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In this research note are presented several aspects regarding the presence of a high number of cross-border workers in the Luxembourgish labour market and the complex requirements in linguistic resources on behalf of employers. There is indeed a gap between the needs of employers and the linguistic resources available among this particular labour force. I use an ethnographic study conducted in three workplaces – a supermarket, a distribution company selling office material and an IT company – to analyse some of the issues that underlie cross-border employment in Luxembourg. I first present the management's expectations with regard to potential employees' language resources. These discourses suggest that Luxembourgish is the language most needed to account for the desire to be served in the local language by Luxembourgish nationals. I then show the compensation strategies put into place by managers to account for the lack of competent labour force in this language. I end by focusing on the retailing company to show the discrepancies between the managers' discourses and the way cross-border workers experience their everyday life at work. My ethnographic fieldwork suggests that relations between Luxembourgish nationals and cross-border workers are characterised by tensions related to the (non)use of Luxembourgish by the latter.
Keywords: Franziskus, Luxembourg, frontaliers, plurilinguisme, marché du travail, Franziskus, Luxembourg, Cross-Border Workers, Multilingualism, Labour Market, Franziskus, Luxemburgo, fronterizos, plurilingüismo, mercado de trabajo
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Despite the conscription crisis of 1917 and the tensions between English and French concerning Canada's involvement in the Great War, over 30,000 French Canadians went overseas. They became famous for their bravery at the battles of Ypres, Courcelette and Vimy. A certain ambivalence towards the “Mother Country” (Canada? England? France?) became evident among these French-speaking soldiers most of whom fought under the British flag. Also of note was a certain mistrust of the military hierarchy and of British colonial authorities. Rare firsthand evidence published in French between 1914 and 1920 allows us to view this episode of Québec history from a new angle, that of humour. In an attempt to ward off death and sidestep wartime censorship, these accounts use subversive strategies such as humour, irony and sarcasm. This kind of writing may be found in the accounts of some of these French Canadian soldiers between 1914 and 1920. Most of them served in English uniforms: Henri Chassé, Claudius Corneloup, Arthur J. Lapointe, A. and W. Audette, Joseph A. Lavoie and Moïse E. Martin. Paul Caron, the only one to die at the front, enrolled in the French army: this determined nationalist said he was fighting for France and was opposed to “British navalism and imperialism.”
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The general objective of this study is to describe the experience of mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the context of intensive behavioural intervention (IBI). More specifically, their challenges, resources (knowledge, self-efficacy, involvement and adaptive strategies) and support were examined. In order to achieve this, descriptive forms were completed and semi structured interviews were held with 15 participants. Results of this study show that these mothers face many challenges related to the diagnosis of their child. They learn to overcome these challenges by using their individual resources and by exerting new coping strategies. Their understanding of IBI and ASD is variable and seems to be related to the training and support provided as well as their involvement during the intervention.
Keywords: trouble du spectre de l'autisme, intervention comportementale intensive, stratégies d'adaptation, soutien, expérience maternelle, Autism spectrum disorder, intensive behavioural intervention, coping strategies, support and mother's experience
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The ordinary political work involved in the creation of a French national park, during the World Heritage inscription process and by its governance, leads the actors to manage with conflicting frames of knowledge, and with conceptions of their land and social relations in opposition. This work is based on “mediations” distributed at various scales: local, national and international. The field work was conducted between 2011 and 2014 among members of the French National Park of Reunion Island, inhabitants of the core area, and members of the French National Forest Office who are also inhabitants of the core area.
Keywords: parcs nationaux, Office National des Forêts, ONF, UNESCO, patrimoine naturel, participation, La Réunion, savoirs locaux, universalisme, médiations, gouvernance, national parks, UNESCO, natural heritage, local knowledge, universalism, Reunion island, ONF, French National Forest Office participation, mediations, governance