Magazine Publications
Boissonneault, M. F. (2023) Corpse Whale. The Liar Literary Zine, Vancouver:BC.
Boissonneault, M. F. (Almanac 2022, Available Aug 2021). A Forked Tail of Fidelity: How the Barn Swallow is Navigating Habitat Loss in Canada. Harrowsmith Magazine, Ancaster:ON.
Boissonneault, M. F. (August 2021) Hiraeth. Boulevard Magazine, Vancouver:BC.
Boissonneault, M. F. (2023) Corpse Whale. The Liar Literary Zine, Vancouver:BC.
Boissonneault, M. F. (Almanac 2022, Available Aug 2021). A Forked Tail of Fidelity: How the Barn Swallow is Navigating Habitat Loss in Canada. Harrowsmith Magazine, Ancaster:ON.
Boissonneault, M. F. (August 2021) Hiraeth. Boulevard Magazine, Vancouver:BC.
Books
"Animals are 'in.' We find nonhuman animal beings in all sorts of places - in print, on canvas, on the screen, in captivity, in the wild, in our own backyards, and on our plates and covering our skin. Much research shows that when we take care of and respect animals we also are taking care of ourselves. Every Living Being carefully analyzes how animals have been incorporated into contemporary Western Culture - some as companions and care-takers and others for consumption without any respect at all. It is the first book to analyze how animals have been portrayed as healers in literature and art and as such is a novel and extremely important contribution to the burgeoning literature on the nature of human-animal relationships -- anthrozoology. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in learning more about the diverse, intriguing, fascinating, challenging, frustrating, paradoxical, and evolving relationships that exist between human and nonhuman animals."
-MARC BEKOFF, author of The Emotional Lives of Animals, Animals Matter and The Animal Manifesto: Six Reasons For Expanding Our Compassion
Footprint
"In India we refer to the Earth Family as Vasudhaiva Kutumbkam. The Earth Family includes human and non human animals, plants and all life on earth. The dominant culture of today excludes other species as well as most humans from consideration. In the process humans are loosing their humanity. 'Every Living Being' celebrates our humanity through non human animals. And in doing so it helps reclaim our humanity."
-VANDANA SHIVA, author of Monocultures of the Mind, Recipient of the Alternative Nobel Peace Prize (the Right Livelihood Award), and Founding Director of Bija Vidyapeeth in Dehra Dun, India.
-MARC BEKOFF, author of The Emotional Lives of Animals, Animals Matter and The Animal Manifesto: Six Reasons For Expanding Our Compassion
Footprint
"In India we refer to the Earth Family as Vasudhaiva Kutumbkam. The Earth Family includes human and non human animals, plants and all life on earth. The dominant culture of today excludes other species as well as most humans from consideration. In the process humans are loosing their humanity. 'Every Living Being' celebrates our humanity through non human animals. And in doing so it helps reclaim our humanity."
-VANDANA SHIVA, author of Monocultures of the Mind, Recipient of the Alternative Nobel Peace Prize (the Right Livelihood Award), and Founding Director of Bija Vidyapeeth in Dehra Dun, India.
"Every Living Being is a vital book, for it is 'of or about life (vita)' in three senses. It is about other-than-human lives as these are found within, near and far away from our communities. It is equally about human lives and how other living beings so richly impact, even heal us. Just as interestingly, this mind-opening book reveals how our images, symbols and ethics can take on a life of their own, too, either helping us place ourselves in the larger community of life or walling us off in a prison of human-centeredness. Because this book is vital in all three of these senses, it offers readers the chance to step out of that prison and into the larger world of all life."
-PAUL WALDAU, Barker Lecturer on Animal Law at Harvard Law School, former Director of the Center for Animals and Public Policy at Tufts University's School of Veterinary Medicine, and author of Oxford University Press' Animal Rights and The Specter of Speciesism.
"Boissonneault is among a growing cadre of scholars who recognize the need for a dramatically new way of relating to animals. Hers is an erudite contribution to the emerging idea that our superiority complex towards other sentient creatures is a dead end, and that to regard them as things rather than beings is neither ethical nor sustainable."
