NCube/papyrus huggingface dataset:
Assurer la pérennité d’immeubles locatifs des années 1960 à Montréal

The Sixties made a mark on the City of Montreal and significantly contributed to the definition of its identity. The considerable amount of rental housing developed in that time as a response to decrepitude issues which paralyzed working-class neighborhoods leaves us with many neglected and undervalued buildings. Those buildings are of interest for both their social and cultural contexts; first, because the apartments are affordable and second, because they are representative of the modern movement for which Montreal is globally recognized. In this context, the research project aims to better understand which approach would be suitable in order to ensure the sustainability and increase in recognition of this type of building. The main goals are to democratize the access to building heritage issues, to destigmatize the tenants and the architecture of those buildings and to advance the methodological knowledge on how to raise awareness and appreciation towards the built environment.  In order to better understand the core concepts of sustainability in architecture and the social quality of the buildings, the theoretical framework is based upon building heritage notions and the complex notion of dweling. The built heritage fundamentals, by the analysis of the work of Aylin Orbasli and Françoise Choay; who tackle the approach of value-based management of the built heritage and the core place of heritage in the definition of the identity of contemporary societies; confirms the relevance of the research subject. Publications by Perla Serfaty-Garzon and Thierry Paquot on the experience of dweling and the importance of home attachment in the personal development of the inhabitant confirms the functional quality of the housing buildings.  The semi-structured interviews with professionals and the thematic display of the research demonstrates that every method used is relevant at different levels, depending on the expected outcome. Thus, it is likely that the sustainability of some housing buildings from the Sixties is feasible by a sensibilization and verbalization campaign and by developing an extensive inventory. A communicative approach centered on the sharing of experiences, opinions and points of views promotes a dynamic approach to build heritage and the built environment. This approach also facilitates access to contemporary architectural issues to a wider audience.  In retrospect, it seems possible to reduce the stigma toward tenants and the buildings themselves. To achieve this, considerable work is needed to raise awareness of the architectural qualities of the buildings, their place in the identity of Montreal and promote the tenants’ point of view of their attachment and approval of the apartments. Finally, the research shows that it is relevant to preserve some iconic housing buildings from the Sixties based on heritage values, including social, cultural, and architectural values.

Keyphrases: Architecture, Modern heritage, Identity, Collective memory, Awareness
Por uma teoria da editorialização = Towards a theory of editorialisation = Por una teoría de la editorialización

The “digital turn” has been the object of many disciplinary interpretations: from media studies to the information and communication sciences, sociology, psychology, political sciences, and so on. This paper starts from the concept of editorialisation to propose a philosophical theory of the world in the digital age.

Keyphrases: Theory of the digital humanities, Editorialisation, Philosophy, Digital space
Vie privée des mineurs en ligne : protection des données personnelles. Étude comparée entre le droit canadien, américain et celui de l’Union européenne

This research study addresses a current concern regarding the privacy of minors online, more specifically the protection of personal data. Since the emergence of new information and communication technologies (NICT) and the introduction of Web 2.0, the protection of personal data remains a relevant and very complex issue. This issue is even more critical when it comes to minors. This research study first looks at Internet use by minors, the notion of a minor person’s vulnerability and the limitations of the current rules. It also examines the conceptual distinction between "minor" and "child" before focusing on the main aspect of violation of a minor's privacy and integrity. Later in this master’s thesis, the legislative and regulatory provisions in Canada, the United States and the European Union are examined. The final section highlights the significant differences between Canada, the United States and the European Union. In the conclusion for this dissertation, we will look back at the highlights of this comparative study, emphasizing that the task of protecting the personal data of minors is complex and that there are significant disparities in the laws and regulations in force at the national and international levels.

Keyphrases: Consentement parental, Cyberintimidation, COPPA, RGPD, LPRPDE, LPRPSP, Minors, Children, Personal data protection, Minor's consent, Parental consent, Cyberbullying, Internet luring, Sexting
La dualité ethnographe-physicienne : étude réflexive sur les négociations identitaires en physique

