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Core Group:Summary Biographies
DUFRESNE, Lucie-Mai (Ph.D.)
Email: lucieduf@interc.ca
Dr. DuFresne received her B.A. in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC), and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Ottawa (ON). Her Master's thesis, The Salish Sxwaixwe in historic Salish society (1996), deals with the Salish culture of British Columbia, and was built on her research and work experience in British Columbia.
Anthropologist and Sessional Professor at the University of Ottawa and Visiting Lecturer at other institutions, Dr. DuFresne (Métis) brings considerable knowledge and research experience on First Nations topics. At the University of Ottawa, she teaches in both the Department of Classics and Religious Studies and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. From 2000 to 2004, Dr. DuFresne served as a member of the Ad Hoc Planning Committee for the Native Studies Program (BA).
Dr. DuFresne is an experienced archivist and museologist, with a wide range of interests and specialties. Her current project on the history of lace in Canada is built on her knowledge of religious orders, women's participation in th French Canadian, Métis and Aboriginal economies, and the religious history of Quebec and Ontario.
One of InterCulture's founding members, Dr. DuFresne brings to InterCulture a wide-range of expertise from research to museology to organizational and editorial skills. Her interests are equally wide-ranging from historical to anthropological to women's issues and women's contributions to Canadian society, to new religious movements in Canada, to dance, and First Nations cultures.
GASTON, Anne-Marie (Ph.D.)
Email: gaston@cyberus.ca
Dr. Gaston received her D. Phil. and M.Litt. from Oxford University (UK). All of her classical Indian dance training has been in India over many years with celebrated hereditary masters.
Dr. Gaston received her M.Litt. and D. Phil. from Oxford University (UK), and has spent a lifetime researching the artistic traditions of India. She continues to conduct research of artistic and archaeological signficance, and has visited most of the major artistic sites in India from the Hindu, Jain, Buddhist and Islamic traditions, as well as many of the important artistic sites and museums in other parts of Asia.
Both an academic and internationally recognized dancer in several styles of South Asian dance styles (Bharata Natyam, Odissi, Kuchipudi, Kathakali and SeraikellaChhau, Dr. Gaston has performed, under the stage name, Anjali, throughout India, UK, France, Greece, Mexico, USA and across Canada. She was a member of the Canadian Cultural Delegation for the Olympics in Mexico, and performed for Pierre Trudeau and Mrs. Indira Gandhi during her official visit to Canada.
Dr. Gaston continues to conduct artistic research at most of the major Hindu, Buddhist and Jain archaeological sites in India and in other parts of Asia. An elected fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, she is also a photographer / videographer, and the artistic director of Cultural Horizons / Anjali Dance.
Dr. Gaston brings to InterCulture her expertise on traditional performing arts, rituals and associated arts, and the impact of social change.