Linda Cardinal, C.M., MRSC, is Professor of Political Science at the University of Ottawa, and Research Chair in Canadian Francophonie and Public Policies. She is a former Craig Dobbin Chair of Canadian Studies at University College, Dublin. She is the author or editor of many books, including From Subjects to Citizens: A Hundred Years of Citizenship in Australia and Canada, and Une tradition et un droit : Le Sénat et la représentation de la francophonie canadienne (PUO-UOP, 2017). She is Knight of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques de la République française (2013), and winner of the Bernard-Grandmaître Award (2017).