Patrick Ladouceur
Biography
Patrick Ladouceur is a proud Franco-Ontarian and an assistant professor at the School of Social Work at Laurentian University. His research and teaching interests encompass social justice, social and public policies (including poverty, housing, domestic violence, and community health), domestic violence, interventions in minority Francophone contexts, Franco-Ontarian activism, critical theories, and critical discourse analysis.
He holds a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Law as well as a Master's degree in Social Work from the University of Ottawa. His doctoral thesis focuses on the role of social justice in Francophone social struggles in Canada, highlighting their definitions of social justice and documenting actions taken for its advancement.
With nearly 12 years of experience in community development and several years of involvement in federal and provincial public service in Ontario and Nova Scotia, Patrick previously served as Manager of Projects and Policies at the Domestic Violence Initiatives Unit at the Nova Scotia Department of Justice before joining Laurentian University.
Patrick is actively engaged in his community; he serves on the board of directors of the North End Community Health Centre in Halifax and is an administrator with the John Howard Society of Nova Scotia. He has also served on the French Language Services Advisory Committee for the City of Ottawa from 2014 to 2022, the board of directors of the Outaouais Intervention and Prevention Centre for Addiction from 2017 to 2019, and as vice-president and board member of the Downtown Ottawa Community Health Centre from 2015 to 2021.
In terms of research, Patrick is a member of the FemAnVi research collective and actively participates in several research projects on domestic violence funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada. He is also a member of the editorial board of the journal Reflets: Social and Community Intervention Review.
Education
Ph.D. in Social Work (in progress)
University of Ottawa
Masters of Social Work | 2017
University of Ottawa
Specialized Bachelor of Social Sciences: Political Science and Law (civil) | 2015
Cum Laude. Dean’s Honor List
University of Ottawa
Research
Research Interests
- Social Justice & Social Work
- Social Policy & Public Policy Development (Ontario, Nova Scotia & Québec)
- Violence Against Women & Domestic Violence
- Critical Theory | Critical Discourse Analysis
- Poverty, Housing & Social Inequalities
- Francophone Minorities in Ontario and in Canada
Awards
Doctoral Funding
- Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (2019-2022)
- SSRCH - CGS Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements (2020)
- University of Ottawa Excellence Scholarship (2017-2022)
- Fondation Alma & Baxter Ricard (2017-2020)
- SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship (2019) - Replaced
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2017, 2018, 2019) - Replaced
- University of Ottawa Doctoral Admission Scholarship (2017) - Replaced
Other Awards:
- Research Initiation Award - CNFS - University of Ottawa Division (2016)
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Award for Community Leadership (2011)
Publications
Articles
Gallitto, E & Ladouceur, P […] (2021) Striving for Social Justice: The Importance of Establishing a National Commissioner for Children and Youth in Canada, The. Canadian. Journal. of. Children's. Rights,(8)1
Lapierre S, Abrahams N, Frenette M, Ladouceur P, Vincent A. (2021). Aliénation parentale et « fausses dénonciations » de violence conjugale, Aliénation parentale : regards croisés. Sous la direction de : Blandine Mallevaey Edition Mare et Martin. France.
Lapierre, S., Ladouceur, P […] (2020) The Legitimization and Institutionalization of 'parental alienation' in the Province of Quebec, Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, (1)15
Ladouceur, P. & Lanthier, M. (2017). Activism against anti-black racism in Toronto: an interview with Chrys Saget Richard, Black Lives Matter Toronto (in Frencg). Reflets: Revue d'intervention sociale et communautaire, 23(1), 16-25.
Côté, I., S. Lapierre, V. Couturier, D. Buetti, M. Frenette, C. Gagnon, P. Ladouceur, V. Savard & S. Taylor (2016). FemAnVi: un collectif féministe en milieu universitaire. Nouvelles questions féministes., (1)6
Ladouceur, P. (2015). Ottawa ville officiellement bilingue : une question de respect linguistique. Le Chaînon. 33(1), p.140.
Lapierre, S., I. Côté, V. Couturier & P. Ladouceur. (2015). Our mailbox: a tool to promote mother-child communication in the context of domestic violence. Chronique féministe, (116), 41.
Buetti, D., Martinello, N., Moreau, N., Ladouceur, P & Lapointe-Haris, T. Social Representations of Male Homosexuality and their Consequences on Gay Men in Canada: A Qualitative Inquiry (2016). Culture, Society & Masculinities, (8)2
Book Chapters
Lapierre, S., P. Ladouceur & M. Frenette (2022) Aliénation parentale et violence à l’endroit des femmes et des enfants: étude de cas, Le meilleur intérêt de l’enfant victime de violence conjugale. Enjeux et réponses sociojudiciaires, Presses de l’Université du Québec. Québec, Canada.
