Lorraine O’Donnell, PhD

Lorraine O’Donnell has a Ph.D. in History (McGill), a Master's in History (York), and a Graduate Diploma in Community Economic Development (Concordia). At Concordia University, she serves as an Affiliate Professor at the School of Community and Public Affairs and as a Research Associate at the Quebec English-Speaking Communities Research Network (QUESCREN), which she founded and led for 18 years. Before that, she worked as archivist, researcher, teacher, and public historian.

Lorraine's research focus is Quebec’s English-speaking communities. Her Master’s degree major research paper was on the 1937 polio epidemic in Toronto.