Faire l’Expérience de la Démocratie

Brieg Capitaine (Contributor) Brieg Capitaine is Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa's School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies. He holds a doctorate in sociology from the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (Paris), and is interested in the civil sphere and social movements. He coordinated the book Mouvements sociaux. Quand le sujet devient acteur (Éditions de la FMSH, 2016) and, with Geoffrey Pleyers, the special issue "Jeunes alteractivistes: d'autres manières de faire de la politique ?" in the journal Agora Débats/Jeunesses.Hérold Constant (Contributor) Hérold Constant holds a master's degree in sociology from the University of Ottawa. His thesis focuses on the relationship to work of immigrants of Haitian origin. He collaborated on the research partnership as a research assistant.Alexandre Cournoyer (Contributor) Alexandre Cournoyer holds a master's degree in sociology from the University of Ottawa. His thesis focuses on the social and political participation of young adults. He collaborated on the research partnership as a research assistant.Emilie Drapeau (Contributor) Emilie Drapeau is a PhD student at the University of Ottawa's School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies. Her research focuses on conjugal commitment, which she situates at the crossroads of the sociologies of the family, the couple, youth, life courses and religion. She collaborated on the research partnership as research assistant and research coordinator.Mariève Forest (Contributor) Mariève Forest is a visiting professor at the University of Ottawa's School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies and a researcher affiliated with the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Citizenship and Minorities (CIRCEM). She is also President and Senior Researcher at Sociopol, a company specializing in applied social research, consulting and collective support. As a researcher, she specializes in public decision-making, social policies related to official languages, social change and citizenship education.Maxime Goulet-Langlois (Contributor) Maxime Goulet-Langlois is a researcher-practitioner with a passion for philosophical practices and popular education, currently completing a PhD in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at McGill University. His research interests concern the professional development infrastructures by which third-sector practitioners inform their analyses of social problems. He is also a lecturer at HEC Montréal, where he teaches program evaluation.François Marchand (Contributor) François Marchand has been a social worker since 2007 (Université du Québec en Outaouais), focusing on community action and organization. He became interested in public participation in Quebec's sociosanitary institutions as part of a master's degree in political science at the University of Ottawa (2015). He is currently pursuing doctoral studies in sociology, where he is studying children's social participation (University of Ottawa).Stéphanie Gaudet (Editor) Stéphanie Gaudet is Full Professor and Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Citizenship and Minorities (CIRCEM) at the University of Ottawa. She works on social and political participation, particularly that of young people, life courses and qualitative methodology. She leads a partnership research project (SSHRC) on citizenship education experiences in community and associative settings (educationetdemocratie.ca) and a research project on youth social and political engagement pathways (SSHRC).Caroline Caron (Editor) Caroline Caron is Full Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at the Université du Québec en Outaouais. She specializes in gender relations in media and communication, as well as the study of youth media and forms of civic engagement practiced by adolescents through digital communication tools. Her recent research is among the pioneering work to document the civic uses of videoblogging among young YouTube users in the Canadian context.

In Quebec, we observe the existence of an ecosystem of social spaces where, outside formal civic education programs, young people have the opportunity to learn how to participate in democratic life. This book brings together seven case studies documenting these young people's experiences of citizenship education. The research behind this book is based on an ethnographic approach, and was carried out in collaboration with seven organizations. The result of an original conceptual and methodological approach, this book will be of interest to the world of research, practice, community and youth policy.