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2. What Racism? Race and Racism in Recent Canadian Historiography: A Critical Perspective on the Francophone Literature.
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Larochelle, Catherine
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RACE ,RACISM ,HISTORIOGRAPHY ,CANADIAN French ,IGNORANCE (Theory of knowledge) ,CANADIAN history, 1945- - Abstract
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- 2024
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3. Network‐building by community actors to develop capacities for coproduction of health services following reforms: A case study.
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Usher, Susan and Denis, Jean‐Louis
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IMMIGRANTS ,HEALTH services administration ,HEALTH services accessibility ,MINORITIES ,STAKEHOLDER analysis ,SOCIAL networks ,ORGANIZATIONAL structure ,COMMUNITIES ,CHILDREN with disabilities ,INTERVIEWING ,SOCIAL capital ,HEALTH care reform ,CASE studies ,INTERPERSONAL relations ,LONGITUDINAL method - Abstract
Introduction: Responsive, integrated and sustainable health systems require that communities take an active role in service design and delivery. Much of the current literature focuses on provider‐led initiatives to gain community input, raising concerns about power imbalances inherent in invited forms of participation. This paper provides an alternate view, exploring how, in a period following reforms, community actors forge network alliances to (re)gain legitimacy and capacities to coproduce health services with system providers. Methods: A longitudinal case study traced the network‐building efforts over 3 years of a working group formed by citizens and community actors working with seniors, minorities, recent immigrants, youth and people with disabilities. The group came together over concerns about reforms that impacted access to health services and the ability of community groups to mediate access for vulnerable community residents. Data were collected from observation of the group's meetings and activities, documents circulated within and by the group, and semi‐directed interviews. The first stage of analysis used social network mapping to reveal the network development achieved by the working group; a second traced network maturation, based on actor–network theory. Results: Network mapping revealed how the working group mobilized existing links and created new links with health system actors to explore access issues. Problematization appeared as an especially important stage in network development in the context of reforms that disrupted existing collaborative relationships and introduced new structures and processes. Conclusion: Network‐building strategies enable community actors to enhance their capacity for coproduction. A key contribution lies in the creation of 'organizational infrastructure'. Patient or Public Contribution: The lead researcher was embedded over 3 years in the activities of the community groups and community residents. Several group members provided comments on an initial draft of this paper. To preserve the anonymity of the group, their names do not appear in the acknowledgements section. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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4. Cultural participation in digital environments: goals and stakes for Quebec cultural policies.
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Casemajor, Nathalie, Bellavance, Guy, and Sirois, Guillaume
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CULTURAL policy ,CULTURAL property ,ECONOMIC development ,DIGITAL technology - Abstract
Digital environments have expanded the forms of cultural participation. This paper has two aims: first, to elucidate the changing definitions of cultural participation in relation to digital environments; second, to examine the ways in which cultural policies respond to the new digital conditions of cultural participation. Focusing on Quebec (Canada), this paper is based on a critical review of grey literature in the public policy. We identified three main goals pursued by Quebec cultural policies regarding digital participation: 1) to produce and disseminate national cultural content; 2) to encourage cultural equity and diversity; 3) to encourage digital equity. The analysis shows that these goals partially exceed the scope of cultural policies to intersect with economic, educational, and youth policies. We also argue that policy frameworks and funding programs in support of cultural policies tend to legitimize an overlap of civic, commercial, and industrial logics of cultural participation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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5. Recontextualizing curriculum policies: a comparative perspective on the work of mid-level actors in France and Quebec.
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Mathou, Cécile
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CURRICULUM ,SCHOOL administration ,CAREER development ,TEACHING ,EDUCATIONAL change ,SECONDARY education - Abstract
Drawing on Bernstein's concept of recontextualization, this paper explores how mid-level actors interpret and translate curriculum policies in the context of growing concerns about the performance and accountability of education systems. Little is known about the work of recontextualization agents responsible for the professional development, support and control of teachers, uniquely positioned at the interface of policy and practice, and comparative perspectives are even scarcer. Based on empirical research in France and Canada (Quebec), this paper examines the work of pedagogic advisors and inspectors intervening at lower secondary school level. Data are drawn from interviews (n = 24) conducted in three mid-level school authorities. Our comparative analysis brings to the fore specific forms of recontextualization in each education system. In particular it shows important variations in the use of knowledge based on experience and observation and decontextualized knowledge drawing on research and statistical data. Agents also elaborate different discursive strategies projecting contrasting models of teaching. In both contexts, but to varying degrees, the rise of data and 'evidence' is reshaping the missions of mid-level actors, potentially eroding professional discretion and expertise. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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6. Understanding the Integration Process Through the Concept of Trust: a Case Study of Latin American Professionals in Québec.
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Arcand, Sebastien, Facal, Joseph, and Armony, Victor
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SOCIAL conditions of immigrants ,PROFESSIONAL employees ,SOCIAL integration ,TRUST ,SOCIOECONOMICS - Abstract
This paper focuses on social representations held by professional immigrants and on the notion of trust as a key factor in the integration process. Using a sample of 455 online surveys and focus groups with 29 people, this paper examines the role of trust in the socio-economic integration of Latino professionals belonging to Quebec's Latin American Chamber of Commerce. Placed on a socio-economic integration continuum, the data demonstrate a variety of processes regarding trust in institutions and networks. Positive and negative feelings of trust have a variable impact on the integration of individuals who self-identify as members of a specific cultural group. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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7. Blowing the whistle during the first wave of COVID‐19: A case study of Quebec nurses.
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Gagnon, Marilou, Perron, Amélie, Dufour, Caroline, Marcogliese, Emily, Pariseau‐Legault, Pierre, Wright, David Kenneth, Martin, Patrick, and Carnevale, Franco A.
