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This study examines the linguistic integration of immigrant students in Morocco along with the support measures to overcome the challenges they face. The research is based on interviews with six parents of students from sub-Saharan Africa, aiming to explore their family environment, their children’s experiences at school, and gather their opinions. The results highlight that current personal and objective conditions hinder genuine integration. The family environment does not foster integration, as local and official languages play only a minor role in the job market, where a preference is given to French. Moreover, Morocco is often perceived by these immigrants as a transitional step toward Europe.

Keywords: migration, migration, linguistic integration, intégration linguistique, focus group, groupe de discussion, plurilingualism, plurilinguisme, school environment, environnement scolaire

Released in 2019, 5 is the perfect number is the film adaptation of the homonymous graphic novel, published several years earlier by Igort who, with the shooting of this film, makes his debut as a director. The idea of transposing the story of Peppino Lo Cicero, a retired camorra hitman who eventually returns to his former life of crime to avenge the murder of his son, to the big screen came quickly to the author, as suggested by the ideas of direction and the cinematic approach present in the graphic novel. However, it took much longer to complete the project, which only came to fruition when Igort decided to direct the filming himself: this element adds a specific value to the work of adaptation that deserves to be emphasized and studied, particularly in the light of the film's notebook, in which the author-director describes the behind-the-scenes shooting. Reading this notebook, we discover that for Igort, cinema represents a new frontier to explore, a challenge that he intends to take up thanks to his experience as an author-draughtsman. More precisely, the transition from drawing to film is intended to develop certain aspects of the story, while keeping a very close link between the source work and its adaptation, not only in terms of content, but also of style, in a process of transmedia (re)creation that is both faithful and original.

Keywords: Igort, Igort, graphic novel, roman graphique, film adaptation, adaptation cinématographique, rewriting, réécriture, auto-adaptation, auto-adaptation

Rivalled in the critical domain by terms such as "transmediality" and "intermediality," or approached from the perspectives of remaking and rewriting, which put less emphasis on the notion of medium than on gestures of repetition within the same "universe," adaptation seems to have become a theoretical horizon of the past. As Sarah Cardwell (2018) notes, by embracing numerous forms of remaking, adaptation studies has, paradoxically, come to do without adaptation and instead finds itself diluted within a larger whole that one might call “intertextual studies”. This article aims to show that the theory of adaptation benefits from encounters with what generally nourishes popular culture: seriality. Several examples of contemporary “neo-Victorian” television series as well as a metacritical analysis of the categories of fictional “world” and “universe” will demonstrate that the conceptual imprecisions between adaptation and intertextuality is also an opportunity to develop theoretical approaches to adaptation that are more open and consider the perpetual expansion of contemporary fictional forms.

Keywords: adaptation, adaptation, seriality, sérialité, Television series, séries télévisées, Neo-Victorianism, néo-victorianisme, intertextuality, intertextualité

A trendy phenomenon in a world dominated by an economic pseudo-rationality or a new, accidental and destabilizing phenomenon whose consequences are beyond our control — such is the perception of the omnipresent introduction of new technologies into industrial economies at the end of this century. The accounting disciplines, the crossroads for information passing through and surrounding a company, cannot ignore the emergence of these challenges. In the following study, the authors first define the expression "new technologies" and then analyze the various sources and effects of accounting standardization to more clearly define the possible consequences of this new phenomenon for accounting and certification professionals.

Aging facilities and an energy transition have prompted the nuclear industry to start dismantling obsolete installations. Teleoperation is at the heart of this process as these installations are complex, difficult to access, and radioactive. The literature on teleoperation shows a predominance of technical aspects, with little information on its uses in a dismantling site, which raises questions about the organizational and human issues involved. This research-intervention analyzes teleoperation activities in the nuclear industry to understand the physical and psychological impacts on teleoperators, based on theories of activity and situated acceptance of technologies. The methodological approach is based on (a) an analysis of internal company documents; (b) 10 individual interviews; (c) participation in work group meetings; and (d) two observations of a teleoperation activity. The aim of this approach is to trace the teleoperation activity of the various actors involved in the deployment of the device, from design to use in the field. Content analysis of observations and interviews reveals that teleoperation is a mediated, multi-faceted activity (confined room, tool guidance and maintenance), characterized by static work, repetitive tasks and multisensory information to be managed simultaneously. These characteristics involve physical and cognitive demands that are likely to have an impact on the teleoperator's well-being. Training for teleoperators appears to be partial, and is mainly carried out in real-life work situations. This study identifies the technical, organizational, and cognitive constraints faced by teleoperators on a dismantling site. It suggests a participative design of a flexible teleoperation tool, involving engineers, site managers, and the teleoperators themselves, based on real activity, with a view to preserving the health of teleoperators and optimizing their performance. 

Keywords: Activités, Activities, Téléopération, Teleoperation, Démantèlement, Dismanting, Installations nucléaires, Nuclear facilities, Santé et sécurité, Health and safety

Uzziah ruled in Judah for many years, yet the description of his rule in the book of Kings is laconic. The book of Chronicles, on the other hand, provides an extensive description of his reign that stems from authorial ideology, theology, and processes of identity formation. The book of Ezra-Nehemiah describes a series of confrontations from four directions, with Uzziah’s battles with the Philistines, the Arab tribes, and the Ammonites being three of these fronts. The Chronicler, writing several decades after Ezra-Nehemiah, was aware of the Ezra-Nehemiah text or its narrative, and developed the figure of Uzziah as a great king, thus serving his own national, economic, ethnic, and religious goals.

Keywords: Chronicles, Uzziah, Ezra-Nehemiah, Yehud

Me Jean-Louis Baudouin, full professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Montreal, brilliantly exposes two distinct aspects of the problem of medical professional liability: firstly, the spiralling number of suits and the astronomical sums awarded by courts and, secondly, the possible solutions which would improve the present situation. With medical professionals constantly faced with the threat of being sued, the author fears a destabilization of the practise of medicine and believes the legal system can play a key role in striking a perfect balance.

In this article, Guy Poirier addresses the key ideas that led to the creation of the “Textes missionnaires dans l’espace francophone” partnership. In particular, this article explores new approaches to the discovery of the New World, interdisciplinary studies, and the dissemination of missionary texts in Renaissance France, using examples from the author’s own research. The article then proceeds to outline the principles that have guided the delineation of three lines of research along which this SSHRC-funded partnership has advanced: encounters, archives, and the memory of missions.