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Machine Learning for Networking: Third International Conference, MLN 2020, Paris, France, November 24–26, 2020, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #12629)
by Selma Boumerdassi Éric Renault Paul MühlethalerThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Machine Learning for Networking, MLN 2019, held in Paris, France, in December 2019. The 26 revised full papers included in the volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 75 submissions. They present and discuss new trends in deep and reinforcement learning, pattern recognition and classification for networks, machine learning for network slicing optimization, 5G system, user behavior prediction, multimedia, IoT, security and protection, optimization and new innovative machine learning methods, performance analysis of machine learning algorithms, experimental evaluations of machine learning, data mining in heterogeneous networks, distributed and decentralized machine learning algorithms, intelligent cloud-support communications, ressource allocation, energy-aware communications, software de ned networks, cooperative networks, positioning and navigation systems, wireless communications, wireless sensor networks, underwater sensor networks.
Mobile, Secure, and Programmable Networking
by Selma Boumerdassi Samia Bouzefrane Éric RenaultThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the First International Conference on Mobile, Secure, and Programmable Networking, MSPN 2015, held in Paris, France, in June 2015. The 14 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 36 submissions. They discuss new trends in networking infrastructures, security, services and applications while focusing on virtualization and cloud computing for networks, network programming, software defined networks (SDN) and their security.
Mobile, Secure, and Programmable Networking
by Selma Boumerdassi Samia Bouzefrane Éric RenaultThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the First International Conference on Mobile, Secure, and Programmable Networking, MSPN 2015, held in Paris, France, in June 2015. The 14 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 36 submissions. They discuss new trends in networking infrastructures, security, services and applications while focusing on virtualization and cloud computing for networks, network programming, software defined networks (SDN) and their security.
Mobile, Secure, and Programmable Networking: 4th International Conference, MSPN 2018, Paris, France, June 18-20, 2018, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11005)
by Selma Boumerdassi Samia Bouzefrane Éric RenaultThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Mobile, Secure, and Programmable Networking, held in Paris, France, in June 2018. The 27 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 52 submissions. They discuss new trends in networking infrastructures, security, services and applications while focusing on virtualization and cloud computing for networks, network programming, software defined networks (SDN) and their security.
Mobile, Secure, and Programmable Networking: 5th International Conference, MSPN 2019, Mohammedia, Morocco, April 23–24, 2019, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11557)
by Selma Boumerdassi Samia Bouzefrane Éric Renault Cherkaoui LeghrisThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Mobile, Secure and Programmable Networking, held in Mohammedia, Morocco, in April 2019. The 23 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 48 submissions. They discuss new trends in networking infrastructures, security, services and applications while focusing on virtualization and cloud computing for networks, network programming, software defined networks (SDN) and their security.
Mobile, Secure, and Programmable Networking: 9th International Conference, MSPN 2023, Paris, France, October 26–27, 2023, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14482)
by Selma Boumerdassi Samia Bouzefrane Éric Renault Soumya Banerjee Fabrice MourlinThis book constitutes the refereed post-proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Mobile, Secure, and Programmable Networking, MSPN 2023, held in Paris, France, during October 26–27, 2023.The 15 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 31 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows vertical tools on machine leaning and artificial intelligence, network programming and Cloud computing, Industrial Internet of things, Digital Twins and Security.
Smart and Sustainable Agriculture: First International Conference, SSA 2021, Virtual Event, June 21-22, 2021, Proceedings (Communications in Computer and Information Science #1470)
by Selma Boumerdassi Éric Renault Mounir GhoghoThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Agriculture, SSA 2021, held as a virtual event in June 2021. The 12 papers presented were thoroughly reviewed and selected from the 25 qualified submissions. The papers provide discussion on new trends in communication and networking, Internet of Things, data processing for smart agriculture, renewable-energy based devices, low-cost solutions for wide-area exploitations and developing countries, smart agriculture and urban farming, smart irrigation, application to small-size andlarge-size exploitations, application of ancestral farming to smart agriculture, waste management for agriculture 2.0, and census of regional ancestral farming.
