Valerie Vezina
Originally from Québec, Dr. Vézina has developed a passion about islands while living in Newfoundland for her Master of Arts. She enjoys visiting islands (tropical or not, big or small) and likes discussing issues of nationalism and identity in both a Canadian and global context.
My research interests include: Canadian Politics, Comparative politics, Global politics, Island Studies, Nationalism.
Book (peer reviewed)
Vézina, V. (2018). Une île, une nation?: Le nationalisme insulaire à la lumière des cas de Terre-Neuve et Puerto Rico. Québec: Presses de l'Université du Québec.
- Distinctions:
- Finalist for the Peter-Cashin Prize (best book written on the political economy/history of Newfoundland) (2019)
- Finalist for the Prix Francophone (best book written in French) of the Canadian Political Science Association (2020)
Edited Book
Vézina, V. & Taylor, A. (editors). (2023). Political Ideologies and Worldviews: An Introduction. (second edition). KPU Pressbooks licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 (open textbook).
Vézina, V. (editor). (2021). Political Ideologies and Worldviews: An Introduction. KPU Pressbooks licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 (open textbook).
Journal Articles (peer reviewed)
Vézina, V., & Lecours, A. (2025). Nationalism and the transformation of party systems: the cases of Puerto Rico and Québec. Regional & Federal Studies, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2025.2584367
Tarry, H., Vézina, V., Bailey, J., & Lopes, L. (2022). Political orientation, moral foundations, and COVID-19 social distancing. PLoS ONE 17(6): e0267136. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267136
Gardinetti, R.G. & Vézina, V. (2021). Anachronistic Progressivism: Advancing Sovereignty through Monarchy. The story of the Kingdom of L’Anse-Saint-Jean, Transformations: Journal of Media, Culture and Technology, Issue 35: 52-64.
Vézina, V. (2020). Navigating citizenship and national identity in American territories: nationalism in American Samoa and Puerto Rico, Shima 14(2): 168-184.
Dorion-Souillé, M., Massie, J. & Vézina, V. (2018). Histoire militaire et politique étrangère: Les fondements du néonationalisme canadien, Politique et Sociétés 37( 3) : 51-75.
Lecours, A. & Vézina, V. (2017). The Politics of Nationalism and Status in Puerto Rico. Canadian Journal of Political Science 50(4): 1083-1101.
- Distinction: Long-listed for the John McMenemy Prize (best article published in the Canadian Journal of Political Science)
Vézina, V. (2017). Puerto Rico: the Quest for a 'National' Anthem. Shima 11(2): 220-231.
Vézina, V. (2014). The Role of the Political System in Shaping Island Nationalism: a Comparative Examination of Puerto Rico and Newfoundland, Island Studies Journal 9(1): 103-122.
Book Chapters (peer reviewed)
Vézina, V. (2017). When the "Other" Becomes a Proud Newfoundlander. In: The Democracy Cookbook: Recipes to Renew Governance in Newfoundland and Labrador, ed. by A. Marland & L. Moore, St. John’s, NL: ISER Books, 208-211.
Vézina, V. (2015). Occuper le territoire dans l'étude des nationalismes. Réflexions sur le nationalisme insulaire. In: Actes du colloque étudiant du Centre Paulo-Freire, 1, 1-26.
Vézina, V. & Basta, K. (2014). Nationalism in Newfoundland and Labrador. In: First Among Unequals: Politics and Public Policy in Newfoundland and Labrador, ed. by A. Marland & M. Kerby, Montreal/Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 67-83.