Being a female physicist, I have acted and interacted in an environment where women, like many other historically marginalized groups, are under-represented. According to social justice principles, everyone should be able to contribute to the construction of scientific knowledge. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the social mechanisms that limit the participation of certain groups. While the notion of under-representation has often been used to address the relative presence or absence of individuals in certain categories, I prefer to speak about diversity and inclusion which decompartmentalise individuals. My starting point is the observation that various aspects, causes, and consequences related to the lack of diversity and inclusion in the scientific community are complex and manifest themselves in communication and lived experience. I use the concept of identity work to analyze the interpenetration of personal, institutional, and communicational elements that restrict diversity and inclusion in my organization (a university physics department) and to reflect on systemic issues that go beyond organizational boundaries. Building on my insider’s point of view, I conducted an “at-home” ethnography in which I describe identity work at the physics department of Université de Montréal as I experienced and observed it. Specifically, I target three elements that are central to daily life in Department, that engage both students and professors, and that trigger identity work: seminars, research projects and departmental committees. Throughout this ethnographic tale with confessional tones, I link my internal identity processes as an individual contributing to scientific knowledge throughout identity facets historically marginalized. In addition, I show how, for a given environment, confidence in one’s research skills can be rebuilt after collapsing. Giving hope, my ethnographic tale highlights the importance of discussion groups on diversity and inclusion in departmental units and research groups and, furthermore, offers avenues and tools to scientists that want to engage with social issues in their research. Finally, as far as I know, this is the first at-home ethnography of a scientific community produced by a female physicist.

Keyphrases: Inclusion, Université, Identity work, Ethnography, Women in STEM, Diversity, University, Sciences and technology studies
Analyse de qualité d’un MOOC: le point de vue des étudiants

New York Times headlines in 2012 was the «year of the MOOC», putting the spotlight on a new trend, but since then, research stance on this phenomenon is more critical. Hence, the pursuit of quality may be as important in MOOCs in distance education? This research aims to examine the experience of 631 learners in two MOOC of HEC Montreal, based on their perceptions, by applying a qualitative inductive approach without any theoretical a priori, from three open questions. Results highlight criteria that are very close to some of the ones used in distance education quality frameworks, but that are operationalized differently: a special attention to content relations between theory and practice, accessibility of contents, teachers’ performances and clarity of tests and quizzes.

Keyphrases: MOOC, CLOM, Online learning, Quality framework
Les relations entre attentes, valeur, buts, engagement cognitif et engagement comportemental dans un MOOC

In this article, we focus on the diverse relationships between expectations, values, goals and engagement in a French-language MOOC in Québec. Using a theoretical perspective based on self-regulation and an expectancy-value model of socio-cognitive motivation (Pintrich, 2003), we analyze the relationship between motivation and engagement by comparing observed relationships to the predictions of our theoretical model. To do this, we use data from 531 responses to a questionnaire distributed to the participants of a MOOC in the HEC Montréal Edulib initiative, Introduction to Marketing, offered in fall 2014. A multiple correspondence analysis on the reported activities allowed us to design a composite score for behavioral engagement. Subsequently, we used a structural equation approach to test our theoretical model, after operationalizing the anticipated relationships between the variables. Our results point to an acceptable model that confirms several of our theoretical predictions. The perceived value is linked to both extrinsic and intrinsic goals, but intrinsic goals are much more strongly related to cognitive engagement than extrinsic goals. No significant relationship was observed between cognitive engagement and behavioral commitment, however, raising questions of measurement, as well as theoretical questions for an adult clientele participating in a MOOC.

Keyphrases: MOOC, Motivation, Self-regulation, Expectations, Value, Aims, Behavioural engagement, Cognitive engagement, Structural equation modeling
Différences régionales à
travers le monde des
étudiants inscrits dans un MOOC
francophone : portrait d’un
cas issu de l’initiative EDUlib

This article examines regional differences based on students’ participation, sociodemographic profiles, behaviors and learning outcomes. To do this, students were followed in a course offered by “École des hautes études commerciales” (HEC) of Montreal in their MOOC initiative called EDUlib. The analysis was performed using the platform traces (accessed resources, number of visits, activities in the environment) and responses to self-report questionnaire. Regionals differences were observed, which seem related to the country’s development index. The results suggest some difficulty in reaching these students, despite the fact that participants who register in order to promote their development seem to struggle to pass the course.

Keyphrases: MOOC, Engagement, Distance learning
Engagement scolaire en milieu défavorisé : le cas de classes du primaire où sont utilisées les technologies à l’école.

This research had for objectives to evaluate and compare the evolution of pupil engagement in underprivileged schools where ICTs were used in the classrooms by the construct validation of an English survey. From a translated and validated version in French of the MacArthur Engagement School Survey, it was possible to describe relatively positively the school engagement level of 230 ffth- and sixthgraders participating in that study. For that purpose, we used hierarchical linear modeling analysis. Over the course of six months, the results show that the quality of pupils’ engagement vary according to the socioeconomic level of their school.

