Mireille Paquet, PhD

Education

PhD (Université de Montreal)
I am a political scientist and an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Concordia University, where I hold the University Research Chair in Immigration Policies.

My work focuses on comparative immigration policies, examining the role of bureaucracies in shaping immigration policies, the evolution of attitudes toward specific immigration programs, and political debates surrounding the use of technology in the immigration sector. As a public policy specialist, my research has primarily concentrated on Canada in a comparative context, including Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

My research has been featured in leading political science journals, and I received the 2018 Best Book in French Award from the Canadian Political Science Association. I am a member of the College of the Royal Society of Canada and participate in numerous policy forums in Canada and abroad.

As the Director of the Concordia University Institute for Research on Migration and Society (IRMS), I lead various projects under the CFREF research program Bridging Divides: Immigrant Integration in the 21st Century. As a member of the Équipe de recherche sur l’immigration au Québec et ailleurs (ERIQA) and the Immigration Research Initiative (IRI), I contribute to numerous inter-institutional and multidisciplinary teams. I also serve as co-director of the Réseau de recherche sur l’immigration, l’intégration et les relations interculturelles au Québec (RQ3I), which aims to connect academic research with public policy in Quebec.

I am interested in supervising graduate students and honors theses in the following areas: immigration policies and politics, theories of immigration and integration, media and politics, as well as policy development and implementation.

Je parle français et suis heureuse de superviser des étudiantes et étudiants souhaitant travailler dans cette langue.

Research interests

Immigration politics, immigration policies, public policy and public administration, federalism, Canadian and Quebec politics.

Other faculty and professional positions

Équipe de recherche sur l'immigration dans le Québec Actuel (ÉRIQA)
Centre de recherche sur interdisciplinaire sur la diversité et la démocratie (CRIDAQ)
Building Migrant Resilience in Cities (BMRC)/  Immigration et résilience en milieu urbain (IRMU)
Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion
Centre de recherches interdisciplinaires en études montréalaises (CRIEM)
Institut Convergences Migration

Books

Paquet, Mireille, ed. 2022. Editor. L’immigration dans le Québec actuel. Montréal : Presses de l’Université de Montréal.

Paquet, Mireille. 2019. Province Building and the Federalization of Immigration in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Paquet, Mireille, Nora Nagels, and Aude-Claire Fourot, eds. 2018. Citizenship as a Regime: Canadian and International Perspectives. Montréal: McGill-Queen’s University Press.

Paquet, Mireille. 2016. La fédéralisation de l’immigration au Canada. Montréal: Presses de l’Université de Montréal.

Articles

Mazot-Oudin, Antoine, Chedly Belkhodja, and Mireille Paquet. 2024. «Rejeter la France en immigrant au Québec ? Portrait de l'immigration de Français racisés». Hommes & Migrations, 1344: 89-97.

Paquet, Mireille, Adèle Garnier, Luna Vives, and Élora Ladouceur-Bussière. 2023. "Canada’s permanent residence policy for refugee claimants working in the healthcare sector during the pandemic: A crisis-led policy innovation". Migration Policy Practice, 12(2): 61-66.

Tomkinson, Sule, Mireille Paquet, and Laurence Robert. 2023. "The immigrant versus the state: The marginal contribution of tribunal judges to administrative justice". International Journal of Law in Context, 19(4): 559-577.

Paquet, Mireille, and Andrea Lawlor. 2022. "Numbers and Images: Representations of Immigration and Public Attitudes about Immigration in Canada". Canadian Journal of Political Science, 55(4): 827-851.

Paquet, Mireille, and Meghan Joy. 2022. "Canadian Sanctuary Policies in Context". Canadian Public Administration, 65(4): 629-646. DOI: 10.1111/capa.12485.

Lawlor, Andrea, and Mireille Paquet. 2021."Deservingness in context: perspectives toward refugees and asylum seekers in Canada". Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 48(15). DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2021.1994376.

Paquet, Mireille. 2021. "Researching, Monitoring, and Managing: Immigration Policy Work in Canada". American Review of Canadian Studies, 51(1): 62-77.

Tolley, Erin, and Mireille Paquet. 2021. "Gender, municipal party politics, and Montreal’s first woman mayor". Canadian Journal of Urban Research, 30(1): 40-52.