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RESEARCH evaluation ,WORK ,RESEARCH methodology ,INTERVIEWING ,PSYCHOLOGY of nurses ,EXPERIENTIAL learning ,RESEARCH funding ,WHISTLEBLOWING ,CONTENT analysis ,THEMATIC analysis ,COVID-19 pandemic - Abstract
The experiences of nurses who blew the whistle during the COVID‐19 pandemic have exposed gaps and revealed an urgent need to revisit our understanding of whistleblowing. Aim: The aim was to develop a better understanding of whistleblowing during a pandemic by using the experiences and lessons learned of Quebec nurses who blew the whistle during the first wave of COVID‐19 as a case study. More specifically, to explore why and how nurses blew the whistle, what types of wrongdoing triggered their decision to do so and how context shaped the whistleblowing process as well as its consequences (including perceived consequences). Design: The study followed a single‐case study design with three embedded units of analysis. Methods: We used content analysis to analyse 83 news stories and 597 forms posted on a whistleblowing online platform. We also conducted 15 semi‐structured interviews with nurses and analysed this data using a thematic analysis approach. Finally, we triangulated the findings. Results: We identified five themes across the case study. (1) During the first wave of COVID‐19, Quebec nurses experienced a shifting sense of loyalty and relationship to workplace culture. (2) They witnessed exceedingly high numbers of intersecting wrongdoings amplified by mismanagement and long‐standing issues. (3) They reported a lack of trust and transparency; thus, a need for external whistleblowing. (4) They used whistleblowing to reclaim their rights (notably, the right to speak) and build collective solidarity. (5) Finally, they saw whistleblowing as an act of moral courage in the face of a system in crisis. Together, these themes elucidate why and how nurse whistleblowing is different in pandemic times. Conclusion: Our findings offer a more nuanced understanding of nurse whistleblowing and address important gaps in knowledge. They also highlight the need to rethink external whistleblowing, develop whistleblowing tools and advocate for whistleblowing protection. Impact In many ways, the COVID‐19 pandemic has challenged our foundational understanding of whistleblowing and, as a result, it has limited the usefulness of existing literature on the topic for reasons that will be brought to light in this paper. We believe that studying the uniqueness of whistleblowing during a pandemic can address this gap by describing why and how health care workers blow the whistle during a pandemic and situating this experience within a broader social, political, organizational context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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8. The Best Romance Dime Novels on the (French-Canadian) Market: The Promotional Strategies of Police-Journal, 1944-1963.
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Warren, Jean-Philippe and Luneau, Marie-Pier
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ROMANCE fiction ,MARKETING strategy ,CATALOGS ,DIME ,CENSORSHIP - Abstract
Largely overlooked by scholars, dime novels, especially romance, enjoyed spectacular popularity in French Canada in the 1940s and 1950s. Based on an analysis of the editorial peritexts of the 'Police-Journal' (P-J) series, the present paper seeks to understand the marketing strategies used to sell dime novels, deployed by the most important popular publisher in Quebec. In the first section, we show how P-J attempted to present itself as "the best in the business." It constantly heralded its success and extolled the global quality of its publications. In the second section, we demonstrate how the publication of separate series did not stop P-J from trying to attract readers to its entire catalog. The third section analyses how P-J navigated the troubled waters of a French-Canadian society torn between the more emancipated aspirations of an increasingly urbanized population and its elites' conservative ideology. P-J had to offer a product that was exciting enough to appeal to the crowd, yet sufficiently innocuous to avoid censorship. Overall, our paper underscores P-J's pioneering marketing practices in French Quebec. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
9. An impact analysis of climate change on the forestry industry in Quebec.
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Boccanfuso, Dorothée, Savard, Luc, Goyette, Jonathan, Gosselin, Véronique, and Mangoua, Clovis Tanekou
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CLIMATE change ,FORESTS & forestry ,GROSS domestic product ,DYNAMICS ,ECONOMIC history - Abstract
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- 2018
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10. Some economic dimensions of the sovereignty debate in Quebec: debt, GDP, and migration.
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Somers, Kim and Vaillancourt, François
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SOVEREIGNTY ,GROSS domestic product ,PUBLIC debts ,LABOR supply ,ECONOMIC policy - Abstract
This paper shows that the quest for sovereignty in Quebec is explained by its role as the abode for a French-speaking minority in North America. It notes that there was no commonly agreed legal framework for the 1980 or 1995 referendums and that the attempt to impose one in 2000 has been rejected by Quebec. Using results from existing papers and original research, the paper shows that the quest for sovereignty can have an impact on the cost of financing the public debt of the entity doing this. It also shows that labour flows can be affected by the existence of a sovereignty movement. This GDP would be higher if the secessionist threat had not had an impact on the size of the labour force since the early 1970s. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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11. Obstacles to socioeconomic integration of highly-skilled immigrant women.
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Gauthier, Carol-Anne
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SOCIOECONOMICS ,INDUSTRIAL management ,SOCIAL interaction ,WOMEN immigrants - Abstract
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of obstacles to socioeconomic integration faced by highly-skilled immigrant women (HSIW) to Quebec, followed by a discussion of Quebec’s socio-political context and interculturalism, in an effort to better situate these obstacles. With these in mind, implications for diversity management are discussed. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is largely based on a review of the immigrant integration, interculturalism and diversity management literatures pertaining to the socioeconomic integration of highly-skilled immigrants. It focusses on the socioeconomic integration of HSIW in the Quebec context. Findings – The authors find that researchers should continue to examine aspects of the social and political contexts in which immigrant integration and diversity management take place when conducting studies in these areas. The authors also encourage continued research pertaining to specific groups, as these may bring to light-specific dynamics that can lead to exclusion. Practical implications – This paper includes implications for diversity management in organizations seeking to foster inclusive practices with regards to ethnic minorities and immigrants in general, and HSIW in particular. Originality/value – The paper sheds new light on immigrant integration and diversity management in Quebec by bridging the gap between three areas of study that are interconnected but seldom discussed together: socioeconomic integration of immigrants, interculturalism and diversity management in organizations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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12. Pawns of Patriarchy?: Rethinking the Early Feminist Movement in Quebec.
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Smith, Heather
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FEMINISM ,HISTORY of feminists ,NATIONALISM - Abstract
How has the image of the early feminist movement in Quebec been biased by modern ideas of feminism, and what ramifications does this have for how Canadian history is viewed and taught? Building upon current research by historian Micheline Dumont, this paper explores publications by several pioneering feminists of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Quebec, measuring these primary sources against their portrayal in feminist historiography. Contrary to value judgments espoused by feminist historians who have tended to characterize the early feminist movement as "mild" and "maternal," this paper argues that these women were in fact bold in their unique brand of feminism. As such, these findings aim to reorient the historiography of feminism in Canada, advocating for a multifaceted approach to feminist history which fully considers the lived experiences and cultural contexts of women of the past. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
13. Understanding before implementing: the context of Lean in public healthcare organizations.
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Fournier, Pierre-Luc and Jobin, Marie-Hélène
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HEALTH services administration ,MANAGEMENT of municipal services ,LEAN management ,MEDICAL care ,PERFORMANCE evaluation - Abstract
A three-year study of Lean implementation in public healthcare organizations in Québec identified poor understanding of the organizational context as a contributing factor to unsustainable Lean implementation. This paper presents a holistic perspective of the unique context of public healthcare organizations and discusses its implications with regards to Lean implementation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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14. Beyond the Usual Suspects and Towards Politicisation: Immigration in Quebec's Party Manifestos, 1991–2018.
