About Me

Nicole Nolette is an Associate Professor in French Studies at the University of Waterloo. She is also the Canada Research Chair in Minority Studies and a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada. Between 2018 and 2023, she was president of the Société québécoise d’études théâtrales. Since 2021, she has been the Co-Editor of the journal Theatre Research in Canada/Recherches théâtrales au Canada and General Co-Director of the partnership Staging Better Futures/Mettre en scène de meilleurs avenirs.

Ses recherches portent sur les minorités francophones du Canada, le théâtre, la traduction et les humanités publiques et numériques. Her research interests are French-language minority communities in Canada, theatre, translation, and digital public humanities. Her first book, Jouer la traduction. Théâtre et hétérolinguisme au Canada francophone, was awarded the Ann Saddlemyer Award from the Canadian Association for Theatre Research in 2016 and the Award for best book in theatre studies (2014-2016) from the de Société québécoise d’études théâtrales. Her second book Traverser Toronto. Récits urbains et culture matérielle de la traduction théâtrale was published in 2024.

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