research on Teaching and Women.
Gouliquer, L., (2000). Negotiating Sexuality: Lesbians in the Canadian Military. In B. Miedema, J. Stoppard, & V. Anderson (Eds.), Women's Bodies/Women's Lives: The Social and the Material (pp 254-276). Toronto: Sumach Press.
Gouliquer, L., (2000). Pandora's Box: The Paradox of Flexibility in Today's Workplace. Current Sociology, 48(1), 29-42.
Poulin, M. B. C., Ross, L., Gouliquer, L., Fox, B., Thériault, L., Arseneault, R., Wuest, J., Merritt-Gray, M., Root, A., Flowers, L.(1995). An evaluation and summary of the accumulated “Monthly Reporting Form”: Usage of New Brunswick transition houses. Report submitted to the Department of Health and Community Services and available to the public. (pp. 38) (also available in French)
Recent Scholarly Presentations:
Burdett, F., Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2018 - Accepted). Culture of corrections: The experiences of women correctional officers. Feminist Criminology. 74th The American Society of Criminology’s (ASC) Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA (November 14-17).
Gouliquer, L., Poulin, C., Young, P., & Moore, A. (2018). Cultural protection against the internalising of the schema of the older adult as frail and burdensome. International Federation on Ageing (IFA)14th Global Conference on Ageing, Towards a Decade of Healthy Ageing. Toronto, ON (August 8-10).
Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2018). Research matters! Making a difference with social science data. Preaching to the Choir: An International LGBTQ Psychology Conference (A Pre-Conference to the International Congress of Applied Psychology), Montreal, Qc. (June 24-25).
Moore, A., Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2018). Respecting the secular: Non-religious outlooks among older adults. The 35th Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference, Fredericton, New Brunswick, (May 16 – 18).
McWilliams, J., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2018). Feeling like the outsider: Othering of women firefighters in Canada. The 35th Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference: Creating, Negotiating, and Transcending Social Boundaries in Everyday Life. Fredericton, New Brunswick, May 16-18.
McWilliams, J., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2018). Health implications of othering: A study of women firefighters in Canada. The Faculty of Nursing's 23rd Annual Research Day, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada (May 11).
Gouliquer, L., Young, P., Poulin, C., Chen, C-F., & Moore, A. (2018). The poesy of aging: Listening to our elders. Laurentian Research Week, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON (March 19-22).
Moore, A., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2017). Women firefighters face increased physical and psychological health risks due to marginalised status. The 9th Annual New Brunswick Health Research Conference, Moncton, NB, (1-2 November).
Gouliquer, L., Young, P., Poulin, C., Chen, C-F., & Moore, A. (2017). Rhymes and rhythms of aging: Attending to the voices of the exceptionally old. Canadian Association on Gerontology (CAG2017): Evidence for Action in an Aging World, Winnipeg, Manitoba (October 19-21).
Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2017). Symposium: New Rules, Same Results: Institutions Shaping the Everyday Realities of the Marginalised. 78th annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, June 8-10.
Mabey, A.K., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2017). Institutionalized Discrimination: How Social Assistance functions to keep Single Mothers ‘On The System’. Symposium: New Rules, Same Results: Institutions Shaping the Everyday Realities of the Marginalised. 78th annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, June 8-10.
McWilliams, J., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2017). Othering of Volunteer and Full-time Female Firefighters in Canada. Symposium: New Rules, Same Results: Institutions Shaping the Everyday Realities of the Marginalised. 78th annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, June 8-10.
Young, P., Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2017). How patriarchy and neoliberalism shape the experience of commercial home-care for the 90+ year old recipient. Symposium: New Rules, Same Results: Institutions Shaping the Everyday Realities of the Marginalised. 78th annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, June 8-10.
Moore, A., Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2017). Extra-nuclear family members: Pet ownership as ersatz family among the very elderly. Symposium: New Rules, Same Results: Institutions Shaping the Everyday Realities of the Marginalised. 78th annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, June 8-10.