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Xhardez, Catherine and Paquet, Mireille
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IMMIGRATION policy ,IMMIGRANTS ,LINGUISTICS - Abstract
Immigration is increasingly politicised: issues surrounding immigration are more salient and party immigration positions are becoming more polarised. Literature on this topic has overwhelmingly focused on Europe and the USA, while identifying radical right parties and particular social dynamics as the main drivers of politicisation. In this paper, we consider a case that exhibits growing politicisation, yet does not fit existing measures and explanation of this phenomenon: Quebec, Canada. Considering party manifestos between 1991 and 2018, we ask: how have Quebec major political parties treated immigration policy issues over time? We argue that Quebec's immigration partisan space is organised by a liberal-restrictive immigration policy continuum and a jurisdictional axis. Mapping provincial political parties' positions, we document a stable clustering towards liberal policy positions but a clear cleavage on the jurisdictional axis. We show that the emergence in 2012 of a highly moderate centre right party—the Coalition Avenir Québec—broke with these established positions and drove a politicisation of the issue. These results demonstrate the importance of considering alternative drivers to explain the politicisation of immigration, as well as of paying attention to the politics of immigration in contexts where pro-immigration discourses dominate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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15. Reflecting on the experiences of Syrian refugee young adults in adult education in Quebec: The practitioners' perspective.
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Maraj, Arianne, Calderón-Moya, Milagros, Sherab, Domenique, and Ghosh, Ratna
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SYRIAN refugees ,ADULT education - Abstract
Much research focuses on schooling for refugee children in resettlement contexts; however, limited research addresses young adult refugees (YAR) between 16–24 years in the adult education (AE) system. This paper strives to fill this gap by providing the perspectives of 12 AE practitioners who welcomed and worked with Syrian YAR in Quebec, Canada. Practitioners' experiences and challenges faced with this refugee population reveal strategies needed to enable YAR to flourish and attain their objectives, including a call for systemic change in AE. Critical race theory and the capabilities approach set the conceptual framework guided by a narrative inquiry methodology. Semi-structured interviews provided the data that were thematically analyzed through collaborative work. From our understanding of the effectiveness of AE approaches for YAR, it is clear, based on the insights provided by the practitioners, that the face of AE has changed, and its current approach does not work for the YAR population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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16. Brain Drain: Rural Poverty and the Quebecois Zombie Film.
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MacLeod, George
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ECOCRITICISM ,ZOMBIES ,HORROR - Abstract
Robin Aubert's 2017 film Les Affamés is a zombie genre film, set in an unspecified region of rural Quebec. The first Quebecois addition of note to the zombie film genre, Les Affamés follows the few remaining humans who have avoided contamination from their infected, flesh-eating pursuers. The rustic setting provides a haunting backdrop as the protagonist, a bearded science-fiction devotee named Bonin, and his five companions, attempt to flee through the woods to safety, pursued by a screaming, blood-thirsty horde of their former friends and neighbors. Les Affamés functions in large part as an allegory for rural poverty and economic isolation. Decaying farmhouses, rusting tractors, and an abandoned mine are just a few of the iconic images that invoke the real-world struggles of once-healthy agricultural and mining communities in a twenty-first-century neo-liberal economy. This paper will focus in particular on the zombie as an avatar for Quebecois and, more broadly, North American rural decay, noting how Aubert uses a zombie virus as an allegory for depopulation and economic marginalization. Indeed, the Affamés of the film's title also suggest the ravenous appetites of a capitalist system which, like the film's titular flesh-eating monsters, appears insatiable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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17. Legalize or Prohibit It? Quebec's Exceptionalism on Cannabis Regulation and the Framing of Evidence in Policymaking.
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Lévesque, Gabriel and Benoit, Maude
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CANNABIS (Genus) ,MARIJUANA legalization ,PHARMACEUTICAL policy ,PUBLIC health - Abstract
Successive governments of the Liberal and CAQ parties have worked on Quebec's cannabis regulation. Although "progressiveness" is a key part of its political identity, and despite its population being the largest user of cannabis since it was legalized, Quebec adopted the most repressive legislation among Canadian provinces. The process of framing the issue was nevertheless heavily influenced by the use of scientific evidence. In this paper, we seek to understand how evidence from different scientific fields was mobilized in the policymaking process. In order to classify the actors' positions and use of science, we develop a bidimensional continuum in which approaches to both health and behavior are presented. We specifically discuss three relevant issues that distinguish Quebec from other Canadian provinces: personal cultivation, public consumption, and legal age. Although multiple approaches to these issues were possible, government actors persistently put forward an individual approach to health and a moralistic approach to behavior. The adoption of the same repressive approach on each issue without scientific consensus suggests that scientific arguments were mobilized as a tool to support preexisting beliefs rather than to ground policy on evidence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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18. The elephant in the forest and the irony of the environmental debate in Quebec.
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Nobert, Sébastien
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TAIGAS ,ENVIRONMENTAL management ,FORESTS & forestry ,DOCUMENTARY films - Abstract
This paper examines how the conflict over the management of the boreal forest of Quebec has been constructed through the documentary film l'Erreur boreale. It pays particular attention to the kind of discourses and practices used by the filmmakers to present the forest as a threatened entity. The paper shows that despite raising questions over the accessibility of the forest, the film promotes dominant industrial relationships with the forest which undermine other ways of imagining the relationships between forest users and the non-humans making up the forest. The paper suggests that the debate that resulted from the film offered few novel ideas to re-imagine relationships with the forest other than through the epistemic realm of forestry science and ecology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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19. The Government–Third Sector Interface in Québec.
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Proulx, Jean, Bourque, Denis, and Savard, Sébastien
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POLITICAL science ,FEDERAL government ,NONPROFIT sector ,HOMELESS youth ,HOUSING ,SERVICES for homeless people - Abstract
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- 2007
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20. Working with Youth During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Adaptations and Insights from Youth Workers.
