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In this article, the author argues that the politics of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec during the 1960s invigorated Montreal Jews as a religious and cultural minority rather than marginalizing or alienating them. While Jewish activists remained critical of the expanding ambitions of the Quebec state and the rise of nationalism in the province, they took the opportunity to advance Jewish claims and adopted a largely positive outlook on their communal future in Quebec. In fact, Montreal Jews, like their francophone neighbours but perhaps unlike the anglophone majority, had motives to share in Quebec's collective thrill during the 1960s: it created opportunities to discuss and advance cultural continuity. This perspective is crucial to nuance the popular assumption that animosity and reluctance alone characterized Quebec Jews' reaction to the Quiet Revolution, leading many to find solace in Toronto after the election of the Parti québécois and in reaction to long-smouldering tensions. By exploring the themes of education, French language, and nationalism in Jewish English-language newspapers and institutional sources from the 1960s, the author reveals more nuanced dynamics between Jews and French Canadians at the time of the Quiet Revolution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The goal of a Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program is to fill occupational labour shortages until local workers are available. Such a program ensures that fast growing firms can hire foreign workers to avoid a slowdown or a stop in their activities. A necessary condition for such a program is to give priority to local workers in hiring. In addition, in the medium term, shortages must be eliminated by increases in local labour supply. Hence, this immigration policy involves constraints to participating firms which must be strictly respected. Since its creation in 1973, the Canadian TFW program has experienced a large number of changes which made it more accessible. Among them, in 2002, the TFW program became available for all occupations, skilled and low-skilled. There is increasing evidence that the program has had adverse impacts on some resident workers in Canada. This paper shows that this is also the case in the province of Quebec. The main shortcomings are the absence of adequate information about the labour markets and low TFW hiring costs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An introduction to the thematic issue is presented which focuses on the sociology of mass media in Québec including topics such as the Internet, the use of social media during the 2012 student protests, also known as Maple Spring, and the film industry.

The article considers the balance between federalism, multinationalism, and multiculturalism in Canada and discusses the status of Québec in the 21st century. Topics include Canadian politics and identity, Québec nationalism and the rise of the separatist movement from 1960 to 1995, political reconstruction in Québec and the development of a Québécois identity since the Quiet Revolution, and the Constitution Act of 1982. The author also mentions Québec-Canada relations and notes the importance of solidifying the Canadian federal identity.

The article considers the balance between federalism, multinationalism, and multiculturalism in Canada and discusses the status of Québec in the 21st century. Topics include Canadian politics and identity, Québec nationalism and the rise of the separatist movement from 1960 to 1995, political reconstruction in Québec and the development of a Québécois identity since the Quiet Revolution, and the Constitution Act of 1982. The author also mentions Québec-Canada relations and notes the importance of solidifying the Canadian federal identity.

