Visual Posts

Canada is home to many French-speaking minority communities, including Acadia. In this visual post, Professor Michelle Landry addresses Acadian demography and identity, and discusses the work of the Canada Research Chair on Francophone Minorities and Power, which she holds. She looks at the origins and claims of the anti-bilingualism movement in the province of New Brunswick, and asserts the legitimacy of the sociology of and in Acadia. An interview conducted by Jurivision in collaboration with CIRCEM as part of the XXIIᵉ Congrès de l’AISLF.

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.