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Khoury, Emmanuelle, Boisvert-Viens, Jérémy, and Goyette, Martin
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WORK ,CHILD welfare ,FEAR ,SOCIAL workers ,OCCUPATIONAL adaptation ,SOCIOECONOMIC factors ,PRIMARY health care ,SOCIAL worker attitudes ,PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation ,WORLD health ,HELPLESSNESS (Psychology) ,EMERGENCY medical personnel ,SOCIAL support ,DISEASE susceptibility ,COVID-19 pandemic ,EXPERIENTIAL learning ,SOCIAL isolation - Abstract
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic thrust the world's population into a crisis. Social workers and other professionals working with youth have been front-line witnesses to the accentuated negative impact of this public health emergency on youth and their families as well as to the creative adaptive strategies of youth and their families. Purpose: Because youth workers are often the first to identify and respond to the needs and desires of children and youth, it is critical to better understand the ways in which youth workers adapted, coped, and intervened within the context of this global health, social, and economic crisis. Youth workers play a central role in the lives of children and youth. Their perspective is key to recognizing both practice innovation and organizational impediments. Method: 31 youth workers in mental health, housing, primary care, and child protection participated in focus groups discussing the impact of the pandemic during waves 1 and 2 on the youth and families they work with and, consequently, on their own practice. Results: include two central domains that organize findings around adapting professional practice to crisis situations: (1) the first-person experience of working with youth during the pandemic; (2) the changing needs and risks faced by youth and their families. Discussion: These domains include discussions around participant emotions and feelings of isolation, helplessness, and fear as well as adaptability. The article concludes with recommendations to support youth workers and adapt organizational structures to help protect youth from increased risk and vulnerability during a pandemic or other crises. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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21. L'histoire urbaine au Québec : état des lieux et perspectives.
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Bérubé, Harold
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CITIES & towns ,HISTORIOGRAPHY ,STAGNATION (Economics) - Abstract
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- 2022
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22. Our Own Monument: Landscape in the Linguistic Others of Quebec and Puerto Rico.
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Nichols, Lizzy
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LINGUISTICS ,QUEBECOIS ,NATIONALISM - Abstract
It is common in discourse surrounding Québécois and Puerto Rican nationalism to discuss both regions in terms of their linguistic marginality to Anglo-majorities found in Canada and the USA, respectively. As two areas faced with the common American task of inventing a national identity in displaced settings in the New World, English becomes an easy "other" against which the French Quebecker and Spanish Puerto Rican may define themselves. However, language becomes a problematic means of definition when considered in relation to its intrinsically Old World origins. This paper reexamines Quebec and Puerto Rican nationalism from a larger New World perspective that focuses on the role of American landscapes and settings in conjunction with the traditional linguistic approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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23. The secessionist spectre: the influence of authoritarianism, nativism and populism on support for Quebec independence.
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Blanchet, Alexandre and Medeiros, Mike
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AUTONOMY & independence movements ,NATIONALISM ,AUTHORITARIANISM ,NATIVISM ,POPULISM - Abstract
In recent years, Quebec has been undergoing a re‐evaluation of immigration and integration policies. The secessionist Parti Québécois had become the leader of this debate, which also coincided with a rise of right‐wing nativist, populist and sometimes authoritarian movements in other Western societies. This paper aims to evaluate the similarity or dissimilarity of Quebec's nationalism to these other nationalisms. We use the 2015 Canadian Election Study data to explore the influence of authoritarianism, nativism and populism directly on support for secession and also, indirectly, on voting intentions. We find that authoritarianism has a negative influence on support for Quebec independence and independentist parties, while the pattern is the opposite, and the effects somewhat weaker, for nativism and populism. Hence, we argue that Quebec nationalism does not seem to correlate with the right‐wing populist movement extending throughout many Western societies. Thus, Quebec nationalism was shown to be a distinct form of nationalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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24. Combined innovation and export strategies of KIBS in different regional settings.
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Doloreux, David, Shearmur, Richard, and Van Assche, Ari
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EXPORTS ,TECHNOLOGICAL innovations ,ECONOMIC history - Abstract
This paper examines how KIBS establishments combine innovation and exports, and which factors are associated with these combinations. In particular, we hypothesize that KIBS establishments which both export and innovate will be over-represented in metropolitan regions, and under-represented in peripheral regions. Our analysis draws upon a sample of 429 innovative KIBS establishments in the province of Quebec (Canada). We show that strategies differ across space (but not as expected – metropolitan and peripheral strategies are similar), that T-KIBS' strategies are associated with non-market information sources, and that P-KIBS' strategies are associated with information purchasing. P-KIBS' and T-KIBS' strategies vary with the performance of in-house R&D. Taken together, these results suggest that whereas KIBS' choice of export and innovation strategies do not reflect their 'hard' or 'soft' nature, the factors associated with this choice do. The similarity between metropolitan and peripheral regions reflects the fact that Quebec's resource-based peripheral economy is international and innovative. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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25. Frontiérités québécoises : Représentations de la zone transfrontalière québéco‐américaine au Congrès des États‐Unis, 2001–2016.
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Boucher, Vincent, Cloutier‐Roy, Christophe, and Vallet, Élisabeth
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BORDERLANDS ,CONTENT analysis ,BOUNDARY disputes ,BORDER crossing - Abstract
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- 2019
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26. Social acceptance and population confidence in telehealth in Quebec.
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Poder, Thomas G., Bellemare, Christian A., Bédard, Suzanne K., and Lemieux, Renald
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SOCIAL acceptance ,TELEMEDICINE ,HOSPITALS ,OBSERVED confidence levels (Statistics) ,QUESTIONNAIRES - Abstract
Background: Access to healthcare in remote areas is difficult and telehealth could be a promising avenue if accepted by the population. The aim of this study is to assess social acceptance and population confidence in telehealth in the Province of Quebec. Methods: We conducted a survey using a questionnaire assessing the social acceptance of and confidence level in telehealth. Two strategies were used: 1) paper questionnaires were sent to two hospitals in Quebec; and 2) online questionnaires were randomly sent by a firm specialized in online survey to a representative sample of the population of the Province of Quebec. Respondents were all residents of the Province of Quebec and 18 years and older. Questions were scored with a four-level Likert scale. Results: A total of 1816 questionnaires were analyzed (229 written and 1,587 online questionnaires). The sociodemographic variables in our samples, especially the online questionnaires, were fairly representative of Quebec's population. Overall, social acceptance scored at 77.71% and confidence level at 65.76%. Both scores were higher in the case of treatment (3 scenarios were proposed) vs. diagnosis (p < 0.05). No difference was found when respondents were asked to respond for themselves and for a member of their family, which demonstrates a true interest in telehealth in Quebec. In addition, we found a significant difference (p < 0.05) between written and online questionnaires regarding social acceptance (80.75% vs. 77.33%) and confidence level (74.84% vs. 64.55%). These differences may be due to social desirability or avidity bias in the written questionnaires. Conclusions: Our results suggest that the population in Quebec encourages the development of telehealth for real time diagnosis and long distance treatment for regions deprived of healthcare professionals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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27. Quebec Population's Eethical Stands on Doping: Between Supporting Sport's Moral Code and Adapting to a New Reality.
