Christine Gervais
Biographic Data
| ID | 303407 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christine Gervais |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christine |
| FAMILY NAME | Gervais |
| SIGNATURE | GERVAIS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université du Québec en Outaouais |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5695-9358 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A family is an angel”
This article explores how children who have recently immigrated to Québec, Canada, represent the family. Using the child-centered approach, this qualitative study is based on semi-structured interviews with 43 immigrant children aged 6 to 14 years. The results reveal that children represent the family according to the different functions it plays in their lives, that is, to provide them with security, protection and support, and that their defini…
Profil sociodémographique et de santé des femmes québécoises qui choisissent de vivre des grossesses et des accouchements non assistés
Le non-recours au dispositif médical périnatal a rarement été examiné sous le prisme de la volonté intentionnelle de sortir de ce dispositif. Au Québec, nous ne détenons aucune donnée au sujet des femmes qui choisissent de vivre par choix des grossesses sans suivi et⸱ou des accouchements non assistés. Cet article a donc pour objectif de circonscrire, pour une première fois, leurs caractéristiques sociodémographiques et de santé (n=64) afin de les…
« L’avenir dépend de la façon dont nous agissons aujourd’hui »
Objectifs À ce jour, peu d’études documentent les perceptions des changements climatiques chez les jeunes ayant été exposés à un événement météorologique extrême (EME). Dans cette perspective, le présent article vise à mieux comprendre, du point de vue des jeunes eux-mêmes, comment l’expérience d’un tel événement peut transformer le regard qu’ils posent sur les changements climatiques. Méthode Menée en janvier 2023 dans la région de l’Outaouais (…
Safety at the Heart of Well-Being of Migrant-Background Children in Canada
It is just so emotionally and mentally consuming to be a community organizer”
Social justice activism can be an emotional enterprise. While many people become involved due to feelings of anger and frustration about a particular unjust socio-political issue, we contend that these feelings exist in tandem with those of love and care for others (or for a specific community of belonging) and that it is this combination of emotions that helps sustain the desire to work toward positive or transformative social change. We mobiliz…
Family Experience of Detention for Migratory Reasons
In response to growing international migration, several states have adopted controversial measures, including detaining migrants, which have detrimental impacts on migrants' physical, mental and social health. Although family is often at the heart of migratory decisions, few studies have used a family lens to examine this phenomenon. This paper reports on the findings of a qualitative systematic review that aims to describe the experience of migr…
Metaphorical Dialogue
Je m’ennuie beaucoup de mamie et papi ». Impacts des mesures sociosanitaires sur les liens grands-parents et petits-enfants
Cadre de la recherche : La pandémie bouleverse le quotidien des familles depuis plus d’un an. En plus des craintes et des incertitudes liées au virus de la COVID-19, la pandémie a exigé de redéfinir plusieurs routines du quotidien, dont les activités et loisirs, l’accès aux services, le travail, la scolarisation et les relations interpersonnelles. Les enfants, peu susceptibles d’avoir la COVID-19, ont néanmoins vécu les contrecoups des mesures so…
Exploring recent immigrant children’s perceptions of interactions with parents before and after immigration to Canada
Immigration is a major life experience that changes family dynamics and can increase stress and internalizing symptoms in some children. Very few studies have documented these changes using the perspectives of children themselves. This study relied on a convergent mixed-method design (quan + QUAL) and focused on the family representations after immigration of 33 children (6–13 years) who had recently immigrated to Canada. To explore the distincti…
Coping and its association with psychological adjustment
INTRODUCTION: Adolescents with an immigrant background, whether first-generation (born abroad) or second-generation (at least one parent born abroad), face challenges that could compromise their psychological adjustment compared to their third-plus generation peers. Yet, many are developing positively despite the presence of adversity. To understand what contributes to these adolescents' resilience, it can be useful to study the coping strategies…
Children’s views on their migratory journey
Conceptions and Experiences of Paternal Involvement among Quebec Fathers
In Quebec, social changes have reshaped family roles and social expectations for fathers. This article examines Quebec fathers' conceptions of their paternal role and their experience of paternal involvement. Twenty-six fathers (n = 26) participated in five group interviews. Thematic analysis of their discourse shows that their paternal experience is rooted in various conceptions of the paternal role. Many issues are experienced as dualities: the…
