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The US government lacks robust and accurate records of its military personnel. In this context, we argue that attending to veterans' recordkeeping practices matters to honouring their service to the nation. However, recordkeeping skills are not currently part of the official curriculum of active service members or veterans. Considering this situation, we ask, How do veterans in the US document their service? What are the uses of veterans' records and recordkeeping practices? Drawing from personal management of information (PMI) and rhetorical genre studies (RGS), we conducted focus groups with veterans and active service members. We found that these individuals attempted to preserve their personal records by creating love-me binders (LMBs) – a genre of records, shaped by the history of recordkeeping practices in the US Armed Forces, that supports military personnel in keeping track of their service. As a genre, love-me binders serve a rhetorical purpose: demonstrating that veterans and sometimes their relatives are eligible for benefits such as health care. Future work should consider opportunities to support veterans in creating and managing LMBs, investigate the creation and management of military records in context, and explore additional domains where records created in the workplace impact workers' personal lives.

In the field of health, the Internet participates in the dissemination of expert knowledge and its appropriation by users, which leads to a reconfiguration of the relations with health care professionals. Results of a pan Canadian study show the creation, by means of the Internet and its interactive tools, of an alternative collective expertise regarding trans health. This expertise allows trans people to circumvent the systemic barriers to adequate health care access, fosters their empowerment in their medical choices, and reinforces their capacity to negotiate their relation with the medical system.

Keywords: personnes trans, santé, Internet, Canada, militance, trans people, health, Internet, Canada, activism

Social media's democratic potential is now part of many political scientists' agendas even though research in this particular field is quite new. The first analysis of the use of Twitter in a Canadian political context only dates back to 2011. We contribute to recent literature by exploring the ways in which candidates used Twitter during the 2014 Quebec general elections. According to cyber optimists, the Twittersphere facilitates interactions with political leaders and increases access to information, as well as encourages political participation. On the contrary, cyber pessimists are more inclined to see digital spaces as new breeding grounds for political spin doctors. To examine these dichotomous perspectives, we conducted a content analysis of over 13,000 tweets published by candidates of the main parties. Our results demonstrate that candidates of the three main parties used Twitter mainly as a political marketing tool, namely Twitter bashing. Tweets published by candidates of Québec Solidaire (that are statistically significantly different) were mostly e-democratic.

Keywords: communication politique, médias sociaux, Québec – politique et gouvernement, communication in politics, social media, Québec – politics and government

Keywords: Véganisme, antispécisme, cause animale, SPCA, éthique animale, Québec

This paper explores the extent to which new media facilitate the acquisition by citizens of political information related to campaigns. It compares systematically their impacts versus those associated with traditional media. Using data from the project Making Electoral Democracy Work for two Canadian provincial elections (in Ontario 2011 and Quebec 2012), it is shown that Canadians consume traditional media more than new media and that traditional media have a significantly more positive impact than new media on the level of political information. The conclusion invites cyberoptimists to prudence regarding the democratization of information.

Keywords: information politique, élections, nouveaux médias, médias traditionnels, Canada, political information, elections, new media, traditional media, Canada

Progressively, the social world has been equipped with new communication tools that have spread largely throughout society and have become usual tools within many families. This paper raises the issue of the work on family links by the means of digital uses during the time of transportation of children from their family residence to child welfare service. Additionally, the paper addresses the issue of the ethical stakes in relation with digital correspondence and their regulation by professionals.

Keywords: protection de l'enfance, travail des liens, TIC, contrôle social, autonomie, pratiques professionnelles, enjeux éthiques, child welfare service, working links, ICT, social control, autonomy, professional practice, ethical issues

Research framework: Although the family is typically the place where socialization and learning begin, and where values, practices and cultures are handed down, the ways in which eco-citizenship is taught within the family remain underexplored in current research.Objectives: This introductory article, along with the other articles in this special issue, explores various aspects of the relationship between family and eco-citizenship.Methodology: This article is based on a partial review of the humanities and social sciences literature on the subject.Results: The introductory article and the texts that make up the special issue shed light on the ways in which family dynamics are changing, on children's and young people's involvement in environmental action, and on the role of institutions in the development of eco-citizenship.Conclusion: The social processes by which eco-citizenship is constructed, and the transformations that take place within families in response to eco-citizen actions, underline the need for practices and lifestyle changes that involve a diverse array of actors, including young people, their families, institutional bodies and policymakers. The scientific community needs to pay more attention to this issue, as literature on the subject is still scarce.Contribution: In addition to providing some insights into the relationship between the family and eco-citizenship, this article suggests avenues for research in cultural and international contexts, issues of social and environmental justice, and the roles played by media and digital technology in fostering eco-citizenship.