El amor y los bosques
by Éric ReinhardtEl retrato de una mujer en busca de una pasión. Una Madame Bovary contemporánea Bénédicte Ombredanne, una provinciana mujer de clase media, hace todo lo posible por conocer a Éric, el autor del libro que ha cambiado su vida. En sus encuentros en un café de París, o en sus mensajes por mail, le confía sus secretos más íntimos: la tormentosa relación con un marido cruel y egoísta, y el descubrimiento de una nueva sexualidad con un amante encontrado en una página de citas en internet. En un momento dado pierden el contacto por un tiempo, pero cuando Éric se entera del destino de Bénédicte, viajará a Metz en busca de toda la verdad. Ganadora del Premio Renaudot des Lycéens Candidata al Premio Goncourt Finalista del Premio Médicis La crítica ha dicho... «Enfado y consternación. Era uno de los favoritos, pero el Premio Goncourt no será para él. Una de las mejores novelas de la temporada y un gran éxito de ventas.» Les Inrocks «El amor y los bosques es también una novela... sobre una novela. El primer capítulo es en realidad una curva que nos permite comprender a la génesis del libro -pero, ¿es realidad? ¿Es ficción?- Contiene hermosas páginas sobre la escritura y la literatura, sobre la importancia de ambas, que son oxígeno para el alma.» Le Point «El magnífico retrato de una Bovary contemporánea.» Le Soir «El destino de la heroína de El amor y los bosques (¡qué título tan maravilloso!) marcará a buen seguro a más de un lector.» L'Express «La escritura de Éric Reinhardt es muy rica, casi lírica.» La Presse «Un descenso a los infiernos. Una escritura brillante, una historia poderosa.» Libération «Éric Reinhardt firma una de las más bellas novelas de esta rentrée.» La Libre Belgique
El dormitorio conyugal
by Éric ReinhardtLa última novela del ganador del Premio Renaudot des Lycéens y una de las voces más importantes de la literatura francesa contemporánea. «Una oda fascinante a la belleza, al arte y al amor.»Fabienne Pascaud, Télérama Cuando, hace diez años, la mujer de Éric Reinhardt le anunció que tenía un cáncer de pecho, la noticia resultó devastadora para él. A la operación, el doloroso tratamiento, el cuidado de dos hijos pequeños, se sumaba la incapacidad que el escritor sentía para protegerla en su inmensa vulnerabilidad. Ella, sin embargo, le propuso un trato: él debía terminar su novela cuanto antes y ella debía curarse. El autor escribió febrilmente y cada noche le leía a su esposa fragmentos de su libro. Finalmente, la novela fue publicada, y su mujer se restableció. Inspirándose en esa vivencia, Reinhardt recrea la historia de Nicolas, un compositor de unos cuarenta años a quien su mujer enferma exhorta a que termine una sinfonía con la que, juntos, ganar la batalla. El dormitorio conyugal es una novela de introspección acerca del poder de la belleza, del arte y del amor y de su capacidad de salvar la vida. La crítica ha dicho...«Una novela eminentemente íntima y profundamente generosa. Una profesión de fe artística y una declaración de amor vibrante.»Florence Bouchy, Le Monde des Livres «Haciendo uso de una construcción audaz, La habitación matrimonial presenta el relato de un hombre confrontado a la enfermedad de la mujer a la que ama. Éric Reinhardt explora de nuevo los espíritus atormentados.»Vincent Roy, Transfuge «Éric Reinhardt sondea sus miedos íntimos y explica lo que sucede en una pareja cuando la enfermedad golpea. Una sinceridad radical.»Françoise Dargent, Le Figaro «El libro más audaz de la rentrée literaria.»Florent Georgesco, France Culture «Éric Reinhardt es, más que nunca, él mismo, un romántico moderno.»Jérôme Garcin, L'Obs «El autor convierte en novela una prueba que soldó más que nunca su propia pareja.»Valérie Trierweiler, Paris Match
Christians and Their Many Identities in Late Antiquity, North Africa, 200–450 CE
by Éric RebillardFor too long, the study of religious life in Late Antiquity has relied on the premise that Jews, pagans, and Christians were largely discrete groups divided by clear markers of belief, ritual, and social practice. More recently, however, a growing body of scholarship is revealing the degree to which identities in the late Roman world were fluid, blurred by ethnic, social, and gender differences. Christianness, for example, was only one of a plurality of identities available to Christians in this period.In Christians and Their Many Identities in Late Antiquity, North Africa, 200-450 CE, Éric Rebillard explores how Christians in North Africa between the age of Tertullian and the age of Augustine were selective in identifying as Christian, giving salience to their religious identity only intermittently. By shifting the focus from groups to individuals, Rebillard more broadly questions the existence of bounded, stable, and homogeneous groups based on Christianness. In emphasizing that the intermittency of Christianness is structurally consistent in the everyday life of Christians from the end of the second to the middle of the fifth century, this book opens a whole range of new questions for the understanding of a crucial period in the history of Christianity.
