K Geoffrion
Biographic Data
| ID | 71254 |
|---|---|
| NAME | K Geoffrion |
| GIVEN NAMES | K |
| FAMILY NAME | Geoffrion |
| SIGNATURE | GEOFFRION K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université Laval |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8153-4538 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
One Step Ahead of the Canadian Immigration System: Bureaucratic Chaos and the Development of Migrant Experts Online
Getting access to the right information to complete their immigration file, follow-up on their application or appeal a decision is crucial for immigration applicants. However, the Canadian immigration bureaucracy is known for its inefficiency, complexity, and opacity. Applicants often turn to online discussion forums to guide them through the process. Based on interviews with twelve immigrants to Canada and ethnographic observations in four onlin…
She is so Pretty, Look at her Hair’: Perspectives on the Racialisation of Mixed- Race Persons in Ghana
This article interrogates the processes of the racialisation of hair and skin colour of ‘mixed-race’ Ghanaians in the specific context of Ghana. The article draws on the findings of a larger qualitative multisite study that explored the lived experiences and identity construction of Ghanaian mixed-race persons living in Ghana and Canada, Informed by race and racialisation theories, the article argues that hair politics cannot be discussed without…
Do not disturb: Patience, social control and good citizenship in the Canadian family reunification process
This paper focuses on the Canadian spousal reunification process and its specific bureaucratic temporality, in relation to citizenship and mechanisms of social control. Based on ethnographic research in a Facebook support group of Canadian women married to a non-Canadian man, I examine the role of online communities in reinforcing compliance to immigration slow temporalities at the expense of group members’ urgent love temporalities. Spousal reun…
La diversité de genre s'invite au Musée de la civilisation de Québec (note de recherche)
Les musées ont un rôle important à jouer dans la diffusion et la légitimation de représentations de la diversité sociale auprès d'un large public bien souvent néophyte, ce qui contribue à structurer les rapports qu'entretient la population majoritaire avec des populations souvent minorisées. Cette note de recherche porte sur le processus d'élaboration d'une exposition sur la diversité de genre au Musée de la civilisation de Québec débuté en 2021,…
Diversité de genre: Saisir l’évolutivité des catégories et des normes
Doing family online: (In)formal knowledge circulation, information‐seeking practices, and support communities
Ghanaian first’: Nationality, Race and the Slippery Side of Belonging for Mixed-Race Ghanaians
This article explores the multifaceted ways in which race impacts on processes of identification with the Ghanaian nation for mixed-race Ghanaians. Using a constructionist approach to identity, which highlights the agency of actors, the article underscores the shifting and racialising nature of national identity in transnational contexts. The article argues that whether they were born and raised in Ghana or they grew up in a Western country, mixe…
Mariage non authentique’: Femmes canadiennes en couple binational face à la discrimination administrative
Cet article examine l’expérience vécue du processus de réunification conjugale au Canada du point de vue de femmes canadiennes en couple binational. Il explore comment les difficultés administratives auxquelles ces femmes se heurtent, principalement par rapport à la question de l’authenticité de leur mariage, contribuent à la mise en œuvre de stratégies de résistance, ainsi qu’à la (re)production du concept d’authenticité conjugale. La constructi…
Researching non-heterosexual sexualities
Ghanaian youth and festive transvestism
Festive transvestism' is an increasingly visible cross-dressing practice performed by young people in the Southern parts of contemporary Ghana. Based on participant observation in four cross-dressing events, 15 individual interviews and a focus-group discussion, festive cross-dressing is understood as a contemporary ritual that mainly serves the purpose of reinforcing and reproducing gender binaries as well as heteronormativity in Ghanaian societ…
Mariage non authentique’: Femmes canadiennes en couple binational face à la discrimination administrative
Cet article examine l’expérience vécue du processus de réunification conjugale au Canada du point de vue de femmes canadiennes en couple binational. Il explore comment les difficultés administratives auxquelles ces femmes se heurtent, principalement par rapport à la question de l’authenticité de leur mariage, contribuent à la mise en œuvre de stratégies de résistance, ainsi qu’à la (re)production du concept d’authenticité conjugale. La constructi…
Do not disturb: Patience, social control and good citizenship in the Canadian family reunification process
