October 1992: At the invitation of Richard Carrière, some 20 people representing various practice settings and regions of the province meet at Laurentian University’s School of Social Work to explore the possibility of publishing a French-language journal on social intervention in Ontario. Yves Vaillancourt, a founding member of the Quebec journal Nouvelles pratiques sociales and a professor of social work at the Université du Québec à Montréal, is invited to discuss his experiences and to reflect on the issues surrounding such an initiative.
February 1993: The Comité francophone de l’Association des travailleuses et des travailleurs sociaux professionnels de l’Ontario (ATSPO) funds a survey to assess interest in the creation of the journal. The survey of 734 Francophone practitioners in Ontario has a response rate of 35%. Among respondents, 99% want to read the journal, 90% want to subscribe to it and 44% say they’re ready to submit articles.
November 1993: At a meeting at the University of Ottawa School of Social Work, an implementation committee is formed. Composed of Richard Carrière (Sudbury), Richard Martel (Toronto), Hélène Gagné (Toronto), Michèle Kérisit (Ottawa), Chris Sassa (Toronto), Céline Simard (Sturgeon Falls) and Nérée St-Amand (Ottawa), the committee agrees on favouring a partnership between the university and community sectors. A few weeks later, Madeleine Dubois (Ottawa) joins the committee.
Numerous tasks and decisions have to be made: defining the journal’s mission, identifying the themes of the first issues, choosing the various sections, launching calls for papers, selecting a publisher, finding sources of funding, finding an appropriate title, etc. Financial support from the Ministry of Community and Social Services and the Ministry of Health facilitates the many tasks involved in launching the journal.
Spring 1995: Publication of the first issue of Reflets, la revue ontaroise d’intervention sociale et communautaire.
Spring 2008: To increase its reach, the journal is renamed Reflets, revue d'intervention sociale et communautaire. Reflets continues to pursue its mission to publish articles on social and community intervention in Ontario and to make its pages available to those who, in French minority settings in Canada, are facing similar challenges and working to develop innovative programs to meet them.
de la revue, identifier les thèmes des premiers numéros, choisir les diverses rubriques, lancer des appels de communication, sélectionner une maison d'édition, trouver des sources de financement, trouver un titre approprié, etc. Le soutien financier du ministère des Services sociaux et communautaires et du ministère de la Santé facilite l'exécution des multiples tâches afférentes au lancement de la revue.
Printemps 1995 : Parution du premier numéro de Reflets, revue ontaroise d'intervention sociale et communautaire.
Printemps 2008 : Dans le but d'en accroître le rayonnement, la revue porte désormais le titre de Reflets, revue d'intervention sociale et communautaire. Toujours fidèle à diffuser des articles portant sur l'intervention sociale et communautaire en Ontario, Reflets ouvre ses pages à ceux et à celles qui, dans un contexte canadien où le français est langue minoritaire, font face à des défis semblables et travaillent à développer des programmes innovateurs pour les relever.