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La structure sociale de la ville de Montréal est typique de la modernité avancée. Nous analysons la mutation macrosociale qui l'a complètement transformée, d'abord visible dans la croissance des effectifs aux échelons élevés de la hiérarchie sociale devenus plus diversifiés. La taille de la classe ouvrière a rétrécit et de nouvelles classes ont augmenté leurs effectifs, notamment chez les techniciens et les professionnels. Les femmes en emploi sont aussi nombreuses que les hommes et elles ne sont plus concentrées dans des secteurs féminisés. Elles ont accentué leur présence dans tous les échelons, sauf chez les cadres supérieurs où elles sont encore sous représentées. Les clivages linguistiques (anglais-français) qui ont caractérisé la stratification sociale montréalaise par le passé sont disparus, mais la ville en conserve quelques traces puisque les anglophones sont encore davantage surreprésentés au sein des cadres supérieurs. Ces clivages anciens ont cédé la place à une nouvelle forme de différenciation sociale selon l'origine ethnique. Nous montrons enfin que la stratification sociale de la ville de Québec s'est beaucoup rapprochée de celle de Montréal, les deux grandes villes se distinguant du reste de la société québécoise. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Throughout the fall of 1974, the threatened deportation of several hundred Haitians catalysed a major crisis in Quebec society. Rather than quietly accepting their fate, resisting individually by going underground, or heading to another jurisdiction, Haitian migrants brought their story to the larger public through protests and interventions in the mainstream media. In so doing, they mobilized a movement opposing the deportations, precipitating a crisis in Quebec political life during which church groups, trade unions, voluntary associations, civil rights organizations, and artists and intellectuals denounced the strict enforcement of immigration regulations. Partly because of their appeals to the conscience of the population, and partly because of their ability to position themselves as ideal francophone immigrants for modern Quebec, Haitian migrants created a space for themselves in the public sphere in which their voices and perspectives could be heard. Throughout the crisis, they used this space to shift the discussion beyond debates about federal-provincial relations, to introduce new arguments about the interconnected histories of Canada, Quebec, and Haiti. The arguments that they brought forward had an important influence on social movements in Quebec as well as on the province's political culture in general. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Digital publishing is still in its infancy, but it is useful to relate what might be called the prologue to the history of digital publishing in French in Quebec. This article presents the actors who have contributed, and continue to contribute, to the transition from print to digital culture in Quebec. It offers a panoramic view of this transition in the various publishing genres from newspapers and magazines, to journals, books, theses, dictionaries, bibliographical databases, and legal texts. A typology of the actors working in these different genres emerges, comprising publisher, aggregator (general or specialist), distributor, production technician, retailer, and librarian. The builders of Quebec's digital publishing milieu are acknowledged through brief descriptions of their projects and enterprises. Many of them have displayed a notable capacity to engage in the development of new models for the production and diffusion of culture and research. The quality of their products, services, and expertise has been recognized several times over through international partnerships and co-operative ventures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This essay will wade into the debate about what distinguishes English-language writing in Quebec from the rest of English-Canadian writing by focussing on theatre. It begins with the premise that Anglo-Quebec writing since the 1970s is a response to Quebec nationalism and language policies, as well as a sign of acceptance of Quebec as a distinct society and an acknowledgment of the heterogeneity of the minority Anglo-Quebec community. The plays that we categorize as Anglo-Québécois reflect the influence of living in a francophone environment, have some political content, and dramatize the historical memory of a particular segment of the anglophone or allophone communities. By examining works by David Fennario, Marianne Ackerman, Lorena Gale, Vittorio Rossi, Stephen Orlov, Endre Far-kas, Rahul Varma, and others, the author demonstrates that Anglo-Québécois theatre enacts what Charles Taylor calls "deep diversity" by performing different Canadian and Quebec identities and different ways of belonging. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a qualitative study conducted with 33 young adults educated in English language schools in Québec highlighting several hypotheses concerning the impact of bilingualism on English and French speakers through a different perspective. A topological analysis of identities experienced by the interviewed youth shows that English-speaking Canadian and French-Canadian collective identities belong to imaginary referents English language speakers use to define themselves within the context of Québec, Québec. The data is analyzed based on an approach centered on social actors and the negotiated aspect of individual identity. In conclusion, the author proposes an intercultural approach which deconstructs this dichotomous vision of linguistic identities in Québec.

Studies of individuals or groups that use violence or terrorism in the pursuit of political goals typically focus on the specific actions that these individuals or groups have taken, or may take, and on the policies that defenders against such actions adopt in response. Comparatively less attention is devoted to the preconditions that may lead to the contemplation and commitment of such actions and how or why defenders may obviate these actions before they occur or why they may never occur. This case study is an examination of the politics of Quebec separatism, which looked set to follow a violent path in the 1960s and early 1970s, but ultimately did not, and explores why it did not. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article analyzes the history of the creation of the La Mauricie National Park in Shawinigan, Québec, in 1970 and discusses the role ecology and Parks Canada played in establishing the park in that region. It highlights the use of governmental science in advancing the interests of the government and its territorial presence. The park being one of the first in Canada to preserve wetlands is mentioned. Additional topics include Québec minister Jean Chrétien who initiated the idea, the region's industrial and recreational history, and the place of biology and scientific ecology in the activities of agencies in charge of Canada's national parks during the 1970s.