The Care Of The Dead In Late Antiquity (Cornell Studies in Classical Philology #59)
by Éric RebillardIn this provocative book Éric Rebillard challenges many long-held assumptions about early Christian burial customs. For decades scholars of early Christianity have argued that the Church owned and operated burial grounds for Christians as early as the third century. Through a careful reading of primary sources including legal codes, theological works, epigraphical inscriptions, and sermons, Rebillard shows that there is little evidence to suggest that Christians occupied exclusive or isolated burial grounds in this early period. In fact, as late as the fourth and fifth centuries the Church did not impose on the faithful specific rituals for laying the dead to rest. In the preparation of Christians for burial, it was usually next of kin and not representatives of the Church who were responsible for what form of rite would be celebrated, and evidence from inscriptions and tombstones shows that for the most part Christians didn't separate themselves from non-Christians when burying their dead. According to Rebillard it would not be until the early Middle Ages that the Church gained control over burial practices and that "Christian cemeteries" became common. In this translation of Religion et Sépulture: L'église, les vivants et les morts dans l'Antiquité tardive, Rebillard fundamentally changes our understanding of early Christianity. The Care of the Dead in Late Antiquity will force scholars of the period to rethink their assumptions about early Christians as separate from their pagan contemporaries in daily life and ritual practice.
The Early Martyr Narratives: Neither Authentic Accounts nor Forgeries (Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion)
by Éric RebillardFrom Eusebius of Caesarea, who first compiled a collection of martyr narratives around 300, to Thierry Ruinart, whose Acta primorum martyrum sincera et selecta was published in 1689, the selection and study of early hagiographic narratives has been founded on an assumption that there existed documents written at the time of martyrdom, or very close to it. As a result, a search for authenticity has been and continues to be central, even in the context of today's secular scholarship. But, as Éric Rebillard contends, the alternative approach, to set aside entirely the question of the historical reliability of martyr narratives, is not satisfactory either. Instead, he argues that martyr narratives should be consider as fluid "living texts," written anonymously and received by audiences not as precise historical reports but as versions of the story. In other words, the form these texts took, between fact and fiction, made it possible for audiences to readily accept the historicity of the martyr while at the same time not expect to hear or read a truthful account.In The Early Martyr Narratives, Rebillard considers only accounts of Christian martyrs supposed to have been executed before 260, and only those whose existence is attested in sources that can be dated to before 300. The resulting small corpus contains no texts in the form of legal protocols, traditionally viewed as the earliest, most official and authentic records, nor does it include any that can be dated to a period during which persecution of Christians is known to have taken place. Rather than deduce from this that they are forgeries written for the sake of polemic or apologetic, Rebillard demonstrates how the literariness of the narratives creates a fictional complicity that challenges and complicates any claims of these narratives to be truthful.
