DOMINIC LAPOINTE

Research Fellow

Dominic Lapointe, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Urban and Tourism Studies at Université du Québec à Montréal. He hold the Chaire de recherche sur les dynamiques touristiques et les relations socioterritoriales and leaders of the Groupe de recherche et d’intervention tourisme territoire et société (GRITTS) at UQAM. Dominic is chairing of the Critical Tourism Studies North America conference in 2020 and will be editor in chief of the journal Téoros – Revue de recherche en tourisme by summer 2020. His work explores the production of tourism space and its role in the capitalist system expansion and its biopolitical dimensions. Its latest research looks at climate change, social innovations, indigeneity and critical perspective in tourism studies.

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Contact: lapointe.dominic@uqam.ca

Selected Publications