Keyphrases: TIC, School engagement, ICT, Underprivileged schools, Hierarchical linear modeling, Primary level
A Bayesian meta-analysis on the effects of mTBI on attention in an adult population

Mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) are a serious issue given their exorbitant human and financial cost. Within the first three months, patients often report somatic, affective, and cognitive symptoms. Of the latter, attentional difficulties are often reported. While some literature points to evidence for such deficits, others disagree. With the many varying methods in assessing attention present in the literature, many clinicians remain unsure of the best course of action when faced with limited tools and time. Therefore, the goal of this project is to determine if attentional functioning is altered in adults within the first three months following mTBI, and if so, to document which attentional processes are more likely to be impacted. A second is to provide better data for clinicians and recommendations for future studies in this field. Method. A systematic review identified 13 studies that met the selection criteria. The first data set was comprised of seven studies that reported selective attention measures and the second contained the remaining five studies reporting a composite score of attention. A robust Bayesian meta-analysis was conducted. Results. Evidence in favor of an effect on selective attention was found, along with weak evidence to support the absence of heterogeneity and the presence of publication bias. The posterior mean effect size and credible intervals came to d = .369, 95% CI [.208, .522]. As for the composite score of attention, weak evidence was found for the effect, the heterogeneity, and the publication bias favor of an effect for the composite score was found. The posterior mean effect size and credible intervals came to d = .248, 95% CI [.039, .485]. Conclusions. Findings support for the hypothesis of a selective attention deficits in an adult mTBI population within three months of their injury. The evidence based on a composite score of attention is inconclusive. Recommendations for future research methodology are also offered.

Keyphrases: Attention, Traumatic brain injury, Clinical neuropsychology, Bayesian statistics, Meta-analysis
Informatisation incrémentale ou de rupture? : le cas du dossier patient hospitalier

At the international level, the computerization of hospital care production develops only slowly. Past research has often used the term "organizational factors" to explain this phenomenon, but without specification so far. This article builds on results from an empirical research led in multiple French hospitals to investigate the organizational evolutions of clinical units due to the implementation of an Electronic Patient Record. It shows that the extant organizational system underwent only few transformations, thanks to local adjustments with the IT tool. Such a situation may be satisfactory for the eyes of the supervising structures which promote the technological innovation, but raises the issue of true organizational value creation.

Keyphrases: Electronic Health Record, Hospital, Organizational change, Organizational value
De "skid" à hacker compétent : l’apprentissage social chez les pirates informatiques

Computer crime is no longer a new phenomenon. However, several authors agree to say that the concept of hacker is in constant transformation, which undoubtedly contributes to the fear and the fascination that they continue to exert, both in popular culture, but also among researchers. Indeed, over the years many researchers have attempted to understand and study them, and the validity of social learning theory has been demonstrated time and time again in connection with cyberdeviance. However, none of these studies were not based on direct contact with active hackers. As a matter of fact, none were based on interviews with hackers. Therefore, there is an important gap in the scientific literature on this subject.  Hence, the objective of this study will be to understand how hackers learn the skills essential to their activities in contact with others, the influence of those around them in the real and virtual world, as well as the role of imitation in these learnings. To do this, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 active hackers, recruited on discussion forums dedicated to hacking activities. The analysis of these interviews made it possible to identify major trends in terms of the role played by peers within hacker communities, in terms of knowledge sharing, the way in which this knowledge is transmitted, the importance of the community, as well as the role of mentors in their learning process. Akers’s social learning theory served as the theoretical framework for this study.

Keyphrases: Imitation, Mentor, Social learning, Hackers, Peer influence, Forums
Les émotions et les compétences socioémotionnelles mobilisées par un enseignant d’éducation physique débutant lors de la gestion de classe

The management of difficult situations by teachers in the classroom is one of the greatest challenges in teaching. Conflict situations can mobilize strong emotions for teachers. As a result, they are likely to develop physical or mental illnesses (Carlotto, 2010; Lineback, McCarthy and Reiser, 2015). Some of them may eventually leave the profession. Due to the lack of experience of beginning teachers, they are more easily subject to professional burnout, as their first years of experience are marked by a phase of reality shock, insecurity and emotional overloads (Huberman, 1989; Pelletier, 2015). Some researchers have studied it in search of solutions to help teachers manage their emotions: socioemotional skills (Collaborative for academic social and emotional learning, 2003; Yoder, 2014). However, the majority of this research concerns classroom teachers (Corcoran and Tormey, 2012; Zinsser, Deham, Curby and Shewark, 2015) and very little of this research has focused on beginning teachers in physical education. This study looked at the emotions and socio-emotional skills of a beginning teacher in physical education when managing a classroom in which he was confronted with a difficult situation. For the purposes of our research, we chose the case study. This research aimed to identify and describe the emotions and understand the participant’s mobilized socio-emotional skills. Our research is therefore based on the interpretive paradigm, as it encourages us to understand the participant's perspective (Godoy, 1995). We found that it is possible to acquire these skills, despite the teacher's lack of theoretical knowledge on this subject. In fact, the participant mobilized all five socio-emotional skills using five different resources, which are: previous experiences, academic disciplines, continuing education, exchanges with professional colleagues and, above all, personal psychotherapy.

