Recherches sociographiques

Volume 55, Number 3, September–December 2014 Les anglophones au Québec Guest-edited by Michael Smith

Table of contents (26 articles)

  1. Errata

    p. 452

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  2. Présentation : Les anglophones au Québec

    Michael R. Smith

    pp. 455–465

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    Abstract Discussion of the situation of anglophones in Quebec tends to involve one of the following three characterizations: they have been oppressors, first conquerors then occupiers of the dominant positions in the provincial economy; they have been and are a fifth column (metaphorically speaking), increasing the likelihood that immigrants will adopt English, the dominant language of North America, rather than French; or, they have become victims, with access to both English-language institutions and government jobs limited by government policy. A case can be made that, while something can be said for each these characterizations, each also risks turning into caricature. Most anglophones did not occupy dominant positions in the economy in the past, let alone the present. The contribution of Quebec anglophones to inducing immigrants to adopt English as their language of use is probably smaller than that of Hollywood; besides the population has undergone substantial shrinkage over the last decades. And evidence suggests that, whatever grievances its members might have, a significant proportion has higher than average incomes and, by failing to out-migrate, a majority demonstrate that continuing to live in Quebec is more appealing than the alternatives. Rather than addressing these large questions the papers in this issue of Recherches sociographiques deal with anglophones getting on with their lives and the problems and opportunities associated with that. They may serve as a useful corrective for a tendency to overgeneralization in much of the writing on the subject.

Recherche

  1. Identité et sentiment d’appartenance chez les jeunes anglophones de Montréal

    Diane Gérin-Lajoie

    pp. 467–484

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    Abstract As the product of a social construction, identity cannot be considered as being linear and fixed. Rather, identity is a fluid phenomenon that is strongly influenced by social practices, which are in turn embedded in specific power relations. This phenomenon is all the more true for linguistic minorities, since these live at the frontier between two languages and two cultures — and sometimes even three in the case of racial and ethnic minorities. The results of our analysis are drawn from an ethnographic study conducted in English schools in the Montreal area. At the end of three years of field study, the results indicated 1) the presence of a bilingual or trilingual identity among the young; 2) diverse representations of the anglophone community; and 3) the young participants conceded that they did not feel like they were a part of the French-speaking majority in the province; yet at the same time they did not express a sense of minority status in their relationship with the majority group.

  2. La quête de reconnaissance professionnelle d’immigrants favorisant l’usage de l’anglais dans la région de montréal : entre dissonances et ressemblances

    Sébastien Arcand and Maher Najari

    pp. 485–510

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    Abstract Although the issue of the recognition of degrees and skills of immigrants is well-documented in the literature, immigrants preferring English (IPE) is a category too often overlooked. From focus group discussions conducted with IPE, this article identifies some of the challenges these people face in their quest for recognition of their achievements and skills. The results from our sample show that despite similarities in the experiences of this group of immigrants with those of immigrants preferring French (IPF), poor command of French promotes information asymmetry with regard to the programs offered, which indicates the existence of barriers that are unique to this category of immigrants. The analysis of testimonials of participants also points to gaps in the coordination between the Quebec institutions involved.

  3. Les disparités d’accès aux soins de santé parmi la minorité de langue officielle au Québec

    James Falconer and Amélie Quesnel-Vallée

    pp. 511–529

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    Abstract This study examines the effect of a person’s ability to speak French on their health and their access to health care in Quebec using a multiple logistic regression model. Our results indicate that unilingual anglophones in Quebec are 26% more likely than bilingual anglophones to report poor health. This could suggest that unilingual anglophones also make greater use of health care services than their bilingual counterparts. However, unilingual anglophones are instead 52% more likely than their counterparts to report that their health care needs were unmet. These disparities in health status and access to health care appear to hinge on people’s ability to express themselves in French. The results suggest that policies aimed at reducing barriers to access to health care among unilingual anglophones in Quebec could improve the access to health care, and subsequently the health, for this segment of the population.

  4. La fiction anglo-québécoise en traduction française depuis 1990 : agents, agences et textes

    Gillian Lane-Mercier

    pp. 531–558

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    Abstract This article is part of a larger study aiming to strengthen the methodological foundations of the sociology of translation, while developing links between this discipline and that of translation studies. Its objective is to present the various difficulties of a demographic, cultural, linguistic, aesthetic or identity-related nature encountered in the framework of a pilot project, as well as the selected solutions and some preliminary results. The pilot project focused on the issues raised by the creation and statistical analysis of a database of all Anglo-Quebec works of fiction translated into French between 1990 and 2013. We begin with the hypothesis that the criteria for establishment and the variables retained convey an image not only of the social conditions of the production and dissemination of translations in the contemporary Quebec context but also of the relationship between the anglophone and francophone literary communities.

  5. La scène musicale anglo-québécoise : institutionnalisation, mutations et représentations

    Anne Robineau

    pp. 559–581

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    Abstract This article examines the link between the greater recognition given to a part of the anglophone Quebec music scene and the development of English arts and cultural organizations and institutions in Quebec. To the extent that the notion of the two solitudes applies to the art world, it is changing in the case of Franco- and Anglo-Quebec coproductions, which are attracting a new audience that, although still poorly circumscribed, is primarily a bilingual audience from Montreal. We address this issue in dealing with the Anglo-Quebec identity and its relation to culture, describing many aspects of institutionalization and professionalization of anglophone artists in Quebec since the 1960s, and then attempting to identify recent changes in the Anglo-Montreal music scene in addressing the issue of generational take over and cultural diversity.