Manuel de rédaction à l’usage des militaires
by Adam Chapnick Craig Stone Éric Ouellet Pierre PahlaviLe Manuel de rédaction à l’usage des militaires est un guide de rédaction qui s’adresse aux membres des forces armées appelés à rédiger des textes de qualité dans un style soutenu pour un lectorat militaire averti. Au-delà de l’art de rédiger de manière précise et convaincante, ce manuel fait valoir auprès des militaires gradés qu’une bonne compréhension des rudiments de la rédaction contribue à leur propre efficacité dans leur fonction, tout particulièrement lorsqu’ils accèdent aux rangs supérieurs de l’institution. Le Manuel de rédaction à l’usage des militaires a été développé de manière à habiliter les militaires gradés à aller au-delà de la simple rédaction d’une note de service pour réussir une rédaction plus élaborée qui intègre les règles « universelles » des travaux universitaires. Il aborde divers aspects de la rédaction : l’importance de parfaire ses connaissances et ses habiletés en rédaction; le processus de rédaction et les différences selon le style adopté et les lectorats visés; la méthodologie et la recherche; les questions éthiques comme le plagiat; et les difficultés et les pièges les plus courants. Le dernier chapitre s’avère novateur dans la mesure où il porte sur la façon dont les membres des forces armées peuvent s’inspirer de leur expérience militaire comme élément porteur d’un exercice de rédaction. Des exemples précis, toujours avec un lectorat militaire à l’esprit, complètent le texte. Le Manuel de rédaction à l’usage des militaires est unique en son genre puisqu’il a été conçu spécifiquement à l’intention du personnel des forces armées. Les auteurs Éric Ouellet et Pierre Pahlavi et les collaborateurs Adam Chapnik et Craig Stone sont des professeurs chevronnés qui enseignent au Collège des Forces canadiennes de Toronto. Ce livre, taillé sur mesure pour répondre à un besoin précis, est donc appelé à devenir une référence incontournable dans ce milieu, à l’instar de sa version originale en langue anglaise, Academic Writing for Military Personnel, d’Adam Chapnik et Craig Stone. - Ce livre est publié en français
Agenda Setting, Policies, and Political Systems: A Comparative Approach
by Bryan D. Jones Peter John Sylvain Brouard Martial Foucault Éric Montpetit Frédéric Varone Will Jennings Shaun Bevan Isabelle Engeli Pascal Sciarini Anne Hardy Laura Chaqués-Bonafont Anna M. Palau Emiliano Grossman Arco Timmermans Isabelle Guinaudeau Christian Breunig Michelle C. Whyman Gerard Breeman Roy Gava Brandon Zicha Jeroen Joly Tobias Van Assche Enrico Borghetto Marcello Carammia Francesco Zucchini Luz M. Muñoz MarquezWhat will gain the system&’s attention? &“Explores the dynamics of a broad range of policy issues in different countries . . . an important scholarly contribution.&” —Political Studies Review Before making significant policy decisions, political actors and parties must first craft an agenda designed to place certain issues at the center of political attention. The agenda-setting approach in political science holds that the amount of attention devoted by the various actors within a political system to issues like immigration, health care, and the economy can inform our understanding of its basic patterns and processes. While there has been considerable attention to how political systems process issues in the United States, Christoffer Green-Pedersen and Stefaan Walgrave demonstrate the broader applicability of this approach by extending it to other countries and their political systems. This book brings together essays on eleven countries and two broad themes. Contributors to the first section analyze the extent to which party and electoral changes and shifts in the partisan composition of government have led—or not led—to policy changes in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland, and France. The second section turns the focus on changing institutional structures in Germany, Italy, Belgium, Spain, and Canada, including the German reunification and the collapse of the Italian party system. Together, the essays make clear the efficacy of the agenda-setting approach for understanding not only how policies evolve, but also how political systems function.
In Defense of Pluralism: Policy Disagreement and its Media Coverage (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Public Policy)
by Éric MontpetitThe work of early pluralist thinkers, from Arthur Bentley to Robert Dahl, inspired much optimism about democracy. They argued that democracy was functioning well, despite disagreements arising among the diversity of interests represented in policy-making processes. Yet it is unlikely that anyone paying attention to news coverage today would share such optimism. The media portray current policy-making processes as intractably polarized, devoid of any opportunity to move forward and adopt essential policy changes. This book aims to revive our long-lost sense of optimism about policy-making and democracy. Through original research into biotechnology policy-making in North America and Europe, Éric Montpetit shows that the depiction of policy-making offered by early pluralist thinkers is not so far off the present reality. Today's policy decision-making process - complete with disagreement among the participants - is consistent with what might be expected in a pluralist society, in sharp contrast with the negative image projected by the media. Offers an original perspective on policy-making that takes a clear normative stand. Reveals the importance of journalism and the media in influencing policy-making and public perceptions. Provides sophisticated yet accessible quantitative analyses of policy-making.
