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In 1543 Claude Chappuys published Le Discours de la court, a long poem in praise of the court of Francis I. This text, a hybrid of moral allegory and enumerative discourse, recalls themes, structures, and poetic language that can be found in Guillaume de Lorris, Jean Lemaire de Belges, and above all, as I will argue, Marot, with whom Chappuys had collaborated earlier, for example in the context of the Blasons anatomiques du corps féminin. Yet at the same time, and more importantly, this article demonstrates that Chappuys’s poem, despite its non-controversial tone, can be read as an implicit rejection of key aspects of Marot’s heritage. Indeed, Chappuys condemns Marot’s polemical vein indirectly through the negative depiction of the Pasquin-L’Arétin duo, a clear figure of the satirical genre, and through veiled allusions to L’Enfer and the coq-à-l’âne poems. This presence of Marot in the intertext of an extremely consensual work written for Francis I is all the more significant when one remarks that the Discours was published just a few months after Marot’s flight to Geneva, in a renewed context of interconfessional tension; it constitutes, so to say, the poem’s flipside. Symptomatically, the only direct mention of Marot in the Discours is laconic, "Marot was here," and can be read in different ways. This article can be seen as a discussion of this short phrase and its resonances, with special attention given to its specific location in the carefully elaborated catalogue of the court that makes up the second half of the work. Generally speaking, the following offers an introduction to Chappuys’ poem and attempts to rehabilitate a work that has been neglected or read primarily in a political perspective.

Claude Boudan was a Celestine monk of significant stature, who held several offices within the Order. He was also a prolific and talented author of Latin verse. Among his numerous works still in manuscript, the long poem in dactylic hexameters, titled De mutua hugonostici belli et catholicae pacis collatione carmen heroicum, is unique insofar as it offers his perspective on the contemporaneous events of the Wars of Religion in France. Written in an energetic, and at times eve polemical tone, the poem describes several violent incidents that occurred during the period beginning in the early 1560S and preceding the Saint Bartholomew’s Massacre of 1572, adopting a resolutely partisan point of view. In this, it resembles much of the polemical poetry written during the period, by authors as diverse as Ronsard, d’Aubigné, Jean Dorat, and Léger Du Chesne.

Keywords: Poésie polémique, Guerres de Religion, Célestins, Rayonnement culturel monastique, littérature engagée

This article aims to analyze the reasons why French and liberal Jewish women were ordained as rabbis only in 1990, despite the existence of a principle of equality in effect since 1846, and in such small numbers. This question will be addressed from a feminist perspective, using approaches and concepts from the sociology of organizations and labor. We will attempt to understand the “glass ceiling” (Laufer, 2004) and “stained-glass ceiling” (de Gasquet, 2009) mechanisms that hinder the access of these women to positions of power and to the function of rabbi according to the “Gender – Organization – System” approach (Fagenson,1990), an approach not yet used in studies of Jewish religious institutions. We will then see that the weight of systemic patriarchy, a rabbinate organized according to male values, models and management, as well as women’s self-censorship and men’s confinement in gendered stereotypes, have contributed to the construction of a stained-glass ceiling that has stifled egalitarian principles.

Keywords: female rabbinate, rabbinat féminin, plafond de vitrail, stained-glass ceiling, judaïsme libéral, liberal Judaism, France, France, approche féministe, feminist approach, gender, genre, organization, organisation, system, système

Introduction: Nonprofit community-based organizations (COs) are expected to complement specialized cancer care and help meet the needs of people living with and beyond cancer. However, nonprofit community organization (CO) services are underused by women living with and beyond breast cancer (WLWB-BC).Objective: The objective of this study is to explore women’s experience of using CO services.Methods: The study is designed as a qualitative study using Interpretive Description. Ten WLWB-BC with experience using CO services were recruited for individual interviews. Thematic content analysis of interview data relied on an iterative 3-cycle coding process to identify factors that affect women’s activation to use CO support services.Results: Interviews reveal variations in women’s recognition of their need for support, in their experience of identifying COs to meet these needs, and in the process of accessing and using CO services. The concept of candidacy emerges as a determinant process in the use of CO services, influenced by the highly contextualized quality of interactions between women, cancer team professionals and COs.Discussion and Conclusion: Integrating CO services requires more productive interactions. Our findings shed light on how WLWB-BC seek response to their needs outside specialized cancer care. An important aspect is how they see themselves as candidates for CO services and how care providers legitimate perceived needs and eligibility. Candidacy and productive interactions create a virtuous circle supporting activated and informed providers, which in turn support WLWB-BC activation in self-management and CO service utilization.