Note critique

  1. La géographie des religions : quel apport à la compréhension de l’évolution du catholicisme québécois au 20e siècle? / Fabien Venon, Géographie et religion en France et au Québec, Paris, L’Harmattan, 2011, 254 p.; Les paroisses de Montréal en crise. La fin d’un bastion catholique?, Paris, L’Harmattan, 2012, 202 p.; Les paroisses au défi de la modernité. L’archidiocèse de Montréal, 2013, 108 p. / Fabien Venon, Géographie et religion en France et au Québec, Paris, L’Harmattan, 2011, 254 p. / Fabien Venon, Les paroisses de Montréal en crise. La fin d’un bastion catholique?, Paris, L’Harmattan, 2012, 202 p. / Fabien Venon, Les paroisses au défi de la modernité. L’archidiocèse de Montréal, 2013, 108 p.

    Éric Desautels

    pp. 583–589

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Comptes rendus

  1. Normand Baillargeon, Turbulences. Essais de philosophie de l’éducation, Québec, Les Presses de l’Université Laval, 2013, 135 p.

    Nancy Bouchard

    pp. 591–592

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  2. Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink, Le livre aimé du peuple. Les almanachs québécois de 1777 à nos jours, Québec, Les Presses de l’Université Laval, 2014, 424 p. (Coll. Cultures québécoises.)

    Carmen Mata Barreiro

    pp. 592–593

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  3. Jean-François Simard et Maxime Allard, La révolution coopérative. Un jalon d’histoire de la pensée sociale au Québec, Notes de cours en philosophie de la coopération de Georges-Henri Lévesque, Québec, Les Presses de l’Université Laval, 2013. (Coll. Sociologie contemporaine.)

    Sylvie Lacombe

    pp. 593–594

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  4. Maria De Koninck, Soeur Simone Voisine, Québec, Les Éditions du remue-ménage, 2014, 231 p.

    Jacques Palard

    pp. 595–596

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  5. Alain Beaulieu, Stéphan Gervais et Martin Papillon (dir.), Les Autochtones et le Québec. Des premiers contacts au Plan Nord, Montréal, Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 2013, 407 p.

    Leila Inksetter

    pp. 597–598

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  6. Jean-Pierre Deslauriers, Les groupes communautaires : vers un changement de paradigme?, Québec, Les Presses de l’Université Laval, 2014, 241 p.

    Pierre Hamel

    pp. 598–599

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  7. Benoît Lévesque, Jean-Marc Fontan et Juan-Luis Klein (dir.), L’innovation sociale. Les marches d’une construction théorique et pratique, Québec, Presses de l’Université du Québec, 2014, 451 p. (Coll. « Innovation sociale ».)

    Jacques Palard

    pp. 599–601

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  8. Scott McKay, Pour un Québec vert et bleu: le virage vert, l’économie et la gouvernance, Québec, Les Presses de l’Université Laval, 2013, 180 p.

    Elisabeth Abergel

    pp. 601–602

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  9. Micheline Labelle, Rachad Antonius et Pierre Toussaint (dir.), Les nationalismes québécois face à la diversité ethnoculturelle, Montréal, Éditions de l’Institut d’études internationales de Montréal, 2013, 319 p.

    Sarah Pröwrock

    pp. 602–603

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  10. Danic Parenteau, Précis républicain à l’usage des Québécois, Montréal, Fides, 2014, 147 p.

    Yvan Lamonde

    pp. 603–604

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  11. Dominique Garand, Laurence Daigneault Desrosiers et Philippe Archambault, Un Québec polémique. Éthique de la discussion dans les débats publics, Montréal, Hurtubise, 2014, 450 p.

    Andrée Fortin

    pp. 604–606

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  12. Ivan Carel, Robert Comeau et Jean-Philippe Warren (dir.), Violences politiques. Europe et Amériques, 1960-1979, Montréal, Lux, 2013, 328 p.

    Jean Lamarre

    pp. 606–607

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  13. Gilles McMillan, La contamination des mots, Montréal, Lux, 2014, 288 p.

    Colette Boucher

    pp. 607–608

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  14. Pierre Falardeau, Résistance : Chroniques 2008-2009, Montréal, vlb éditeur, 2013, 176 p.

    André C. Drainville

    pp. 608–609

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  15. Jacques Godbout, Le tour du jardin. Entretiens avec Mathieu Bock-Côté sur les livres, la politique, la culture, la religion, le Québec et la saisine, Montréal, Éditions du Boréal, 2014, 242 p.

    Colette Boucher

    pp. 610–611

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  16. Gilles Janson, assisté de Paul Foisy, Serge Gaudreau et collaborateurs, Dictionnaire des grands oubliés du sport au Québec, 1850-1950, Québec, Septentrion, 2013, 447 p.

    Suzanne Laberge

    pp. 611–612

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  17. Commentaire : L’Affaire Charbonneau

    Nicole Gagnon

    pp. 613–615

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In memoriam

  1. In memoriam : Henrique Urbano, 1938-2014

    Simon Langlois, Nicole Gagnon, Alexandra Arellano and Jean Gould

    pp. 617–618

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