Faculty Member, Département des sciences de l'éducation
Full professor
Université Sainte-Anne
About
Ethnologist Dr. Barbara Le Blanc teaches for the Department of Education at University Sainte-Anne in Nova Scotia. She has lived and worked in Europe and North America in a variety of fields, more specifically in the fields of theatre, teaching and cultural tourism. Her research has focused on topics linked to educational tourism, the use of drama and theatre in learning, and Acadian history and culture. She has written a number of articles on Acadian culture and a children's book, Acadie en fête published by BBC and Longman Publications in Great Britain. Her book Postcards From Acadie: Grand-Pré, Evangeline, and the Acadian Identity, examines the role of an historic site in the construction of a sense of Acadian group identity and belonging. Her publication Tous ensemble : Guide pour enseigner les danses tradionnelles acadiennes dans les écoles – All Join Hands : A Guide to Teach Traditional Acadian Dances in School is a resource consisting of a manual, a music CD and a videocassette to help learn examples of Acadian dances that have been done over the past 400 years. Barbara Le Blanc is past president of the Fédération acadienne de la Nouvelle-Ecosse (FANE) and the Folklore Studies Association of Canada-Association.