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Laberge, Suzanne and Kay, Joanne
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DEMOGRAPHIC surveys ,SPORTS law ,PUNISHMENT ,DOPING in sports ,HEALTH - Abstract
This paper presents the results of a survey of the Quebec population's ethical positioning in regard to sport doping (approval/disapproval, regulation and punishment). The results show the presence of two main trends. On one hand, there is a conservative sport morality trend which, on principle, is: against the removal of the ban on doping even if it does not cause any harm to one's health; against the uses of genetic discovery in sport; and in favor of heavier punishment for the athlete at fault. On the other hand, there is a more liberal or "reformist" trend which: agrees with lifting the ban on drugs that are not harmful to one's health; is open to the use of genetic doping, such as for therapeutic uses; and is in favor of lighter punishment. This last trend appears to be more pragmatic and open to an adjustment of sport values to better align with those of contemporary democratic societies, more specifically when health is at stake. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
28. ACADIAN VICTIMIZATION AND EMPOWERMENT.
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Gallant, Jeanette
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CRIME victims ,SELF-efficacy ,GROUP identity ,ACADIANS ,FRENCH-Canadians ,TWENTIETH century ,HISTORY - Abstract
This paper looks at the role that musical discourse played in shaping a dialectical construction of social identity for the Acadians during French Canada's nationalist movement at the end of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. By examining how the Acadians were represented in the press, this analysis serves to identify how discursive practices manifested competing notions of victimization and empowerment in Acadian society. Considering musical discourse as a reflection of cultural power relations occurring between the Acadians and Canada's largest francophone population in Quebec, this paper assesses identity-formation in relation to how the aesthetic and the political intersected as musical discourse was used to promote the socio-political interests of nationalists in Quebec. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2014
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29. Party competition and the production of nationhood in the immigration context: particularizing the universal for political gain in France and Québec.
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Laxer, Emily and Korteweg, Anna C.
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EMIGRATION & immigration ,POLITICAL parties ,NATIONALISM ,COMPETITION (Psychology) ,UNIVERSALISM (Political science) ,PARTICULARISM (Political science) ,SOCIAL values - Abstract
Analysing parties' media representations in the context of France's 2010 legal ban of Islamic facial coverings and Québec's (rejected) Charter of Values in 2013, this paper foregrounds the neglected role that party competition plays in shaping the construction of nationhood in public debates around immigrant religious practices. Our findings show that in these debates, political parties aim to maintain their distinct identities by generating a particular universalism, in which purportedly "universal" values, such as gender equality, are imbricated with particularistic images of nationhood. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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30. Timeline of Initial Perceptions and Adoption of e-Business Among Quebec Forestry Sector SMEs.
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Jabeur, Fathen, Mohiuddin, Muhammad, and Karuranga, Egide
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SENSORY perception ,ELECTRONIC commerce ,FORESTS & forestry ,BUSINESS enterprises ,INFORMATION technology ,METROPOLITAN areas - Abstract
The present business environment is demanding and has forced companies to use information technology (IT) to remain competitive. E-business capabilities are currently one of the most salient factors that offer competitive advantage for most firms. This paper examines the evolution of the adoption of e-business practices between 2002 and 2009 from perception to actual adoption by small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in the forestry sector in Quebec, Canada. A binary logistic regression analysis of survey data demonstrated the low rate of adoption of these technologies in this group. This research found that while firm size is the most influential factor for e-business solution adopters, location is also a vital factor. Firms in metropolitan areas adopt e-business solutions faster and in higher volume than firms do in rural areas. Thus, this paper highlights those factors that can influence the adoption of e-business practices in Quebec forestry-sector SMEs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
31. Contrasting Commissions on Interculturalism: The Hijab and the Workings of Interculturalism in Quebec and France.
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Adelman, Howard
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PURDAH ,PUBLIC education - Abstract
This paper compares the response to the hijab in France, Quebec and the rest of Canada to explore the different political cultures of those three polities, the ideals behind them and the modes of repression and tolerance which give meaning to those cultures. More specifically, the paper compares the Stasi Commission in France with the Bouchard-Taylor Commission in Quebec in terms of both process and conclusions. What role do public commissions play in the education of the public against a background of educational institutions charged with that task? In asking that question, the paper explores the role of daily practices in realising that ideal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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32. Studying and being a student: how are these valued by today's youth? The perspective of French language sociology on the issue.
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Hamel, Jacques, Méthot, Christian, and Doré, Gabriel
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STUDY & teaching of medicine ,SOCIOLOGY education ,STUDENT attitudes ,DIFFERENTIATION (Sociology) ,FRENCH language - Abstract
This paper seeks to examine students' values in 'relationship to their studies.' After defining the concept within this rubric, we attempt to define the values at work from the perspectives of (1) the motivation for pursuing post-secondary studies; (2) the pace of studies; (3) the time devoted to study; (4) the time spent in the institutions; and (5) student culture. The study focuses on students enrolled in the medicine and sociology programs. Our paper draws primarily from the results of an online survey and interviews of a sampling of the target student population, with the analysis in both cases developed in light of the distinction between 'instrumental' values and 'expressive' values. The analysis presented here is based on theories recently developed in France and Quebec regarding values, students and student attitudes toward their program of study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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33. Simulation hydrologique des derniers jours de la crue de printemps: le probleme de la neige manquante.
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Turcotte, Richard, Fortier Filion, Thomas-Charles, Lacombe, Pierre, Fortin, Vincent, Roy, Alexandre, and Royer, Alain
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SNOW-water equivalent ,FLOODS ,HYDROLOGIC models ,METEOROLOGICAL precipitation ,SNOW measurement ,SNOW chemistry ,SNOW density ,HYDROLOGICAL forecasting ,HISTORY - Abstract
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- 2010
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34. BALANCING WORK AND FAMILY IN CANADA: AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION OF CONCEPTUALIZATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS.
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TÉZLI, ANNETTE and GAUTHIER, ANNE H.
