Jean Michel Montsion
Director of the Robarts Centre
Jean Michel Montsion is a professor in the Department of Global and Social Sciences at Glendon College. In July 2021, he became director of the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies. Jean Michel's research focuses on on gateway cities and the local impacts of international and transnational realities like the transport of goods and student migration. Jean Michel Montsion was Acting Director of the Robarts Centre in 2018-19 and Deputy Director in 2019-20.
Email: montsion@yorku.ca
Carolyn Podruchny
Deputy Director of the Robarts Centre
Carolyn Podruchny is a University Professor in the Department of History.
Mission Statement: My professional and personal goal is to champion Indigenous sovereignty and resistance, make sense of Canada鈥檚 colonial past, and to support reconciliation by exploring the history of encounters and relationships.
Research Interests: Indigenous peoples in northern North America before 1900; French colonialism in early North America; Metis and fur trade history; Anishinaabe history; oral history; ethnohistory; linguistic history and history of the book; cultural history including masculinity, labour, ethnicity, and constructions of identity
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Email: carolynp@yorku.ca
Laura Taman
Coordinator
Laura Taman joined the Robarts Centre as Coordinator in May 2000. She holds an MA from 快播视频鈥檚 Graduate Program in Women's Studies where her research focused on women and public policy. Laura is responsible for administration, research and development support in a wide range of research activities at the Robarts Centre, including project design and administration, assistance to researchers, and facilitating the work of Robarts Centre staff, York faculty, visiting researchers and others engaged in work on the Centre鈥檚 initiatives. A member of the York community for many years, Laura has served as: a teacher at the 快播视频 Cooperative Day Care; a research assistant at the Office of the Master, Atkinson College; staff at Reception and Course Registration in the Division of Continuing Education (Atkinson College); and Executive Officer of the Atkinson Student's Association.
Email: llt@yorku.ca
Misba Chowdhary
Research Communications and Programs Assistant
Misba Chowdhary (she/her) holds an MA in Human Geography from 快播视频. Her research explores the intersections of natural disasters, religion, caste based violence, and rapid urbanization, particularly examining the rise of India's middle class and their perceptions of natural disasters and social violence through the lens of memory making. Her duties revolve around supporting the media and knowledge mobilization needs of the Robarts Centre.聽
Email: misbac@yorku.ca