Community Involvement

Pascale Fournier is active in multiple social and community organizations in Québec and nationally.

For example, Professor Fournier has participated in the 2015 Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference, in the context of which she had the opportunity to visit First Nations communities located in the North West Territories and to reflect on the urgent needs of their people, particularly aboriginal women experiencing violence. This initiative, led by Governor General David Johnston, has transformed her conception of Canadian Law, specifically as it relates to the immediate and imperative need to respond adequately to the demands of First Nations Peoples and to raise awareness of the social dilemmas they face.

Since September 2015, Professor Fournier sits on the Executive Committee for Québec and was chosen by her peers to be Coordinator of study visits “Québec 1 – Montréal and regions” for the 2017 Conference. In the context of this mandate, Professor Fournier supports the Governor General in his efforts to broaden the perspectives of future leaders from the private, public and union sectors and to incentivize them to positively and actively contribute to Canadian society’s general welfare.

Moreover, Professor Fournier has been a member of the executive committees of various not-for-profit organisations, including Canada World Youth alongside the late Senator Jacques Hébert (2003-2010), the Paul Gérin-Lajoie Foundation for education in the context of poverty (2004-2014, with the exception of 2011) and Camp Amy Molson for children in need (2014-2015). Professor Fournier has also been the spokesperson for the Fondation du Cégep Garneau’s financial campaign in 2009-2012 and is a member of the Board of Governors of the Fondation du Barreau du Québec. Professor Fournier is a former grand holder of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Fulbright foundations and she remains an active member of both institutions. Professor Fournier also contributes to her community by giving conferences on her subjects of expertise for civil society organizations such as religious groups, feminist associations, charitable organizations and museums.

Professor Fournier shares her passion for community engagement with her husband and their three sons, Charles, Pierre, and Henry. In 2015, the Fournier-Milton brothers débuted their store Le Pommier, in support of the CHU Sainte-Justine Foundation. With assistance from their grand-mother Bala, they have raised $775 towards cancer research – triple their original objective – by selling delicious apple pies baked with love.