This paper focuses on the Canadian spousal reunification process and its specific bureaucratic temporality, in relation to citizenship and mechanisms of social control. Based on ethnographic research in a Facebook support group of Canadian women married to a non-Canadian man, I examine the role of online communities in reinforcing compliance to immigration slow temporalities at the expense of group members’ urgent love temporalities. Spousal reun…
Diversité de genre: Saisir l’évolutivité des catégories et des normes
One Step Ahead of the Canadian Immigration System: Bureaucratic Chaos and the Development of Migrant Experts Online
Getting access to the right information to complete their immigration file, follow-up on their application or appeal a decision is crucial for immigration applicants. However, the Canadian immigration bureaucracy is known for its inefficiency, complexity, and opacity. Applicants often turn to online discussion forums to guide them through the process. Based on interviews with twelve immigrants to Canada and ethnographic observations in four onlin…
Ghanaian youth and festive transvestism
Festive transvestism' is an increasingly visible cross-dressing practice performed by young people in the Southern parts of contemporary Ghana. Based on participant observation in four cross-dressing events, 15 individual interviews and a focus-group discussion, festive cross-dressing is understood as a contemporary ritual that mainly serves the purpose of reinforcing and reproducing gender binaries as well as heteronormativity in Ghanaian societ…
Researching non-heterosexual sexualities
Mariage non authentique’: Femmes canadiennes en couple binational face à la discrimination administrative
Cet article examine l’expérience vécue du processus de réunification conjugale au Canada du point de vue de femmes canadiennes en couple binational. Il explore comment les difficultés administratives auxquelles ces femmes se heurtent, principalement par rapport à la question de l’authenticité de leur mariage, contribuent à la mise en œuvre de stratégies de résistance, ainsi qu’à la (re)production du concept d’authenticité conjugale. La constructi…
Doing family online: (In)formal knowledge circulation, information‐seeking practices, and support communities
Ghanaian first’: Nationality, Race and the Slippery Side of Belonging for Mixed-Race Ghanaians
This article explores the multifaceted ways in which race impacts on processes of identification with the Ghanaian nation for mixed-race Ghanaians. Using a constructionist approach to identity, which highlights the agency of actors, the article underscores the shifting and racialising nature of national identity in transnational contexts. The article argues that whether they were born and raised in Ghana or they grew up in a Western country, mixe…
She is so Pretty, Look at her Hair’: Perspectives on the Racialisation of Mixed- Race Persons in Ghana
This article interrogates the processes of the racialisation of hair and skin colour of ‘mixed-race’ Ghanaians in the specific context of Ghana. The article draws on the findings of a larger qualitative multisite study that explored the lived experiences and identity construction of Ghanaian mixed-race persons living in Ghana and Canada, Informed by race and racialisation theories, the article argues that hair politics cannot be discussed without…
Do not disturb: Patience, social control and good citizenship in the Canadian family reunification process
This paper focuses on the Canadian spousal reunification process and its specific bureaucratic temporality, in relation to citizenship and mechanisms of social control. Based on ethnographic research in a Facebook support group of Canadian women married to a non-Canadian man, I examine the role of online communities in reinforcing compliance to immigration slow temporalities at the expense of group members’ urgent love temporalities. Spousal reun…
La diversité de genre s'invite au Musée de la civilisation de Québec (note de recherche)
Les musées ont un rôle important à jouer dans la diffusion et la légitimation de représentations de la diversité sociale auprès d'un large public bien souvent néophyte, ce qui contribue à structurer les rapports qu'entretient la population majoritaire avec des populations souvent minorisées. Cette note de recherche porte sur le processus d'élaboration d'une exposition sur la diversité de genre au Musée de la civilisation de Québec débuté en 2021,…
Diversité de genre: Saisir l’évolutivité des catégories et des normes
One Step Ahead of the Canadian Immigration System: Bureaucratic Chaos and the Development of Migrant Experts Online
Getting access to the right information to complete their immigration file, follow-up on their application or appeal a decision is crucial for immigration applicants. However, the Canadian immigration bureaucracy is known for its inefficiency, complexity, and opacity. Applicants often turn to online discussion forums to guide them through the process. Based on interviews with twelve immigrants to Canada and ethnographic observations in four onlin…
Sociology (9 works) · Political science (7 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Immigration (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Art (2 works)