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More than half of the world’s French speakers live in Africa, according to the Observatoire démographique et statistique de l’espace francophone. In this visual post, Professor Nadine Machikou looks at the repoliticization and future of French on the African continent. She also criticizes certain barriers to the international circulation of knowledge, and stresses the importance of scientific spaces supporting the vitality and dynamism of the French language. An interview conducted by Jurivision in collaboration with CIRCEM as part of the XXIIᵉ AISLF Congress.
French-language research faces many challenges, both in Canada and internationally. In this visual post, Professor Linda Cardinal looks specifically at some of the issues affecting Francophones in minority settings, including Franco-Ontarians. She highlights the weight given to the impact factor of publications, as well as the barriers to accessibility of scientific texts for French-speaking audiences. She also discusses some possible solutions. An interview conducted by Jurivision in collaboration with CIRCEM as part of the XXIIᵉ AISLF Congress.
Since its creation in 2022, the MOFPL has rallied over 70 members from a wide variety of backgrounds, active in Quebec and Canada as well as abroad. Since its official launch in 2022, it is proud to have developed a diversified scientific program at the University of Ottawa’s Civil Law Section, and to have been involved in national and international research networks.
On March 29, nine research centres and institutes at the University of Ottawa will co-host a one-day conference on the Rouleau Commission Report. Bringing together leading experts from the University of Ottawa in the fields of law, politics, public administration, economics, criminology, sociology, communications, technology and health, the Conference aims to contribute to the public conversation about the convoy, the declaration of emergency, and the robustness of Canada’s constitutional democracy.
