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This article takes the reception of Rawlsian and post-Rawlsian theories of justice in France as a case study for exploring empirically the connection between French intellectuals' political and intellectual strategies and their position in the field of cultural production. The diversity of the uses made of Rawls, the agents involved, and their particular engagements all make the French reception of Anglophone political philosophy fertile ground for observing how the constraints associated with various positions in the intellectual field orient the strategies of agents. It draws on a prosopographic research on 115 of the main importers of Rawlsian and post-Rawlsian theories of justice developed in English-speaking countries into France, with semi-structured interviews for 52 of them. Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) is used to reveal the main oppositions structuring the space of the reception in France of this political philosophy. The article next shows how the many uses of these theories of justice and the forms of engagement in which they were enrolled are related to agents' structural position in this space. Then the article proceeds to reconstruct in greater detail some of the trajectories of these mediators, including their perceptions of the space of 'possibles' available to them and how they orient themselves within that space. It thus sheds light on how intellectual strategies are developed, and the mechanisms through which these bring forth homologies between structural positions, intellectual position-takings, and models of political engagement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Crisis mapping has emerged as a method of connecting and empowering citizens during emergencies. This article explores the hyperbole behind crisis mapping as it extends into more long-term or ‘chronic’ community development practices. We critically examined developer issues and participant (i.e. community organization) usage within the context of local communities. We repurposed the predominant crisis mapping platform Crowdmap for three cases of community development in Canadian anglophone and francophone. Our case studies show mixed results about the actual cost of deployment, the results of disintermediation, and local context with the mapping application. Lastly, we discuss the relationship of hype, temporality, and community development as expressed in our cases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Given the importance of volunteerism to Canadian sport, and the need for research to understand the characteristics of sport volunteerism, a pilot study was carried out to explore the experiences of volunteers in sport. The study focused on two different sport associations (one individual sport and one team sport) in two majority linguistic localities (one predominantly francophone in Quebec and one predominantly anglophone in Ontario). Language is a key element of community membership, and this article pays specific attention to the relationship between language and sport volunteensm in Canada. The results indicate that there are some different patterns of sport volunteering between the two different (official) linguistic communities, and suggest that the experiences of Canadian sport volunteers in relation to linguistic community membership have implications for the recruitment, training, and retention of volunteers in sport, and warrant further research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To determine the prevalence of mood, anxiety, and other disorders in the population of Canadians aged 55 years and over.Method: We undertook an analysis of the Canadian Community Health Survey: Mental Health and Well-Being (CCHS 1.2).Results: There was a linear decrease for all disorders after age 55 years. This was true for men and women; for anglophones, francophones, and allophones; and for both people born in Canada and people who immigrated to Canada after age 18 years. Consistent with previous research, the prevalences were higher for women than men. Immigrants reported fewer problems than nonimmigrants, with the differences decreasing with age. Francophones of both sexes reported more mood disorder than anglophones, but francophone men had less anxiety disorder than anglophone men.Conclusions: Unlike other studies that have found an upturn in the prevalence of depression and anxiety in the elderly, our results indicate a steady decrease in these disorders. Our findings are discussed in terms of explanations for age-related differences in psychiatric disorders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The literature on language group relations in the economy of Quebec Province suggests that more French Canadians are bilingual than English Canadians because many businesses use English and are owned or operated by English Canadians. Bilingual French Canadians are rewarded, on the average, by placement into better occupations. The hypothesis is made that a similar reward exists for bilingualism in English in the Spanish mother tongue labor force in Puerto Rico. The 1970 Census of Population in Puerto Rico provides data for a test of this hypothesis in which the reward is demonstrated. It is also hypothesized that it is mainland American ownership of businesses which accounts for this reward. This hypothesis is tested on the labor force in manufacturing. it is not confirmed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the Conscription bill passed by the Canadian House to the Senate. Canadians were alarmed on the trouble over the question of conscription. The bill was divided along racial lines, in which the vote for conscription were almost English and the vote against were almost French. The bill's opposition has been some riotous demonstration in Montreal, and made threats that the attempt to enforce the draft could lead to arm resistance.