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FAMILY policy ,SOCIAL science research ,FAMILIES ,TIME pressure ,FAMILY relations ,HOME environment - Abstract
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- 2009
35. Unpacking the Meaning of Quality in Quebec’s Health-care System: The Input of Commissions of Inquiry.
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Firbank, Oscar
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HEALTH services administration ,MEDICAL quality control ,HEALTH policy ,GOVERNMENTAL investigations - Abstract
The paper explores how several commissions of inquiry established in Quebec, Canada, have, over time, contributed in redefining the meaning of quality in health-care and its management. Adopting an interpretive analysis of commissions’ reports, the paper examines the particular ‘conceptual boxes’ used by their members to tackle quality and the embedded nature of their work. It is shown that although quality was always considered, this was generally done by bringing into focus specific quality domains and issues, some new, others not so new. In addition, the various management approaches to quality featured in the reports were informed by evolving templates; although this evolution was not as straight and unwavering as some retrospective studies of quality in health-care seem to indicate. A common thread to all commissions is the fact that, beyond the definition of general principles, responsibility for quality oversight was not clearly assigned and criteria on whether quality initiatives should be voluntary or compulsory were often left unspecified. Further, quality was never regarded by the commissions as a strategic aspect of health-care. It is speculated that these failings on the part of commissions may partly explain the unassertive course of action taken by the provincial government in the area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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36. Health technology assessments conducted in health care facilities: A strategic practice? Findings from a content analysis of HTA reports.
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Ouimet, Mathieu, Lalancette, Pascal, and Racine, Alexandre
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MEDICAL technology ,HEALTH facilities ,MEDICAL care ,MEDICAL practice - Abstract
In this paper, we test the hypothesis that health technology assessment units located in hospitals tend to be more optimistic toward technologies that are currently in use in their organization than technologies that are not. The data include 108 health technologies assessed in 87 full-scale health technology assessment reports produced by the four main local health technology assessment units in Quebec (Canada) on behalf of decision makers from the same facility. We found that 58 (53.7 percent) of the 108 technologies were currently in use within the hospital during their assessment. Based on the assessors' interpretation of the scientific evidence regarding the efficacy of the technologies, 67.3 percent of the technologies that were in use in the hospital during the evaluation were effective (56 percent for those that were not currently being used), but the difference is not statistically significant (chi-square 1.38; p = 0.24). Controlling for the efficacy judgment, the type of technologies (i.e. preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic or organizational), the number of technologies assessed in the report and the assessment unit, we found that the technologies that were currently in use in the facility during the evaluation were 62 percent more likely to be recommended favorably by the assessment unit than the technologies that were not currently being used (RR = 1.62; 95 percent CI = 1.06–1.88). This suggests that the local health technology units that were examined in the study tended to be more optimistic toward technologies that were currently in use in their hospital at the time of the evaluation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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37. Unpacking the Childcare and Education Policy Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights from the Canadian Province of Quebec.
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Mathieu, Sophie
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CANADIAN provinces ,COVID-19 pandemic ,EDUCATION policy ,CHILD care ,SOCIAL norms - Abstract
Building from Blum and Dobrotić's conceptual framework, this paper shows that the decisions to reopen childcare centres and schools in the Canadian province of Quebec in 2020 were influenced by four goals: (1) protecting public health, (2) promoting academic success / fostering early education, (3) addressing social inequalities, and (4) helping parents to reconcile employment and care activities. Although the first three objectives were considered in the sequence of reopening, the government quickly chose to prioritize work-family reconciliation above other objectives. Quebec's tight sequence of reopening childcare centres and schools is not simply a consequence of evolving research showing lower risks associated with COVID-19 for young children, it also reflects the province's cultural norms toward mothers' employment and the high legitimacy of the state in subsidizing childcare. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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38. Student voices on social relations of race in Québec universities.
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Magnan, Marie-Odile, Collins, Tya, Darchinian, Fahimeh, Kamanzi, Pierre Canisius, and Valade, Véronique
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RACE relations ,RACISM in education ,UNDERGRADUATES ,MICROAGGRESSIONS ,CURRICULUM - Abstract
This study aims to shed light on the role of the university as a space contributing to (re)production and even to the reification of social relations of race. To do this, we sought the views of 30 students enrolled in first-year undergraduate studies to analyze how institutional racism occurs through microaggression interactions, i.e. subjective or overt racism expressed by individuals or through institutional practices, understood as indirect processes that may have unplanned effects on racialized groups via feelings of inequitable treatment. These students were born to immigrant parents from Haiti and sub-Saharan Africa. This article shows that, despite a denial of systemic racism by the Québec government, our data do reveal unequal social relations of race in the daily lives and practices of academic institutions. Students, through their words, tend to emphasize the existence of a boundary linked to power relations between those they name as Whites and Others. They relate incidents of microaggression, which seem normal or banal for the majority group, often taking the form of humour, which constantly bring them back to their otherness, their social positioning vis-à-vis power relations, which they describe as inferiorizing. They also highlight the perception of these boundaries at the institutional level in the choice of staff hired, in the whitewashed image of the institution in promotional materials, in the predominance of formal and hidden ethnocentric or racist curriculum, and in student life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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39. Experiences of Parents of Trans and Non-Binary Children Living in the Region of Quebec.
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Ladry, Naomie-Jade, Pullen Sansfaçon, Annie, and Dyer, Jennifer
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GENDER identity ,POST-traumatic stress disorder ,TRANSGENDER people ,INNER cities - Abstract
The coming out process differs for everyone, and parents may experience difficulties such as external stress, ostracism and finding local services. Access to resources is, therefore, fundamental, and parents need support in accompanying their children. Methods: This research was carried out in two waves. Firstly, data collection began with parents of TNB children living in the Gaspésie, Bas-Saint-Laurent and Îles-de-la-Madeleine regions, who participated in five group meetings. Secondly, nine in-depth interviews were conducted with parents living in the province of Quebec, outside major urban centres. Results: This article presents the synergy between the two waves of data collection. The results show that parents report various experiences of vulnerability in the process of accepting their children's gender identity. Despite this, the families we met provided their children with unconditional support to help them navigate various service structures. Conclusions: Although parents of TNB children living in regional areas face similar difficulties to their urban peers, the lack of resources and access to services limits their options, contributing to their isolation. As a result, these parents must employ strategies to initiate change and improve their conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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40. La Psychologie Scolaire au Québec Français-School Psychology in French Quebec.
