JETS
The Journal of Eastern Townships Studies (JETS)/ Revue d’études des Cantons-de-l’Est (RECE) is a bilingual, multidisciplinary, refereed journal published biannually. Since its creation in 1992, JETS/RECE has served to disseminate scholarly knowledge on the Eastern Townships region and its inhabitants to scholars and to a general audience interested in Townships issues. Our articles offer multiple perspectives on the past, present and future conditions within this unique area of the world from historical, sociological, environmental and scientific viewpoints.
For more information, please contact our Editor-in chief, Claude Charpentier.
Guidelines for Contributors
The Journal of Eastern Townships Studies is a bilingual, multidisciplinary, referred journal published by the Eastern Townships Resource Centre (ETRC). JETS is indexed in the Canadian Periodical Index, Canadian Index and CBCA. The journal is accessible online in Micromedias’s CBCA Fulltext database and Information Access Company’s Canadian Periodical Index database.
We welcome articles relating to the Eastern Townships in all disciplines. Typescripts in English or French should be between 2000 and 7000 words and conform to the style guides used in the author’s field of study. Articles should be sent by email in a Word document to the Editor-in-chief. Articles and works in progress should be accompanied by an abstract, in both French and English, of approximately 100 words.
Current Issue
JETS/RECE 37 (Fall/Automne 2011)
Edged in beautiful purple, the cover photograph of JETS/RÈCE 37 communicates the thematics of this special issue. In 2009, four research clusters were selected to implement Bishop’s University’s Strategic Research Plan. These interdepartmental research units are named the STellar Astrophysics and Relativity (STAR) cluster, the Multi-scale climate and environmental change (MUSCLE) cluster, the Crossing Borders cluster, and the Psychological Health and Well-being (PHWB) cluster. With a view to conveying the vibrancy of the research culture practised within the University’s premises, we have produced a special issue on this theme. Four leading Bishop’s University researchers each linked to one of the clusters were invited to introduce the cluster in terms of its objectives, broad goals, important areas of research and specialized axes, while articulating its relevance to the community at large. Also featured within the covers of JETS 37 are non-thematic articles, an archival section, and a lively book review that will incite all Townships history buffs to dash up the stairs of the nearest bookstore in search of this informative work on regional history.
- STellar Astrophysics and Relativity at Bishop’s University / Lorne Nelson
- Climatic and environmental change: monitoring, adaptation, action. The new Multi-Scale Climate and Environmental Change (MUSCLE) Research Cluster / Elisabeth Levac
- A pollen calendar for the main allergenic pollen types in the borough of Lennoxville (Sherbrooke), Quebec / Elisabeth Levac
- Crossing Borders: Identity, Difference and Community / Cristian Berco
- Psychological Health and Well-being: A Research Agenda for the Eastern Townships / Fuschia Sirois
- Stress et Maladies Osseuses: développement d’un modèle pour l’étude des impacts du stress sur la santé osseuse dans les populations à risque / Estelle Chamoux
- Un Comté en Héritage ? Les liens familiaux des députés provinciaux des Cantons-de-l’Est de 1829 à nos jours / Jacques Gagnon
- L’architecture résidentielle du Vieux Sherbrooke, 1870-1915 : l’exemple des maisons Morey et Johnston / Silvie Bernier
- Maires, conseillers et autres officiers du canton d’Ascot, de la municipalité du canton d’Ascot et de la municipalité d’Ascot (1841-2001) / Jean-Marie Dubois et Gérard Coté
- Through the Looking Glass : One Hundred Years of Women’s History in the Eastern Townships / Chloë Southam
- G. Laperrière, Les Cantons-de-l’Est / Recensé par Jean-Pierre Kesteman
Previous Issues
JETS/RECE 36 (Spring/Printemps 2011)
JETS/RECE 36 is devoted to showcasing some of the proceedings of the 2010 Acfas. In 2009, the ETRC joined forces with QUESCREN, located at Concordia University, to host a discussion among researchers, policy makers, and community activists about their work on the English-speaking communities of Quebec (ESCQ). The result was a colloquium entitled Quebec’s English-speaking communities: Current issues and future trends, held as part of the 2010 Acfas Congress. It brought together some thirty Francophone and Anglophone presenters: a rare blend of academics, graduate students, community activists, and policy makers. During cross-disciplinary dialogues, members of the ESCQ discussed many of the current issues presently facing both individuals and communities. Among these issues were education, healthcare, identity and language, and the current status and future trends of research on the subject. This special issue of our journal gathers together some of the presenters' research findings.