Tout comme l'histoire, la géographie joue un rôle primordial dans la construction et la structuration de l'identité de l'élève. Cette construction identitaire a évolué au cours des années au gré des réformes et des changements de paradigme qui ont inluencé le contenu des programmes de géographie. Dans ce texte, les auteurs se penchent sur cette construction identitaire en examinant les programmes de géographie au Québec depuis les années 1970. C'est au long de ce parcours qu'émergera le concept de territoire qui modifiera le rôle de la géographie dans la fonction identitaire. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article focuses on the role of the American Indian in the redefining of Quebec national identity in the beginning of the Quiet Revolution, in the 1960s. An analysis is presented of the stereotypical aspect of the Aboriginal in the book "Le dernier été des Indiens" by Robert Lalonde, who is depicted as primitive, carefree and amoral in the village of the narrator, whereas he sees them as the symbol of freedom, vitality and sensuality. Past and future relations between the Québécois and Aboriginals are discussed.

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Thirty years of language planning in favour of French (Bill 101) can be credited for ensuring that the knowledge of French is shared by 94% of the Quebec population and maintaining 82% of its population as users of French at home. The law also contributed to increasing francophone control of the Quebec economy, from 47% in 1960s to 67% today. While anglophone bilingualism increased from 37% in 1971 to 69% in 2006, this minority remains under-represented in the Quebec public administration. The out-migration of highly educated Québécois anglophones contributed to the demographic and institutional decline of this national minority in the Province. Developing the institutional vitality of Québécois anglophones offers a positive benchmark for improving the vitality of francophone minorities in the rest of Canada. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Bibliothèque nationale du Québec was created by law on August12, 1967 by the legislative assembly. It is the result of a vision centred on the conservation of the written heritage of Québec. The author describes the creation of the institution that was sparked as a result of the Quiet Revolution, but hampered by certain groups and the hesitation of politicians. The development of the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec was marked by several major accomplishments and a few unfortunate incidents and especially the chronic shortage ofspace that was solved in two stages: the transfer ofseveral operations to a renovated building in northeast Montréal in 1997 (the conservation centre) and the locating ofpublic services in the Grande bibliotheque du Québec in 2005. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the book "L'Éclosion. De l'ethnie-cité canadienne-française à la société québécoise," by Jean-Jacques Simard. The author examine's Simard's central thesis of continuity and change in Québec's society and social structures. Simard argues that Québec's "Quiet Revolution" (Révolution tranquille) brought about the primacy of a bourgeois class who largely replaced the clergy as the political and social authorities of Québec.

Since the 1960s, urban conflicts have tended to gain prominence in most cities of advanced economies. During the same period, women have also gained prominence in urban public life, including conflict activity. Have their roles in these conflicts had possible humanising effects on urban life? More than 2000 conflicts are analysed, hypothesising that characteristics of conflicts influence the probability of women participating in them. It is found that this probability is much higher when actors come from civil society rather than from the state or the private sector and when conflicts deal with social issues rather than economic or, surprisingly, environmental issues. It is also found that this probability diminishes with time, indicating increasing institutionalisation and diversification of women's roles in urban public life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article introduces a letter from French-Canadian author Claude Gauvreau to photographer and film director Guy Borremans, dating from November 27, 1960. Topics discussed include the negative review by film critique Jean-Claude Pilon of Borremans's film "La femme image," the cultural context in Québec at this period, and Gauvreau's indignation to Pilon's review.

The article consists of a presentation of a letter from French-Canadian author Claude Gauvreau to photographer and film director Guy Borremans, dating from September 29, 1960. Topics discussed include the poetic text summing up Borremans's film "La femme image," a description of the film, and the contribution of this film to the cultural transformation of Québec that started in the 1960s.