-JONATHAN BALCOMBE, PhD. Biologist and author of Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animals
"In Every Living Being, Boissonneault provides a fascinating and timely analysis of the ways in which our representations of nonhuman animals in literature and popular culture affect our beliefs about and treatment of other species. She inspires and compels us to confront our anthropocentric history so we may forge more compassionate interspecies relationships based on respect and wonder for the intrinsic beauty and difference of all creatures. I will definitely be recommending this book in my classes on Human-Animal Studies."
-ANNIE POTTS, Co-Director and Associate Professor, New Zealand Centre for Human-Animal Studies, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
"One of the most thorough accounts of how much we owe to our animal companions for creating health and happiness in human animals! A true delight!"
-JEFFREY MOUSSAIEFF MASSON, New York Times best selling author of When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals and The Dog Who Couldn't Stop Loving: How Dogs Have Captured Our
Hearts for Thousands of Years
-PAUL WALDAU, Barker Lecturer on Animal Law at Harvard Law School, former Director of the Center for Animals and Public Policy at Tufts University's School of Veterinary Medicine, and author of Oxford University Press' Animal Rights and The Specter of Speciesism.
"Boissonneault is among a growing cadre of scholars who recognize the need for a dramatically new way of relating to animals. Hers is an erudite contribution to the emerging idea that our superiority complex towards other sentient creatures is a dead end, and that to regard them as things rather than beings is neither ethical nor sustainable."
-JONATHAN BALCOMBE, PhD. Biologist and author of Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animals
"In Every Living Being, Boissonneault provides a fascinating and timely analysis of the ways in which our representations of nonhuman animals in literature and popular culture affect our beliefs about and treatment of other species. She inspires and compels us to confront our anthropocentric history so we may forge more compassionate interspecies relationships based on respect and wonder for the intrinsic beauty and difference of all creatures. I will definitely be recommending this book in my classes on Human-Animal Studies."
-ANNIE POTTS, Co-Director and Associate Professor, New Zealand Centre for Human-Animal Studies, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
"One of the most thorough accounts of how much we owe to our animal companions for creating health and happiness in human animals! A true delight!"
-JEFFREY MOUSSAIEFF MASSON, New York Times best selling author of When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals and The Dog Who Couldn't Stop Loving: How Dogs Have Captured Our
Hearts for Thousands of Years
"Nurse or Nemesis? is a much-needed book that will surely
change public perceptions about Australian Grey Nurse sharks and other
animals. Sharks suffer from misleading representations by hyped-up public
media and Marie-France Boissonneault should be congratulated for righting
this wrong. I’m sure that many other animals will benefit from the wide
circulation of this important book."
--MARC BEKOFF, author of The Emotional Lives of Animals, Animals Matter
and The Animal Manifesto: Six Reasons For Expanding Our Compassion Footprint
change public perceptions about Australian Grey Nurse sharks and other
animals. Sharks suffer from misleading representations by hyped-up public
media and Marie-France Boissonneault should be congratulated for righting
this wrong. I’m sure that many other animals will benefit from the wide
circulation of this important book."
--MARC BEKOFF, author of The Emotional Lives of Animals, Animals Matter
and The Animal Manifesto: Six Reasons For Expanding Our Compassion Footprint
Refereed Journal Publications
Boissonneault, M. F. (2012). Beauty and the Enchanted Beast: The Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) in the Canadian Cultural Landscape, Tamkang Review, 42(2): 87-110. Download the article
Boissonneault, M. F. (2011). Predator or Scapegoat? The Australian Grey Nurse Shark through the Public Lens, Australian Zoologist, 35 (3): 534-543.
Boissonneault, M. F. & Stone, E. (2011). Once Upon a Veterinarian: An Examination of Veterinary Memoirs, Veterinary History, 16(2):154(26 pages).
Boissonneault, M. F. & Stone, E. (2011). From Print to Screen: Analysing the Changing Role of Women as Veterinarians, The Canadian Veterinary Journal, 52(3): 322–325. Download the Article
Stone, E. & Boissonneault, M. F. (2010). Silver Screen Practitioners: An Examination of the Veterinary Persona in Fiction Films, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 22 Pages, (Accepted).
