News

• Ottawa, le 11 janvier 2012 – Martin Normand has published L’innovation dans la gouvernance communautaire. Volume 2 : Recension des écrits 
• CURA : Les savoirs de la gouvernance communautaire volume 3, numero 2, is now available.
• Les 25 ans de la Loi sur les services en français an interview with Linda Cardinal: to listen
• Linda Cardinal, Cinq défis ou choses à améliorer du Commissariat aux services en français.
• Linda Cardinal, Martin Normand et Marie-Christine Gilbert have contributed to Les relations Québec-Ontario. Un destin partagé? directed by Jean-François Savard (ENAP), Alexandre Brassard (Glendon) et Louis Côté (ENAP).
• Madame Linda Cardinal was present at the awards ceremony for excellence in research and teaching that took place on October 18 2011. Photo
• Congratulations to Marie Hélène Eddie who won the Prix de maîtrise René Lupien offered by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. This award aims to recognize the excellence of a thesis written in French and its contribution to the Canadian francophonie. Photo 1 and photo 2
• The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) has given the Centre de recherche en civilisation canadienne-française (CRCCF) 186 541$ to support the research project Construction d’une mémoire française à Ottawa: savoir communautaire et réseaux sociaux. Read the press release
• The 2011-2012 program of the Knowledge-based Community Governance's activities is now available.
• Linda Cardinal has been appointed as the coordinator of the first Francophone Studies Program / programme d’études des francophonies at the University of Ottawa. Including a minor and a certificate, this new program provides an excellent preparation for students interested in pursuing francophone studies. Program information (in French only)

Distinctions

• Linda Cardinal, professor at the School of Political Studies, was awarded the prize Clé de voute by the Fédération de la jeunesse franco-ontarienne (FESFO). This award is given to a francophone from Ontario who has become an agent of positive change within the community, in addition to encouraging the advancement of women’s issues. Congratulations to Professor Cardinal.

Upcoming events

• November 10th  2011: Conference De la question nationale à la question sociale ? Comprendre l’évolution du dessein socio-politique du Québec, organized by both Martin Meunier (Chaire Québec, francophonie canadienne et mutations culturelles) and Gilles Labelle (Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche sur la citoyenneté et les minorités, CIRCEM), Ottawa University, DMS 3120. Poster
• November 3rd and 4th:  Conference Penser la ville. Ottawa, lieu de vie français, organized by la Chaire de recherche sur la francophonie et les politiques publiques and la Chaire de recherche sur les cultures et les littératures francophones du Canada. View the program.

Publications

• Politique et Sociétés, volume 29, no. 1, spécial « Minorités, langue et politique » directed by Linda Cardinal.

• Linda Cardinal, Élaine Déry, Nathalie Plante et Anik Sauvé, La gouvernance communautaire en Ontario français : une nouvelle forme d'action collective ? Volume 1 : Un portrait des groupes communautaires, Ottawa, Observatoire sur la gouvernance de l'Ontario français, mars 2010, 49 p.
• Linda Cardinal and Anik Sauvé, From Theory to Practice: Mechanisms for the Offer of French Language Services in Ontario’s Justice Sector. Volume 1, Ottawa, Chaire de recherche sur la francophonie et les politiques publiques, 2010, 41 p.

• Linda Cardinal, Nathalie Plante and Anik Sauvé, From Theory to Practice: Mechanisms for the Offer of French Language Services in Ontario’s Justice Sector. Volume 2: Perceptions by Public Servants and Users, Ottawa, Chaire de recherche sur la francophonie et les politiques publiques, 2010, 87 p.