Chen, C.-F., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2016). Getting prescriptions in Taiwan health care system: How the duration (length) of prescription for chronic disease medications complicates the lives of oldest-old 85+. Aging & Society: An Interdisciplinary Conference: Sixth Interdisciplinary Conference. Norrköping, Sweden (5 - 6 October).
Poulin, C., Chen, C.-F., & Gouliquer, L. (2016). Implicit and explicit gender division in long-term care: A comparison between Taiwan and Canada. Aging & Society: An Interdisciplinary Conference: Sixth Interdisciplinary Conference. Norrköping, Sweden (5 - 6 October).
Lesmana, M., Poulin, C., Gouliquer, L., Hamilton, H. (2016). Female firefighters in leadership roles: “There’s no line up for the washrooms!” Poster-presentation at the 77th annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Victoria, Canada, June 9 - 11.
Gouliquer, L., Poulin, C., Moore, A., & Pineau, C. (2016) Disrupting Ageist Stereotypes with I-Poem poetics: Turning Old on its Head! The 33rd Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference, St. Catharines, ON, (11 - 13 May).
Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2015). Aging, Women, and Firefighting: Just like oil and water! Aging & Society: An Interdisciplinary Conference: Fifth Interdisciplinary Conference. Washington, DC (5 - 6 November).
Mabey, A., Webb, K., Lesmana, M., Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2015). Women’s Experiences Negotiating the Dual Role of Mother and Student in Canadian Universities. Workshop given at the Section on Women & Psychology Institute; Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) convention, Ottawa, Ontario, 2 June.
Lesmana, M., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L., (2015). The experience of female firefighters: Confronting Ageism and Sexism. Poster-presentation at the 76th annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, Canada, June 3-6.
Gouliquer, L., Poulin, C., & Lesmana, M. (2014). What Do Pets Have to Do with It? Older Adults, Neoliberalism, and the Replaceable/Disposable Family. Atlantic Centre for Qualitative Research & Analysis: Qualitative Luncheon, St. Thomas University. Fredericton, NB (21 November).
Lesmana, M., Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2014). Experiences of the exceptionally old living in New Brunswick: Friends, ageism, and health. 6th Annual New Brunswick Health Research Conference. Delta Beausejour Moncton, NB (13 -14 – November).
Gouliquer, L., Poulin, C., & Lesmana, M. (2014). What Do Pets Have to Do with It? Understanding the Ninety-plus Year Olds in the Neoliberal Era. Aging & Society: An Interdisciplinary Conference: Fourth Interdisciplinary Conference. Manchester, UK (7 - 8 November).
Mabey, A., Gouliquer, L., Poulin, C., (2014). It’s just a roof over our heads: Housing Issues of Single Mothers on Social Assistance in New Brunswick, The 31st Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference, London, ON, (25-27 June).
Webb, K., Burdett, F., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2014). “Crossing Personal Boundaries: The Experience of Breastfeeding in New Brunswick Hospitals”, 31th Qualitative Analysis Conference – Brescia University, London, ON (25-27 June).
Silva, C.F., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2014). Formal and informal care: What do Brazilian and Canadian elders have to say? 31th Qualitative Analysis Conference – Brescia University, London, ON (25-27 June).
Lesmana, M., Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2014, June). Physical consequences of being old and their impact on independence and social life. 31th Qualitative Analysis Conference – Brescia University, London, ON (25-27 June).
Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2014). Boundaries of aging: How you feel about it and how I feel about it! 31th Qualitative Analysis Conference – Brescia University, London, ON (25-27 June).
Lesmana, M., Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2014). How does neoliberalism influence the 4th age? Experiences of people aged 90 and over. Poster-presentation at the 75th annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Vancouver, Canada, June 5.
Webb, K., Burdett, F., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2014). “Giving Birth in New Brunswick: How Labour Induction Practices Complicate Women’s Experiences”, 75th Annual Canadian Psychological Association Convention, Vancouver, Canada, June 7.
Mabey, A., Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2014). “Poverty without Hope: The Experiences of Single Mothers Living on Social Assistance in New Brunswick, Canada,” The 75th Annual Canadian Psychological Association Convention, Vancouver, Canada, June 5.
Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2013). A Crisis in Health Care: Rhetoric Versus the Lived-Reality of Rural Seniors. Aging & Society: An Interdisciplinary Conference, Chicago, IL, USA (8-9 November).
Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2013). A Feminist Interdisciplinary Methodology: The Psycho-Social Ethnography of the Commonplace (P-SEC). 29th Qualitative Analysis Conference – Ottawa, 23-25 May, 2013.
Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2013). Aging at home in rural New Brunswick: “Essentialising” the role of family networks. 74th Canadian Psychological Association convention, Québec City, Qc (June 13-15).
Webb, K., Burdett, F., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2013). Giving Birth in New Brunswick: How the Medical Institution Shapes the experience of Women. 74th Canadian Psychological Association convention, Québec City, Qc (June 13-15).
Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2012). Vieillir chez soi : La voix des aînés du Nouveau-Brunswick
Aging at home: The voices of rural New Brunswick Seniors. The 4th annual New Brunswick Health Research Conference: The dream of future generations – The challenge of our generation, Nov. 7-8, 2012, Fredericton, NB.
Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2012). A thriving military lesbian community during the witch hunt of the 80s? Shedding light on resilience in the face of marginalisation. Section on Women and Psychology Institute (Canadian Psychological Association), Halifax, NS.
Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2012). The Psycho-social ethnography of the commonplace (P-SEC): A semi-structured qualitative approach to feminist research. 73rd Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) convention, Halifax, NS.
Moore, J. A., Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C.(2010). Health consequences of institutional discrimination: Gay men serving in the pre-1992 Canadian Armed Forces. 71st Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) convention, Winnipeg, MB.
McCutcheon, J., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2010). Both sides of the spectrum: Gay and lesbian soldiers in the Canadian Armed Forces. 71st Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) Convention. Winnipeg, MB.
McCutcheon, J., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2009). Policing masculinity and femininity: Health consequences for gay and lesbian soldiers in the Canadian Armed Forces. Sexual and Gender Diversity vulnerability and Resilience (SVR) Conference, Montreal, QC.
Moore, J. A., Poulin, C., & Gouliquer, L. (2009). Partners of Canadian lesbian soldiers: Examining the military family social support system. 70th Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) convention, Montréal, Qc.
McCutcheon, J., Gouliquer, L., & Poulin, C. (2009). Sports and Soldiering: Examining servicewomen’s experiences with military sports. 70th Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) convention, Montréal, Qc.
Beverly C. S. Brazier, Reverend Doctor of Congregational Ministry
[email protected]
I am an ordained minister in the United Church of Canada, presently serving with the people of Whitehorse United Church, Whitehorse, Yukon. I have a passion for pastoral ministry in a rural setting, and for the transformational potential of faith communities. My doctoral area is grief, and grief education in a pastoral setting. Currently, I am preparing for a sabbatical, doing qualitative research on the role of Scripture in the faith journeys of Christian feminists.
Publications & Presentations
Brazier, B. C. S. (2004). Moving. International Library of Poetry, February.
MacAulay, S., Poulin, C., Brazier, B., Hughes, J., Gouliquer, L., Brazier, B. C. S., Arsenault, R., Theriault, L. (2003). Confidentiality and transition houses, instututional violence against women. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie Canadienne 44:2a, 78.
Poulin, C., Gouliquer, L., Brazier, B., Hughes, J., Brazier, B. C. S., Arsenault, R., MacAulay, S., Theriault, L. Keeping it Confidential: A Struggle for Transition Houses. In M. L. Stirling, N. Nasan-Clarke, A. Cameron and B. Miedema (Eds.) Understanding abuse: partnering for change (pp 87-110), University of Toronto Press.
Brazier, B. C. S. (2003). To dance again. Consensus: A Canadian Lutheran Journal of Theology, 29(1), 111-115. Sermon published in this volume by B. C. S. Brazier
Brazier, B. C. S., & Elliott, K. A. (2002). Doing theology through writing fiction. Presentation to the Women Doing Theology in Canada Conference, Winnipeg
Brazier, B. C. S. & Brazier, B. (2002). Christ and culture. Paper presented to the 17th Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference, Hamilton, Ontario.
