Jean-Christophe Boucher
Biographic Data
| ID | 3065283 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jean-Christophe Boucher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jean-Christophe |
| FAMILY NAME | Boucher |
| SIGNATURE | BOUCHER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calgary |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5529-6572 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 63 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mistrusted to Serve? Discrimination in the Military and Its Impact on Public Support
Does discrimination in the military erode institutional trust and reduce public support for defense spending and recruitment? We test this through a survey experiment ( n = 2,442) examining Canadian public reactions to scenarios highlighting the Canadian Armed Forces’ inclusion challenges for First Nations, Métis and Inuit, Francophones, people of colour, LGBTQ2S+, and women. Findings reveal that discrimination scandals significantly erode public…
Transnationalism and Populist Networks in a Digital Era: Canada and the Freedom Convoy
s The growth and success of right-wing populist movements globally has been remarkable since the early 2010s. Indeed, populist parties in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and North America have received tremendous electoral success, shaping a movement for the people and by the people within the political sphere. To what extent do populist movements influence other such programs across national borders? Research has suggested that globalization has fa…
HPV vaccine narratives on Twitter during the Covid-19 pandemic: A social network, thematic, and sentiment analysis
Although we did not observe a difference in narratives or sentiments surrounding the HPV vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic, we observed a decreased focus on the HPV vaccine among vaccine confident groups. As routine vaccine catch-up programs restart, there is a need to invest in health communication online to raise awareness about the benefits and safety of the HPV vaccine
Attitudes, behaviours and barriers to public health measures for Covid-19: A survey to inform public health messaging
These results suggest informational frames and themes focusing on individual risks, highlighting concern for COVID-19 and targeting improving trust for health authorities may be most effective in increasing public health measures. With the ultimate goal of preventing spread of COVID-19, understanding persons' attitudes towards both public health measures and a COVID-19 vaccine remains critical to addressing barriers and implementing targeted inte…
I Am a Tariff Man: The Power of Populist Foreign Policy Rhetoric under President Trump
This article contributes to the emerging literature on populist foreign policy by examining President Trump's ability to dominate and shape public discourse on trade. We develop an ideational approach to populism that focuses on the social network that emerges surrounding a populist leader's discourse. We hypothesize that populist leaders will generate a polarized social network along the elite-versus-people divide instead of the usual partisan b…
Swingback: Getting Along in the World with Harper and Trudeau by Mike Blanchfield
Yearning for a progressive research program in Canadian foreign policy
According to Imre Lakatos, progressive research programs are centred on the notion of an empirical knowledge foundation where new theories and methods lead to novel factual discoveries. Only through advanced but diverse methodologically sound strategies can one hope for a "better" understanding of events. With Lakatosian analysis in mind, this paper examines the state of Canadian foreign policy scholarship. The author has collected 531 peer-revie…
The Cost of Bandwagoning: Canada-US Defence and Security Relations after 9/11
the morning of n September 2001, the temptation to interpret the attacks as a hallmark of our individual and collective lives, to infuse the events with transformational properties, has been ever present. An Ekos poll published on 27 September 2001 showed that 77 percent of Canadians believed that their lives would be deeply and permanently changed by these terrorist attacks.1 David Bercuson rightly noted that, [as] with all such sweeping general…
Hijacking a Policy? Assessing Quebec's “Undue” Influence on Canada's Afghan Policy
This article attempts to counter the conventional wisdom surrounding Quebec's “undue” influence on Canada's international security policy. Focusing on the war in Afghanistan, it argues that this influence is substantially exaggerated and that if Quebec's distinct attitudes have had an influence on Canada's Afghan policy, they have actually contributed to strengthening rather than hampering its legitimacy. The article is divided into three parts. …
Evaluating the “Trenton Effect”: Canadian Public Opinion and Military Casualties in Afghanistan (2006–2010)
