Ottawa, lieu de vie français traite des transformations urbaines et des façons pour les francophones d’Ottawa de penser et de construire leur ville, à partir des années 1960, creuset d’idées et d’actions qui moulent encore aujourd’hui la vie française de la capitale.Issu du Chantier Ottawa, un projet collaboratif et interdisciplinaire, cet ouvrage magistral réunit des chercheurs qui s’intéressent à l’histoire des institutions francophones de la capitale, au profil de leurs...

Stress can have a deleterious effect on people's mental, physical, and psychological health. There is a growing body of evidence, however, that suggests animals, both as pets and therapy partners, can help mitigate people's stress levels. This book showcases a rich collection of research papers from Human-Animal Interactions. It highlights research pertaining to pets as well as animal-assisted therapy in both school and professional settings. The book also includes a scene-setting introduc...

Marcha is a multidisciplinary survey of the individuals, organizations, and institutions that have given shape and power to the contemporary immigrant rights movement in Chicago. A city with longstanding historic ties to immigrant activism, Chicago has been the scene of a precedent-setting immigrant rights mobilization in 2006 and subsequent mobilizations in 2007 and 2008.Positing Chicago as a microcosm of the immigrant rights movement on national level, these essays plumb...

An in-depth analysis of the specific aspects of justice, equality and tax law"Justice, Equality and Tax Law" is a topic that is both old and new at the same time. Even if the society changes, the demands that tax needs to be just and equal seem to be immutable. What changes, of course, is the perception of the content of those demands.International taxation post-BEPS has been fraught with new challenges that warranted urgent responses. These challenges were...

In the untamed wilderness of the American West, a young woman named Joan Clayton finds herself alone and adrift after a tragic accident. As she struggles to survive, she encounters a mysterious stranger named Buck Peters, a man with a troubled past and a heart of gold. Together, they embark on a perilous journey through the unforgiving landscape, facing danger at every turn. But as they delve deeper into the secrets of the untamed frontier, they uncover a sinister plot that threatens to de...

Die Festschrift für Franz-Josef Klein versammelt 26 Beiträge, die unter dem Titel Innovatio et traditio – Renaissance(n) in der Romania eines der Forschungsinteressen des Jubilars behandeln. Analog zur Heterogenität dieses Phänomens, das wir ‚Renaissance‘ nennen, greift dieser Band eine Vielzahl von Aspekten aus sprachwissenschaftlicher, literatur-/kulturwissenschaftlicher sowie fachdidaktischer Perspektive auf und berücksichtigt dabei verschiedene Gebiete der Romania. Der Begriff der Rena...

Proverbs for the People is an astounding collection of contemporary African-American fiction, featuring stories by such well known authors as Pearl Cleage, Omar Tyree, Margaret Johnson-Hodge, Travis Hunter, Parry "Ebony Satin" Brown, Gwynne Forster, Edward Jackson and Vicki L. Andrews. These widely varied stories resonate with the power and wisdom of the ages, speaking of universal truths that will heal and guide the wayward spirit.