Balance of Power: Central Banks and the Fate of Democracies
by Éric MonnetCentral banks now stand between societies and collapse, but are they still democratic? Two decades of financial crises have dramatically expanded central banks’ powers. In 2008, and then again in 2020, unelected banking officials found themselves suddenly responsible for the public welfare—not just because it was necessary but based on an idea that their independence from political systems would insulate them from the whims of populism. Now, as international crises continue and the scope of monetary interventions grows in response, these bankers have become increasingly powerful. In Balance of Power, economist and historian Éric Monnet charts the rise of central banks as the nominally independent—but unavoidably political—superpowers of modern societies. This trajectory, Monnet argues, is neither inevitable nor unstoppable. By embracing the political natures of today’s central banks, we can construct systems of accountability for how they interact with states and societies. Monnet shows that this effort will do more than guard against unjust power; it will put the banks to work for greater, more democratic ends. With existential challenges looming and the work of the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank more important than ever, Balance of Power offers a trenchant case for what this century’s central banks can—and must—become.
Hormesis in Health and Disease (Oxidative Stress and Disease)
by Suresh I. S. Rattan Éric Le BourgSome mild stresses have positive effects on survival and aging as shown in animal models. There is also a large body of research that demonstrates these hormetic effects on aging, health, and resistance to severe stresses and diseases in human beings. However, the data are dispersed in the literature and are not always interpreted as hormetic effec
À cœur ouvert (Histoires de cœur #3)
by Andrew Grey Julie Bénazet Éric JansenHistoires de cœur, tome 3La dernière chose à laquelle Liam Southard s'attendait en fuyant son père abusif, c'était d'être recueilli par un couple de ranchers gays. En un rien de temps, il se remet sur pied, trouve un travail et accepte enfin son homosexualité. Et puis un beau matin, il se retrouve menacé d'une arme. Pour la défense de Troy Gardener, il sait qu'il n'aurait pas dû pointer son fusil sur le jeune homme aux incroyables yeux bleus. Entre son mariage qui vient de s'effondrer et la solitude qui le rend fou, perdu dans cette vieille cabane au fin fond du Wyoming, il a des circonstances atténuantes. Il s'excuse auprès de Liam et découvre très vite qu'ils ont plus d'une chose en commun. Mais avec le père de Liam qui débarque à l'improviste et une société minière qui menace la survie du ranch, difficile de commencer une histoire d'amour. Une chose est sûre, ils n'auront pas le temps de s'ennuyer.
Special Relativity in General Frames: From Particles to Astrophysics
by Éric GourgoulhonSpecial relativity is the basis of many fields in modern physics: particle physics, quantum field theory, high-energy astrophysics, etc. This theory is presented here by adopting a four-dimensional point of view from the start. An outstanding feature of the book is that it doesn't restrict itself to inertial frames and to considering accelerated and rotating observers. It is thus possible to treat physical effects such as the Thomas precession or the Sagnac effect in a simple yet precise manner. In the final chapters, more advanced topics like tensorial fields in spacetime, exterior calculus and relativistic hydrodynamics are addressed. In the last, brief chapter the author gives a preview of gravity and shows where it becomes incompatible with Minkowsky spacetime. Well illustrated and enriched by many historical notes, this book also presents many applications of special relativity, ranging from particle physics (accelerators, particle collisions, quark-gluon plasma) to astrophysics (relativistic jets, active galactic nuclei), and including practical applications (Sagnac gyrometers, synchrotron radiation, GPS). In addition, the book provides some mathematical developments, such as the detailed analysis of the Lorentz group and its Lie algebra. The book is suitable for students in the third year of a physics degree or on a masters course, as well as researchers and any reader interested in relativity. Thanks to the geometric approach adopted, this book should also be beneficial for the study of general relativity. "A modern presentation of special relativity must put forward its essential structures, before illustrating them using concrete applications to specific dynamical problems. Such is the challenge (so successfully met!) of the beautiful book by Éric Gourgoulhon." (excerpt from the Foreword by Thibault Damour)
Digitalization of Society and Socio-political Issues 1: Digital, Communication, and Culture
by Éric GeorgeDigitalization is a long and constant sociohistoric process in which all areas of society's activities are reconfigured. Digitalization of Society and Socio-political Issues 1 examines the transformations linked to the development of digital platforms and social media, which affect the cultural and communicational industries. It analyzes the formation of Big Data, their algorithmic processing and the societal changes which result (social monitoring and control in particular). Through critical views, it equally presents the various ways in which technology participates in relations of power and domination, and contributes to possible emancipatory practices.
