The Future of Official Language Minorities

Quelle est la situation actuelle des langues minoritaires au Canada ? Tandis que les communautés de francophones hors Québec n'ont cessé de décroître depuis le siècle dernier, celle des anglophones du Québec avait su se maintenir jusqu'à récemment. Cependant l'avènement de la Charte de la langue française a modifié considérablement la situation. Tout cela nous amène à nous interroger à savoir si les minorités linguistiques survivront au Canada. Pour cela, il faudrait que ces minorités soient centralisées territorialement et que soient mises sur pied des institutions permettant l'usage de leur langue, telles des écoles, des structures gouvernementales, culturelles et économiques. La grande lacune au Canada en matière de protection des communautés linguistiques se situe au plan du développement économique. Le gouvernement, en implantant des centres de recherches et des services spécialisés au sein d'une communauté minoritaire, assurerait sa subsistance

Les écoles et la Constitution

The question of education is probably one of the thorniest political problems in Canadian history. English andfrench speaking Canadians have long stood divided on the matter. In the first part of his article, the author describes the effect of two specific clauses of article 93 of the BNA Act on the nation's schools. Much of the hostility felt by Canada's major linguistic groups can, from his point of view, be linked to these two provisions. In the second part, he discusses the recent constitutional reforms and expresses the hope that the new agreement, if correctly implemented, will bring about the long-awaited reconciliation between Canada's linguistic communities

Focusing strength measurements of the main quadrupoles for the LHC

More than 1100 quadrupole magnets of different types are needed for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) which is in the construction stage at CERN. The most challenging parameter to measure on these quadrupoles is the integrated gradient (Gdl). An absolute accuracy of 0.1% is needed to control the beta beating. In this paper we briefly describe the whole set of equipment used for Gdl measurements: Automated Scanner system, Single Stretched Wire system and Twin Coils system, concentrating mostly on their absolute accuracies. Most of the possible inherent effects that can introduce systematic errors are discussed along with their preventive methods. In the frame of this qualification some of the magnets were tested with two systems. The results of the intersystem cross-calibrations are presented. In addition, the qualification of the measurement system used at the magnet manufacturer's is based on results of more than 40 quadrupole assemblies tested in cold conditions at CERN and in warm conditions at the vendor site.peer-reviewe

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Framework for Multicultural Education : Canada

Magnet Joseph Eliot. Framework for Multicultural Education : Canada. In: Revue Québécoise de droit international, volume 12-1, 1999. Séminaire international de Montréal sur l'éducation interculturelle et multiculturelle. Actes, sous la direction de François Crépeau, Stéphanie Fournier et Lison Néel. pp. 55-64