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Wilfrid Denis

  • Professor
  • St. Thomas More College
  • 1437 College Drive Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W6
  • Phone: 306.966.6071
  • wdenis@stmcollege.ca
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Education | Research Interests | Research Projects | Selected Publications
Teaching Responsibilities | Administrative Responsibilities

Education

  • PhD., Carleton University  
  • M.A., University of Saskatchewan
  • B.A., University of Manitoba

Research Interests

Minority relations, ethnic minorities, official language communities, theory, social inequality

Research Projects

« La cause « Caron »: une analyse de paradigmes antagoniques dans les jugements Wenden et Eidsvik », Montreal, Les Éditions Yvon Blais, 2011 (fall).
 
« Commission sur l’inclusion dans la communauté fransaskoise : de la minorité à la citoyenneté : une réflexion sur le cadre idéologique, (Commission on Inclusiveness in the Fransaskois Community : From Minority to Citizenship: A Reflection on the Ideological Framework); Revue du Nouvel Ontario, 2011, (no. 35-36; p. 15-46).

“La cause Caron en Alberta”  - a study on constitutional issues in two recent Alberta court decisions.

« Tisser le lien social à travers les cultures : l’expérience des Fransaskois face à la diversité  (Weaving social ties through culture: the experience of diversity among the Fransaskois) » article submitted for publication.

"Structuring the State – Minority Community Nexus: The Federal – Francophone Community Agreements 1988-2008”;  Ongoing sabbatical research project.

Selected Publications and Presentations

Denis, Wilfrid.  “Le declin de l’empire américain et l’avenir des francophonies en périphérie: le cas de la  Saskatchewan (The Decline of the American Empire and the future of the “Francophonies” in the Periphery: The Case of Saskatchewan)”, Francophonies d’Amérique, no 26 (automne 2008 : 275 - 305).  Print. 
 
Denis, Wilfrid and Nicole Galllant.  “Relever le défis de la diversité : une comparaison des idéologies en éducation en contexte minoritaire et majoritaire au Nouveau-Brunswick et en Saskatchewan,  (Facing the Challenge of Diversity: A comparison of Ideologies in Education in Minority and Majority Contexts in New Brunswick and Saskatchewan)”, Éducation et francophonie, vol XXXVI : 1 (printemps) (142 - 160).   Print.
 
Denis, Wilfrid. “ De minorité à citoyenneté : les défis de la diversité dans la communauté fransaskoise (From Minority to Citizenship: The Challenge of Diversity in the Fransaskois Community)”,  Thèmes Canadiens/Canadian Themes, Spring, 2008: 42-44 (Fr 47-49).  Print.
 
Denis, Wilfrid.  “Les langues officielles au Canada : prévoir le recensement de 2026“ (“The Official Languages in Canada: Forecasting the 2026 Census”) requested presentation to the Standing Committee on Official Languages, House of Commons, Ottawa, Canada, April 17, 2008.  Print.
 
Denis, Wilfrid.  “Francophone Education in Saskatchewan: Resisting Anglo-Hegemony.”   A History of  Education in Saskatchewan: Selected Readings.  Eds. Brian Noonan (et al).  Regina: University of  Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 2006.  87 – 108.  Print.

Teaching Responsibilities

  • SOC 203 Race and Ethnic Relations in Canada
  • SOC 233 Introduction to Sociological Theory
  • SOC 305 Ethnic Stratification
  • SOC 306 Contemporary Class Structure

Administrative Responsibilities

  • Member - Sociology Department:  Graduate Studies Committee
  In every casual conversation, with every student, there may be a chance to throw in an illuminating word, to sow an inspirational thought.”
— Fr. Henry Carr, CSB
STM President, 1942 - 1949