Digitalization of Society and Socio-political Issues 2: Digital, Information, and Research
by Éric GeorgeDigitalization is a long socio-historic process in which all areas of society's activities are reconfigured. In the first volume of Digitalization of Society and Socio-political Issues, there is an examination of the transformations linked to the development of digital platforms and social media which affect cultural and communicational industries. The book also analyzes the formation of Big Data, their algorithmic processing and the societal changes which result from them (social monitoring and control in particular). Through diverse critical reflections, it equally presents different ways that digital participates in relations of power and domination, and contributes to eventual emancipatory practices. Following on, the second volume examines the transformations that are linked to digital practices that affect the production, circulation and consumption of information, as well as new forms that are taken by social mobilizations. It treats several important issues in the digital era that are more likely to become the subject of public debates, among which one can include the renewed relationship between research and digital. Through diverse critical reflections, it equally presents different ways that digital participates in relations of power and domination, and contributes to eventual emancipatory practices.
Heirs of Roman Persecution: Studies on a Christian and Para-Christian Discourse in Late Antiquity
by Wendy Mayer Éric FournierThe subject of this book is the discourse of persecution used by Christians in Late Antiquity (c. 300–700 CE). Through a series of detailed case studies covering the full chronological and geographical span of the period, this book investigates how the conversion of the Roman Empire to Christianity changed the way that Christians and para- Christians perceived the hostile treatments they received, either by fellow Christians or by people of other religions. A closely related second goal of this volume is to encourage scholars to think more precisely about the terminological difficulties related to the study of persecution. Indeed, despite sustained interest in the subject, few scholars have sought to distinguish between such closely related concepts as punishment, coercion, physical violence, and persecution. Often, these terms are used interchangeably. Although there are no easy answers, an emphatic conclusion of the studies assembled in this volume is that “persecution” was a malleable rhetorical label in late antique discourse, whose meaning shifted depending on the viewpoint of the authors who used it. This leads to our third objective: to analyze the role and function played by rhetoric and polemic in late antique claims to be persecuted. Late antique Christian writers who cast their present as a repetition of past persecutions often aimed to attack the legitimacy of the dominant Christian faction through a process of othering. This discourse also expressed a polarizing worldview in order to strengthen the group identity of the writers’ community in the midst of ideological conflicts and to encourage steadfastness against the temptation to collaborate with the other side.
50 ans de bilinguisme officiel: Défis, analyses et témoignages
by Sherry Simon Stéphane Dion Maurice Beaudin Mark Power Éric Forgues M Graham Fraser Pierre Curzi M François Boileau Roger Turenne Raymond-M. Hébert Michelle Landry Ingride Roy Matthieu LeBlanc Perri Ravon Albert Nolette Andy AnstettIl y a maintenant 50 ans, la Commission royale d’enquête sur le bilinguisme et le biculturalisme publiait son rapport final. Fruit de recherches innovantes et de consultations publiques dans tout le pays, truffé de données et de concepts, celui-ci traçait la route pour l’établissement d’une politique cohérente de bilinguisme officiel, qui allait changer profondément et durablement le visage du Canada. À la volonté d’affirmer le caractère officiellement bilingue du pays s’est greffée celle, non moins persistante, de faire du français la langue commune des Québécois. Cet ouvrage jette un regard critique sur le contenu et les conséquences du rapport. Il résulte de la tenue en 2013, un peu partout au pays, d’une série de conférences explorant l’impact de ces travaux. On y retrouve donc des analyses portant sur le processus de la Commission, sur ses principaux acteurs ainsi que sur le contenu particulier de certains volumes du rapport. Le livre se présente en trois parties : en premier lieu, les progrès accomplis depuis la parution du rapport et les défis à surmonter tels qu’ils sont appréhendés par les contributeurs, ce qui ne cesse pas de provoquer des débats; dans une deuxième partie, des analyses et des études portant sur des problématiques abordées par la Commission, pour vérifier le chemin parcouru depuis; et enfin, des témoignages, dont une conversation fascinante entre le premier commissaire aux langues officielles, M. Keith Spicer, et le commissaire en poste au moment de la parution de l’ouvrage, M. Graham Fraser. À la fois politique, érudit et mémoriel, ce livre saura captiver toute personne qui s’intéresse aux débats linguistiques au Canada et dans le monde. Il apporte une contribution originale et précieuse à l’étude d’un moment fondateur de l’évolution du Canada.