Perceived Paternal Involvement, Relationship Satisfaction, Mothers' Mental Health and Parenting Stress
Research has demonstrated the short- and long-term impacts of maternal mental health and well-being on children's emotional and behavioral outcomes. It is thus important to better understand the antecedents of maternal depression and stress. The aim of this study was to determine whether the contribution of perceived paternal involvement to account for mothers' depression and parental stress was mediated by relationship factors such as parenting …
Évaluation du processus d’implantation de l’approche axée sur les forces, en s’appuyant sur la théorie de la diffusion de l’innovation
Most policies in the area of mental health recommend the promotion of evidence-based practices. The strengths-based approach is recognized as a practice that can contribute to the recovery of people with severe mental disorders. However, several studies have raised numerous implementation challenges that limit its scope. An evaluation of the implementation process was conducted with stakeholders who received training on the strengths-based approa…
Parental Perspectives on the Emotional, Relational and Logistical Impacts on Siblings of Youth Who Sexually Offend
This qualitative study explored parents’ perspectives on the collateral consequences of youth sexual offending on siblings through the analysis of interview data among 16 caregivers from 10 Canadian families. Using thematic coding procedures, findings indicated that parents identified a range of safety, emotional and interpersonal impacts on siblings beginning with the criminal justice and child welfare investigations of the sexual offending and …
‘He Wasn’t Falling Apart … We were Falling Apart’ Understanding the Mental Health Impacts on Parents of Youth Who Sexually Offend
Fathers' Perspectives on Their Relationship With Their Infant in the Context of Breastfeeding
Research has demonstrated beneficial effects on children's development of both breastfeeding and fathers' involvement. Evidence has also shown that breastfeeding could influence paternal behaviors. Since there is little data available on paternal representations of breastfeeding and on its effects on paternal involvement, the aim of the present study is to bridge that gap by examining fathers' perceptions of their relationship with their infant i…
Coopérer… même avec le père du bébé
Les pères d’aujourd’hui s’engagent auprès de leur enfant de différentes manières. Le plaisir qu’ils y trouvent aide leurs enfants à grandir. En tant que cliniciens en périnatalité, savons-nous vraiment à quel point cette implication fait une différence pour le bien-être des enfants, des familles, de la société et des pères eux-mêmes ? Comment nos interventions auprès des familles peuvent-elles être plus inclusives des pères ? De quelles manières …
Where fathers fit in Quebec’s perinatal health care services system and what they need
Interrogating and Constructing the 'Authentic' Roman Catholic Church
Based on qualitative interview and questionnaire data among 32 current and former women religious, this article explores the alternative constructions of the church by Canadian women religious and the corresponding practices they have engendered. It reviews the insights of feminist women religious with respect to their understandings and experiences of patriarchal structures and practices within the Roman Catholic Church, their resistance to, and…
Discipline, Resistance, Solace and the Body
This paper examines the corporal forms of discipline and techniques of resistance exercised through and by Catholic women religious (sisters/nuns) in Ontario, Canada. Borrowing from Foucault's conception of controlled activity as a technique for disciplining the body, as well as Cvetkovich's notion of repetitive activity as imbued with possibility for knowledge and hope, this paper demonstrates how Catholic women religious, due to their unique po…
Boys Meet Girls’ Rights
This article describes a qualitative study exploring the effects of community‐based human rights and pro‐equality education on Bolivian adolescent boys. By privileging the boys’ own voices, the study examines how the boys’ sense of solidarity toward others, derived from the citizenship duties and collegiality emphasised in non‐governmental workshops, impacted their commitment to gender equality. Research implications include the importance of edu…
Violence politique, insécurité et résistance
Le présent article s’appuie sur une enquête qualitative qui porte sur les expériences de 48 femmes honduriennes à la suite du coup d’État qui a frappé leur pays le 28 juin 2009. Il souligne en particulier leurs expériences de la répression étatique et de la résistance citoyenne. C’est donc dans le contexte d’une insécurité humaine nourrie par la violence d’État que les circonstances qui ont entouré la vie de ces femmes après le coup d’État seront…