Is the public perception of Canadians influenced by military losses in Afghanistan? Many commentators, academics, and members of the media have taken for granted that growing popular discontent toward Canada's involvement in Afghanistan has been influenced by the human costs of military operations. However, without an empirical examination of the question, such a claim remains assumed. This article assesses the influence of Canada's military casu…
Selling Afghanistan: A Discourse Analysis of Canada's Military Intervention, 2001-08
Since 2001, Canada's successive federal governments have gone to great pains to explain the military intervention in Afghanistan to Canadians. In spite of these attempts, communicating with the public about Canada's involvement in Afghanistan has been a challenge for political leaders. Many commentators have been critical of the Canadian government's communication strategy and have alleged that disapproval for the mission was greatly influenced b…
The Myth of the Pacific Society: Quebec's Contemporary Strategic Culture
Introduction One of most enshrined notions in Canadian foreign policy is that French-speaking Quebecois have a different attitude toward many issues than other Canadians, resulting in a national division that has come to be known as 'the two solitudes. This attitudinal difference is said to be particularly striking on defense and security policy issues. Historian J. L. Granatstein calls phenomenon the (2)--a phenomenon labeled by Jean-Sebastien R…
I Am a Tariff Man: The Power of Populist Foreign Policy Rhetoric under President Trump
This article contributes to the emerging literature on populist foreign policy by examining President Trump's ability to dominate and shape public discourse on trade. We develop an ideational approach to populism that focuses on the social network that emerges surrounding a populist leader's discourse. We hypothesize that populist leaders will generate a polarized social network along the elite-versus-people divide instead of the usual partisan b…
Selling Afghanistan: A Discourse Analysis of Canada's Military Intervention, 2001-08
Since 2001, Canada's successive federal governments have gone to great pains to explain the military intervention in Afghanistan to Canadians. In spite of these attempts, communicating with the public about Canada's involvement in Afghanistan has been a challenge for political leaders. Many commentators have been critical of the Canadian government's communication strategy and have alleged that disapproval for the mission was greatly influenced b…
Yearning for a progressive research program in Canadian foreign policy
According to Imre Lakatos, progressive research programs are centred on the notion of an empirical knowledge foundation where new theories and methods lead to novel factual discoveries. Only through advanced but diverse methodologically sound strategies can one hope for a "better" understanding of events. With Lakatosian analysis in mind, this paper examines the state of Canadian foreign policy scholarship. The author has collected 531 peer-revie…
The Cost of Bandwagoning: Canada-US Defence and Security Relations after 9/11
the morning of n September 2001, the temptation to interpret the attacks as a hallmark of our individual and collective lives, to infuse the events with transformational properties, has been ever present. An Ekos poll published on 27 September 2001 showed that 77 percent of Canadians believed that their lives would be deeply and permanently changed by these terrorist attacks.1 David Bercuson rightly noted that, [as] with all such sweeping general…
The Myth of the Pacific Society: Quebec's Contemporary Strategic Culture
Introduction One of most enshrined notions in Canadian foreign policy is that French-speaking Quebecois have a different attitude toward many issues than other Canadians, resulting in a national division that has come to be known as 'the two solitudes. This attitudinal difference is said to be particularly striking on defense and security policy issues. Historian J. L. Granatstein calls phenomenon the (2)--a phenomenon labeled by Jean-Sebastien R…
Selling Afghanistan: A Discourse Analysis of Canada's Military Intervention, 2001-08
Since 2001, Canada's successive federal governments have gone to great pains to explain the military intervention in Afghanistan to Canadians. In spite of these attempts, communicating with the public about Canada's involvement in Afghanistan has been a challenge for political leaders. Many commentators have been critical of the Canadian government's communication strategy and have alleged that disapproval for the mission was greatly influenced b…
Hijacking a Policy? Assessing Quebec's “Undue” Influence on Canada's Afghan Policy
