Antoine Bilodeau | Building Migrant Resilience in Cities/Immigration et résilience en milieu urbain

Professor in the department of Political Science at Concordia University

Antoine Bilodeau is a full professor in the Department of Political Science at Concordia University. His research interests focus on the political integration of immigrants and on the dynamics of openness to immigration and ethnocultural diversity in Quebec and elsewhere in the world. His research has been published in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, the International Migration Review, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Nations and Nationalism, the International Political Science Review, Democratization, the Canadian Journal of Political Science and Politics and Religion. In recent years, A. Bilodeau has received a Concordia University Research Award (2016/2017) and the John McMenemy Prize twice (in 2020 and also 2011) for the best paper published in the Canadian Journal of Political Science.

Contact

Phone: (514) 848-2424 ext. 5067

Email: Antoine.Bilodeau@concordia.ca

Canadian politics, immigration, ethnic diversity, youth political engagement and political behaviors.

Bilodeau, A (editor). 2016. Just Our Ordinary Citizens? Toward a Comparative Portrait of the Political Immigrant. University of Toronto Press. In press.
Turgeon, L. et A. Bilodeau. 2021. “Contextes territoriaux et attitudes envers l’immigration: ethnocentrisme et contact dans trois régions du Québec.” Politique et sociétés, 40 (1): 163-187.
Bilodeau, A., and L. Turgeon. 2021. “Boundaries of the Nation(s) in a Multinational State: Comparing Quebecers and Other Canadians’ Perspectives on National Identity.” Nations and Nationalism 27 (2): 530-547. https://doi.org/10.1111/nana.12641
Bilodeau, A., A. Gagnon, L. Turgeon, S. White, and A. Henderson. 2020. “Attitudes toward Ethnocultural Diversity in Multilevel Political Communities: Comparing the Effect of National and Subnational Attachments in Canada”. Publius: The Journal of Federalism 51 (1): 27-53. https://doi.org/10.1093/publius/pjaa020
Bilodeau, A., S. White, L. Turgeon, and A. Henderson. 2020. “Feeling Attached and Feeling Accepted: Implications for Political Inclusion among Immigrants in Canada.” International Migration 58 (2): 272-288. doi: 10.1111/imig.12657.
Turgeon, L., A. Bilodeau, S. White, and A. Henderson and A. G. Gagnon. 2019. “Symbolic Predispositions, Interests and Official Languages Legislation: Exploring the Principle-Implementation Gap in Canada.” Politics, Groups and Identities. Doi: 10.1080/21565503.2019.1691021. Published online on November 21st, 2019.
Turgeon, L., A. Bilodeau, S. White, and A. Henderson. 2019. “A Tale of Two Liberalisms? Understanding Support for Restrictions on Minority Religious Symbols in Quebec and the Rest of Canada.” Canadian Journal of Political Science 54 (2): 247-265. doi: 10.1017/S0008423918000999. (Winner of the 2020 John McMenemy Prize)
Bilodeau, A., L. Turgeon, S. White, and A. Henderson. 2018. “Strange Bedfellows? Attitudes Toward Minority and Majority Religious Symbols in the Public Sphere.” Politics and Religion 11 (2): 309-333. doi:10.1017/S1755048317000748.
Kanji, Mebs, Antoine Bilodeau and Thomas Scotto (editors). 2012. The Canadian Election Studies, Assessing Four Decades of Influence. Vancouver: UBC Press.
Turgeon, L., A. Bilodeau, S. White, and A. Henderson. 2019. “A Tale of Two Liberalisms? Understanding Support for Restrictions on Minority Religious Symbols in Quebec and the Rest of Canada.” Canadian Journal of Political Science. doi: 10.1017/S0008423918000999.
Bilodeau, A., L. Turgeon, S. White, and A. Henderson. 2018. “Strange Bedfellows? Attitudes Toward Minority and Majority Religious Symbols in the Public Sphere.” Politics and Religion. doi:10.1017/S1755048317000748.
Bilodeau, A. 2017. “Mobilization or Demobilization?Perceived Discrimination and Political Engagement among Visible Minorities in Quebec”. Political Science 67 (2):122-138.
