Emilie Dionne

Emilie Dionne

Emilie Dionne, PhD

Co-director – Health Experiences Research Canada; Institutional Researcher (VITAM, CIUSSS-Capitale Nationale); Associate Professor (Sociology, Université Laval)

Émilie is a researcher at VITAM – Centre de recherche en santé durable, and an adjunct professor in the Department of Sociology at Université Laval. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science (Université Laval), a master’s degree in political science (University of Ottawa) and a doctorate in social and political thought (York University). She was also twice a postdoctoral fellow (2013-2013 University of California at Santa Cruz, FRQSC; 2017-2018, Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Chair of …). A sociologist, feminist and political thinker, and qualitative researcher, her research focuses on person-centered care, the ethics of care and vulnerability, critical and creative innovation in applied research with participants or action research (e.g., critical qualitative methodology, approaches using the arts), feminist bioethics and the use of the arts, culture and heritage (cultural and natural) for the purposes of well-being and health.