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Goguen, Suzette and Montreuil, Tina C.
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SCHOOL psychology ,PROFESSIONAL employees ,PROFESSIONAL practice ,MEDICAL offices ,PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
Psychology and more importantly, school psychology has undergone many changes in French Quebec since the last special issue was published on the subject matter, close to two decades ago. Quebec is a “breeding ground” for psychologists as more than two thirds of Canada’s psychology professionals practice in this province alone. Since the mid 2000’s, a doctoral degree is now required for licensing and registration to the professional order, the Order of Psychologists of Quebec (OPQ). Although this field has since evolved, other aspects of the profession remain unchanged. For one, professional shortages and recruitment challenges (i.e. unrealistic student to psychologist ratios) represent a major obstacle to service provision. Hence, the primary duty of psychologists working in schools remains to perform psychoeducational assessments for coding purposes. Much work and advocacy is still needed to further the practice of school psychology in Quebec. Professional practice, training and, future perspectives of school psychology are further discussed in the current paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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41. Quebec educational system and the Muslim community: why do some muslim parents opt for islamic schools?
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Tiflati, Hicham
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EDUCATION ,EDUCATION of Muslims ,RELIGIOUS education ,PARENT-child legal relationship ,MADRASAHS - Abstract
This inquiry investigates Muslim parents' perceptions and experiences with public and Islamic education in Montreal. It examines how the public educational system is contributing, or not, to creating unity and harmony among future citizens. It also assesses parents' rights to educate their children at the schools of their choice. A number of previous studies have covered Muslim students' experiences with both the public and the Islamic school (Zine 2001, 2008; Memon 2009; McDonough et al. 2012; Tremblay 2014; McAndrew 2010). None of these studies, however, looked specifically at Muslim parents' experiences and perceptions with both sectors. This paper aims (1) to shed light on the history of public schooling in Quebec, (2) to assess the factors behind the choice of the school, and (3) to contribute to debates on questions related to public and religious education in Quebec. We will show that important questions related to reasonable accommodations, to neutrality in public schools, and to the politics of harmonization in education need to be addressed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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42. Distribution and Use of Brood-rearing and Moulting Sites of the Atlantic Population of Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) in Nunavik, Quebec.
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COTTER, RICHARD C.
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CANADA goose ,BIRD populations ,WATER bird molting - Abstract
The Atlantic population of Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) nests in the coastal lowlands of eastern Hudson Bay and southwestern Ungava Bay in Nunavik, Quebec. Although many aspects of the nesting ecology of this and other northern populations of Canada Geese have been studied and published, there is a paucity of information on the use of brood-rearing and moulting sites. Based on 18 years of band and recapture data from an ongoing banding program, this paper presents the distribution of brood-rearing and moulting sites and the use of these sites over time. Along Hudson Bay and Ungava Bay, the most important brood-rearing and moulting areas are the stretch of coastal lowlands between the Mariet River and Shallow Bay and between Riviere aux Feuilles and Virgin Lake, respectively. Of all adult geese captured during the banding program (n = 41 924), 7.5% (standard error [SE] 0.13%) were recaptures, that is, birds that had previously been caught and banded; annual recapture rates ranged from 5.1% to 11.4%. The mean and median distances between the site of first recapture and the original site of capture were 4.3 km (SE 0.22 km) and 1.5 km, respectively. Juveniles moved, on average, 5.4 km farther than adults and males moved 1.4 km farther than females. Among geese banded as juveniles, males moved twice as far as females: 11.5 km versus 5.7 km. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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43. Bivariate index-flood model: case study in Québec, Canada.
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Ben Aissia, M.-A., Chebana, F., Ouarda, T. B. M. J., Bruneau, P., and Barbet, M.
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FLOODS ,FLOOD risk ,MATHEMATICAL models - Abstract
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- 2015
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44. National minority and racialized minorities: the case of Pakistanis in Quebec.
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Jamil, Uzma
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PAKISTANIS ,MINORITIES ,RACIALIZATION ,MUSLIMS ,ETHNIC differences ,CANADIAN French ,CANADIAN English language ,GROUP identity -- Social aspects ,MAJORITY groups ,ISLAMOPHOBIA -- Social aspects ,TWENTY-first century ,SOCIOLINGUISTICS ,SOCIAL history - Abstract
Canada is often characterized as a multicultural country with two official languages associated with two official population groups: the national majority of white, anglophone Canadians and the national minority of white, francophone Quebecers. Racialized minorities, including immigrants, are situated as the third node in the construction of Canada as a multicultural society. While there is often discussion of the minority/ majority relationship between the national majority and the national minority, or the national majority and racialized minorities, there is much less attention given to the relationship between Quebec and racialized minorities in the province. This paper examines the construction of difference in this relationship through the experiences of Pakistani Muslims living in Montreal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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45. Contemporary Transformations of Territorialities Among the lnnu of Ekuanitshit.
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Desmeules, Alexia and Guimond, Laurie
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WATER power , *ECONOMIC interest groupings , *PRESSURE groups , *CULTURAL property - Abstract
Since 2009, Innu members of the community of Ekuanitshit have faced a major hydroelectric project on the Romaine River, an Unamen Shipuin innu-aimunlanguage, integral part of the Nitassinan, their ancestral territory. In this paper, we study the project's impacts on the material and ideational relationship the Innu have with the river. We explore the idea that the project transforms the traditional relationship to territory into a more pragmatic one, marked by economic and political interests. Our analysis reveals that the Innu's territorialities, though partly transformed by increased contact-and sometimes conflict-with hegemonic non-indigenous society, remain anchored in a strong cultural heritage and a deep identification with territory. We argue that these seemingly differentiated conceptualizations, of traditions on the one hand and development on the other, are not incompatible. These conceptualizations comprise dynamic cultural, social, and political territorialities which are thus internal and external, ancestral and contemporary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