Lapierre S, Abrahams N, Frenette M, Ladouceur P, Vincent A. (2021). Aliénation parentale et « fausses dénonciations » de violence conjugale, Aliénation parentale : regards croisés. Sous la direction de : Blandine Mallevaey Edition Mare et Martin. France.
Critical Book Summaries
Ladouceur, P. Lu pour vous (2020): Watts, L., & Hodgson, D. (2019). Social Justice Theory and Practise for Social Work: Critical and Philosophical Perspectives, Reflections: journal of social and community intervention, Volume: 26, 1, 131-135,
Ladouceur, P. Lu pour vous (2016): Community governance and innovation in the New Brunswick and Ontario Francophonie. Book by Linda Cardinal and Éric Forgues (book review). Reflets : revue d'intervention sociale et communautaire, (22), 2.
Journal Issues
Militantisme et changement social. Part 1. (11-2016). Reflets : revue d'intervention sociale et communautaire, Volume 23, Number 1, Number of pages: 227, edited by : Lapierre, S., P. Ladouceur I, V. Couturier, I Côté, D. Buetti
Militantisme et changement social. Part 2. (04-2017). Reflets : revue d'intervention sociale et communautaire, Volume 23, Number 1, Number of pages: 227, edited by : Côté, I, D. Buetti, S. Lapierre & P. Ladouceur
Journal Issue Editorial
Lapierre, S., P. Ladouceur I, V. Couturier, I Côté, D. Buetti, [Editorial] Activism in the field of social and community intervention, Reflets : revue d'intervention sociale et communautaire, Volume 23, Number 1 (2017)
Côté, I., D. Buetti, S. Lapierre, P. Ladouceur, [Editorial] L'engagement militant en service social, Reflets : revue d'intervention sociale et communautaire, Volume 23, Number 2 (2017)
Research Report
Lapierre, S., D. Buetti, V. Couturier, C. Coderre, I. Côté, D. Damant, K. Dubé, L. Hamelin Brabant, P. Ladouceur, L. Lafortune, S. Pouliot & V. Savard, Notre boîte aux lettres. Un outil favorisant la communication mère-enfant en contexte de violence conjugale. Program Evaluation Report. (2017)
Ladouceur P*, Brown. Rapport de la 9e journée de réflexion sur l'immigration francophone.6. Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne. Ottawa. Program Evaluation Report (2015).
Thesis
Ladouceur, P. (2017). Aliénation parentale, violence conjugale et droit de la famille en Ontario : une analyse documentaire des discours des acteurs. (2017). Master of Social Work Thesis. Under the supervision of Dr. Simon Lapierre.Université d'Ottawa. Ottawa.
Conference Presentations
Ladouceur, P. Keynote Speaker: Round table on the question of the allies in the women’s movement(2022).Forum: Equity on the horizon: Gender and Francophonie, let's talk about the challenges. Alliance des femmes de la francophonie canadienne. Ottawa, Canada. Septembre 2022.
Ladouceur, P. Achieving Social Justice: The Limits of Men's Involvement in a Feminist Research Collective - A Male Feminist's Personal Reflection (in French). FemAnVi Conference on Violence Against Women. University of Ottawa. Ottawa. Canada. June 2022.
Lapierre, S., Ladouceur, P., Abrahams, N., Vincent, A., & Frenette M. Parenting Double Standards in Cases Involving Domestic Violence and Parental Alienation, The International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect. Congress, Canada, Quebec City (online). Mar. 2022.
