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Manuel Litalien

Nipissing University

Ontario, North Bay P1B 8L7

Canada

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

10

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344

TOTAL CITATIONS

1

Scholarly Papers (10)

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Canadian Foundations Associated with Professional Sports Clubs - Case Studies and Comparison

Brouard, François, Litalien, Manuel, Perreault, Lucille (2023). Canadian Foundations Associated with Professional Sports Clubs – Case studies and comparison, Research Paper, Canadian network of partnership-oriented research on philanthropy (Philab)
Number of pages: 172 Posted: 28 Feb 2024
Francois Brouard, Manuel Litalien and Lucille Perrault
Carleton University, Sprott School of Business, Nipissing University and Independent
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foundations, sport, club, team, philanthropy

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The Changing State Monopoly on Religion and Secular Views in Thailand

Secular States and Religious Diversity, page 232.
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 14 Nov 2025
Manuel Litalien
Nipissing University
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Secular, Secularization, Civic Religion, Civil Religion, Buddhism, Thailand, Monarchy, Constitution, Communism, Democracy, Nation-State, Southeast Asia, Democratization, Democratisation, Religious Pluralism, New Religious Movements, New Buddhist Movements, Hegemony, Old Elites, New Elites, Traditional Elites, Conservative Elites, State Religion, Religious Representations, Economic Development, Regional Identity, Hill Tribes, Ethnic Minority Groups, Buddhist Clergy, Middle Class, Yellow Shirts, Red Shirts, Patronage, Separation Between Church And State

3.

Religious Charities in Canada

Number of pages: 94 Posted: 27 Oct 2025
Francois Brouard, Manuel Litalien and Farnaz Zaredorahi
Carleton University, Sprott School of Business, Nipissing University and Carleton University, Eric Sprott School of Business, Students
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Religious Charities, Faith-Based Charities, Philanthropy, Finances

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Chapter Three 

Gender, Religions, and the SDGs

A Reflection on Empowering Buddhist Nuns 

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 25 Oct 2025
Manuel Litalien
Nipissing University
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Buddhist Women, SDG, Sustainable Development Goals, Inclusive Development, Buddhist Nuns, Bhikkhuni, Sakyadhita, Patriarchal Values, Legal Challenges, Women in Religion, Human Rights, ASEAN, Religion and Development, Gender Indexes, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Asia and the Pacific, Gender Equality and Religion, Gender And Religion, Gender And Buddhism, Buddhism And Equality, Regional Development in Asia, Buddhism and Human Rights, Empowerment of Buddhist Nuns, Religious Philanthropy, Democracy, Faith and Development, Buddhist Feminist Transnational Networks, Buddhist Feminists, Rights-Based Approach to Development, United Nations

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Establishing a Buddhist Economy in Thailand Competing Perspectives on Moral Economy in State and Society

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 27 Oct 2025
Manuel Litalien
Nipissing University
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ethnicity, moral economy, Buddhist economy, new elites, old elites, traditional elites, conservative elites, Thailand, religion and politics, Buddhism and politics, Monarchy, royal populism, Thaksin, sufficiency economy, traditional Thai royalists, Buddhism and development, military coup, ethnoreligious conflict, Thai moral, religious minority groups, Islam, minority groups, financial crisis, Thaksinomics, pro-Thaksinite populism, populism, Buddhist moral economy, Malay Muslims, pro-royalists, Southern Thailand, philanthropist, welfare, Buddhist welfare, Pattani, Thai Rak Thai, Yala, Narthiwat, social inequalities

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Political Implications of Diasporic Philanthropy

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 29 Oct 2025
Nipissing University, Nipissing University, Nipissing University, Nipissing University, Carleton University, Sprott School of Business, Nipissing University and Nipissing University
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Diaspora, philanthropic engagement, state-migration relations, diaspora political action

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Establishing Diaspora in Diasporic Philanthropy

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 29 Oct 2025
Nipissing University, Nipissing University, Carleton University, Sprott School of Business, Nipissing University, Nipissing University and Nipissing University
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ethnic philanthropy, historically marginalized communities, social capital, philanthropic practices

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Cause and Emergence of Ethnic Philanthropy

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 29 Oct 2025
Nipissing University, Nipissing University, Nipissing University, Carleton University, Sprott School of Business, Nipissing University and Nipissing University
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ethnic philanthropy, historically marginalized communities, social capital, philanthropic practices

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Social Inequalities and the Promotion of Women in Buddhism in Thailand

Journal of Buddhist Ethics | Volume 25, 2018
Posted: 20 Nov 2025
Manuel Litalien
Nipissing University

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Social Development, Gender Equality, Buddhist Movement, Bhikkhuni, Buddhist Nuns, Religious Diversity, Thailand, Human Development, Social Inequalities, Theravada Buddhism, Glocalization, Welfare, Buddhist Ordination, Social Justice, Constitution, Thai Buddhist Monastic Community, Thai Sangha, Thai Buddhist Clergy, Bhikkhunis Ordination Movement, Democracy, Human Rights, Asia Pacific, Southeast Asia

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Examining the COVID-19 Response of Canadian Grantmaking Foundations: Possibilities, Tensions, and Long-Term Implications

Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, volume 12, issue S1, 2021[10.29173/cjnser.2021v12nS1a408]
Posted: 27 Oct 2025
UBC Okanagan, University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) and Nipissing University

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Grantmaking foundations, COVID-19, Canadian philanthropic sector, Equity and social justice, Organizational change / Fondations subventionnaires, COVID-19, Secteur philanthropique canadien, Équité et justice sociale, Changement organisationnel Saifer, Sidorovska, Litalien, Fontan, & Duprez (2021)

Other Papers (2)

Total Downloads: 5
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Religious Philanthropy as New Democratic Capital: Social Development and Welfare Regime in Thailand

Number of pages: 1 Posted: 27 Oct 2025 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2025
Manuel Litalien
Nipissing University
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Dhammakaya, Santi Asoke, Bhikkhuni Dhammananda, philanthropie religieuse et politique, féminisme et bouddhisme, développement social et bouddhisme, Thailand, Buddhism and development, Theravada Buddhism and social development, Theravada Buddhism and development, welfare regime and Buddhism, welfare regime and Thailand, welfare regime, welfare state, welfare state and Buddhism, Politics and Buddhism, State Buddhism, Feminism and Buddhism, New Buddhist movements, philanthropy and politics, Buddhist philanthropy, social solidarity, Buddhist clergy, Thai Buddhism, socially engaged Buddhism, Southeast Asia

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African Diaspora Philanthropy: How to Make It a Real Driver of Development?

Posted: 28 Oct 2025
Odwa Atari and Manuel Litalien
Nipissing University and Nipissing University

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Nouveau partenariat pour le développement de l’Afrique (NEPAD), Fondation pour le renforcement des capacités en Afrique (ACBF), African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), philanthropic practices, philanthropy, Africa, African philanthropy, African diasporas, host countries, development, critical perspective, migrants, financial capital, foreign aid, harambee, social capital, diaspora political action, cultural capital, relational capital, ethnicity, networks, civil society, fiscal policies, NGOs, diasporas and science, World Trade Organisation (WTO)