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For many researchers in adult education, it is important to have a good understanding of the field in order to better imagine the future of adult education. As in many fields, the role of women has not always been highlighted. Over time, it becomes more and more difficult to tell a story that includes women’s contributions because few written archives document their agency. This study applies oral history methodologies to collect the testimonials of four women contributors to adult education. By analyzing and interpreting their journeys, we identified the following themes: alliances between adult education and women’s movements, the collective dimension of testimonials collected that lead to social transformation, and the pedagogical potential of collecting, interpreting, and sharing the oral histories of people who may be rendered invisible by history.

This article presents results from a collaborative action research study involving school leadership teams from Francophone minority settings in Western Canada. It is from these practitioners’ (n=63) points of view that a comparative picture of the impact of COVID-19 on the management and leadership practises during this extraordinary health crisis is drawn. These management teams’ tasks are presented according to the theoretical concepts of management and leadership and then particular considerations during this crisis context are discussed. The questionnaire focused on the elements of management, on the relationships between the stakeholders and on the health and well-being of the management teams. Herein, only the results of the first two aspects of the questionnaire are presented and discussed. Results reveal a strong consensus around management and leadership functions associated with the need to preserve and support staff well-being, ensure regular and constant communication, encourage and motivate teachers, and revise schedules to ensure the proper functioning of the school.Certain characteristics were found to influence certain results, such as positions held, gender, and location and size of schools. The nature of the relationships between some stakeholders, particularly the departments of Education and members of the management teams during the pandemic, were noticeably adversely impacted compared to others. The support received from staff, co-workers, family, and close friends more than made up for the shortcomings elsewhere.

Keywords: direction d’école, gestion et leadership, pandémie COVID-19, recherche-action collaborative, milieu francophone minoritaire

Impostor syndrome is characterized by feelings of inauthenticity and illegitimacy among high-achieving and deserving individuals. Our study set out to determine the prevalence of this phenomenon within a population of master’s students of Maghrebi origin in Belgium and France. We considered the impact of racism as experienced through micro-aggressions and minority stress, as well as the influence of gender and first-generation status on perceptions of not belonging. Our quantitative methodology used an online questionnaire incorporating multiple rating scales that had previously been tested in the literature. Descriptive analysis allowed us to demonstrate the widespread presence of high levels of impostor syndrome among the individuals in our sample (62.9%). Meanwhile, inferential analysis shed light on how underlying factors—the experience of racism and minority stress—exacerbated impostor syndrome among master’s students of Maghrebi origin. However, we found that neither first-generation status nor gender played a statistically significant role. Our findings highlight the importance of addressing the issue of impostor syndrome within the social contexts of young people with an immigrant background, along with considering the need for introducing measures to promote the inclusion and well-being of such students at French and Belgian universities.

Keywords: syndrome de l’imposteur, impostor syndrome, parcours académique, academic careers, micro-agressions racistes, racist micro-aggressions, stress minoritaire, minority stress, first-generation students, première génération

AbstractProductivity growth in the U.S. economy jumped during the second half of the 1990s, a resurgence that many analysts linked to information technology (IT). However, shortly after this consensus emerged, demand for IT products fell sharply, leading to a lively debate about the connection between IT and productivity and about the sustainability of the faster growth. We contribute to this debate in two ways. First, to assess the robustness of the earlier evidence, we extend the growth-accounting results in Oliner and Sichel (2000a) through 2001. The new results confirm the basic story in our earlier work – that the acceleration in labor productivity after 1995 was driven largely by the greater use of IT capital goods and by the more rapid efficiency gains in the production of IT goods. Second, to assess whether the pickup in productivity growth is sustainable, we analyze the steady-state properties of a multi-sector growth model. This exercise generates a range for labor productivity growth of 2 percent to 2 ¾ percent per year, which suggests that much – and possibly all – of the resurgence is sustainable.

Coastal floods are commonly associated to meteorological local storm conditions and well-known storm surge phenomenon resulting from both reversed barometric effect and wind driven setup. The wave breaking plays a major role too in water level variation on the beach. It causes two kinds of water level changes: a static component called wave setup and an instantaneous one called swash or uprush. Those to phenomenon are responsible in certain case for more than 2/3 of total level rises above mean sea level. During Lenny and Omar hurricane circulation, the Martinique island west coast was considerably affected. Water levels reached during the two hurricanes circulation was reconstituted (hindcasting method) for North West Coast of de island, particularly for the district of St Pierre. Variation factors was decomposed and modeled with nesting method using ADCIRC hydrodynamic model for tide and meteorological surge. The propagation model SWAN and breaking wave model pCOULWAVE, was used to estimate wave setup and swash components. This work about decomposition of sea water variation level associated to reconstitution of floods limits by field inquest and evidences, point up the district vulnerability in front of strong hurricane swell. It also shows the necessity to consider all sea level variation factors in flood risk studies in terms of preventive documents and actions.

