Lorraine completed her Master鈥檚 degree in Sociology at the Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montr茅al (UQAM) in 2007 ; her research focused on the difficulties faced by individuals raised or born into insular religious communities to integrate into mainstream society. In 2013 she completed her Ph.D. in Contemporary Religion at the Universit茅 de Sherbrooke (Joseph-Armand Bombardier Scholarship, SSHRC). She then focused her research on the challenges faced by youth protection agencies and police when intervening into child protection cases involving children from closed and totalitarian religious environments. In collaboration with the CRCF, she also published an intervention guide (PUQ, 2018), for practitioners and professionals who work with young people. It is now used as a tool when intervening in sectarian environments in youth protection. Lorraine won the Best Thesis Award of the Humanities and Social Sciences of the Universit茅 de Sherbrooke and is Laur茅ate du concours 脡tudiants-chercheurs 茅toiles (FRQSC) for the publication of her thesis Intervenir aupr猫s de sectes religieuses en protection de la jeunesse - Un d茅fi (PUQ, 2015). Lorraine Derocher is also very actively involved in the community. Aside from giving lectures to conferences, she currently provides training to professionals, acts as a consultant and gives public talks.
Lorraine founded The Forget-me-not Journal () to support children who have grown up in closed communities and are now adults. This knowledge transfer exercise creates a link between society and the sectarian world in which these young people grew up. In partnership with 91丝瓜视频's Office of Innovation + Partnerships, she is currently working to develop an organization specifically designed to help this clientele.
Area of Research
Youth and ideological, religious and sectarian extremism
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lorraine.derocher [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Email)
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