Lapierre S, Ladouceur P, Abrahams N, Frenette M, Alienating' Mothers and Violent Men as 'Good' Fathers: Double Standards in Child Custody and Child Protection Proceedings, IV European Conference on Domestic Violence, Slovenia, Ljubljana. Sept. 2021
Lapierre S, Ladouceur P, "Alienating mothers" and "good fathers": double standards in child custody and youth protection proceedings, FemAnVi Research Collective Noon Conference "Research on the socio-judicial treatment of conjugal violence and parental alienation", Canada, Ottawa (online). Sept. 2021
Ladouceur, P. & Nault, G. Mettre de l’avant une posture épistémologie 'constructivisme critique' en travail social. 88th ACFAC Congress. Sherbrooke, QC. June 2020 (cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic)
Ladouceur, P. & Frenette, M. Entre une recherche pour le changement social et sur le changement social : l’importance de réaliser des recherches empiriques en travail social axé sur la transformation et l’émancipation social. Open Communication. 88th ACFAC Congress. Sherbrooke, QC. June 2020 (cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic)
Lapierre, S., P. Ladouceur, M. Frenette. Parental Alienation or Child Protection? Experiences From Women Who are Victims of Violence. III European Conference on Domestic Violence, Olso, Norway. Sept 2019
Ladouceur, P., Quelle place occupe la justice sociale en travail social ? Début d’un questionnement théorique et pratique d’une étude doctorale., 87e ACFAC Congress. Conference 402 : Le travail social actuel : entre performance et résistance, Canada, Gatineau, QC. May 2019
Ladouceur, P., S. Lapierre and M. Frenette. Les différente catégogries du travail social au service du changement social. 87e ACFAC Congress. Open Conference. Canada, Gatineau, QC. May 2019
Lapierre, S., P. Ladouceur, M. Frenette .Aliénation parental et violence conjugale : revue de la littératures et données du Québec. 8th International Congress of Feminist Research in the Francophonie (CIRFF2018), University of Paris-Nanterre, Paris, France. Sept. 2018
Lapierre, S. & Ladouceur, P., A Critical Discourse Analysis of Parental Alienation in Québec, Law and Society Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario. June 2018
Ladouceur, P & Couturier, V., Alliance entre recherche et militantisme : l'exemple du Collectif de recherche féministe anti-violence (FemAnVi), 86th ACFAS Congress: Étudier les violences faites aux femmes : enjeux méthodologiques, théoriques et politiques, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. Chicoutimi, QC. May 2018
Lapierre, S.; Ladouceur, P.; Frenette, M. and Lainé, M., Alienation parentale au Québec : analyse documentaire et points de vue d'experts, Forum sur l'aliénation parentale : une menace pour les femmes et les féministes ?, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC. April 2018
Ladouceur, P. & S. Lapierre, Aliénation parentale et violence conjugale : tendances dans le discours des intervenantes et intervenants en droit de la famille, Lunchtime Conference: Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Family Violence and Violence Against Women (CRI-VIFF), Canada, Montreal, January 2018
Lapierre, S., I. Côté, & P. Ladouceur.Action Research: Developing an Intervention Tool Promoting Mother-Child Communication in the Context of Domestic Violence. European Conference on Domestic Violence, Proto, Portugal. Sept. 2017.
Ladouceur, P.. « Les hommes violents sont-ils de bon pères? » 3rd International Confrence : International Perspectives on Post Seperation Violence, University of Ottawa. Ottawa, Canada. April 2017.
Lapierre, S., I. Côté, V. Couturier & P. Ladouceur. "Our Mailbox": An Intervention Tool Promoting Mother-Child Communication in the Context of Domestic Violence. International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference, Portsmouth, USA. July. 2016
Ladouceur, P. & V. Couturier. "Social media: a source of action and engagement?" 84th ACFAS Congress - Activism, intervention and research to fight against violence against women, Montreal, Canada. June 2016.
Lapierre, S., V. Couturier & P. Ladouceur. When children and adolescents talk about domestic violence. Carrefour des pratiques, Trois-Rivières, Canada. May 2016.
Lapierre, S., I. Côté, V. Couturier, P. Ladouceur, M.J. Lefebvre & M.N. Maurice. Our mailbox: a tool to promote mother-child communication in the context of domestic violence. General assembly of the Regroupement des maisons pour femmes victimes de violence conjugale, Quebec, Canada. May 2016.
Poster Communications
Lapierre, S: Lainé, M; Ladouceur, P; Frenette, M., The experience of a survivor of sexual violence in a university setting, Canadian Symposium on Sexual Violence in Higher Education, Université du Québec à Montréal. Montreal, QC Conference Date: May 2018.
Ladouceur, P. & V. Fortier (2016). Protecting and supporting children living with domestic violence: a guide for professionals working with children. National Consortium for Health Education - University of Ottawa component. Research Initiation Awardees Night, Ottawa, Canada.
Advocacy Presentations to Stakeholders
Ladouceur, P. & Thibeault, S. (2021). Arguments for Funding Trans Health Initiatives within Community Health Centers. Budget Consultation, Ottawa City Hall. Ottawa, Canada.
Ladouceur, P. & Thibeault, S. (2019). Maintaining Core Funding for Community Health Centers in Ottawa. City of Ottawa Finance Committee, Ottawa City Hall. Canada
Ladouceur, P. & Bahrman, S. (2017). The Social, Economical and Health Reseaons for Opening a Supervised Injection Site in Ottawa. City of Ottawa Public Health Committee, Ottawa City Hall. Canada.
Ladouceur, P. (2010). The importance of Community House Funding in Ottawa. Ottawa City Council, Budget Consultation, Ottawa City Hall. Ottawa, Canada.