Dominique Pépin-Filion has been a researcher at the Canadian Institute for Research on Linguistic Minorities since 2012. Prior to this, he was an institutional researcher at the Université de Moncton and a lecturer in social science research methods at the  Shippagan Campus.  He also served as Director of the Economic Development and Employability Network in Yukon.  He earned a Master’s Degree in Regional Development at the Université du Québec in Rimouski and a doctorate in sociology at the Université Laval.  A proponent of the link between quantitative and qualitative methodologies, his research interests in relation to minority languages currently focus on migrations, demographic projections and post-secondary education.  He is also interested in economic development, including regional development and socio-economic inequalities.