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Catherine Lussier
Curso Intensivo de
Posgrado~Doctorado -julio 2003
"Los Pueblos Indígenas y el ordenamiento jurídico"
Resolución
CD N° 729/02
Canadian
citizen
Permanent address: 5011 Grosvenor, Montreal,
Quebec, H2W 2M2
Tel.: (514) 737-7756
Email
Academic
qualifications
M.
A. in Anthropology, University of Montreal (1987).
Ph.
D. in Anthropology, University of Montreal (1995).
Post-doctoral fellow in anthropology
at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri (1996-1998)
Languages
spoken, read, written and translated: French,
English, Spanish
Current Status
Consultant
in socio-economic research
Research
Associate at INRS-Culture et Société, Montreal.
Professional competencies
Social
research
Research
coordination
Cross-cultural
facilitation
Project
design and funding applications
Environmental
impact assessment
Literature
reviews
Individual
and group interviews
Focus
groups
Workshop
coordination
Program
evaluation
Writing,
translating, editing in French, English and Spanish
Experience with Indigenous communities
March-July
2001: Design
and implementation of a Consultation Program for the MRUSF EIA (hydro dam in
Belize) as consultant for AMEC. Design and implementation of consulting
activities with Maya Indigenous groups and communities.
1999-2001:
Coordination
and implementation of consultation activities for various development and
research projects in Northern Quebec Native communities.
Facilitation
on resource management issues for multi-stakeholders workshops involving
Indigenous, government and forestry industry representatives.
February-March
2000: Organization
of cross-cultural exchanges between several Quebec Native groups (Cree, Naskapi,
Algonguin, Innu, Atikamekw) and Latin American indigenous representatives
(Mexico, Peru) in the context of the Inditerra Program at INRS-Culture et Société.
1989-1991:
30
months fieldwork experience in high altitude environment in the Bolivian Andes
(4000m), of which 24 months were spent in a remote Aymara (Indigenous) herding
community.
1998:
responsible
for the implementation of a Perception Study for the Waskaganish Permanent Road
Project EIA, a project developed by the First Nation of Waskaganish (Cree
Indigenous community in Quebec province).
Professional Affiliations
Member
of Pro-Diversitas
Senior
Research Associate, CS/RESORS Consulting Ltd.
Member
of the Society for Applied Anthropology
Professional
Experience
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March
2001-
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Design
and implementation of a Consultation Program for an environmental impact
study for AMEC & Associates Ltd. Involved 60 days of fieldwork in
Belize, Central America for coordinating and conducting research,
interviews, workshops, meetings, facilitation, meetings with local
authorities, analysis and report writing.
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Since
1992
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Senior
Research Associate at CS/RESORS Consulting Ltd. Multiple responsibilities
in terms of organization and research for federal and provincial projects.
Sector studies, literature reviews; coordination of specialized focus
groups, of meetings and interviews with key respondents; program
evaluation studies and socio-economic research for governmental
departments and agencies (Indian and Northern Affairs, Secretary of State,
Health & Welfare, Employment & Immigration), as well as
independent organizations.
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Feb.
1998 to March 2001
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Research
Associate at INRS-Culture et Société, Montreal.
Responsibilities
and involvement in:
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Applied research and fieldwork in the
Quebec James Bay Cree First Nations;
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Environmental Impact study for
Waskaganish First Nation;
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Research on forestry and resource
management for the Waswanipi Cree Model Forest (criteria & indicators;
needs assessments, intercultural communication issues on co-management
boards; perception study; community participation, facilitation for
multi-stakeholder meetings, planning sessions);
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Organization of focus groups and
workshops in Native communities;
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Research Coordinator for CURA (University
Community Research Alliance) SSHRC-funded project;
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Coordinator for INRS-based INDITERRA, an
international research network.
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February
1999
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Evaluation
of Final Report “Estudio de Productividad
de Rural y Manejo de
Recursos Naturales (EPR)”, an extensive perception study conducted under
the auspices of the World Bank, COSUDE
and the Viceministerio de
Participación Popular y Fortalecimiento Municipal, Bolivia
([SUR:\EPR\INFORME.V6]).
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1996-1998
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Postdoctoral
fellow at University of Washington in St. Louis, Missouri. Research
conducted in Bolivia.
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Sept.
1997-May 1998
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Teaching
Assistant, "Musées et techniques de communication" (MLS 6501),
Départment de psychopédagogie et d'Andragogie, University of Montréal.
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Sept.