Boissonneault, M. F., Gladstone, W., Scott, P., Cushing, N. (2005). Grey Nurse Shark Human Interactions and Portrayals: A Study of Newspaper Portrayals of the Grey Nurse Shark from 1969-2003, Electronic Green Journal, Issue 22, 21 pages. Download the Article
Reports
Province of British Columbia Sled Dog Standard of Care Working Group. (2012). Mandate to Develop Canada's First Sled Dog Standard of Care, Enforceable by Regulation Under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. Office of the Premier, Ministry of Agriculture. (Download the full Code of Practice from: http://www.gov.bc.ca/agri/down/sled_dog_code_of_practice.pdf)
Boston, P.; Boissonneault, M. F. & Bruce, A. (2007). Contributing to the Development of a Providence Health Nursing Research Program. Internal report presented to the Providence Health Care Research Institute. School of Nursing, Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada & St-Paul’s Hospital (SPH), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 126 Pages.
Boston, P.; Boissonneault, M. F. & Bruce, A. (2006). Web-based Learning Initiatives for Nursing Researchers at Providence Health. Internal report presented to the Providence Health Care Research Institute. School of Nursing, Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada & St-Paul’s Hospital (SPH), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 43 Pages.
Boissonneault, M. F. (2005). A Study on Hospital Based Nursing Research Programs. Unpublished report presented to the Providence Health Care Research Institute. School of Nursing, Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada & St-Paul’s Hospital (SPH), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 27 Pages.
Interviews
Citarella, A. (2016). Interview Series: Eco-Conscious Educator Marie-France Boissonneault (External link: http://bebeauty.org/interview-series-eco-conscious-educator-marie-france-boissonneault/)
Nicole, D. (2013). Faces of Palliative Care. CBC (External link:http://www.cbc.ca/nxnw/featured-guests/2013/06/29/faces-of-palliative-care---dr-hal-siden/ )
Boyd, A. (2013). 25th Hour Current Affairs News Program. Carleton University, Ontario.
DiDomenica, B. (March 2, 2012). Animals and Human Relationships. 6 Pages or 2743 words.(Available online at: http://secretaryofinnovation.com/)
Baute, N. (November 25, 2010). Guelph professor explores the truth about pets, 1 Column or 250 words, (Available online at: http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/article/726441).
Baute, N. (November 22, 2010). Real-life pets nothing like TV depictions, The Toronto Star, 1 Column or 250 words, (Available online at: http://www.thestar.com/living/pets/article/894904).
Vowles, A. (August 26, 2010). Researcher explores the human-animal bond in new book, University of Guelph News Release, (with summary and link on the front page of the university’s website), 1 Page or 330 words, (Available online at: http://www.uoguelph.ca/news/2010/08/researcher_expl.html).
Vowles, A. (May 6, 2009). Vets: The reel story, AtGuelph, (the university’s main periodical), Volume 53, Number 9, 1 Page or 1600 words, (Feature interview available online at:http://www.uoguelph.ca/atguelph/09-05-06/profile.shtml).
Boissonneault, M. F. (2012). Beauty and the Enchanted Beast: The Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) in the Canadian Cultural Landscape, Tamkang Review, 42(2): 87-110. Download the article
Boissonneault, M. F. (2011). Predator or Scapegoat? The Australian Grey Nurse Shark through the Public Lens, Australian Zoologist, 35 (3): 534-543.
Boissonneault, M. F. & Stone, E. (2011). Once Upon a Veterinarian: An Examination of Veterinary Memoirs, Veterinary History, 16(2):154(26 pages).
Boissonneault, M. F. & Stone, E. (2011). From Print to Screen: Analysing the Changing Role of Women as Veterinarians, The Canadian Veterinary Journal, 52(3): 322–325. Download the Article
Stone, E. & Boissonneault, M. F. (2010). Silver Screen Practitioners: An Examination of the Veterinary Persona in Fiction Films, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 22 Pages, (Accepted).
