Jocelyne Praud
- Affiliation: University of Regina
Jocelyne Praud, born and raised in France, holds a doctorate from the University of Toronto. She is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Regina. Her research and writings have primarily dealt with the political representation of women in France, English Canada and Quebec. Ever since she worked in a daycare center in France, she has been keenly interested in comparing different child care systems. Together with Sandrine Dauphin, she is presently revising their book entitled Towards Parity Democracy: Women’s Political Representation in Fifth Republic France to be published by UBC Press. She and her husband have a daughter, Justine and a son, Franz.
Books by Jocelyne Praud
Mothering Canada: Interdisciplinary Voices
La maternité au Canada: voix interdisciplinaires
Edited by Shawna Geissler, Lynn Loutzenhiser, Jocelyne Praud, Leesa Striefler
A multidisciplinary, bilingual anthology of mothering research in Canada that illustrates facets of Canadian mothering through different disciplinary lenses including social sciences, literature, and visual arts. The anthology confirms that issues of mothering are prevalent in the Canadian psyche, and in much need of research, communication, and change. ”A wonderfully rich collection of material on what we know and what we still need to know about mothering. Mothering Canada illustrates… (more information)