Lecours, André, Daniel Béland, Alan Fenna, Tracy Beck Fenwick, Mireille Paquet, Philip Rocco, and Alex Waddan. 2021. "Explaining Intergovernmental Conflict in the COVID-19 Crisis: The United States, Canada, and Australia". Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 51(4): 513–536. DOI: 10.1093/publius/pjab010

Paquet, Mireille. 2020. "Immigration, Bureaucracies and Policy Formulation: The Case of Quebec". International Migration, 58(1): 166-181.

Paquet, Mireille, and Catherine Xhardez. 2020. "Immigrant integration policies when regions decide ‘who comes in’: the case of Canadian provinces". Regional Studies, 54(11): 1519–1534. DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2020.1808881.

Xhardez, Catherine, and Mireille Paquet. 2021. "Beyond the Usual Suspects and Towards Politicisation: Immigration in Quebec’s Party Manifestos, 1991–2018". Journal of International Migration and Integration, 22: 673–690. DOI: 10.1007/s12134-020-00764-3.

Paquet, Mireille, and Robert Schertzer. 2020. "COVID-19 as a Complex Intergovernmental Problem". Canadian Journal of Political Science, 53(2): 343-347.

Paquet, Mireille. 2020. «La sélection efficace des immigrants : paradigme de la mobilité et légitimité de l’État québécois». Diversité urbaine, 20(1). DOI: 10.7202/1068222ar.

Lecours, André, Mireille Paquet, and Trevor Tombe. 2020. "A Critical Juncture in Fiscal Federalism? Canada’s Response to COVID-19". Canadian Journal of Political Science, 53(2): 239-243.

Hamidi, Camille, and Mireille Paquet. 2019. «Redessiner les contours de l’État : la mise en œuvre des politiques migratoires». Lien social et politiques. DOI: 10.7202/1066082ar.

Paquet, Mireille, and Lindsay Larios. 2018. "Venue Shopping and Legitimacy: Making sense of Harper’s Immigration Record". Canadian Journal of Political Science, 51(4): 817-836.

Paquet, Mireille. 2017. «Aux États-Unis, des villes sanctuaires». Plein droit, 115: 11-14.

Paquet, Mireille. 2017. "Wicked problem definition and gradual institutional change: federalism and immigration in Canada and Australia". Policy and Society, 36(3): 446-463.

Paquet, Mireille, and Jörg Broscheck. 2017. "This Is Not a Turn: Canadian Political Science and Social Mechanisms". Canadian Journal of Political Science, 50(1): 295-310.

Paquet, Mireille. 2015. "Bureaucrats as Immigration Policy-makers: The Case of Subnational Immigration Activism in Canada, 1990–2010". Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 41(11): 1815-1835.

Paquet, Mireille. 2014. "La construction provinciale comme mécanisme : le cas de l’immigration au Manitoba". Politique et sociétés, 33(3): 101-103.

Paquet, Mireille. 2014. "The Federalization of Immigration and Integration in Canada". Canadian Journal of Political Science, 47(3): 519-548.

Paquet, Mireille. 2014. "Bringing the Bureaucrats Back In". Newsletter of the American Political Science Association Organized Section on Migration and Citizenship, 2(1): 53-57.

Paquet, Mireille. 2012. "Beyond Appearances: Citizenship Tests in Canada and the UK". Journal of International Migration and Integration, 13(2): 243-260.

Special Issues

Béland, Daniel, Patrik Marier, and Mireille Paquet. 2024. Comparative Policy Analysis at the Subnational Level. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, 26(6). https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcpa20/26/6

Paquet, Mireille. 2020. A New Politics? Symposium on Dauvergne’s The New Politics and the End of Settler Societies. International Migration, 58(6).  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14682435/2020/58/6 

Hamidi, Camille, and Mireille Paquet. 2019. Redessiner les contours de l’État : la mise en oeuvre des politiques migratoires. Lien Social et Politique, 83. https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/lsp/2019-n83-lsp04994/

For a complete list of publications, visit : https://mireillepaquet.net/

POLI 328     Public Policy and Politics of Equality

POLI 341     Provincial and Territorial Politics

POLI 352     Principles of Public Policies

POLI 489G   Immigration, Integration and the State

POLI 636     Theories of Public Policy and Public Administration

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