The Minorités linguistiques et société/Linguistic Minorities and Society journal announces the publication of its second issue. This issue addresses the demographic sustainability of official language minority communities (OLMCs), a topic that is receiving increasing interest. Indeed, governments have started taking action in this area and an increasing number of studies are being conducted on this topic. The thematic issue Petits dérangements : minorités linguistiques et migrations / Minor Upheavals: Linguistic Minorities and Migrations, prepared under the guidance of Professor Joel Belliveau of Laurentian University, hopes to make a contribution to this important discussion.

The three first articles of the issue focus on perceptions: perceptions that provincial French-speaking communities have of the immigrant are featured in the first article, written by Christophe Traisnel, Isabelle Violette and Nicole Gallant; perceptions that French-speaking migrants have of their region of origin are analyzed in the two subsequent texts, the first by Annie Pilote and Lydie Brier, and the second by Maurice Beaudin. These two last texts, both of which examine the experience of migrants, complement each other well, because Pilote and Brier based themselves on qualitative data obtained from interviews, whereas Beaudin used the more quantifiable outcomes of a survey.

The fourth text, authored by Maurice Beaudin, Éric Forgues and Josée Guignard Noël, deals with internal migration in the country and adopts a position focused on outlying regions. The authors examine the situation statistically by comparing two similar regions – northern New-Brunswick and northeastern Ontario – to provide us with enough reference points.

Lastly, the fifth text, by Vincent Roy and Huhua Cao, is somewhat in contrast with the three previous texts in that it focuses on an environment benefiting from the migration of Francophones, i.e. the urban region of Greater Moncton. The authors examine how this immigration, as well as internal migration in the city, have transformed the urban setting.

We invite you to consult this issue by clicking on this link: http://www.erudit.org/revue/minling/2013/v/n2/index.html?lang=en

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