
Dominique Scheffel-Dunand has a Ph.D. in Linguistics
from Lyon (France) and is a LLM candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School
in Toronto. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of French
Studies at York University. Her fields of research in linguistics
are Language Ecology (Relationship between language, landscape and
worldviews); Discourse and Conversation analysis; Pragmatics and
Cross-cultural communication; Second language acquisition and Computer-supported
cooperative work (CSCW). Other areas of study
include semiotics and the important role of voice in public speeches:
radio and television broadcasting, business communication, adverising,
political and legal discourse.
Her current work in Law is related to the laws of media and freedom
of expression. Her research aims at assessing the impact of media
on cultural and language policies in political environments of cultural
diversity. Her research entails the development of an interactive
database of the written and unwritten constitution in Canada on
language rights. The study will offer a real time visualization
of discourse on the politics of the canadian model in constitutional
theory. She is conducting her studies in legal discourses and sociolinguistics
as a Research Associate at CURL
(Collaborative Urban Research Laboratory at Osgoode Hall Law School)
and as a Research Associate at the
Centre for Research on Language Contact (Glendon College, York
University)
At the University of Toronto she is currently the Director of
the McLuhan Program in
Culture and Technology and has been involved for more than ten
years in the Knowledge Media
Design Institute as a member of the Steering Committee and
since 2007 as a Research Fellow.
She is a consultant in North America and Europe in cross-cultural
communication and knowledge management. Consulting work, research
and managerial positions at the University of Toronto and York University
in Canada engaged her in exploring the nature and dynamics of human
and non-human communication and the various media and technologies
that enhance the understanding of information practice and knowledge
building. She believes that only this understanding will lead to
the recognition of the possibilities afforded by new configurations
of perception.
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