1997-April 1998
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Research
Assistant for GRAVTI (Groupe de Recherche sur l'Apprentissage à Vie et
Technologies Informatiques), Départment de psychopédagogie et
d'Andragogie, University of Montréal.
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Jan.-May
1996:
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Lecturer
at the Department of Anthropology, University of Montreal.
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Jan.-
May 1995:
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Lecturer
at l'Université du Québec à Hull, Social Sciences Program.
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1995-1998
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Teaching
Assistant for televised course "Contexte d’utilisation des
psychotropes". Distance Education, Faculty of Continuing Education,
University of Montréal.
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Mar.
1985 - Dec. 1995:
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Research
Assistance; teaching assistance and monitorate at the Department of
Anthropology, University of Montreal.
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Oct.
1989 - May 1991:
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Research
Associate at the Museo de Etnografía y Folklore.
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May
1985 - Jan. 1986:
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Assistant
Editor for Antropologia Visualis, at the Comission on Visual Anthropology,
Department of Anthropology, University of Montreal.
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5-8
September 1985:
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Delegate
for the Comission on Visual Anthropology at the First Latin American Film
Festival on Indigenous People, Mexico.
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Feb.
1980 - Jan. 1985:
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Researcher
for the television series "Planète" at Radio-Québec.
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Post-Graduate
Research Grants
1985-1987:
Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l’aide à la Recherche (FCAR)
M. A. grant.
1987-1991:
Conseil de Recherche en Sciences Humaines (CRSH) Doctoral grant .
1996-1998:
Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l’aide à la Recherche (FCAR)
Post-doctoral research grant.
Publications,
reports, working documents
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2001
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Spiritual
Opportunism or Creative Integration? The Aggregation of Spiritual Powers
by Ritual Specialists Among Highland Aymara Herders. Proceedings of the
International Congress Shamanism and Other Indigenous Spiritual Beliefs
and Practices, Moscow June 7-12, 1999. In print.
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1999
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Évolution
de l’exploitation forestière sur le territoire de la Première Nation
de Waswanipi. INRS-Culture et Société working paper.
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1999
First
author
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Waswanipi
Cree Model Forest. Needs and Expectations Among Community and Other
Partners. Research report INRS-Culture et société. Montreal, March 1999,
71p.
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1999
co-author
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Réseaux
sociaux et alimentation chez les Inuit de la région circumpolaire. Report
produced for GETIC, Laval University. |
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1999
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Évolution
de l’exploitation forestière sur le territoire de la Première Nation
de Waswanipi. INRS-Culture et Société, internal document, 16 pp.
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1998
(second
author)
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Waskaganish
Permanent Road. Environmental and Social Impact Study, Second author in
Vol. 1. (Impact Analysis) and Vol. III (Communications).
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1998
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The
Permanent Access Road to Eastmain Environmental Assessment. Monitoring and
Follow-up. A General Overview. INRS-Culture et Société, Internal
document, Montreal, 23 pp.
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1997
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"Le
diktat des contraintes écologiques dans l'ethnologie des hautes Andes.
Bilan et perspectives". Actes du colloque «Anthropologie et écologie»,
department of Anthropology, University of Montreal.
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1996
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"Building
Local Hierarchies: Good and Bad Ancestors Among the Bolivian Aymara
Herders". In The Aborigines of the Americas: New Facts and New
Interpretations. Valery A. Tishkov (ed.), Ameridian Series, Moscow: Nauka,
pp. 93-115.
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1995
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"Ancêtres
redoutables ou ancêtres impuissants? Patrifiliation, factionnalisme et
manipulation généalogique chez les éleveurs Aymaras", Recherches
Amérindiennes Au Québec, Vol. XXV (2):52-65.
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1995
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Litterature
Review on Performance Measurement of the Evaluation Function. Presented by
CS/RESORS to the Committee on Performance Measurement of the Evaluation
Function Indian & Northern Affairs Canada, Agriculture & Agri-Food
Canada, July 1995, 60p.
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1995
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¡Somos
Alamarka! Élevage et raison politique dans une communauté aymara des
hautes terres boliviennes. Doctoral dissertation in anthropology,
University of Montreal.
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1987
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Anthropologie
des sociétés pastorales. Des concepts aux faits, une impasse épistémologique.
M.A. dissertation in anthropology, University of Montreal.
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1986
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"Premier
festival latino-américain du cinéma des peuples indigènes". CVA
Newsletter, August 1986: 8-9.