- Identification des communautés anglophones du Québec : approche populationnelle dans le cadre de l’évaluation des disparités de santé associées à l’infarctus du myocarde. / Catherine Drouin, Josiane Courteau, Maria Gabriela Orzanco, Denis Leroux et Alain Vanasse.
- Availability, Accessibility and Acceptability of English-Language Mental Health Services for the Estrie Region’s English-Speaking Population: Service User and Provider Perspectives. / Claude Charpentier, Dale Stout, Annie Benoit, Edith Poulin and Christopher Philip.
- Les Églises Unie et anglicane au Québec anglophone : enjeux contemporains. / Sarah Wilkins Laflamme
- Towards Developing an “Anglo-Québécois” Information Resource Book for School History Teachers in Quebec: Thoughts from a Qualitative Study. / Paul Zanazanian
- Eastern Townships Community Search Conference. / Donald W. de Guerre, Rachel Garber and Daniel Seguin
- IN THE KNOW: A look at the preliminary results of a study on the relationship between community groups serving the English-speaking, bilingual and ethno-cultural communities of the Quebec and the Government of Quebec. / Sarah Blumel and Frances Ravensbergen
- This issue also contains three reports: Quebec’s English-speaking Communities: Current Issues and Future Trends. Conference Report. / Patrick Donovan and Ali Boumoussa
- The Availability of Health Professionals in Official Language Minority. / Rodger Farley and Rodger Guillemette
- Where do the Anglos Work? A Review of Employment, Training and Educational Trends in the English-speaking Communities of Quebec. / Hugh Maynard
- And it includes an article on archives: Biography through Fiction: The Unpublished Writings of Catherine M. Day. / Laura Perras
JETS / RECE 35 (2010)
A joint publication of JETS/RECE 35 and of the Stanstead Historical Society (SHS) was launched on October 23, 2010 in Stanstead. Focused on Carrollcroft, home to the SHS and the Colby-Curtis Museum in Stanstead, the volume was prepared within the context of the 150th anniversary of the building’s construction. The content of this publication brings together new research material by several authors, using the Carrollcroft building as a focus for exploring complementary aspects of the period, from the viewpoints of social history, architecture, and everyday life. Guest editors: Jean Manore (Bishop’s University) and Peter Southam (Université de Sherbrooke).
- Carrollcroft in context. / D’Arcy Ryan
- Carrollcroft as women’s space: An architectural history. / Annmarie Adams and Silvia Spampinato
- Art, gentility, and family memory: Willbur Reaser’s paintings for Carrollcroft. / Robert G. Colby
- Helen Lovat Colby et Carrollcroft: le don d’un important patrimoine familial à la collectivité. / Monique Nadeau-Saumier
- Un trésor méconnu des Cantons-de-l’Est : les archives de la Société historique de Stanstead. / Karl Bourassa
- Ordinary Stanstead, Extraordinary Lives: Holdings of the ETRC archives on the county and its people. / Raymond Cromwell Frizzell
- J.I. Little, Loyalties in Conflict: A Canadian Borderland in War and Rebellion, 1812-1840 / Reviewed by Desmond Morton
Past Issues
To view a list of the articles published in The Journal of Eastern Townships Studies (JETS)/Revue d’études des Cantons-de-l’Est (RECE) since its creation in 1992, click here.