This article attempts to counter the conventional wisdom surrounding Quebec's “undue” influence on Canada's international security policy. Focusing on the war in Afghanistan, it argues that this influence is substantially exaggerated and that if Quebec's distinct attitudes have had an influence on Canada's Afghan policy, they have actually contributed to strengthening rather than hampering its legitimacy. The article is divided into three parts. …
Evaluating the “Trenton Effect”: Canadian Public Opinion and Military Casualties in Afghanistan (2006–2010)
Is the public perception of Canadians influenced by military losses in Afghanistan? Many commentators, academics, and members of the media have taken for granted that growing popular discontent toward Canada's involvement in Afghanistan has been influenced by the human costs of military operations. However, without an empirical examination of the question, such a claim remains assumed. This article assesses the influence of Canada's military casu…
The Cost of Bandwagoning: Canada-US Defence and Security Relations after 9/11
the morning of n September 2001, the temptation to interpret the attacks as a hallmark of our individual and collective lives, to infuse the events with transformational properties, has been ever present. An Ekos poll published on 27 September 2001 showed that 77 percent of Canadians believed that their lives would be deeply and permanently changed by these terrorist attacks.1 David Bercuson rightly noted that, [as] with all such sweeping general…
Yearning for a progressive research program in Canadian foreign policy
According to Imre Lakatos, progressive research programs are centred on the notion of an empirical knowledge foundation where new theories and methods lead to novel factual discoveries. Only through advanced but diverse methodologically sound strategies can one hope for a "better" understanding of events. With Lakatosian analysis in mind, this paper examines the state of Canadian foreign policy scholarship. The author has collected 531 peer-revie…
Swingback: Getting Along in the World with Harper and Trudeau by Mike Blanchfield
I Am a Tariff Man: The Power of Populist Foreign Policy Rhetoric under President Trump
This article contributes to the emerging literature on populist foreign policy by examining President Trump's ability to dominate and shape public discourse on trade. We develop an ideational approach to populism that focuses on the social network that emerges surrounding a populist leader's discourse. We hypothesize that populist leaders will generate a polarized social network along the elite-versus-people divide instead of the usual partisan b…
Attitudes, behaviours and barriers to public health measures for Covid-19: A survey to inform public health messaging
These results suggest informational frames and themes focusing on individual risks, highlighting concern for COVID-19 and targeting improving trust for health authorities may be most effective in increasing public health measures. With the ultimate goal of preventing spread of COVID-19, understanding persons' attitudes towards both public health measures and a COVID-19 vaccine remains critical to addressing barriers and implementing targeted inte…
HPV vaccine narratives on Twitter during the Covid-19 pandemic: A social network, thematic, and sentiment analysis
Although we did not observe a difference in narratives or sentiments surrounding the HPV vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic, we observed a decreased focus on the HPV vaccine among vaccine confident groups. As routine vaccine catch-up programs restart, there is a need to invest in health communication online to raise awareness about the benefits and safety of the HPV vaccine
Transnationalism and Populist Networks in a Digital Era: Canada and the Freedom Convoy
s The growth and success of right-wing populist movements globally has been remarkable since the early 2010s. Indeed, populist parties in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and North America have received tremendous electoral success, shaping a movement for the people and by the people within the political sphere. To what extent do populist movements influence other such programs across national borders? Research has suggested that globalization has fa…
Mistrusted to Serve? Discrimination in the Military and Its Impact on Public Support
Does discrimination in the military erode institutional trust and reduce public support for defense spending and recruitment? We test this through a survey experiment ( n = 2,442) examining Canadian public reactions to scenarios highlighting the Canadian Armed Forces’ inclusion challenges for First Nations, Métis and Inuit, Francophones, people of colour, LGBTQ2S+, and women. Findings reveal that discrimination scandals significantly erode public…
Political science (10 works) · Law (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Politics (7 works) · Canadian Policy and Governance (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Political economy (5 works) · Public Administration (5 works) · Foreign policy (4 works) · Military and Defense Studies (3 works)