Keyphrases: Beginning teacher, Physical education, Class management, Socio-emotional skills
Des délits et des hommes : portrait des auteurs d’actions indécentes du Québec et caractéristiques associées à la récidive et à la commission de crimes sexuels avec contacts

The crime of indecent act has long been defined by the scientific community and administered by justice more as a nuisance than a sexual crime. This can be explained by the fact that this type of crime does not involve physical sexual contact with the victim and that the negative consequences associated with the assault on the victim are often minimized. Thus, this study is part of an internship at the Crimes Against the Person Division of the Sûreté du Québec. The concrete application of this research is to support the process of targeting potential recidivists for indecent acts in investigation files. The goal is therefore to describe a retrospective portrait of the criminal careers of the 3,572 alleged or proven perpetrators of indecent acts reported in Quebec between 2011 and 2018. Univariate, bivariate and multivariate analyses and a ROC analysis were performed on the study population. The results of the study suggest that nearly 22% of the offenders are repeat offenders in indecent acts and that 18% of the study population have committed a sexual crime with contact with a victim. Both groups were also found to be overwhelmingly male, younger in terms of age, more prolific, and more diverse in terms of the variety of crime categories than those who had never re-offended or committed a contact sexual crime. Finally, the best predictors were found to be the gender of the offenders, the presence of a history of sexual crimes, violent crimes, and crimes in the "Other Criminal Offences" category that may be associated with breaches of orders or failures to comply with court undertakings. However, these individuals remain marginal since the vast majority of the indecent act offender population has not committed a recidivism or a sexual crime involving contact with a victim.

Keyphrases: exhibitionism, indecent act, recidivism, criminal career, contact sexual crime
Measuring substance-related disorders using Canadian administrative health databanks : interprovincial comparisons of recorded diagnostic rates, incidence proportions and mortality rate ratios

Context Assessing temporal changes in the recorded diagnostic rates, incidence proportions, and health outcomes of substance-related disorders (SRD) can inform public health policymakers in reducing harms associated with alcohol and other drugs.  Objective To report the annual and cumulative recorded diagnostic rates and incidence proportions of SRD, as well as mortality rate ratios (MRRs) by cause of death among this group in Canada, according to their province of residence.  Methods Analyses were performed on linked administrative health databases (AHD; physician claims, hospitalizations, and vital statistics) in five Canadian provinces (Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Québec, and Nova Scotia). Canadians 12 years and older and registered for their provincial healthcare coverage were included. The International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9 or ICD-10 codes) was used for case identification of SRD from April 2001 to March 2018.  Results During the study period, the annual recorded SRD diagnostic rates increased in Alberta (2001–2002: 8.0‰; 2017–2018: 12.8‰), Ontario (2001–2002: 11.5‰; 2017–2018: 14.4‰), and Nova Scotia (2001–2002: 6.4‰; 2017–2018: 12.7‰), but remained stable in Manitoba (2001–2002: 5.5‰; 2017–2018: 5.4‰) and Québec (2001–2002 and 2017–2018: 7.5‰). Cumulative recorded SRD diagnostic rates increased steadily for all provinces. Recorded incidence proportions increased significantly in Alberta (2001–2002: 4.5‰; 2017–2018: 5.0‰) and Nova Scotia (2001–2002: 3.3‰; 2017–2018: 3.8‰), but significantly decreased in Ontario (2001–2002: 6.2‰; 2017–2018: 4.7‰), Québec (2001–2002: 4.1‰; 2017–2018: 3.2‰) and Manitoba (2001–2002: 2.7‰; 2017–2018: 2.0‰). For almost all causes of death, a higher MRR was found among individuals with recorded SRD than in the general population. The causes of death in 2015–2016 with the highest MRR for SRD individuals were SRD, suicide, and non-suicide trauma in Alberta, Ontario, Manitoba, and Québec.  Discussion Linked AHD covering almost the entire population can be useful to monitor the medical service trends of SRD and, therefore, guide health services planning in Canadian provinces.

Keyphrases: Alcohol-related disorders, Substance-related disorders, Healthcare administrative claims, International classification of diseases, Premature mortality, Canada