Search Results

Objectives: The objective of this article is to investigate the levers of diversity policies that would be particularly effective in Morocco, as well as the obstacles to the careers of female managers.Research interest: Since diversity policies are based on Western management models, Moroccan idiosyncrasies may reduce their impact. Our research interest lies in the identification of the effective levers of a diversity policy in Morocco, a country that still shows strong gender inequalities, particularly in managerial functions.Methodology: Data were collected in Morocco through 36 semi-structured interviews in six companies with female managers, CEOs and Human Resource Directors.Results: The results list the classic obstacles to women managers' careers as well as the levers of diversity policies that would be particularly effective in Morocco.Contributions and managerial implications: Companies will find in this article the main levers for deploying diversity policies in a Moroccan context. HR directors will also find a list of obstacles to the managerial careers of Moroccan women and guidance on how to tackle them.Limitations: Social desirability bias and small sample size are the main limitations of this paper.

Keywords: diversité, inclusion, carrière, femmes, managers, Maroc, diversity, inclusion, career, women, managers, Morocco

This paper proposes to verify the hypothesis that the adaptation of the island territories would not necessarily be implemented proportionally to the degree of exposure to climatic hazards. After a presentation of the main impacts of climate change which potentially affect, and will affect, small islands, the agenda setting processes and action strategies, deployed by island territories facing the effects of climate change, are analyzed, on the basis of studies, led in 2006 and 2007 on two French islands, a metropolitan one (Ré) and an overseas department (Réunion). Finally, the similarities observed in local-level responses to climate change impacts are highlighted, and the consequences of the adaptation for the principle of territorial solidarity are discussed.

Keywords: Changement climatique, insularité, adaptation, vulnérabilité, politiques publiques, aménagement du territoire, échelle locale, Ré, Réunion, Climate change, adaptation, insularity, vulnerability, public policy, spatial planning, local scale, Ré, Réunion

Northern Quebec is a complex and relatively unknown geographic environment. The adoption in 2011 of the Plan Nord by the Government of Quebec led to renewed interest in this singular territory, despite the vagaries of the project. This article is intended to provide an overview of the major issues and challenges affecting Quebec's “North.” At the theoretical level, we identify a middle ground between, on the one hand, the traditional approach favouring state intervention and, on the other hand, the approach advocating the empowerment of the northern Indigenous populations in planning and achieving self-reliance. This is done through a review of the literature and a reflection on the role of public policies in social, economic and territorial development. Nine major themes or challenges will be addressed in order to contextualize and guide the discussion.

Keywords: Québec, Nord, nordicité, régionalisation, développement, autochtones, Quebec, North, nordicity, regionalization, development, Indigenous

Contrary to what is implied in the Plan Nord, the boundary between northern Quebec and the Laurentian region or southern Quebec is not a continuous and fixed line. Rather, the result of a set of interrelated physical and human criteria, this frontier is more a function of the dynamic transition zone than of any fixed boundary. A number of Quebec regions that are commonly known as “peripheral regions” or “resource regions” are located, at least in part, within this zone. In our opinion, these are “crossroads regions” which serve as a concrete link between the North and the Laurentian Valley and which allow for a better understanding of the position of the North within Quebec as a whole and thereby for a redefinition of the nordicity (or nordic characteristic) of the province. The main objective of this article is to determine the validity of this hypothesis. Given that the Indigenous presence is greater in these regions than in southern Quebec, our presentation focuses on Indigenous–allochthonous relations. Based on semi-structured interviews with non-Indigenous regional actors—surveys aimed at assessing the place of Indigenous peoples in development and partnership strategies in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean and Abitibi-Témiscamingue—we establish a critical overview of inter-ethnic relations in these two regions. Using this overview, we then engage in a more global reflection on the North and its development with the aim of identifying the potential factors—both positive and negative—that are driving the growing interest which the Laurentian region has for the North, in particular in the context of the Plan Nord.