Keywords: cancer du sein, breast cancer, nonprofit community-based organization, organisme communautaire à but non lucratif, modèle de soins chroniques, chronic care model, candidacy, éligibilité/candidacy, qualitative study, étude qualitative

The rise in popularity of the maker movement in schools is evident around the globe, yet research, particularly in French, is still in early stages. This article provides a scoping review of maker projects in grades four through eight classrooms in elementary schools from around the globe, aiming to uncover their implementation, materials used, and outcomes on students and teachers. From 1900 initial studies, 68 scientific articles were analyzed. This article outlines the three stages of maker projects: 1) inspiration and preparation, 2) implementation and realization, and 3) presentation and recontextualization, while highlighting an equal mix of digital and physical tools within the selected papers. It also discusses the impact on students across affective, social, disciplinary, and metacognitive dimensions, as well as on teachers, including pedagogical, affective, and social outcomes. Examples of disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary maker projects are highlighted, showcasing the broad scope and potential of maker education. These findings are essential for strengthening teacher education with research-informed best practices for designing and integrating maker projects in classrooms.

Keywords: digital technologies, bricoleur, maker, formation enseignante, maker, maker education, revue de la portée, scoping review, teacher education, technologies éducatives

This article describes the Awikhiganisaskak project, a collaboration between the Abenaki nation, one of the eleven Aboriginal nations of Quebec, and a number of researchers associated with the Université de Sherbrooke. Intended as an initiative to enhance the documentation of Aboriginal languages and cultures, the first phase of the project focused on the Abenaki language, a member of the Algonquian linguistic family. Faced with the rapid decline of native languages over the course of the 20th century, Abenaki being no exception, various preservation initiatives have been attempted by the nation, mainly through the teaching of the language. The project presented here focuses on the collection and processing of written and oral documentation related to the language. Two examples of the work carried out by the Awikhiganisaskak project are discussed in the article: firstly, the study of the translation into French-Abenaki of an English-Abenaki work entitled New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, by Joseph Laurent (1884) and the creation of an audio recording of the work read by speakers of the language; secondly, the study of the transcription, translation into English and oral recording of Joseph Aubéry's French-Abenaki dictionary (1715) by Étienne (Stephen) Laurent, son of Joseph Laurent. Finally, one of the project's research interests focuses on translation from and into native languages, and attempts to document the many facets of the phenomenon.

Keywords: Abenakis, Abénakis, indigenous language, langue autochtone, indigenous translation, traduction autochtone, archives, archives, Awikhiganisaskak project, projet Awikhiganisaskak

The Conseil de la justice administrative [CJA] is a distinct oversight body responsible for investigating complaints of deontological breaches committed by members of administrative tribunals in Quebec that wield quasi-judicial powers. In our examination of the CJA’s decisions, we consider it to be a crucial accountability mechanism within the Quebec administrative justice system. Our analysis focuses on identifying the complainants, the nature of their complaints, the tribunals they target, the outcomes of these complaints, and the CJA’s approach to handling them. We found that over 73 percent of the investigated complaints are filed by citizens who allege disrespectful conduct and delays in tribunal decision-making. A significant portion of investigated complaints – nearly 60 percent – are directed at judges from the Tribunal administratif du logement [TAL], the agency responsible for the largest caseload in the province. Of the complaints investigated, around 28 percent were found to involve misconduct, with the CJA recommending sanctions in over 70 percent of substantiated cases. Our analysis reveals that the CJA adopts inquisitorial and restorative approaches in handling complaints rather than an adversarial one. This strategy is focused on remedying harm, ensuring accountability, and restoring public confidence rather than solely imposing punitive measures. Our study contributes to the expanding literature on citizen complaints against public officials by providing an exploratory analysis of the oversight of Quebec’s administrative judges and the handling of complaints against them.