{"id":33129,"date":"2025-08-20T15:04:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T19:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=33129"},"modified":"2025-08-20T15:14:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T19:14:37","slug":"philippe-boucher","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/people\/philippe-boucher\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippe Boucher"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Linkedin&nbsp;: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/philippebouchermsc\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/philippebouchermsc\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ResearchGate: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Philippe-Boucher-2\">https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Philippe-Boucher-2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Philippe is a PhD student in Legal Studies working with Indigenous communities in the field of criminal justice. His research focuses on the experiences of Indigenous Peoples in Canadian criminal courts. He explores how Indigenous legal traditions can contribute to the transformation of criminal justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also acts as a Gladue report writer and justice advisor for Indigenous communities in the development of alternative justice initiatives. He is an instructor in Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al teaching courses concerning Indigenous Peoples and Criminal Justice. He is a Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar 2025. Philippe grew up in Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9bec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indigenous Justice, Criminal Law, Legal Pluralism, Gladue Principles, Healing, Community-Based Research<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Supervisor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jane Dickson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Master\u2019s degree in criminology, Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bachelor&#8217;s degree (major in First Peoples Studies, minor in Sociology), Concordia University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Student exchange in Arctic studies, University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Scholar 2025 \u2013 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation (2025-2028)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (2025-2028)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Doctoral Research Award \u2013 Fonds de recherche du Qu\u00e9bec &#8211; Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 et culture (2023-2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Master Research Scholarships \u2013 Fonds de recherche du Qu\u00e9bec &#8211; Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 et culture (2022-2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Community engagement Scholarship 2022, Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al (2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships \u2013 Master\u2019s program (SSHRC) (2021-2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Teaching Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CRI3001 \u2013 La justice p\u00e9nale et les autochtones (Criminal Justice and Indigenous People) \u2013 Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AUT3002 \u2013 Stage collectif (Indigenous immersive course in Kawawachikamach) \u2013 Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Publication<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boucher, P. (2023). Napeuat tipatshimitishuat: Stories of Indigenous Men on Ending Violence in Conjugal Contexts [Master\u2019s thesis, Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al]. Papyrus.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/1866\/32194\">https:\/\/doi.org\/1866\/32194<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eichler, J., Boucher, P., Katner, M., Medina Sepulveda, F. S., and Albornoz, L. (2025). Decolonising Epistemologies, Pluralising Justice \u2013 Insights from the field of Indigenous Studies. ifa \u2013 Institut f\u00fcr Auslandsbeziehungen. 1\u201322. <a href=\"https:\/\/culturalrelations.ifa.de\/en\/research\/results\/decolonising-epistemologies-pluralising-justice\/\">https:\/\/culturalrelations.ifa.de\/en\/research\/results\/decolonising-epistemologies-pluralising-justice\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vacheret, M., Quirion, B., Boucher, P., Wylde, C., Plourde, C., and Marcoux Rouleau, A. (2022). Culturally Adapted Justice Initiatives for First Nations and Inuit People Involved in the Criminal Justice System in Canada: Some Reflections. Revue internationale de criminologie et de police technique et scientifique, 22(1), 54\u201372.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/osf.io\/cfjd3\/\">https:\/\/osf.io\/cfjd3\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vacheret, M., Kistabish, O., Quirion, B., Plourde, C., Wylde, C., Boucher, P., Boisvert, R. (2024). The Role of Elders in the Social Reintegration of Incarcerated First Nations and Inuit Community Members in Quebec. In B. Lavoie, D. Dabby &amp; D. Koussens (Eds.), The Public Administration of Ethnocultural, Religious, and Indigenous Diversities: Quebec Realities, Canadian Perspectives (pp. 93\u2013108). Presses de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Laval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vacheret, M., Quirion, B., Plourde, C., Wylde, C., and Boucher, P. (2023). The Sociocommunity Reintegration Processes of First Nations and Inuit People Involved in the Criminal Justice System in Quebec: Experiences and Perspectives of Indigenous Community Members. Research report presented to the Minist\u00e8re de la S\u00e9curit\u00e9 publique du Qu\u00e9bec, 120 pages, March 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conferences<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boucher, P. (2025, June). Indigenous Legal Orders and Criminal Law: Transitions in Social Regulation Processes in Canada. Knowledge, Issues, Practices, and Perspectives of Emerging Research in Canadian Studies: 48th Annual International Congress of the French Association for Canadian Studies, Grenoble, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boucher, P. (2025, June). Amplifying Indigenous Voices: Challenges and Opportunities in Teaching Criminal Justice. Craft, Calling, and Community: Canadian Association of Law Teachers \u2013 Association canadienne des professeurs de droit (CALT-ACPD) Conference, Saskatoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boucher, P. (2025, June). How Gladue is Applied? The (Non-)Transformation of Judicial Decision-Making in the Criminal Sentencing Process for Indigenous People. Annual Conference of the Canadian Law and Society Association \u2013 Canadian Law and Society Association (CLSA-ACDS), Saskatoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boucher, P. (2025, May). Gladue and Mental Health: A Jurisprudential Analysis of Cases Involving Indigenous Defendants Deemed Unfit or Not Criminally Responsible. Graduate Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, Ottawa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boucher, P. (2024, June). Breaking Free from Violence and Healing from It: Stories of Indigenous Men Beyond Vulnerabilities. 10th Multidisciplinary Meeting on Indigenous People (EMPI), Sciences Po Law School, Paris, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boucher, P. (2024, May). 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