46. Celebrating (With) Credibility: Archiving the 25th Anniversary of Celine Dion's Career in Quebec.
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Grenier, Line
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ARCHIVES ,MEMORIALIZATION ,ANNIVERSARIES ,WOMEN singers - Abstract
To understand how, as issues of fame are articulated to questions of value and memory, popular music stars and their musics come to matter to particular individuals and groups in particular conjunctures, it is important to understand how they are archived. That is, following Thomas Osborne?s view of the archive ?as a means of generating credibility,? (Osborne, 1999: 51) how artists, their hit songs and their celebrity come to incorporate particular public memories in ways which render the singular statements about the past, history and change that they articulate authoritative and legitimate. My paper aims at putting this proposition to work by exploring through its conceptual lenses the memorialization (mise en mé¯ire) of pop superstar C鬩ne Dion in Qu颥c which, in my view, it further problematizes. I set this exploration in motion by examining how the celebrations that marked the 25th anniversary of the singer?s career in June 2006, hinged on the principles of publicity, singularity, and mundanity characteristic of archival credibility. Moving onto a terrain opened up theoretically by John Frow (1997) I then consider how these principles and the credibility that they engender are actualized through particular practices of recall and technologies of memorialization ? the chronicle and the testimonial being the most salient. These practices and technologies, I argue, shape the incorporation of ?C鬩ne? and her fame into/as public memories that their archiving renders possible ? an incorporation which, as I suggest by way of conclusion, resembles a radical ?biographization.? ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
47. The Meaning and Challenges of Religious Pluralism in Quebec.
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Zubrzycki, Geneviève
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RELIGIOUS diversity ,RELIGION & politics ,SOCIAL change ,POLITICAL doctrines - Abstract
Moments of intense political and social transformations often present occasions for the ideological and institutional reconfiguration of the relationship between national politics and religion. How is this process received and endowed with meaning by social actors, enacted in popular practices, and transmitted in public space? Based on archival and ethnographic data, this paper compares the shifting meanings of the figure of St. John the Baptist in Quebec during the Quiet Revolution (1960s) and of the cross in Poland during the post-communist transition (1990s). I show that by virtue of both symbols carrying within them key national narratives, they became objects of contestation through which "ordinary people" performed and transformed the relationship between their national identity and Catholicism. By doing so, I demonstrate that the relationship between nation and religion is (re)fashioned at key historical junctures not only in and through political ideologies and institutional re-arrangements, but also in popular rituals such as commemorative events, processions and parades. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
48. Human rights and the use of psychiatric medication.
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del Barrio, Lourdes Rodriguez, Campos, Rosana Onocko, Stefanello, Sabrina, dos Santos, Deivisson Vianna Dantas, Cyr, Céline, Benisty, Lisa, and de Carvalho Otanari, Thais
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ATTITUDE (Psychology) ,DRUG prescribing ,FOCUS groups ,HUMAN rights ,INSTITUTIONAL care ,INTERVIEWING ,LONGITUDINAL method ,MEDICAL quality control ,MEDICAL care research ,MEDICAL personnel ,PROFESSIONAL ethics ,QUALITY of life ,RESTRAINT of patients ,PHYSICIAN practice patterns ,QUALITATIVE research ,NARRATIVES ,THEMATIC analysis ,PRE-tests & post-tests ,EVALUATION of human services programs ,PATIENTS' attitudes - Abstract
Purpose - Formal recognition of the human rights of people living with mental health problems has greatly progressed. We must ask ourselves, however, to what extent the formal recognition of these rights has transformed the culture of psychiatric care and improved their quality of life. Gaining Autonomy & Medication Management (GAM) is an approach that strives to empower service users and providers and promotes the exercise of users' rights by transforming their relationship with the central component of psychiatric treatment in community services: psychopharmacology. The purpose of this paper is to show how GAM highlights the issues surrounding the establishment of a culture of rights. Design/methodology/approach - For this analysis qualitative data were collected in Brazil and in Quebec, Canada, through over 100 interviews done with people living with mental health issues and practitioners who participated in the different GAM implementation projects. Findings - Issues, challenges and obstacles facing the instauration of a human rights culture in mental health services are presented. The profound changes that the understanding and exercise of users' rights bring to the lives of individuals are supported by excerpts illustrating recurring issues, situations and common experiences that appear in the various contexts of the two different countries. Research limitations/implications - This is not a parallel study taking place into two countries. The methodologies used were different, and as a consequence the comparative power can be limited. However, the results reveal striking similarities. Originality/value - There is scant research on human rights in mental health services in the community, and the issues surrounding the prescribing and follow-up of pharmacological treatment. The joint analysis of the researches in Brazil and in Canada, identified common challenges which are intertwined with the dominant approach of biomedical psychiatry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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49. Balancing work and family in the low-wage service sector: The role of legislated and collectively-bargained norms in Quebec.
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Messing, Karen, Caroly, Sandrine, and Bernstein, Stéphanie
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WAGE laws ,COLLECTIVE bargaining ,EMPLOYEE rights ,EMPLOYMENT ,FAMILIES ,WORKING hours ,INDUSTRIAL hygiene ,LEAVE of absence ,POLICY sciences ,QUALITY assurance ,RESEARCH funding ,EMPLOYEES' workload - Abstract
Objective: This paper looks at the role of legislated norms of general application in shaping "family-friendly" workplaces and their interaction with collectively-bargained standards in the retail service sector and more specifically, in a single unionized retail sector in Quebec, Canada. Methods: The methodology used is traditional legal research methodology: analysis of laws, collective agreements and case law. The principal norms examined concern parental and family leave, working time and disparities between different employment statuses. Results: A series of legislative provisions have been adopted in Quebec over the last 30 years whose objectives are the improvement of family-related leave and the reduction of working time. Unions have also negotiated provisions in collective agreements with these same goals. In the low-wage retail sector studied, the working time standards negotiated between the unions and the employers reflect the characteristics of the sector, most notably extended opening hours, seven days a week. Predictability of hours also varies according to employment status. Such issues as family-unfriendly working time arrangements (last-minute scheduling, asocial hours, etc.) and the need for flexibility in family-related leave are insufficiently taken into account by the legislated and bargained provisions. Conclusions: A fine analysis and comprehension of existing formal regulation, be it legislated or collectively-bargained, is required to fully understand workers' experiences with work-family balance and to identify the gaps between formal norms and the needs expressed by workers with respect to work-family balance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
50. Is nationalism left or right? Critical junctures in Québécois nationalism.
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ERK, JAN
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NATIONALISM ,POLITICAL science ,PRACTICAL politics ,NATIONALISTS ,REPRESENTATIVE government - Abstract
Sub-state nationalist parties of the industrialised West occupy different positions along the left–right political spectrum. Despite the similarities of their political agendas, these parties adopt different ideological identities. This paper seeks to explain the choice of party position and the long-term consistency of these positions by employing a path-dependent perspective. The focus is first, on the critical junctures during which such choices are made; and second, on the mechanisms of continuity ensuring the persistence of the left–right identities. The argument is explored within the empirical context of Québécois nationalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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