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AbstractAt the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, the hostility of Canadian intellectuals toward the United States and continental integration was expressed through two different conservative discourses : Anglo-Canadian imperialism and French-Canadian nationalism. Despite their fundamental divergence on the national question, these doctrines shared an essentially anti-modern perspective and found a point of convergence in their vigorous critiques of the United States. For the imperialist and nationalist right, the United States represented the very essence of modernity, given its acceptance, among other things, of secularism, democracy and mass culture. In English Canada, where British political institutions and the imperial link were seen as the pillars of Canadian identity, anti-American discourse had a tendency to concentrate on political and diplomatic questions. In Quebec, where political institutions played a secondary role in national identity, social and cultural questions dominated anti-American discourse.

According to figures collected in October 2004 from higher education institutions of Quebec Internet sites, the women full-time regular professors of philosophy account for 17,8% of the teaching staff in this field. This statistical study shows that there is an underrepresentation of women regular professors of philosophy in Quebec universities. This text aims thus to clarify this problem and tries to understand it better by advancing five explanatory assumptions in order to find solutions to this deplorable situation and in a will to philosophize differently.

SummaryIn this research, based on life stories of women engineers who became managers, we analyze how the transition from technical to management position helps us understand the link between feminine identity and women's participation in engineering and management. We propose psycho-dynamical interpretations that shed light on the problematic relation between subjective notions of power, competence and feminity. This article suggests that some women engineers integrate these three dimensions within their development, motivated by a desire to differentiate, to respond to challenges and to make « the difference » as a person rather than through an idealistic path.

SummaryThis article presents results drawn from an empirical research on a sample of mothers suffering from drug abuse who had recently given birth. Using a combined quantitative and qualitative approach, this study's main objective was to better our understanding of these women's experience in order to identify keys for intervention. Data indicate, on one hand, that the participants had been through negative experiences in their childhood and in their adolescence and, on the other hand, that for most of them the birth of their child appeared as an opportunity to change the course of things.

AbstractVoices remembered from childhood, and retrieved by diasporic and exiled writers attest to the profound connections between language, place, memory and identity. Research on children's language socialization provides a complementary perspective for understanding the ways in which young children are socialized into existing social worlds, as well as seeing how they create their own. Ethnographic and sociolinguistic data from two societies, Dominica (West Indies) and Kaluli (Papua New Guinea) illustrates the importance of place and the role of language(s) in mediating social relationships and remembering them, as well as providing symbolic resources for narrative, language choice and play. As speech activities are always located in particular places, and are often about particular places, even in their earliest use of language, children are sensitive to and learn culturally specific meanings of and ways of talking about place.

Keywords: Schieffelin, socialisation langagière, lieu, enfance, Dominique (Antilles orientales), Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, Schieffelin, language socialization, place, childhood, Dominica (West Indies), Papua New Guinea, Schieffelin, socialización lingüística, lugar, infancia, Dominica (Antillas orientales) Papuasia (Nueva Guinea)

This paper explores the implications for political liberalism of acknowledging that there is a reasonable disagreement among competing conceptions of justice. How can a public conception of justice be designed while still respecting the views of those who strongly disagree with it ? By confronting libertarianism, justice as fairness, and strict egalitarianism, it will be claimed that the core concepts of theses theories are essentially contested. As a solution, two conditions will be suggested in order for the public conception of justice to be one of political toleration: first, it ought to be based on shared agreements with regards to minimal rights; secondly, if it wishes to go beyond that minimal baseline, those who support more restrictive conceptions should receive some compensation. In some aspects, this issue and its accommodations resemble the ones faced in the multicultural contexts.

