Main publications since 2020

Alter G, Mandemakers K, Vézina H (2023) Introduction: Content, Design and Structure of Major Databases with Historical Longitudinal Population Data. Historical Life Course Studies, 13, 228-234. https://doi.org/10.51964/hlcs15759

Anderson-Trocmé L, Nelson D, Zabad S, Diaz-Papkovich A, Kryukov I, Baya N, Touvier M, Jeffery  B, Dina C, Vézina H, Kelleher J, Gravel S (2023) On the Genes, Genealogies, and Geographies of Québec. Science, Vol 380, No. 6647 (25 May): 849-855, https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.add5300

Rakesh M, Vézina H, Laprise C, Freeman EE, Burkett K, Roy-Gagnon MH (2023) GENLIB: new function to simulate haplotype transmission in large complex pedigrees. Bioinformatics, 39, 3, btad136, https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btad136

Gagnon L, Moreau C, Laprise C, Vézina H, Girard SL (2023). Deciphering the genetic structure of the Quebec founder population using genealogies. European Journal of Human Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41431-023-01356-2

Tarride S, Maarand M, Boillet M, McGrath J, Capel E, Vézina H, Kermorvant C (2023). Large-scale genealogical information extraction from handwritten Quebec parish records. International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition (IJDAR). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10032-023-00427-w

Tremblay M, Vézina H (2022) Les origines ancestrales et le patrimoine génétique de la population québécoise. In V Piché, C Le Bourdais, R Marcoux, N Ouellette (dir.) Les enjeux sociaux sous l’éclairage de la démographie, Presses de l’Université de Montréal. p.109-121

Labuda D, Harding T, Milot E, Vézina H (2022) The effective size of immigrant founders predicts their long-term demographic outcome: From Québec settlers to their 20th century-descendants. PLoS ONE 17(5): e0266079. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266079

Burkett KM, Rakesh M, Morris P, Vézina H, Laprise C, Freeman E, Roy-Gagnon MH (2022) Correspondence between genomic- and genealogical/coalescent-based inference of homozygosity by descent in large French-Canadian genealogies. Frontiers in Genetics 12: 808829. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.808829

Bournival JS, St-Hilaire M, Vézina H (2021) Historical Canadian censuses and Quebec civil registers: An assessment of linked datasets to compare population microdata.  Histoire sociale / Social History, 54, 110: 145-172 https://doi.org/10.1353/his.2021.0004

Bchetnia M, Bouchard L, Mathieu J, Campeau PM, Morin C, Brisson D, Laberge AM, Vézina H, Gaudet D, Laprise C (2021). Genetic burden linked to founder effects in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean illustrates the importance of genetic screening test availability. Journal of Medical Genetics, 58: 653-665. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jmedgenet-2021-107809

Vézina H, Bournival JS (2020) An overview of the BALSAC database: past developments, current state and future prospects. Historical Life Course Studies, 9: 114-129. https://doi.org/10.51964/hlcs9299

Gauvreau D, Vézina H, Bellavance C (2020) Enracinement et renouvellement des populations urbaines au Québec : l’exemple de Trois-Rivières, 1852-1911. Sharing Spaces: Essays in Honour of Sherry Olson. Robert Sweeny (Ed.) Ottawa: Canadian Museum of History and University of Ottawa Press, Mercury Series History Paper 59. p.67-88

Harding T, Milot E, Moreau C, Lefebvre JF, Bournival JS, Vézina H, Laprise C , Lalueza-Fox C, Anglada R, Loewen B, Casals F, Ribot I, Labuda D (2020) Historical human remains identification through maternal and paternal genetic signatures in a founder population with extensive genealogical record. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 171, 4: 645-658 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24024

Professor, Humanities Department and director, BALSAC Project