Vincent Mousseau - Curriculum Vitæ

About

Vincent Mousseau, MSc, RSW is a social worker, researcher, and abolitionist scholar whose work challenges carceral and colonial logics in social work, health, and community care. Their research and practice focus on Black 2SLGBTQ+ survival, ballroom culture as a site of resistance, and transformative justice as an alternative to state-led interventions.

Currently a PhD student in Health at Dalhousie University and a Vanier Scholar, Vincent’s academic work examines the ways Black 2SLGBTQ+ communities navigate and resist institutional violence while building self-determined systems of care. Their approach integrates Afropessimist, anticolonial, and abolitionist frameworks, bridging scholarship with direct community engagement.

Beyond academia, Vincent is an active community organizer and facilitator, working in harm reduction, mutual aid, and transformative justice initiatives that centre Black queer and trans people. Their practice as a registered social worker in Quebec, Ontario, and Nova Scotia is grounded in abolitionist and anti-oppressive principles, offering non-carceral approaches to mental health and community care.

This page provides an overview of Vincent’s academic, professional, and community-based work, including their research, teaching, publications, and ongoing projects.

Education

Since 2022
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Health,
Dalhousie University, Kjipuktuk (Halifax, NS)

Research topic: The impacts of anti-Black homophobia and transphobia on health and social care access for Black LGBTQ+ people in Canada
Supervised by Terrence Lewis, PhD RSW
Committee members: Barbara Hamilton Hinch, PhD and OmiSoore Dryden, PhD

2020 - 2022
Master of Science (MSc) in Social Work
Université de Montréal, Tiohtià:ke (Montréal, QC)

Thesis title: “At the Intersection of Experiences: Understanding the Identity Development of Black LGBTQ+ Populations in Québec”
Supervised by Edward Ou Jin Lee, PhD and Annie Pullen Sansfaçon, PhD RSW
Dean's Honour List

2017 - 2020
Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)
McGill University, Tiohtià:ke (Montréal, QC)

Dean’s Honour List
Golden Key International Honour Society

Scholarships and Awards

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (2022-2025)

President's Award
Dalhousie University (2022-2024)

Master's Research Scholarship
Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture (2021-2022)

Laurent McCutcheon Scholarship
Fondation Émergence (2021)

Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (2020-2021)

William and Nona Heaslip Scholarship
McGill University (2018-2020)

Journal Articles

Au-delà de la question culturelle: pour une intervention conscientisée aux réalités sociohistoriques des populations Noires de Montréal

Charlène Lusikila, Vincent Mousseau

Intervention, issue 155, Érudit, 2022, pp. 57-67

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Conference Presentations

"I Have a Right to Be Happy, to Flourish, and to Assert My Own Identity”: Black LGBTQ+ Identity Development in Quebec

Vincent Mousseau

5th International Sexuality and Social Work Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, 2023 Jul

« Un souper presque parfait » : Construisons la résilience Noire à travers la communauté

Caroline Keisa Foray, Jessica Gilles, Charlène Lusikila, Vincent Mousseau

Le racisme en travail social, parlons-en ! Colloque sur les initiatives antiracistes au sein de la formation en travail social au Québec, Montréal, Québec, 2022 Jun 17