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Dr Luc Thériault

Luc ThériaultProfessor and Acting Chair
B.A. (Université du Québec à Montréal), M.Sc. (Université de Montréal), Ph.D. (University of Toronto)

Luc Thériault has been trained as a sociologist both in the French and Anglo-American traditions.  His field of expertise is social policy and third sector studies, with a focus on the interactions between governments and social economy organizations involved in the delivery of human services. He has considerable experience doing survey research on non-profit organizations and co-operatives in Canada. At UNB he teaches courses in various areas including research methods, program evaluation, Canadian society, as well as family and social policy.

Selected Publications:

  • Thériault, L., Leclerc, A. and A. Wisniewski. (2010) Not just an Apartment Building: Residents: Quality of Life in a Social Housing Co-operative. Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 1(1):82-100.
  • Gill, C. and L. Thériault. (2009) Using Conditional Sentences in Domestic Violence Cases: A New Brunswick Exploration. Canadian Review of Social Policy, 10(63/64):83-101.
  • Theriault, L. (2009) Moving Back into the Shadow: Social Economy, Social Policy and the Harper Government. In R. Laforest (Ed.) The New Federal Agenda and The Voluntary Sector. Montreal-Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 61-80.
  • Thériault, L., Skibbens, R., and L. Brown, A Portrait of Co-operatives and Credit Unions in Atlantic Canada. Social Economy and Sustainability Research Network, Working Paper 2008-01, Halifax: Mount Saint Vincent University, September 2008, 46 pages.
  • Thériault, L McTiernan, H., and C. Gill. “Resources and Challenges of Charitable Human Service Organizations in New Brunswick,” The Philanthropist, vol. 21, no. 3 (2008): 210-233.
  • Low, J. and L. Thériault. “Health promotion policy in Canada: lessons forgotten, lessons still to learn,” Health Promotion International, vol. 23, no. 2, (June 2008): 200-206.
  • Thériault, L. and C. Gill. “Les déterminants sociaux de la santé et la violence conjugale: Quels sont les liens?, ”Service Social, vol. 53, no 1 (2007) : 75-89.
  • Leski, A. and L. Thériault, Rethinking the Productivity of Saskatchewan Welfare Recipients: A Study of Daily Activities and Self-Perceptions  In Redefining Productivity for Social Development and Well-being, edited by F. Douglas and G. Geller.  Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 2007, pp. 75-94.
  • Vaillancourt, Y. and L. Thériault. "Économie sociale, politiques sociales et fédéralisme au Canada" in Le fédéralisme canadien contemporain: fondements, traditions, institutions, A. Gagnon (Ed.). Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 2006, pp. 371-401.
  • Thériault, L. (2006) The National Post and the Nanny State: Framing the Child Care Debate in Canada, Canadian Review of Social Policy, no. 56:140-148.

 

Contact Information:

Dr Luc Thériault

Professor and Acting Chair
Office: Carleton Hall, Room 135
Phone: (506) 458-7785
Fax: (506) 453-4659
Personal Page: http://people.unb.ca/~luct