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Canadian universities today assert their social relevance through highlighting processes such as community engagement, knowledge mobilization, and the promotion of equity, diversity, and inclusion. Much can be learned about such processes through examining an era in which Canadian universities asserted their social relevance through another vocabulary: that of adult education and extension. This article provides a case study of adult education work undertaken at Laval University from 1930 through 1965. Through reconstructing programs and practices at Laval, this article offers insight into past and present efforts of universities to pursue educational objectives with which they are not traditionally associated. The article narrates an important chapter in Canadian educational history, and also elucidates five lessons of importance to contemporary educational scholars and leaders: beware of institution-centric thinking, know how you can help people make a living, partner with external organizations, play to your institutional strengths, and serve and learn from others.

Keywords: éducation des adultes, adult education, éducation permanente, university extension, mobilisation des connaissances, knowledge mobilization, engagement communautaire, community engagement, history, histoire du Québec et du Canada, Quebec, Canada

Keywords: Littérature occitane, Ecriture féminine, Félibrige, Culture limousine, Langue occitane

Today's organizations face increasingly high performance requirements while at the same time promoting the well-being and satisfaction of their employees. Indeed, managing psychological health problems in the workplace has become a formidable challenge for these organizations. Recognizing that current models do not meet the demand, this study proposes an innovative model based on the congruence of perceptions to explain individual outputs such as mental health, satisfaction and performance, as well as organizational outputs such as organizational productivity and efficiency. The proposed model, based on Higgins' concept of self-contradiction and Caplan's congruence theory, explores the triadic relationships of congruence of employee perceptions about the characteristics of work and organization. The study included 201 French-speaking workers between the ages of 19 and 70 who filled in a quantitative questionnaire. This article provides the results of this research and their implications, while suggesting the importance of reducing the extreme differences in perceptions to improve employee health and satisfaction, as well as organization efficiency and productivity.

Keywords: modèle d'autocontradiction, congruence des perceptions, santé psychologique, satisfaction au travail, efficacité et productivité organisationnelles

In Quebec, secondary education is segmented into pathways, forming a system which fosters the reproduction of inequalities. Our objective is to estimate the effects of this system on access to post-secondary education and to elucidate its intermediary role between social origin and access. We use administrative data of the Ministère de l'Éducation et de l'Enseignement supéreur (MÉES) on students making up a quarter of the entire cohort which entered secondary education in 2002-2003, and two measures of family educational and economic capital. We estimate a system of structural equations in which the secondary education pathway plays the role of intermediate variable. We also use a quasi-experimental approach to evaluate the overall advantage conferred by private education. Our results show that access to post-secondary education varies with the secondary education pathways, that enrolment in a particular pathway is linked to the educational capital of the family, and that the overall advantage gained through private education varies inversely with the position of each pathway in the secondary education hierarchy.

SUMMARYThis paper describes a general methodology for estimating life expectancy adjusted for variations in health status during the course of individuals' lifetimes — the population health model, POHEM. Measures such as "disability-free life expectancy" and the life table methodology on which these kinds of indices are based are considered. The restrictions embodied in such measures and their underlying methodologies can be conveniently avoided with the POHEM microsimulation approach. Prototypical outputs of POHEM are presented, and it is argued that the POHEM methodology is not unduly complex. Many countries could use it ta generate health status adjusted life expectancy indices given already available data. Moreover, POHEM provides a framework for integrating a range of health data and for producing a family of important health indices.

SummaryThis article presents a comparative critique of the rationalization of the public system of broadcasting and Canadian and Quebec lifeworlds. A theory of the culture and the politics of the public sphere is developped from Taylor's concept of the politics of recognition and Habermas's dual concept of society as system and lifeworld. The political impass between Canada and Quebec and the possible dismantling of the CBC/SRC are considered from the point of view of this problematic. A review of the role of the SRC as a steering mechanism for Canadian society is developped from a review of the secondary literature and, finally, a plea is made for a new Global Radio-Quebec that would replace Radio-Canada and provide a key institution for developing a new social pact in an independent Quebec.

Keywords: rationalisation, reconnaisance, système de régulation, monde vécu, espace public, Radio-Canada, Radio-Québec Global, Canada, Québec, projet de société, rationalization, recognition, steering mechanism, lifeworld, public sphere, The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Global Radio-Quebec, Canada, Quebec, social pact, racionalización, reconocimiento, sistema de regulación, mundo vivido, espacio público, Radio-Canadá, Radio-Quebec Global, Canadá, Québec, proyecto de sociedad

Worldwide, between 48 and 500 million individuals are affected by suicide every year. In Canada alone, 4,000 individuals die yearly by suicide, meaning that a substantial portion of the population must cope with the traumatic and complex aftermath of suicide. This paper discusses the emergence of suicide bereavement as a public health issue following the decriminalization of attempted suicide in 1972. The role of key structures, including the courts, the constitution, and special interest groups, that have shaped suicide and suicide bereavement policy in Canada are examined. Health outcomes associated with suicide bereavement are reviewed, as well as the need for intervention. Emerging areas of suicide policy where guidance is needed are also discussed, as are the need for upstream, midstream, and downstream approaches to suicide bereavement intervention.

Keywords: Suicide, politique, prévention, Canada, Suicide, policy, prevention, Canada, Suicidio, política, prevención, Canadá

SummaryThis paper is an attempt to unravel the post-Fordist debate. This recurrent debate about the future of capitalism intensities during periods of crisis and transition. Three different perspectives on post-Fordism are identified and explored, each one evolving out of a particular tradition within classical political economy and stressing different driving forces in the historical development of capitalism. An underlying theme within the paper is the existence of significantly contrasting views about the openness of the new phase of capitalist development: disagreement over whether post-Fordism is primarily about the inevitable diffusion of a new and pervasive disciplining of labour or the formation of strategic initiatives and the making of history.

Keywords: post-fordisme, crises, transition, capitalisme, économie politique, post-Fordism, crisis, transition, capitalism, political economy, posfordismo, crisis, transición, capitalismo, economía política

In a Westminster-style political system, the convention of responsible government means that executive advisers must be members of Parliament and that, in order to govern, these ministers must enjoy the confidence of the majority of MPs. According to this definition, it appears that in the Parliament of the Province of Canada, the principle of ministerial responsibility was established as early as 1841, and not in 1848 as traditional historiography would have it. Reformers Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin embodied this constitutional convention to such an extent that a myth was created around their liberal political actions. However, this partisan politics overshadowed the Conservative government which, from 1844 to 1848, also administered the colony according to the principles of the 1840 Constitution.

Keywords: Province du Canada, Gouvernement responsable, Acte d'Union, Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine, Robert Baldwin, Province of Canada, Responsible government, Act of Union, Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine, Robert Baldwin