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MEETING THE EMPLOYMENT NEEDS OF MARGINALIZED YOUTH: A REVIEW OF PROMISING YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS
No full textThe Youth Job Connection program in Ontario, Canada is designed to help multi-barriered youth transition into the workforce. As part of an evaluation of the program, a review of comparable employment programs in Canada and similar English-speaking countries was conducted, which involved 57 national and 36 international programs. The purpose of the review was to identify promising programs and explore how they support the successful transition of NEET (not in education, employment, or training) youth into the labour market. A major finding was that promising youth employment programs not only address the work needs of marginalized youth, but also life skills and life stabilization. Such programs incorporate pre-employment training, mentoring and job coaching, paid work placements, life skills training, and life stabilization supports. Life stabilization supports varied across programs, with different amounts and types offered; further research is needed to determine what life stabilization supports best help NEET youth to secure and maintain employment. Considerations for improving the quality of employment programs for NEET youth are discussed. Lastly, given that NEET youth are not a homogeneous group, youth employment programs should target subpopulations of NEET youth, like those that are marginalized
A Judicially Nourished Provision: Has Section 96 Once Again Become a Barrier to Justice?
No full textPursuant to section 96 of the Constitution Act, 1867, the federal executive is responsible for appointing judges to the superior courts. While this provision may seem straightforward, its interpretation has has elevated the status of section 96 courts and confers on them a “core jurisdiction” that is protected from interference by Parliament and legislatures, sometimes at the expense of tribunals and other innovative adjudicative forums.
This paper begins by examining the evolution of section 96 jurisprudence. It then focuses on two recent cases: Reference re Code of Civil Procedure (Que.), art. 35, 2021 SCC 27 and Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia v British Columbia (Attorney General), 2022 BCCA 163. This paper argues for a return to a narrower conception of the core jurisdiction of superior courts, emphasizing their role as guardians of the rule of law through robust judicial review. This approach seeks to strike a balance between preserving the rule of law and enhancing access to justice while avoiding the marginalization of section 96
Animal sauve enfant abandonné : Quand la topique animalière vient éclairer autrement les topoï répertoriés. : (à partir du Shâhnâmeh de Ferdousi)
No full textThe article continues with the post entitled "Poetic memory or the use of topos "ENFANT ABANDONNE" in Milan Kundera’s The unbearable lightness of being " published on the SATOR research notebook by Madeleine Jeay, in which she shows that Kundera works a topical situation corresponding to a number of topoi listed in SATORBASE as ADOPTER ENFANT TROUVE, DESOBEIR ORDRE DE TROUVER ENFANT, ENLEVER SECRETEMENT ENFANT etc. The article continues this reflection and focusses on the animal topic in the Shah Nameh of Ferdousi, reflecting on the role of the Simorgh (this mythical bird that plays an essential role in Persian culture and that is found in the Manteq-et-their (The dialogue of the birds) of Farid eddine Attar and in the metaphysical and philosophical texts of Avicenna and Sohravardi. In the Shah Nameh the Simorgh rescues Zal, abandoned as a child by his father, King Sam, and raises him until the latter, now an adult, finds his father who grants him the royal filiation. And the child is fed at night by a gazelle. Such topical configurations that could be called ANIMAL SAVES CHILD ABANDONS are very widespread. We question the original scene of a close relationship between human sovereignty and animal sovereignty, the part of sovereignty being equally distributed between man and animal which is here the inseparable adjuvant. The methodological question of topical naming is also addressed.L\u27article enchaîne sur le billet intitulé « La mémoire poétique ou l’usage du topos « abandonner enfant » dans L’insoutenable légèreté de l’être de Milan Kundera » publié sur le carnet de recherche de la SATOR par Madeleine Jeay, dans lequel elle montre que Kundera travaille une situation topique correspondant à un certain nombre de topoï répertoriés dans SATORBASE comme ADOPTER ENFANT TROUVE, DESOBEIR ORDRE DE TROUVER ENFANT, ENLEVER SECRETEMENT ENFANT etc. L\u27article poursuit cette réflexion à partir de la topique animale dans le Shah Nameh de Ferdousi en se concentrant sur le rôle du Simorgh (cet oiseau mythique qui joue un rôle essentiel dans la culture persane et que l’on retrouve dans le Manteq-et-their (Le dialogue des oiseaux) de Farid eddine Attar et dans les textes métaphysiques et philosophiques d’Avicenne et de Sohravardi. Chez Ferdousi le Simorgh sauve Zal, abandonné enfant par son père, le roi Sâm, et l’élève jusqu’à ce que celui-ci, devenu adulte, retrouve son père qui lui concède la filiation royale. Et l’enfant est nourri la nuit par une gazelle. De telles configurations topiques que l’on pourrait appeler ANIMAL SAUVE ENFANT ABANDONNE sont fort répandues. On interroge la scène originaire d’une relation étroite entre souveraineté humaine et souveraineté animale, la part de souveraineté étant également distribuée entre l’homme et l’animal qui en est ici l’adjuvant indissociable. Dans la continuité des questions soulevées dans le billet « Mise à l’épreuve de SATORBASE par la lecture du Décaméron ») le problème de la dénomination topique est aussi abordé
Un "cheval ombrageux": Thème et symbole équestres dans Le Rouge et le Noir.
No full textThe article aims to grasp the role of the symbolic code in the scaffolding of the narrative unity of Le Rouge et le Noir, through the theme of the horse. Although the symbolic dimension seems excluded from Stendhal\u27s poetics (Racine & Shakspeare), and many of its commentators criticize it for « a writing without images », equestrian themes and symbols nevertheless play a central role in as elements guaranteeing the coherence of the narrative discourse. The article first presents the symbolic potentialities underlying the Stendhalian poetics of the novel. Then, the topos of the horse is presented both as a theme and as a symbol in the narrative structure of the Le Rouge et le Noir. Finally, the use of symbolism in Le Rouge et le Noir is seen as a tool to confess the fictional artifice itself, so as to compromise the "perfect illusion" of the fiction and, therefore, prevent any complete identification of the readership with the figure of Julien.L\u27article se propose de saisir le rôle du code symbolique dans l\u27échafaudauge de l\u27unité narrative du Rouge et du Noir, à travers le thème du cheval. Bien que la dimension symbolique paraisse exclue de la poétique stendhalienne (Racine & Shakspeare), et que nombre de ses commentateurs lui reprochent "une écriture sans images”, les thèmes et les symboles équestres jouent cependant un rôle central dans en tant qu\u27éléments garantissant la cohérence du discours narratif. L\u27article se propose d’abord de présenter les potentialités symboliques sous-jacentes à la poétique romanesque de Stendhal. Ensuite, le topos du cheval est présenté à la fois comme thème et comme symbole dans la structure narrative du Rouge et du noir. En dernier lieu, le recours au symbole dans Le Rouge et le Noir est considéré comme un outil avouant l’artifice romanesque lui-même, de sorte à compromettre l’“illusion parfaite” de la fiction et, par conséquent, empêcher toute identification complète du lectorat à la figure de Julien.