Bilodeau, A. 2016. "Usage du français et préférences politiques des néo-Québécois." Revue canadienne de science politique 49 (1) : 41-62 (doi:10.1017/S0008423916000160)
Bilodeau, A., L. Turgeon, S. White, and A. Henderson. 2015. Seeing the Same Canada? Visible Minorities’ Views of the Federation. IRPP Study No.56. Released on November 18^th.
Bilodeau, A. and S. White. 2015. “Trust among Recent Immigrants in Canada: Levels, Origins, and Implications for Integration.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (available for preview online).
Bilodeau, A. 2015. “Migrating Gender Inequalities? Immigrant Women’s Participation in Political Survey Research.” International Migration Review. Available through Early View.
White S., A. Bilodeau, and N. Nevitte. 2015. “Earning Their Support: Feelings toward the Host Political Community among Recent Immigrants in Canada” Ethnic and Racial Studies38 (2): 292-308.
Bilodeau, A. & L. Turgeon. 2014. « L’immigration: Une menace à la culture québécoise? Portrait et analyses des perceptions régionales. » Canadian Journal of Political Science. 45 (2): 281-305.
Turgeon, Luc, and. A. Bilodeau. 2014. “Minority Nations and Attitudes Toward Immigration. The Case of Quebec.” Nations and Nationalism 20 (2): 317-336.
Bilodeau, Antoine. 2014. “Is Democracy the Only Game in Town? Tension Between Immigrants’ Democratic Desires and Authoritarian Imprints.” Democratization 21 (2): 359-381.
Bilodeau, Antoine, L. Turgeon, and E. Karakoc. 2012. “Small Worlds of Diversity? Views Toward Immigration and Racial Diversity in Canadian Provinces.” Canadian Journal of Political Science 45 (3): 579-605.
Bilodeau, Antoine, N. Fadol. 2011. “The Roots of Contemporary Attitudes toward Immigration in Australia: Contextual and Individual-Level Influences.” Ethnic and Racial Studies 34 (6): 1088-1109.
Bilodeau, Antoine, S. White and N. Nevitte. 2010. “The Development of Dual Loyalties: Immigrants’ Integration to Regional Canadian Dynamics.” Canadian Journal of Political Science 43 (03): 515-544.
Bilodeau, Antoine, Ian McAllister, and Mebs Kanji. 2010 “Adaptation to Democracy among Immigrants in Australia.” International Political Science Review 31(2): 141-166.
Bilodeau, Antoine. 2009. “Residential Segregation and the Electoral Participation of Immigrants in Australia.” International Migration Review 43 (1): 142-167.
Bilodeau, Antoine. 2008. “Immigrants’ Voice through Protest Politics in Canada and Australia: Assessing the Impact of Pre-Migration Political Repression.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 34(6): 975-1002.
Kanji, Mebs and A.Bilodeau. 2006. “Value Diversity and Support for Electoral Reform inCanada.” PS: Political Science and Politics, Vol.39 (4): 829-836.
White, S. and A. Bilodeau. 2014. “Canadian Immigrant Electoral Support in a Comparative Perspective.” in Turgeon et al. (eds), Comparing Canada: Methods and Perspective on Canadian Politics. Vancouver: UBC Press, pp. 123-146.
Bilodeau,A. 2013. “L’avantage libéral: Le vote des minorités visibles lors des élections québécoises de 2012.” Dans F. Bastien, É. Bélanger et F. Gélineau (éditeurs),Les élections québécoises de 2012, (Montréal: Presses de l’Université deMontréal).
Bilodeau, Antoine, and André Blais. 2011. “Le vote obligatoire exerce-t-il un effet de socialisation politique?” In A.Amjahad, J-M. De Waele and M. Hastings (eds) Le vote obligatoire, Débats, enjeux et défis (Paris: Economica).
Bilodeau, Antoine, and M. Kanji. 2010. “The New Immigrant Voter, 1965-2004: The Emergence of a New Liberal Partisan? In Laura Stephenson and Cameron Anderson (eds), Perspectives on the Canadian Voter: Puzzlesof Influence and Choice. Vancouver: UBC Press.
Bilodeau, A., and L. Turgeon. 2015. Voter Turnout among Younger Canadians and Visible Minority Canadians: Evidence from the Provincial Diversity Project. Report for Elections Canada. June.

Sounding Different, but Still Equal? Assessing Discrimination against “Audible Minorities” in Urban and non-Urban Settings in Quebec and Ontario .