Boissonneault, M. F., Gladstone, W., Scott, P., Cushing, N. (2005). Grey Nurse Shark Human Interactions and Portrayals: A Study of Newspaper Portrayals of the Grey Nurse Shark from 1969-2003, Electronic Green Journal, Issue 22, 21 pages. Download the Article
Reports
Province of British Columbia Sled Dog Standard of Care Working Group. (2012). Mandate to Develop Canada's First Sled Dog Standard of Care, Enforceable by Regulation Under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. Office of the Premier, Ministry of Agriculture. (Download the full Code of Practice from: http://www.gov.bc.ca/agri/down/sled_dog_code_of_practice.pdf)
Boston, P.; Boissonneault, M. F. & Bruce, A. (2007). Contributing to the Development of a Providence Health Nursing Research Program. Internal report presented to the Providence Health Care Research Institute. School of Nursing, Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada & St-Paul’s Hospital (SPH), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 126 Pages.
Boston, P.; Boissonneault, M. F. & Bruce, A. (2006). Web-based Learning Initiatives for Nursing Researchers at Providence Health. Internal report presented to the Providence Health Care Research Institute. School of Nursing, Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada & St-Paul’s Hospital (SPH), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 43 Pages.
Boissonneault, M. F. (2005). A Study on Hospital Based Nursing Research Programs. Unpublished report presented to the Providence Health Care Research Institute. School of Nursing, Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada & St-Paul’s Hospital (SPH), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 27 Pages.
Interviews
Citarella, A. (2016). Interview Series: Eco-Conscious Educator Marie-France Boissonneault (External link: http://bebeauty.org/interview-series-eco-conscious-educator-marie-france-boissonneault/)
Nicole, D. (2013). Faces of Palliative Care. CBC (External link:http://www.cbc.ca/nxnw/featured-guests/2013/06/29/faces-of-palliative-care---dr-hal-siden/ )
Boyd, A. (2013). 25th Hour Current Affairs News Program. Carleton University, Ontario.
DiDomenica, B. (March 2, 2012). Animals and Human Relationships. 6 Pages or 2743 words.(Available online at: http://secretaryofinnovation.com/)
Baute, N. (November 25, 2010). Guelph professor explores the truth about pets, 1 Column or 250 words, (Available online at: http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/article/726441).
Baute, N. (November 22, 2010). Real-life pets nothing like TV depictions, The Toronto Star, 1 Column or 250 words, (Available online at: http://www.thestar.com/living/pets/article/894904).
Vowles, A. (August 26, 2010). Researcher explores the human-animal bond in new book, University of Guelph News Release, (with summary and link on the front page of the university’s website), 1 Page or 330 words, (Available online at: http://www.uoguelph.ca/news/2010/08/researcher_expl.html).
Vowles, A. (May 6, 2009). Vets: The reel story, AtGuelph, (the university’s main periodical), Volume 53, Number 9, 1 Page or 1600 words, (Feature interview available online at:http://www.uoguelph.ca/atguelph/09-05-06/profile.shtml).
