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Karine Gauvin

Patrimoine, réconciliation et francophonie minoritaire à Calgary

Nathalie Kermoal and Srilata Ravi
The policies and memorial narratives that have favored the establishment of a minority Francophone heritage in Alberta, with a particular focus on Rouleauville Square and Rouleau House in Calgary, are analysed based on the concept of heritagization. Subsequently, certain aspects of Franco-Albertan history are examined, using primary and secondary sources, to highlight Indigenous perspectives that have been suppressed or obscured by this dominant heritage construction. We argue that the first fundamental step toward transformative reconciliation involves recognizing the inherent complexities of commemorative narratives associated with specific historical figures, namely Father Lacombe and the Rouleau brothers, as well as narratives related to the origins of Rouleauville.

L’enjeu culturel dans le parcours politique franco-américain

Patrick Lacroix
Until recently, Franco-Americans’ historical narrative made little space for their political involvement. This historiographical deficit stems from the perception of a fundamental incompatibility between the cultural concerns of people of French-Canadian descent and the American political project. According to both Franco-American and “Yankee” elites, American institutions were intended not only to serve as a site of cultural exchange and compromise but also to extinguish ethnic claims. By isolating the “Franco” world from the political arena in historical research, scholars have followed traditional elites in attempting to preserve the integrity of a project that was expressly French-Canadian. Yet, far from being a diversion, the political action of Franco-American communities became a key aspect of their collective advocacy. It also contributed to the rise of a hybrid identity that would have its own cultural legitimacy.

Personnes aînées francophones de la région de Saint-Jean, Nouveau-Brunswick : accès aux services en français, un enjeu persistant

Mario Paris, Elda Savoie and Chloé Delaquis
New Brunswick is an officially bilingual province; however, the availability and accessibility of French-language health and social services remain limited in certain regions. The objective of this article is to present the results of a developmental evaluation research study (Patton, 2011) conducted with French-speaking individuals aged 65 to 80 living in the Greater Saint John area. This research is based on 32 individual interviews and three focus groups. The findings highlight the challenges and issues faced by French-speaking seniors when accessing health, social, and community services.

Écouter les marges : poétique du discret et micro-paysages sonores dans la poésie francophone de l’Ouest et du Nord (trois études de cas)

Laurent Poliquin
What if the cliché of “vast, infinite, silent spaces” prevents us from hearing what is at work on the page ? Drawing on three case studies (ioleda in the Yukon, Michèle Smolkin on the Pacific littoral, and Hélène Ouedraogo between the Prairies and the Sahel), I propose an ecopoetics from the periphery and a “poetics of the discreet”, in which birds, wind, water, footsteps, and rustlings are not mere scenery: they drive form and shift the voice’s ethos. The analysis proceeds by identifying the sound lexicon, reading cuts and white space, relating timbres to environments, and tracing a chain from sound → form → ethical gesture. It shows that so-called peripheral spaces function first and foremost as listening environments that recompose the page and reorients critical attention.

Tenir la loupe le poing levé : essai sur le parcours sociologique de Greg Allain

Julien Massicotte
Author of a body of work spanning more than five decades, and a key figure in university unionism in Acadia as well as within French-speaking Canada, sociologist Greg Allain has left a significant mark on sociology in Acadia through an empirical and concrete scholarly output, informed by a constant concern for the situation of the linguistically minoritized communities he studies. This essay examines Allain’s book La société acadienne sous la loupe du chercheur : parcours sociologique en Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick, published in 2022, which brings together most of his scientific contributions. It seeks to identify the nature and originality of his sociological contribution, while also taking into account—and attempting to assess—the degree of engagement present in his work.

David Vermette. Une race d’étrangers : le récit méconnu des Franco-Américains, traduit par Aimée LeBreton, Québec, Éditions du Septentrion, 2024, 474 p.

Maxime Fleury

Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink. Paul-Marc Sauvalle (1857-1920) : journaliste engagé et intellectuel cosmopolite canadien-français, Montréal, Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 2024, 407 p.

Yves Frenette

Liza Bolen. Mémoire sensorielle et migration dans le roman québécois contemporain : Ying Chen, Sergio Kokis, Dany Laferrière et Kim Thúy, Victoria (Colombie-Britannique), Les Éditions de l’Épaulard, 2024, 265 p.

Kenneth Meadwell