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AbstractGay Community, Gay Identity and the Translated Text — In this paper, the author explores the multiple intersections of the notion "gay community" and "gay identity" with the problematic of translation. First, the notions of "community" and "identity" themselves are explored for their theoretical, political and personal ramifications for the gay subject. It is argued that the two notions engage in a constant process of redefinition in relation to each other and, in particular, that they can be seen to overlap if their respective concrete/imagined and internal/external dimensions are taken account of. The author goes on to suggest how translated literature represents a crucial site for the gay person's elaboration of a distinct subjectivity. Then, an example (Spanish-English) is given of a text whose exploration of emerging gay selfhoof is enhanced in translation. Finally, a passage (English-French) is studied in its source and target versions in order to identify the pressures that different cultural conceptions of sexual identity bring to bear upon textual products.

AbstractEducation is defined as the exercise of power. This perspective, according to the author, develops and becomes necessary both as the conclusion to existing research and as a rupture with the most familiar approaches. In the first part, he attempts in particular to show by the study of four research themes (education and social class, political socialization, education and economy, and bureaucratic and organizational aspects of schools), how the use of the notion of power is necessary as a condition for renewing the sociological analysis of education. In the second part, a discussion of the theoretical notions of power and an application of these notions to educational interaction permit the author to conclude that pedagogical relationships are indeed power relationships. Since this is only a first step in the exploration of the perspective adopted to begin with, the author indicates in conclusion how the theories on the structure of power could help in further research on pedagogical power.

While best known as a composer, Cherney has also been active in music scholarship. His doctoral thesis in musicology was on German music criticism during the Weimar era, but in his later career he has made important and timely interventions into Canadian music studies. Among his publications are articles on John Weinzweig and Pierre Mercure, as well as a monograph on Harry Somers, who is the subject of his ongoing research. His course on Canadian music at McGill University has introduced many students to the serious study and understanding of composed music in Canada. This article considers Cherney's music scholarship and speculates on how this work may have had an impact upon his creative activities as a composer.

This study examined an online professional development program designed to support meaningful acquaintance and reduce stereotypes and prejudices among teachers from different cultures in Israeli society. The rationale of the online program was based on the premise that indirect online contact might improve intergroup relations in diverse societies. The program was designed to progress gradually, starting from basic and leading to a deeper acquaintance, using a variety of computer-mediated communication (CMC) tools. Findings indicated that upon program completion, participants were more respectful towards one another than pre-program. They held a positive view of online learning and were open to multiculturalism (more tolerant and accepting of others than previously) while still maintaining their respective cultural identities. The program participants noticed the gradual progression in task design, expressly noting that this stepwise structure supported forging a connection and then fostering familiarization. This study fills a gap in the research through demonstrating ways that online contact (indirect contact) can be used to promote acquaintance and reduce stereotypes and prejudices among teachers from different groups in Israeli society.

Keywords: indirect contact, online contact, multicultural education, teachers, computer-mediated communication

The sensitive nature of certain controversies is particularly problematic for teaching across difference. Questions as to what makes a controversy sensitive and how care and empathy are implicated in discussing it are considered through examples connected to the author's own practice and in light of the traditional rationalist concept of critical spirit and feminist strong reflexivity. The suggestion is made that discussing sensitive controversy requires a ‘doubled view' and that this is needed at all levels of inquiry.

Describing money and words as homologous systems that function to constitute, transmit, and alter values permits this essay to explore the formative period of the modern economy, when sixteenth-century writers were struggling to conceptualize it, and Shakespeare was dramatizing its basic principles.

This paper focuses on John Hagee and his path to become the leader of the largest and most publicized Christian Zionist group in the United States and the world, Christians United For Israel (CUFI). Since 2006, this pastor has become renowned for his support to the Hebrew State. How did Hagee come to create the largest Christian Zionist lobby existing today ? How did he become such a friend of Israel and so remarkable a leader ? What is his background ? This article looks deeper at how an Evangelical pastor became a political public figure capable of rallying large numbers of Evangelicals to follow him in his pro-Israel activism. Hagee is a charismatic leader. Our methodology is based on field studies, interviews and observations.

One of the most important developments in American Judaism of the twentieth century was the rise of Conservative Judaism, a distinct American interpretation of traditional Rabbinic Judaism. The process by which Conservative Judaism emerged as a movement distinct from orthodoxy dates essentially from the period 1920-1950. This article is a study of one of the major incidents of this emergence: the case of Rabbi Solomon Goldman and the Jewish Center [JC] of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1925 Rabbi Goldman instigated ritual and architectural changes in his congregation that were challenged by traditionalist elements within the synagogue. The case went to court and caused a sensation in the United States. This article is based on recently discovered archival material. It contributes to a more nuanced understanding of the emergence of Conservative Judaism as a distinct religious movement in the early twentieth century.

SummarySection 10 of the Ontario labour Relations Act, concerning certification of unions, as well as Section 4 of The Fair Employment Practices Act require that a trade union must extend the opportunity of membership and the right incidental to membership, equally and impartially and on the same terms and conditions to persons of all creeds. Any arbitrary or discriminatory denial of these right and opportunities is not only inimical to basic democratic principles but is incompatible wtih the union's obligation as an exclusive bargaining agent to represent all employees in the bargaining unit.Trenton Construction Workers Association, local No 52, affiliated with the Christian Labour Association of Canada, Applicant, and Tange Company Limited, Respondent; Ontario Labour Relations Board, File No. 20576-60, November 13, 1961. L.A. MacLean, Deputy Vice-Chairman, and Board Members G. Russel Harvey and R.W. Teagle.