There are many forms of abuse in the workplace. These include incivility, discrimination, harassment (in general), sexual harassment, bullying, physical assault, abusive leadership, and an organizational climate that tolerates abuse. Based on the actions involved, some forms of abuse are classified as low (e.g., incivility), moderate (e.g., bullying), or high (e.g., physical assault) intensity. The purpose of this literature review is to determine whether these different forms of abuse have impacts that differ in magnitude with respect to the health of workers who experience them. A review of quantitative review studies that examined each of these forms of abuse was conducted. Twelve meta-analyses were identified. The comparative analysis of the effects and their confidence intervals shows that, in general, the different forms of abuse do not differ in terms of the observed links on psychological health (e.g. exhaustion, depression, stress, well-being, positive and negative emotions) and physical health (e.g. physical tension, sleep problems). The few differences identified invalidate the hypothesis that the presumed intensity of the forms of abuse is associated with the size of the observed effects. From a practical point of view, organizations and managers should therefore pay attention to each of these forms of abuse, which all seem to be detrimental to workers. From a scientific point of view, the analysis carried out is original insofar as it has made it possible to bring together synthesis works on eight forms of abuse, from distinct literatures and which had never been compared to our knowledge.

Keywords: Abus au travail, Workplace abuse, Santé psychologique, Psychological health, Santé physique, Physical health, Revue de littérature, Literature review, Méta-analyses, Meta-analyses

The theory of procedural justice, derived from social psychology, is employed in numerous fields of study concerned with the quality of interactions involving individuals in positions of authority. Although this theory is increasingly cited for its potential to promote approaches aimed at mitigating the effects of psychiatric coercion and better respecting individuals' rights, empirical literature provides limited insights into how procedural justice could be translated into practice. It is important, therefore, to examine the theoretical and practical implications of such an orientation. Based on a critical analysis of existing literature, this article will discuss the potential contributions and limitations of procedural justice applied in the field of mental health and psychiatric nursing. Procedural justice has limitations regarding solutions for human rights violations in psychiatry. It nonetheless allows a focus on the quality of interactions with individuals in coercive contexts, in addition to considering the social and identity-related implications of psychiatric coercion.

Keywords: coercion, mental health, nursing, procedural justice, psychiatry

SummaryIn medical care, there is a strong imperative to rapidly adopt new therapeutic technology. This paper considers focuses on the specific case of innovative health care technologies to consider the issue of how contemporary societies make choices concerning health producing investments. The paper reviews the contemporary practices of formal health technology assessment and presents two case studies which illustrate some of the challenges in making rational choices in this area. The paper concludes with an argument to evaluate social and economic interventions for their contribution to health, proposing that the most effective strategy for reducing the singular claim of medical technology on society's resources allocated to producing health may lie in increasing the competition for those resources.

Research framework : Cancer is the most common life-threatening disease in Canadian children. It is a traumatic family experience. Authors point out that affected families are more vulnerable if they do not have sufficient resources to support their resilience process. Families living in communities far from hospital centres specialized in pediatric oncology (HCSPO) face additional challenges because of limited access to resources and services that can meet their immediate needs. While the family experience of pediatric cancer is well documented in the scientific literature, the experience of being far from an HCSPO remains under explored. Gottlieb's strengths-based approach to care and Walsh's (2012 ; 2016b) family resilience building theory guided this study. This article presents findings from the first phase of a larger study, conducted between 2015 and 2021, those related to different contexts that may exacerbate family vulnerability. Objective: Exploring factors related to the resilience process of families accompanying a child with cancer in a remote context (FACCRC). Methodology : A descriptive qualitative approach was adopted by using 26 semi-structured individual and group interviews (n = 50 people: 39 members of 11 families, 11 nurses). Results: Among the results obtained in the larger study, two main contexts of remoteness were identified and are presented here: (1) when the FACCRC are in their community, at the time of the child's diagnosis, on their returns from the HCSPO and on a daily basis, and (2) when they are at the HCSPO, far from their loved ones and their usual landmarks. Contexts with specific risk factors that can compromise their resilience process. Findings: Remoteness is a multi-contextual, persistent experience that affects all family members. It requires a specific family assessment, and is facilitated by better communication and collaboration between the specialized and regional hospital centres. Contribution: The proposal of valuable leads for care more adapted to the reality of FACCRC.

Keywords: famille, cancer pédiatrique, résilience, soin de santé, ruralité, family, childhood cancer, resilience, health care, rurality, familia, cáncer infantil, resiliencia, cuidados de la salud, ruralidad