Voix Amplifiées, fall 2022

About the journal:

This initiative does not pretend to be a traditional academic journal, but rather a hybrid journal that provides a space for students who wish to express themselves in French on issues that resonate with them. In particular, the journal aims to create a place where those on the periphery of local and regional Francophonies can have their voices heard, as inclusion should be based on mutual understanding.  

This first edition of the journal Voix amplifiées features texts on the notion of minority, on the dynamics of inclusion and exclusion, and on the relationship between Self and Other in shared spaces. 

Rationale : 

Although the Canadian Ffrancophonies are evolving and self-defining spaces, the historical and fragmentary struggles that characterize their existence shed light on the socio-cultural and linguistic context in which Canadian minorities live (Bélanger and Dulude, 2020). Representing 4.3% of the Canadian population outside of Quebec (Statistics Canada, 2020), the Francophone community constitutes 31% of the University of Ottawa's student population (Gazette, 2021). The construction of a common understanding of Francophone identity is a current issue in this increasingly diverse community due to immigration and regional specificities, one that raises many questions. Often struggling to make themselves heard, Ffrancophonies cannot take the transmission of language and culture for granted. They must fight to survive. That said, the evolution of their mosaic implies a reconsideration of their own dynamics of power, inclusion and exclusion. Is Esther from Cameroon as francophone as Gilbert from Nova Scotia? AND, is Gilbert, who speaks Acadian, as Francophone as Esther who speaks Cameroonian Standard French? Who is included and who is not?