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Conferences,
seminars
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October
1999
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Resource sharing and Cultural
Survival: Involving Local Aboriginal Communities in the Search for
Sustainable Development. International Forum « Altai-Sayan_Eurasia-XXI
century” World Wide Fund for Nature – Russian Programme Office, 2-9
October 1999
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June
1999
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Communication
issues in Cross-cultural partnerships for resource management :
Sustainable development and participatory approaches among the James Bay
Cree. Moving Towards Pluralism. Fourth International Conference of the
Ethnic Studies Network – INCORE (Initiative on Conflict Resolution and
Ethnicity) and Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of
Science, Moscow, June 8–11, 1999.
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June
1999
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Spiritual opportunism or creative
integration? The aggregation of spiritual powers by ritual specialists
among highland Aymara herders. International Congress on Shamanism and
Other Indigenous Spiritual Beliefs and Practices, Institute of Ethnology
and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Science, Moscou, June 7-12, 1999.
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Novemb.
1997
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Reforma
agraria y pastoralismo en José Manuel Pando. Historia de una reconstrucción.
Xma Reunión Anual de Etnología. Museo de Etnografía y Folklore. La Paz,
Bolivia.
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February
1997
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Le
diktat des contraintes écologiques dans l'ethnologie des hautes Andes.
Bilan et perspectives. Presented at the colloquy “Anthropologie et écologie”,
department of Anthropology, University of Montreal.
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April
1996
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Performance
Measurement of the Evaluation Function. Interim report presented to
Treasury Board Canada in the context of the Literature Review on
Performance Measurement of the Evaluation Function for the Department of
Indian Affairs and the North, Hull.
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May
1995
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Beyond
Assimilation and Traditionalism: Reviving the Ancestral Polity in an
Aymara Community. Paper presented at the symposium State and Local
Relations, CASCA 22nd Annual Meeting, Montreal.
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Nov.
1994
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Du
terrain à l'écriture, ou le syndrome de l'ignorance. Paper presented at
the Department of Anthropology, University of Montreal.
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October
1993
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L'Élevage
traditionnel des camélidés dans les hautes Andes boliviennes. Conference
presented in the course “Introduction to ethnology”, Department of
anthropology, University of Montreal.
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October
1993
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One-day
seminar given to Environmental and Occupational Health middle management
in the context of a Feasibility Study on Status Transfer to Special
Operating Agency. Health and Welfare Canada.
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March
1993
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De
l'ethnographie des hauteurs: démographie et problèmes méthodologiques.
Conference presented in the Department of Anthropology, University of
Montreal.
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May
1992
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Territoire
et identité chez les éleveurs aymara. Réflexions sur les concepts de
traditionalisme et d'intégration nationale. Paper presented at the
symposium “Identités multiples: analyse des processus identitaires
contemporains”, CASCA 19th Annual Meeting, Montréal.
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April
1992
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Elevage
alto-andin et territoire, des divisions ancestrales aux fusions
contemporaines. Conference presented in the Department of Anthropology,
University of Montreal.
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October
1991
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Pastoralisme
dans les Andes: les éleveurs aymara du haut-plateau bolivien. Paper
presented in the "Retour de terrain" conference series,
Department of Anthropology, University of Montreal.
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Sept.
1985
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La
Comisión de Antropología Visual: Perspectivas de Intercambio - Proyecto
UNESCO. Paper presented in Spanish as delegate of the Commission on Visual
Anthropology, First Latin American Film Festival on Indigenous Peoples,
Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City.
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Published
Translations
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1996:
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"Corps
phantasmatique, corps religieux, corps corrompu : Viridiana, un discours de frontières." Chapter in a
collective work by V. Sanchez-Biosca to be published in 1996 in
(spanish/french).
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1996:
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"Auteur,
style et démiurgie dans la première période allemande de Lang".
Vicente Sanchez-Biosca, Conférence, Paris.
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1995:
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"Savoir
mourir, anthropologie de la mort et récits de psychopathes au cinémal".
Vicente Sanchez-Biosca. Paris.
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1993:
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"Culture,
organisation et mouvement indien chez les Quichuas d'Otavalo,
Equateur." by C. Coloma, Recherche Amériendiennes Au Québec Vol.
XXII (4):75-78. (spanish/french).
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1991:
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"Les
missions Salésiennes et le peuple Shuar. Bilan d'une expérience".
by J. Bottasso, Recherches Amérindiennes Au Québec Vol. XXI (4):77-91. (spanish/french).
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