Canadian Women Religious' Negotiation of Feminism and Catholicism
Journal Article Canadian Women Religious' Negotiation of Feminism and Catholicism Get access Christine L. M. Gervais Christine L. M. Gervais * Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa *Direct correspondence to Christine L.M. Gervais, Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa, 120 University Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1N 6N5. Tel: +1 613 562 5800, ext. 8962; Fax: +1 613 562 5304; E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other…
La paternité en contexte migratoire
Pendant la transition à la parentalité, les pères sont confrontés à deux principaux défis, soit le développement de leur identité paternelle et de leur engagement paternel. Pour les pères immigrants, des défis particuliers s’ajoutent en termes de construction de leur identité paternelle, que l’on connaît encore peu. Objectif. Cette comparaison des résultats de deux études qualitatives a pour objectif de décrire l’engagement paternel et le process…
Canadian Women Religious' Negotiation of Feminism and Catholicism
Journal Article Canadian Women Religious' Negotiation of Feminism and Catholicism Get access Christine L. M. Gervais Christine L. M. Gervais * Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa *Direct correspondence to Christine L.M. Gervais, Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa, 120 University Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1N 6N5. Tel: +1 613 562 5800, ext. 8962; Fax: +1 613 562 5304; E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other…
Fathers' Perspectives on Their Relationship With Their Infant in the Context of Breastfeeding
Research has demonstrated beneficial effects on children's development of both breastfeeding and fathers' involvement. Evidence has also shown that breastfeeding could influence paternal behaviors. Since there is little data available on paternal representations of breastfeeding and on its effects on paternal involvement, the aim of the present study is to bridge that gap by examining fathers' perceptions of their relationship with their infant i…
Negotiating (In)Security
Children’s views on their migratory journey
Discipline, Resistance, Solace and the Body
This paper examines the corporal forms of discipline and techniques of resistance exercised through and by Catholic women religious (sisters/nuns) in Ontario, Canada. Borrowing from Foucault's conception of controlled activity as a technique for disciplining the body, as well as Cvetkovich's notion of repetitive activity as imbued with possibility for knowledge and hope, this paper demonstrates how Catholic women religious, due to their unique po…
Safety at the Heart of Well-Being of Migrant-Background Children in Canada
Exploring recent immigrant children’s perceptions of interactions with parents before and after immigration to Canada
Immigration is a major life experience that changes family dynamics and can increase stress and internalizing symptoms in some children. Very few studies have documented these changes using the perspectives of children themselves. This study relied on a convergent mixed-method design (quan + QUAL) and focused on the family representations after immigration of 33 children (6–13 years) who had recently immigrated to Canada. To explore the distincti…
Where fathers fit in Quebec’s perinatal health care services system and what they need
Interrogating and Constructing the 'Authentic' Roman Catholic Church
Based on qualitative interview and questionnaire data among 32 current and former women religious, this article explores the alternative constructions of the church by Canadian women religious and the corresponding practices they have engendered. It reviews the insights of feminist women religious with respect to their understandings and experiences of patriarchal structures and practices within the Roman Catholic Church, their resistance to, and…
On their own and in their own words
In recognition of the profound benefits of children's engagement with their rights, this article presents an experiential account of how Bolivian adolescent indigenous girls discover, articulate, experience, and advocate human rights. This study explores adolescent girls' demonstrations of empowerment, agency, resistance, and solidarity as part of their initiatives within non-governmentally based human rights workshops. By featuring their voices,…
Negotiating (In)Security
La paternité en contexte migratoire
Pendant la transition à la parentalité, les pères sont confrontés à deux principaux défis, soit le développement de leur identité paternelle et de leur engagement paternel. Pour les pères immigrants, des défis particuliers s’ajoutent en termes de construction de leur identité paternelle, que l’on connaît encore peu. Objectif. Cette comparaison des résultats de deux études qualitatives a pour objectif de décrire l’engagement paternel et le process…
On their own and in their own words
