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This article aims to show the vivid filiation of contemporary Innus with their prehistoric ancestors. One might think that this is an unnecessary task as today's innu language, in continuity with that of the 17th century, is still spoken. Yet, with the prevalent belief of the “vanished Indian” in historiography, one still has to demonstrate the mechanisms 1) by which the blindness towards the Other occurred and 2) by which the Innu society was maintained over time. Political organization was not a structure in the Innu society. Kinship and common cosmology rather sealed the social unity. Epidemics and wars heavily fell upon the Innus, yet probably less so than on their native neighbours. The Innus reacted to these dismantling factors by reunifying their families through adoption and assimilation of widowers and orphans.

Keywords: Innu, historiographie, organisation politique, langue, parenté, cosmologue, épidémies, famille, Innu, historiography, political organization, language, kinship, cosmology, epidemics, family

The present article explores the linguistic ideologies surrounding the place of French and Canada's linguistic duality in Manitoba at the beginning of the 1960s. It is based on data drawn from a corpus of journalistic texts originating in the weekly publication La Liberté et le Patriote and from archival sources at two Franco-Manitoban institutions, the Association d'éducation des Canadiens-Français du Manitoba and the Collège de Saint-Boniface. The article examines several of the difficulties facing the Francophone community of the period and the resulting concerns experienced by leaders within the community. Discussed as well is the role played by the Québécois linguist Gaston Dulong who was invited in the spring of 1963 to report to community leaders concerning the state of the language and of French culture in the province. Of particular importance will be an analysis of the expert testimony that emerged from Dulong's visit in Manitoba and which functioned as a catalyst in the circulation and the development of linguistic ideologies in Francophone Manitoba at the beginning of the 1960s.

This study examines materials challenges in Canadian libraries as compiled by the Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA) with the intention of identifying demographic trends in patron challenge behaviour. By cross-referencing the CFLA data with five demographic fields from the 2016 Canadian Census of Population (median age, city size, educational attainment level, median income, and political representation), the study aims to determine whether challenges of a certain nature are more likely to occur in communities with certain demographic profiles. The study identifies twenty-two challenge categories derived from user complaints and three ideological alignments of challenges based on the political ideology standards set by moral foundations theory. Though the available sample is too small to draw any definitive conclusions, some strong trends were apparent. The most common challenge types—challenges to racist content and sexual content—are fairly consistent throughout demographic groupings, but notable correlations were found between demographic profiles and challenges related to LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and more) issues. Progressive-leaning communities were far more likely to challenge homophobic/transphobic materials while conservative-leaning communities challenged more LGBTQIA+-positive works. From an ideological standpoint, young communities tend to be the most progressive in their challenge behaviour, while communities with a low level of educational attainment tend to be the most conservative in their challenge behaviour.

Keywords: public libraries, bibliothèques publiques, censure, censorship, liberté intellectuelle, intellectual freedom, challenged books, livres contestés, CFLA, FCAB, demographics, démographie

This paper reviews and summarizes the available literature on Haitian mental health and mental health services. This review was conducted in light of the Haitian earthquake in January 2010. We searched Medline, Google Scholar and other available databases to gather scholarly literature relevant to mental health in Haiti. This was supplemented by consultation of key books and grey literature relevant to Haiti. The first part of the review describes historical, economic, sociological and anthropological factors essential to a basic understanding of Haiti and its people. This includes discussion of demography, family structure, Haitian economics and religion. The second part of the review focuses on mental health and mental health services. This includes a review of factors such as basic epidemiology of mental illness, common beliefs about mental illness, explanatory models, idioms of distress, help-seeking behavior, configuration of mental health services and the relationship between religion and mental health.

In this paper, the author reviews some viewpoints on the quality of working life and indicates research issues.

Canada is internationally recognized as a leader in welcoming refugee newcomers. However, there is limited evidence about how well refugee newcomers fare after arriving in Canada, and the effectiveness of resettlement services and supports. A system theory of change was developed to guide assessments of complexity across the refugee-serving sector that seek to investigate refugees’ lived experiences and evaluate practice across multiple levels. This article describes the process of developing the system theory of change, Life Beyond Refuge, and the implications for community-level practice, public policy, and ultimately, resettlement outcomes for refugee newcomers.

Keywords: refugees, resettlement, theory of change, community-based evaluation, evaluation framework

ABSTRACTStarting with an empirical analysis of shareholders in Quebec's capital market, which raises historiographical and epistemological issues, this article highlights the significance of the internal social relations in understanding the national question. By the early decades of this century, the capital market in Québec contrasted sharply with that in English Canada. Although both relied on joint-stock companies, in Québec this emerging market was an integral part of a nationalist strategy, which enjoyed significant support among petty and middle-ranking bourgeois. Historically rooted and socially based, the creation of a separate capital market in Québec was thus a significant indicator of the distinct path to capitalism taken in Québec.