Keywords: submersion, houles cycloniques, surcote de vague, jet de rive, Mer des Caraïbes, Martinique, coastal floods, hurricane swell, wave setup, runup, Caribbean Sea, Martinique Island

Background. Use of performance-enhancing drugs by young adults is a growing concern in public health, particularly for academic and sport organizations, postsecondary institutions and health authorities.Methods. A sample of 469 students between 18 and 24 years of age completed a survey on use of alcohol, tobacco and doping products and motivations for these practices. Multiple logistic regressions have been used to study associations between use of these products and socio-economic and academic variables.Results. Three quarters of students had consumed at least one doping product in the last year, other that alcohol, to improve physical or intellectual performance. This includes cannabis (25,0%), energy drinks (38,0%), protein and creatine supplements (22,0 %) and caffeine pills (13,0%). Findings demonstrate that students participating in league sports are more likely to consume alcohol and cannabis than students not in a league sport. Associations exist between ethnolinguistic group and use of alcohol, caffeine pills, energy drinks, as well as alcohol and energy drink mixes and alcohol and drug mixes. Most common motivations for use of these products are to reduce stress and stay awake.Conclusion. Prevention strategies are needed, targeting students according to ethnolinguistic origins, as practices differ among the diverse student populations in Canadian universities.

Keywords: performance intellectuelle et physique, alcool, tabac et drogues, boisson énergisante, minorité linguistique, ligue de sport, étudiants postsecondaires, intellectual and physical performance, substance use, linguistic minority, league sports, postsecondary students, rendimiento intelectual y físico, alcohol, tabaco y drogas, bebidas energizantes, minoría lingüística, liga de deportes, estudiantes postsecundarios

Relatively new in the Quebec sociopolitical landscape, the notion of social acceptance is being gradually considered as a prerequisite for successful major infrastructure projects. Developers must demonstrate that impacted populations agree with their endeavour. Municipal elected representatives—and mayors in particular—are directly concerned by these dynamics, which are not without contradicting tensions. On the one hand, developers pressure the mayor to support their project and use their political leadership to actively promote it. On the other hand, citizens expect their mayor to remain neutral and favour the common good. All in all, mayors seem ill-equipped to consider projects and their stakeholders from a public good perspective, and to manage these processes with complete objectivity, especially when important financial compensations are involved. Based on the plural notion of legitimacy, we study these dynamics through the case of the development of a windmill farm in Saint-Valentin (Montérégie, Québec), which we compare to a project aimed at enlarging a landfill facility in Saint-Thomas (Lanaudière, Québec). In light of those two cases, we put forward that participatory mechanisms should be handed over to municipal elected representatives in order to develop a shared vision for planning their territory, within which future projects could be presented and discussed. We add that this vision should rely on the consideration of all the stakeholders' points of view on a given territory.

Although the perception of manipulation may explain certain consumer reactions, such as a negative attitude toward the retailer or decreased purchase intentions, no quantitative study has yet explored its relationship with resistance to the retailer, as well as satisfaction with the shopping experience. By adopting a multidimensional approach, this article determines the impacts of each of its dimensions (cognitive, behavioural, and affective) on these two variables. An online questionnaire was completed by 200 Quebec consumers. Structural equation modeling was conducted using EQS 6.4. The results confirm that the perception of manipulation is multidimensional and, in a retail setting, leads to different consumer reactions, with differentiated impacts depending on the dimensions. Specifically, the cognitive dimension tends to heighten attitudinal and behavioural resistance while reducing satisfaction, whereas the affective dimension reinforces behavioural resistance and diminishes satisfaction. Recommendations are provided to avoid such negative reactions.

Keywords: Perception of manipulation, Perception de manipulation, resistance towards the merchant, résistance envers le commerçant, satisfaction à l'égard de la visite, satisfaction with the visit, negative word-of-mouth, bouche-à-oreille négatif, comportement du consommateur, consumer behaviour