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The article focuses on the concept of language appropriation by Indian populations in Canada and its impact on cultural integration. Topics include information on the methodology of literary research concerning Indigenous authors, the signification of languages in a cultural context, and the way that Indigenous authors consider their languages and their relation to French or English. The notions of oral writing and of the performance of words are explored. The process of decolonization is also examined.

This article discusses the problems associated with the study of race and ethnicity in sociology in France. The author notes that the debate is not only one for academicians but also for politicians. It is suggested that in France especially, the issue is intricately linked with the debate over immigration, and this is explored in detail. The relationship this study has to the topic of assimilation is also presented along with legislation that concerns the issue. Also examined are the effects of other nations and the policies they have adopted such as the United States and its support of affirmative action. Ethnic statistics are also offered as their contribution to the study of discrimination is explored.

This article analyses how the present system for the integration of asylum seekers in Canada, as seen in policies and in actual practice, either facilitates or impedes the integration of asylum seekers right from the moment of their arrival in Quebec. The authors examine how advocates from community organizations perceive the obstacles inherent to the temporary status of asylum seekers. The article further analyses the political dynamics that are entangled in social activities where asylum seekers and members of the host community interact. The study is based on data and results from a literature review and interviews conducted with advocacy groups and representatives of the various levels of government. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article provides a comparison between French and British approaches to the formation of teacher identity. In both of the countries, teachers come across complex situations that force them to choose between furthering their professional career or dealing with these complex situations. The author suggests that to fully grasp this dichotomy, it is necessary to shift from a framework of acculturation to that of subjectivation.

Before the sixties, the French government did not show any interest in promoting sports in the French West Indies. In fact, sports were firstly promoted by a small native group. Who are they? Which qualities do they look for and find in sports? Which benefits—whether social or symbolic—do they draw from them? This paper presents the relation between the belief in the virtues of sport and the search for identity. Thus, our goal is to examine the importance of the "sporting spirit" in the assimilation process, in relation to the metropolis. The desire to be recognized, the wish to prove an equality, the need to belong to a community—even if it is far away, from a geographic and cultural point of view—are at the heart of a quest, evident in first part of the XX century in Guadeloupe and Martinique. This work is mainly based on the analysis of sports magazines and newspapers articles, as well as biographic approach, in order to outline the sportsman's profile. The ambition in drawing some common characteristics of sport development in the French West Indies, is also to allow a comparative study with other Caribbean countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Abstract: A variational data assimilation method is applied to a simplified marine ecosystem model of NPZ (Nutrient Phytoplankton Zooplankton) type, which implies five parameters. The method allows us to optimise these parameters by an iterative process of minimisation of a cost function which quantifies the quadratic discrepancy between observations and simulation results. The first part of this note describes how to obtain the adjoint model of the NPZ model allowing us to compute the gradient of the cost function relative to the parameters. Two experiments of artificial data assimilation then show the efficiency of this method, but also its limitations because of non-linearities and sensitivity problems of the model relative to the parameters. To cite this article: Y. Leredde et al., C. R. Geoscience 337 (2005). [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

This article presents a reprint of the article "Engagement républicain contre les discriminations" by Jean-François Amadieu, Patrick Weil, Dominique Sopo, Samuel Thomas, and Mouloud Aounit that appeared in the February 23, 2007 issue of "Libération." The authors discuss the progress of the fight against discrimination in France.