Riegert, E. R. (2002). Hear then a story: Plot possibilities for story sermons. Sermon published in this volume by B. C. S. Brazier. Waterloo Lutheran Seminary Press, Waterloo, Ontario.
Brazier, B. C. S. (2002). The syrophonecian woman. Consensus: A Canadian Lutheran Journal of Theology, 28(2), 87-92.
Brazier, B., & Brazier, B. C. S. (2001). The transitions of women in abusive relationships research team. Doing Team Research: Issues, Challenges and Rewards. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Qualitative Conference, Hamilton, ON.
Brazier, B. C. S. (2001). Prayers. Celebrate God's presence. A Book of Services for the United Church of Canada. Etobicoke. United Church Publishing House.
Gouliquer, L., Poulin, C., Brazier, B., Brazier, B. C. S. , Hughes, J., Theriault, L., & Arseneault, R. (May 1999). The ins and outs of qualitative research: A community/academic collaborative perspective. Paper presented at the 16th Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference, Fredericton, NB.
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Heather MacArthur, Graduate Student, Penn State University
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Thesis Title: The Everyday Experience of Female Career Firefighters: Complications for women in a non-Traditional Occupation
Year: 2011 - 2013
Supervisors: Drs. Carmen Poulin and Lynne Gouliquer
Since beginning her post-secondary education, Heather completed a Bachelor of Arts at Trent University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at the University of New Brunswick. While at UNB, Heather worked under the supervision of Drs. Poulin and Gouliquer both as a Research Assistant and as an Honours Student in their P-SEC lab. During that time, she partook in their research on challenges faced by female firefighters in the Canadian Fire Services.
Heather is currently working toward a dual-title PhD in Social Psychology and Women's Studies at Penn State. Under the supervision of her graduate advisor, Dr. Stephanie Shields, she studies the politics of gender in everyday life, examining the subtle ways that gendered hierarchies are enacted and maintained in our day-to-day thoughts and behaviours. Specifically, she studies the micro-politics of emotion, language, and humour, examining how gender biases are entrenched in these common aspects of our lives. She is also interested in feminist history and theory, both within psychology and more broadly. For more information on Heather's research, visit her website at heathermacarthur.net.
Publications & Presentations
Alyssa Mabey, PhD Candidate, University of New Brunswick
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In 2013, I graduated from the University of New Brunswick with a Bachelor of Arts, Honouring in Psychology. My research interests center around marginalized groups, and more specifically, women and women’s psychology. I began working with Dr. Carmen Poulin and Dr. Lynne Gouliquer as a basic research student. In this context, I worked on a project exploring the gendered relations of female volunteer firefighting. I also worked under Drs Gouliquer and Poulin as an Honours student. My Honours research explored the experiences of single mothers living on assistance in Fredericton, New Brunswick. In this research, I focused on the influence of governmental assistance institutions on the lives of single mothers through exploring their daily experiences. For this, I used Dr. Poulin and Dr. Gouliquer’s Psycho-Social Ethnography of the Commonplace (P-SEC) methodology.
I am currently pursing my Doctorate Degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. Drs Poulin and Gouliquer are my supervisors. Throughout the graduate program, I will be furthering my research of single mothers on assistance.
Kathleen Webb, MA in Integrated Studies, Research Assistant
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I have been a member of the P-SEC team for a couple of years. I began working as a research assistant in May 2012 for Carmen & Lynne. I primarily worked on the Elder Care Project and the Female Firefighter Project. I thematically coded interviews for each of these projects and recruited participants.
I completed my honours thesis in the Spring of 2013 under the supervision of Carmen, Lynne, & Freda. My honours project was on women’s childbirth experiences in New Brunswick’s hospitals. The two areas that I focused on for my thesis were the Breastfeeding Support that women received in the maternity ward after giving birth, and the way medication was administered to women in labour. This was a continuation of a longitudinal project that began in 2006 by Freda Burdett. Currently, I am working as a research assistant for Carmen and Lynne. We are completing our birthing project: I am passionate about this research and my interest stems from my own experiences of giving birth to my two children. I am starting my MA in Integrated Studies at Athabasca University. There, my supervisor is Dr. Lynda Ross.