In recognition of the profound benefits of children's engagement with their rights, this article presents an experiential account of how Bolivian adolescent indigenous girls discover, articulate, experience, and advocate human rights. This study explores adolescent girls' demonstrations of empowerment, agency, resistance, and solidarity as part of their initiatives within non-governmentally based human rights workshops. By featuring their voices,…
Boys Meet Girls’ Rights
This article describes a qualitative study exploring the effects of community‐based human rights and pro‐equality education on Bolivian adolescent boys. By privileging the boys’ own voices, the study examines how the boys’ sense of solidarity toward others, derived from the citizenship duties and collegiality emphasised in non‐governmental workshops, impacted their commitment to gender equality. Research implications include the importance of edu…
Violence politique, insécurité et résistance
Le présent article s’appuie sur une enquête qualitative qui porte sur les expériences de 48 femmes honduriennes à la suite du coup d’État qui a frappé leur pays le 28 juin 2009. Il souligne en particulier leurs expériences de la répression étatique et de la résistance citoyenne. C’est donc dans le contexte d’une insécurité humaine nourrie par la violence d’État que les circonstances qui ont entouré la vie de ces femmes après le coup d’État seront…
Canadian Women Religious' Negotiation of Feminism and Catholicism
Journal Article Canadian Women Religious' Negotiation of Feminism and Catholicism Get access Christine L. M. Gervais Christine L. M. Gervais * Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa *Direct correspondence to Christine L.M. Gervais, Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa, 120 University Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1N 6N5. Tel: +1 613 562 5800, ext. 8962; Fax: +1 613 562 5304; E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other…
Discipline, Resistance, Solace and the Body
This paper examines the corporal forms of discipline and techniques of resistance exercised through and by Catholic women religious (sisters/nuns) in Ontario, Canada. Borrowing from Foucault's conception of controlled activity as a technique for disciplining the body, as well as Cvetkovich's notion of repetitive activity as imbued with possibility for knowledge and hope, this paper demonstrates how Catholic women religious, due to their unique po…
Where fathers fit in Quebec’s perinatal health care services system and what they need
Interrogating and Constructing the 'Authentic' Roman Catholic Church
Based on qualitative interview and questionnaire data among 32 current and former women religious, this article explores the alternative constructions of the church by Canadian women religious and the corresponding practices they have engendered. It reviews the insights of feminist women religious with respect to their understandings and experiences of patriarchal structures and practices within the Roman Catholic Church, their resistance to, and…
Coopérer… même avec le père du bébé
Les pères d’aujourd’hui s’engagent auprès de leur enfant de différentes manières. Le plaisir qu’ils y trouvent aide leurs enfants à grandir. En tant que cliniciens en périnatalité, savons-nous vraiment à quel point cette implication fait une différence pour le bien-être des enfants, des familles, de la société et des pères eux-mêmes ? Comment nos interventions auprès des familles peuvent-elles être plus inclusives des pères ? De quelles manières …
‘He Wasn’t Falling Apart … We were Falling Apart’ Understanding the Mental Health Impacts on Parents of Youth Who Sexually Offend
Fathers' Perspectives on Their Relationship With Their Infant in the Context of Breastfeeding
Research has demonstrated beneficial effects on children's development of both breastfeeding and fathers' involvement. Evidence has also shown that breastfeeding could influence paternal behaviors. Since there is little data available on paternal representations of breastfeeding and on its effects on paternal involvement, the aim of the present study is to bridge that gap by examining fathers' perceptions of their relationship with their infant i…
Évaluation du processus d’implantation de l’approche axée sur les forces, en s’appuyant sur la théorie de la diffusion de l’innovation
Most policies in the area of mental health recommend the promotion of evidence-based practices. The strengths-based approach is recognized as a practice that can contribute to the recovery of people with severe mental disorders. However, several studies have raised numerous implementation challenges that limit its scope. An evaluation of the implementation process was conducted with stakeholders who received training on the strengths-based approa…
Parental Perspectives on the Emotional, Relational and Logistical Impacts on Siblings of Youth Who Sexually Offend
This qualitative study explored parents’ perspectives on the collateral consequences of youth sexual offending on siblings through the analysis of interview data among 16 caregivers from 10 Canadian families. Using thematic coding procedures, findings indicated that parents identified a range of safety, emotional and interpersonal impacts on siblings beginning with the criminal justice and child welfare investigations of the sexual offending and …