Book Reviews
Boissonneault, M. F. (2011). Shark: In Peril in the Sea. The Australian Zoologist. Boissonneault, M. F. (2011). Animal Factory: The Looming Threat of Industrial Pig, Dairy, and Poultry Farms to Humans and the Environment, 1 Page or 451 words, (Available online at: http://greenbookreviews.ca/2011/02/animal-factory/) Boissonneault, M. F. (2010). Where the Wild Books Are: A Field Guide to Ecofiction, The Goose, Issue 8, Pgs. 59-61. (Available online at: http://www.alecc.ca/documents/goose/THE_GOOSE_ISSUE_8_FALL_2010.pdf). Boissonneault, M. F. (2010). Peacock’s The Second Blush, 1 Page or 566 words, (Available online at: http://vetmedandlit.blogspot.com/2010/04/second-blush-by-molly-peacock-review.html). Boissonneault, M. F. (2009). Woolfson’s Corvus: A Life with Birds, The Literary Bird Journal, Volume 1, Number 2, Pgs. 126-128. |
Unsolicited Reviews (of research by Boissonneault)
News Release. (November 22, 2010). Profs featured in national news, 245 words, (Available online at: http://www.uoguelph.ca/news/2010/11/profs_featured_14.html). Baylis, H. (September 2010). Former resident is an author, The Informer, Volume 38, Number 6, Page 3, 169 words, (Available online at: http://www.montreal-ouest.ca/uploaddir/files/informer/informer_sept2010.pdf) Viegas, J. (2009).Killer sharks? Shark perceptions evolve from cold-blooded killers to environmental saviors, The Discovery Channel, 1 Page or 605 words, (Available online at: http://dsc.discovery.com/sharks/killer-sharks.html). Knight, J. (2006).Media hype’s impact on disaster victims and endangered species, SEJournal, 1 Page or 960 words, (Available online at: http://www.sejarchive.org/site/sejournal/past/sej_su06.pdf). |
Photographic Publications
Boissonneault, M. F. (2020). Corazón. In Animals and Society: An Introduction to Human-Animal Studies. Second Edition. New York, NY: Columbia University Press. Boissonneault, M. F. (2016). First Snowfall In Professorial Paws. Big Tancook Island, NS: Backalong books. Boissonneault, M. F. (2009/2011). Book Cover Art. For Nurse or Nemesis? Public Perception of the Australian Grey Nurse Shark, Mandhurrra, WA: Equilibrium Books. Boissonneault, M. F. (2006). Crossroads. In The Amherst Island Calendar (A calendar consisting of several artists’ works depicting life on Amherst Island), Stella, ON: Amherst Island Historical Society. Boissonneault, M. F. (2004). Bin Zinda. In 2004 Dogs Annual in Canada, Toronto, ON: Purina Inc., Pg. 351. Boissonneault, M. F. (2003). The Gate (reprinted). In Nature in Focus: An Environmental Photography Competition, Toronto, ON: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s The Nature of Things with David Suzuki. **Finalist under the category ‘Your Habitat’. Boissonneault, M. F. (2002). Cat Calendar Photographs. In 365 Cats, New York, NY: Workman Publishing. **Winner of the 2003 cat calendar contest with a photo appearing on the calendar’s box cover, and another on 8/4/2003 as ‘winner of the week’. Boissonneault, M. F. (2000). Croutons in Action. In The Hour Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 12, Pg. 14. Boissonneault, M. F. (2000). Croutons Jamming. In The Hour Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 9, Pg. 14. Boissonneault, M. F. (1999). The Wilder side of the Croutons. In The Hour Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 25, Pg. 14. Boissonneault, M. F. (1999). The Gate (reprinted). In Photographer’s Forum Annual, Montréal, QC: Dawson College. ** Finalist in the 19th annual college photography contest. Boissonneault, M. F. (1998). Skin Deep. In Dawson College’s Visual & Literary Arts Magazine, Montréal, QC: Black Sun Press, Pg. 7. Boissonneault, M. F. (1998). The Gate. In Ilford’s Photo Instructor, No. 22., Pg.12. |
Photographic Exhibitions
January 2006 "Amherst Island Calendar Exhibition" A yearly event consisting of winning works of art, available for purchase, that appear in a calendar depicting life on Amherst Island (Amherst Island, Stella Ontario, Canada). November 2005 "Amherst Island Exhibition" An exhibition consisting of selected artists’ works depicting life on Amherst Island, available for purchase, that were on display for the 2006 calendar competition (Amherst Island Presbyterian Church, Stella, Ontario, Canada). November 2004 "Amherst Island Exhibition" An exhibition consisting of selected artists’ works depicting life on Amherst Island, available for purchase, that were on display for the 2005 calendar competition (Amherst Island Presbyterian Church, Stella, Ontario, Canada). June 2000 "A Walk to Remember" An exhibition of photographs depicting the haunting beauty of Bath, England (Le Bistro Crescent, 1215 Crescent Ave. Montréal, Québec, Canada). |