Gouvernance communautaire: Innovations dans le Canada français hors Québec
by Marie Hélène Eddie Éric Champagne Mariette Mulaire Gina S. Comeau Guy Chiasson Simon Letendre Mathieu Voyer Thierry Arseneau Jean Léger Nathalie Plante Christine Dallaire Magalie-France Houle Éric Forgues d'Ornellia-N.J. Moyabi MampoumbouLa gouvernance communautaire, comme la gouvernance publique et privée, doit innover, et apprendre de manière continue à faire mieux en faisant autrement. Or, cela ne peut se faire que grâce à la collaboration, et celle-ci va prendre des formes diverses selon le milieu. L'innovation sociale adopte aussi des formes différentes en divers points d'un pays comme le Canada fait de sociétés distinctes par la langue, la culture et les arrangements institutionnels. Le fait que le monde communautaire se décline au pluriel implique que la collaboration est souvent plus difficile et que l'innovation se répand moins vite que dans les autres secteurs. Ce livre explore l'innovation dans le monde communautaire du Canada français hors Québec, dans le but de faire une certaine reconnaissance de l'état des lieux et de voir jusqu à quel point ces sociétés distinctes ont innové différemment, et peuvent apprendre l'une de l'autre et collaborer malgré leurs différences tant dans le monde franco-canadien comme tel qu'à travers les barrières culturelles et linguistiques. Universitaires et praticiens font rapport sur diverses expériences au plan national, en Nouvelle-Écosse, au Nouveau-Brunswick, en Ontario et au Manitoba, et sur les défis de la production et de la transmission des savoirs communautaires.
La intrusa
by Éric FayeGanadora del Gran Premio de la Academia Francesa, esta novela de Éric Faye se basa en un caso real para explorar el influjo que la memoria de los lugares que habitamos ejerce sobre nuestra conciencia. De profesión meteorólogo, Shimura lleva una vida solitaria y metódica que transcurre con precisión milimétrica entre el trabajo y su casa, un microcosmos de orden y pulcritud a las afueras de Nagasaki. Sólo el canto ensordecedor de las chicharras es capaz de alterar una rutina tan previsible hasta el día en que Shimura cree percibir pequeños cambios en la impoluta organización de su hogar: un yogur que desaparece de la nevera, el zumo de naranja que se evapora, la tetera fuera de su lugar habitual. No parece obra de un ladrón, pues todos los objetos de valor siguen en su sitio. ¿Se trata, pues, de una amante despechada, de un espíritu en busca de venganza, o incluso peor, de una alucinación? Para dilucidarlo, Shimura instala una cámara en la cocina y, perplejo, descubre la presencia de una mujer desconocida, una intrusa que lleva un año viviendo en un armario de la casa. Al exponer con exquisita sensibilidad los vericuetos de su mundo interior, la historia de Shimura adquiere una resonancia universal. De manera casi imperceptible, la novela cuestiona nuestra manera de vivir y de relacionarnos con los demás, y su lectura perdura como un temblor de tierra, inofensivo pero indeleble. Reseñas:«Siempre en equilibrio entre lo real y lo irreal, el autor prosigue su obra, original, aérea y de una increíble poesía.»Le Figaro «Éric Faye es un escritor mesurado y sobrio, un observador de lo cotidiano dotado de una aguda sensibilidad que, sin recurrir a efectos espectaculares, siempre nos sorprende.»Livres Hebdo «La escritura de Faye se caracteriza por no levantar el tono y, en esa templanza buscada, dejar oír la violencia subyacente, el dolor y, sobre todo, la melancolía.»Lire «Faye alcanza una sobriedad y una eficacia propias de una estampa japonesa: no hay una nota, un rasgo, una sola digresión inútil. Poner en duda las evidencias, cuestionar una sociedad que abandona a algunos de sus miembros en una soledad tal que desaparecen prácticamente ante la mirada de los otros, hablar directamente al corazón con admirable maestría son las virtudes de una novela tan breve como vibrante.»Le Monde des Livres