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This chronology with commentary follows the evolution of the composer and performer as well as the commentator and pedagogue through the important dates of his activities, most notably through the compositions in his catalog.

SummaryIn 1906, Marcel Mauss, in collaboration with Henri Beuchat, pubished his “Essay on the Seasonal Variation of Eskimo Societies. Study of Social Morphology” in L'Année sociologique. For many anthropologists this essay constitutes the only major contribution to anthropological theory based on the case of the Inuit. Why did Mauss write this essay, the only one in his whole work devoted to a single human group ? Who was Beuchat ? What happened to him ? How did Mauss accomplish the project of coming to Canada, at Marius Barbeau's invitation, to study the Amerindians ? These are all questions the author tries to answer in a very personal way by relying on the archives of the Collège de France as well as on his own fifty year-long experience of research on the Inuit of Nunavik and Nunavut, and meetings with Mauss's former students. He shows us the break-down and dispersal of Mauss's intellectual heritage as regards Inuit research and how, in Quebec, starting in the 1970s, a new interest has developed.

The 1987 Constitutional Accord between the prime minister and the ten provincial premiers has caused discontent amongst the Northwest Territories and Yukon governments. They object to various elements in the Accord which do not confer on them rights identical to those of the provinces, to other elements which are likely to affect their future political evolution and to the fact that the Accord was concluded without their participation. By challenging the Accord before the courts, they have drawn national attention to their status within Confederation. Furthermore, some progress in the status of the Territories was made by the signing of a boundary and constitutional agreement by the Constitutional Assembly of the Western Region and that of Nunavut in Iqaluit on January 15, 1987 for purposes of dividing the Northwest territories. Although the agreement could not be ratified by referendum, it contains the basic principles for guiding the drafting of respective constitutions for the two new entities that will be created. Within the framework of recent events, the author first presents the main stages in the evolution of governmental organization in the Territories and then goes on to analyse their present legal status. This study makes it possible to see if recent evolution will cause the territorial governments increasingly to resemble provincial governments. Nonetheless, in many ways they still remain in a state of dependency vis-à-vis federal authorities. In conclusion, the author observes that the evolution of the Territories with regard to legislative and executive powers and bodies does not mean that they will necessarily obtain provincial status. Their accession to greater political autonomy could possibly become a reality by the implementation of original solutions, distinct from those of southern Canada and better adapted to the specific needs of the North and its important native population.

Georges-Émile Lapalme was the architect behind the creation in 1961 of the Quebec Ministry of Cultural Affairs. The objective of this type of organization, namely the development of an overall cultural policy for Quebec, was a first in North America where the British model of an Arts Council or that of the private American foundation were the norm. The creation of this ministry, based on the French model but linked to the question of Quebec's national identity, may be understood through an analysis of both Lapalme's personal cultural development and his political career. The minister's ambitious project in several cultural sectors came up against both political and administrative obstacles that provoked his disillusionment with politics. He tendered his resignation to Premier Jean Lesage on 4 September 1964.

SummaryThere exists a culture of sociology, created in the period 1945-1970, and based on three simple axioms, derived respectively from Durkheim, Marx, and Weber. This culture has been subject in the last 25 years to six major challenges coming from within and without the cultural community: doubts about the concept of formal rationality; a civilizational challenge; the concept of multiple social times; the sciences of complexity and the end of certainties; gender as a structuring variable even in the sciences; and the view that modernity has never existed. Can sociology deal adequately with these challenges?

Keywords: culture de la sociologie, faits sociaux, conflit social, légitimation, rationalité, civilisation, temporalités sociales, sciences de la complexité, sexe, modernité, culture of sociology, social facts, social conflict, legitimation, rationality, civilization, social times, sciences of complexity, gender, modernity, cultura sociológica, hechos sociales, conflicto social, legitimidad, racionalidad, civilización, temporalidades sociales, ciencias de la complejidad, género, modernidad