INVITED GUEST: Richard Bourhis, Professor Emeritus, Université du Québec à Montréal

Richard Y. Bourhis obtained a BSc in Psychology at McGill University, and a Ph.D. in Social Psychology at the University of Bristol, England (1977). He was Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at McMaster University and was full professor in the Psychology Department of the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) where he was elected Emeritus professor in 2017. Richard published several books and 200 journal articles and chapters on bilingual communication, immigrant/host community acculturation, discrimination and intergroup relations, language policies in multilingual settings. Richard was elected Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association, Fellow of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, and Fellow of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology (SESP). In 2008, he received an award for outstanding research on Bilingualism from the International Association of Language and Social Psychology, and an award of distinction from the Canadian Race Relations Foundation. He received a doctorate ‘Honoris causa’ from Université de Lorraine, France, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in Quebec and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2012. He received the Gold Medal Award of the Canadian Psychological Association in 2019 for his lifetime contribution to Canadian Psychology.REFERENCING FOR CITATION PURPOSES: Zanazanian, P. (Host) & Bourhis, R. (Guest). (2026, June) How history lives within us: Professor Emeritus Richard Bourhis from the Université du Québec à Montréal talks history. History in the Now Conversations ⁠https://historyinthenow.com/podcast/⁠*This podcast, History in the Now Conversations, emerges from my research which can be found in my book: Zanazanian, P. (2025) Historical Consciousness and Practical Life: A Theory and Methodology. University of Toronto Press. For more information, visit: ⁠⁠https://historyinthenow.com/book-historical-consciousness-practical-life/⁠⁠.