Perceived Paternal Involvement, Relationship Satisfaction, Mothers' Mental Health and Parenting Stress
Research has demonstrated the short- and long-term impacts of maternal mental health and well-being on children's emotional and behavioral outcomes. It is thus important to better understand the antecedents of maternal depression and stress. The aim of this study was to determine whether the contribution of perceived paternal involvement to account for mothers' depression and parental stress was mediated by relationship factors such as parenting …
Children’s views on their migratory journey
Conceptions and Experiences of Paternal Involvement among Quebec Fathers
In Quebec, social changes have reshaped family roles and social expectations for fathers. This article examines Quebec fathers' conceptions of their paternal role and their experience of paternal involvement. Twenty-six fathers (n = 26) participated in five group interviews. Thematic analysis of their discourse shows that their paternal experience is rooted in various conceptions of the paternal role. Many issues are experienced as dualities: the…
Coping and its association with psychological adjustment
INTRODUCTION: Adolescents with an immigrant background, whether first-generation (born abroad) or second-generation (at least one parent born abroad), face challenges that could compromise their psychological adjustment compared to their third-plus generation peers. Yet, many are developing positively despite the presence of adversity. To understand what contributes to these adolescents' resilience, it can be useful to study the coping strategies…
Metaphorical Dialogue
Je m’ennuie beaucoup de mamie et papi ». Impacts des mesures sociosanitaires sur les liens grands-parents et petits-enfants
Cadre de la recherche : La pandémie bouleverse le quotidien des familles depuis plus d’un an. En plus des craintes et des incertitudes liées au virus de la COVID-19, la pandémie a exigé de redéfinir plusieurs routines du quotidien, dont les activités et loisirs, l’accès aux services, le travail, la scolarisation et les relations interpersonnelles. Les enfants, peu susceptibles d’avoir la COVID-19, ont néanmoins vécu les contrecoups des mesures so…
Exploring recent immigrant children’s perceptions of interactions with parents before and after immigration to Canada
Immigration is a major life experience that changes family dynamics and can increase stress and internalizing symptoms in some children. Very few studies have documented these changes using the perspectives of children themselves. This study relied on a convergent mixed-method design (quan + QUAL) and focused on the family representations after immigration of 33 children (6–13 years) who had recently immigrated to Canada. To explore the distincti…
It is just so emotionally and mentally consuming to be a community organizer”
Social justice activism can be an emotional enterprise. While many people become involved due to feelings of anger and frustration about a particular unjust socio-political issue, we contend that these feelings exist in tandem with those of love and care for others (or for a specific community of belonging) and that it is this combination of emotions that helps sustain the desire to work toward positive or transformative social change. We mobiliz…
Family Experience of Detention for Migratory Reasons
In response to growing international migration, several states have adopted controversial measures, including detaining migrants, which have detrimental impacts on migrants' physical, mental and social health. Although family is often at the heart of migratory decisions, few studies have used a family lens to examine this phenomenon. This paper reports on the findings of a qualitative systematic review that aims to describe the experience of migr…
Profil sociodémographique et de santé des femmes québécoises qui choisissent de vivre des grossesses et des accouchements non assistés
Le non-recours au dispositif médical périnatal a rarement été examiné sous le prisme de la volonté intentionnelle de sortir de ce dispositif. Au Québec, nous ne détenons aucune donnée au sujet des femmes qui choisissent de vivre par choix des grossesses sans suivi et⸱ou des accouchements non assistés. Cet article a donc pour objectif de circonscrire, pour une première fois, leurs caractéristiques sociodémographiques et de santé (n=64) afin de les…
« L’avenir dépend de la façon dont nous agissons aujourd’hui »
Objectifs À ce jour, peu d’études documentent les perceptions des changements climatiques chez les jeunes ayant été exposés à un événement météorologique extrême (EME). Dans cette perspective, le présent article vise à mieux comprendre, du point de vue des jeunes eux-mêmes, comment l’expérience d’un tel événement peut transformer le regard qu’ils posent sur les changements climatiques. Méthode Menée en janvier 2023 dans la région de l’Outaouais (…
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