Keywords: famille, écocitoyenneté, enfant, jeune, pratique écologique, habitude de vie, mobilisation, valeurs, système éducatif, institution, family, eco-citizenship, child, youth, ecological practice, lifestyle habits, mobilization, values, educational system, institution, familia, eco-ciudadanía, niño, joven, práctica ecológica, estilo de vida, movilización, valores, sistema educativo, institución

Research framework:  Although the family is typically the place where socialization and learning begin, and where values, practices and cultures are handed down, the ways in which eco-citizenship is taught within the family remain underexplored in current research.Objectives: This introductory article, along with the other articles in this special issue, explores various aspects of the relationship between family and eco-citizenship.Methodology:  This article is based on a partial review of the humanities and social sciences literature on the subject.Results:  The introductory article and the texts that make up the special issue shed light on the ways in which family dynamics are changing, on children's and young people's involvement in environmental action, and on the role of institutions in the development of eco-citizenship.Conclusion: The social processes by which eco-citizenship is constructed, and the transformations that take place within families in response to eco-citizen actions, underline the need for practices and lifestyle changes that involve a diverse array of actors, including young people, their families, institutional bodies and policymakers. The scientific community needs to pay more attention to this issue, as literature on the subject is still scarce.Contribution: In addition to providing some insights into the relationship between the family and eco-citizenship, this article suggests avenues for research in cultural and international contexts, issues of social and environmental justice, and the roles played by media and digital technology in fostering eco-citizenship.

Keywords: famille, écocitoyenneté, enfant, jeune, pratique écologique, habitude de vie, mobilisation, valeurs, système éducatif, institution, family, eco-citizenship, child, youth, ecological practice, lifestyle habits, mobilization, values, educational system, institution, familia, eco-ciudadanía, niño, joven, práctica ecológica, estilo de vida, movilización, valores, sistema educativo, institución

This interview discussion is the outcome of a virtual meeting partially along with email correspondence. In this interview discussion with Bidisha Pal and Md. Mojibur Rahman, translator V. Ramaswamy focuses on the journey of his translation and tryst with the marginalised Dalit voice(s) in Bengal. He speaks about the writings that propel him to choose translating and to carry voice(s) beyond the Bengal arena, thus dissolving language barriers. The deliberate choice to translate various pieces representing various time periods acts as a witness to his existence as an independent translator. According to him, translation is also a source of healing to deal with a tragic past and the complicacies that life often presents to him. He shares his experience translating Subimal Mishra, the powerful poet who speaks for marginalised people. Ramaswamy, as he states in the interview, makes a vow to translate Mishra's whole writing career. He talks about translating Manoranjan Byapari, a Bengali Dalit prize-winning author and political persona who has also championed the Dalit cause in Bengal, Adhir Biswas, the story-writer and publisher of a publishing house in Kolkata Gangchil that publishes writings by those literary personas who do not fall, as such, into the category of the mainstream, Bangladeshi writer Shahidul Zahir whose revolutionary voice and zeal reverberate in the literary world of Bangladesh, as well as Ansaruddin, a writer and farmer by profession whose works Ramaswamy is currently translating. Despite not being a part of the literary world as such, Ramaswamy has built an intense connection with literature and has gradually become part of the world. For him, translation is something that has to remain faithful to the source text especially if people are doing literary translation.

Keywords: literary translation, choice, journey, faithfulness, marginalised voice(s), traduction littéraire, choix, voyage, fidélité, voix marginalisée(s), traducción literaria, elección, viaje, fidelidad, voz(ces) marginada(s)

Background: Equity-deserving groups are communities marginalized from institutional power by oppressive forces (e.g., racism, sexism, homophobia, ableism). Dear MD to Be is a medical-student-led podcast created to interview physicians of intersectional backgrounds about their institutional experience. This study aims to evaluate the podcast as a tool for knowledge, mentorship, and psychological safety for equity-deserving listeners.Methods: Between February and March 2022, we recruited medical students across all levels of training from English-speaking Canadian medical schools using email listservs and social media. We disseminated a cross-sectional questionnaire assessing demographics, knowledge gained from podcast engagement, attitudes towards podcasts as a tool for mentorship, and psychological/emotional gains from the podcast content. We conducted descriptive and frequency analyses of quantitative data and applied thematic analysis to qualitative data.Results: Thirty-eight individuals completed the entire survey from all levels of training, with 97% self-identifying with at least one equity-deserving group. 100% agreed that the Dear MD to Be podcast was an accessible form of mentorship; participants appreciated self-pacing mentorship and interacting with many narratives. Listeners gleaned lessons about wellness, advocacy work, allyship, cultural imposter syndrome, and navigating discrimination. Furthermore, most listeners felt represented, empowered, and legitimized by podcast content.Conclusions: Podcasts can serve as a medium for accessible equity-centred mentorship. By disseminating multiple underrepresented narratives in medicine, the Dear MD to Be podcast serves as a source of EDI knowledge while contributing to learner safety.