Keywords: nordicité, relations interculturelles autochtones-allochtones, développement territorial, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, nordicity, Indigenous–non-Indigenous intercultural relations, territorial development, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Abitibi-Témiscamingue

The settlement has, among other effects, stimulated the creation of territorial-based institutions. Among them, the “State”, which owns a central place, is sovereign and thanks to this authority, it practices its power on a territory on the population living in it with delimited borders. From then on, the forced mobility of the possible climatic nomad people collides with state borders. Indeed, climatic changes are provoking and will provoke population displacements, either within their country of origin or towards other sovereign territories. International law doesn't provide for any specific regulations related to these climatic migrants. As it happens, looked at from the angle of the countries sovereignty, the population displacements caused by climatic changes concerns the affected countries' authority and the authority of other countries likely to welcome those migrants. Internal population displacements for climatic reasons must respect affected people rights but fall within the sovereign authority of the affected country, with some exceptions. On the contrary, the submerged country sovereignty whose population is taking refuge on other land territories is involved. As for other countries, climatic migrations bring them to define with their own authority a policy regarding those migratory flows and occasionally make them contemplate or proceed to institutional adjustments about the presence of those migrants.

Keywords: migration, climat, souveraineté, droit international, population, territoire, migration, climate, sovereignty, international law, population, territory

Consideration of a publication by Sylvie Vincent on Indigenous history serves as the starting point for an examination of recent outcomes on Indigenous historiography produced in Quebec. Through epistemological questioning of the definition given to Indigenous history, the author observes that many modes of expression are mobilized by Indigenous peoples to present their history and heritage. She notes a transformation in the scales of historical narratives showing increasing emphasis on the history of communities or nations. This consequence can be attributed in part to the trajectory of history, but also to the importance of legal requirements necessary for the definition of Indigenous rights. The article then examines the concept of the decolonization of history and the epistemological issues associated with the integration of contemporary Indigenous voices.

Keywords: Histoire autochtone, tradition orale, historiographie, histoire du Québec, décolonisation de l'Histoire

This article seeks to contribute to the development of a transnational and intersectional perspective of social work in order to broaden our understanding of the refugee experience. Carried out by the authors, this exercise was based on a critical review of research they conducted since 2016 with refugees from Syria. First, the empirical results will be reinterrogated based on “blind spots” identified in the context of a research project that sought to document the experiences of refugees from Syria who settled in Québec through the private sponsorship program. The second part of the paper will discuss how this first project proved to be a turning point that led the researchers to broaden their national perspective towards a transnational and intersectional approach. This broadening resulted in two new research projects rooted beyond the borders of the nation-state following seminal works (including those of Glick Schiller, Basch & Blanc-Szanton, 1992; Wimmer & Glick Schiller, 2002) a well as the invitation to challenge “methodological nationalism” (see, for example, Levitt and Jaworsky's, 2007). The article asks the following question: How can this invitation to researchers also be applied to the practices of social workers involved locally as well as internationally? Our argument will support how a transnational and intersectional perspective can deepen an understanding of the complex pathways of refugees through the networks and alterstices they negotiate.

Keywords: Acadiens, déportation, Massachusetts, réfugiés

Transportation infrastructure and mobility contribute to define the city of the future. They have to take into account the emergence of new technologies, the diversification of transport modes and the evolution of practices. Taking these aspects into account can promote and accelerate the transition to the city of the future, with a positive social, environmental and economic impact, in order to cope with the foreseeable changes in the context. This article proposes an exploratory analysis of the urban mobility and transport evolutions. For this purpose, we have studied the scientific literature on mobility, transport and their evolution using a lexicometric approach. This approach was completed by a set of interviews with experts in the field of transport and mobility. These interviews led to a qualitative and lexicometric analysis. The combination of these different analyses allowed us to identify the most important points of the evolution of mobility and transport, as well as to see the difference in viewpoints between these two groups. Thus, the scientific literature proposes many works highlighting technological innovations, while the experts have rather focused on the evolution of practices and discussed the notion of parsimony in mobility. However, these two visions are complementary and lead to several paths for the mobility of the city of tomorrow.

Keywords: mobilité urbaine, transport, prospective, ville, évolution, futur, urban mobility, transport, prospective, city, evolution, future

The movement of educational decentralization now taking place in the province of Quebec is inspired by three sources. From a historical perspective, it can be seen that the demand for decentralization is a normal outcome of the evolution of society, moving from power relationships based on linguistic and religious duality to multiple power relationships. From a functional perspective, one becomes aware that critiques expressed about the school should consider new power sharing in their solutions. Finally, for some, decentralization is a response to economic pressures, driven in part by globalization. When the response of actors such as the Fédération des commission scolaires du Québec moves towards decentralization, the response of actors such as the Centrale des sydicats du Québec reminds the government of the limits of decentralization according to social mission and objectives. However, it appears that the government intends to keep a tight reign on this decentralization so that it respects educational missions and objectives.