Towards A Francophone Community

Author : Robin S. Gendron
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773560031

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Towards a Francophone Community by Robin S. Gendron Pdf

Using extensive archival research, Gendron rebuts the argument of Quebec nationalists and scholars that the Canadian government's neglect of French Africa forced Quebec to develop its own international identity. Towards a Francophone Community shows that there had been active federal interest in French African affairs since the late 1940s, within the context of developments in NATO and the Cold War, the vagaries of Canada's relations with France, and the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.

Author : Leen D'Haenens
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Canada
ISBN : 9780776604893

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Images of Canadianness by Leen D'Haenens Pdf

Images of Canadianness offers backgrounds and explanations for a series of relevant--if relatively new--features of Canada, from political, cultural, and economic angles. Each of its four sections contains articles written by Canadian and European experts that offer original perspectives on a variety of issues: voting patterns in English-speaking Canada and Quebec; the vitality of French-language communities outside Quebec; the Belgian and Dutch immigration waves to Canada and the resulting Dutch-language immigrant press; major transitions taking place in Nunavut; the media as a tool for self-government for Canada's First Peoples; attempts by Canadian Indians to negotiate their position in society; the Canada-US relationship; Canada's trade with the EU; and Canada's cultural policy in the light of the information highway.

Author : Robert A. Stebbins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015032235106

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The Franco-Calgarians by Robert A. Stebbins Pdf

"Many of North America's francophones live and work in large anglophone cities, immersed in overwhelmingly English-speaking environments, yet they manage to keep their language and culture alive. In this study Robert A. Stebbins finds that francophone culture in Calgary flourishes primarily through leisure activities." "Stebbins was a participant and an observer in Calgary's French community between 1987 and 1992. In 1992 he conducted unstructured interviews in French with eighty-five adult respondents, focusing on their patterns of everyday personal and collective life. His book reveals that in large cities such as Calgary, francophone populations form communities through social and cultural organization rather than geographical association. In these circumstances, family, household, school, and leisure activities are key to maintaining French language and culture and promoting individual and community development." "This is the first ethnographic study of the francophone community of a major anglophone urban centre in Canada. Stebbins presents an objective but sympathetic analysis in a fluid and engaging style. His work provides a prototype for the analysis of francophone communities in anglophone cities."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Peter H. Russell
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781487514488

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Canada's Odyssey by Peter H. Russell Pdf

150 years after Confederation, Canada is known around the world for its social diversity and its commitment to principles of multiculturalism. But the road to contemporary Canada is a winding one, a story of division and conflict as well as union and accommodation. In Canada’s Odyssey, renowned scholar Peter H. Russell provides an expansive, accessible account of Canadian history from the pre-Confederation period to the present day. By focusing on what he calls the "three pillars" of English Canada, French Canada, and Aboriginal Canada, Russell advances an important view of our country as one founded on and informed by "incomplete conquests". It is the very incompleteness of these conquests that have made Canada what it is today, not just a multicultural society but a multinational one. Featuring the scope and vivid characterizations of an epic novel, Canada’s Odyssey is a magisterial work by an astute observer of Canadian politics and history, a perfect book to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Confederation.

Author : Angéline Martel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : French language
ISBN : OCLC:1380695211

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Rights, Schools and Communities in Minority Contexts: 1986-2002 by Angéline Martel Pdf

"Language planning, that is, the creation of a more equitable situation as regards the status and use of two or more languages, is based in Canada on the provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, proclaimed in 1982. Section 23 of the Charter spells out the minority language educational rights. Canadian citizens whose mother tongue is English or French and who reside in a linguistic minority community are entitled, thanks to the Charter, to have their children educated in the language of the minority. This study focuses on the specific school situation of minority Francophone communities. It describes the state of affairs that needs to be corrected, setting out objectives with regard to the target school population and proposing measures to attain these objectives"--Introduction, page 12.

Author : Michael O'Keefe,Canada. Canadian Heritage
Publisher : Patrimoine canadien
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Canadians, French speaking
ISBN : MINN:31951D019583301

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Francophone Minorities by Michael O'Keefe,Canada. Canadian Heritage Pdf

This document explores the concepts of assimilation and community vitality in Francophone communities outside Quebec. The 1st chapter focusses on the theory and concepts of community vitality in Canada and internationally, while the 2nd gives a broad description of the policy context at the federal level. The 3rd chapter explores the use of the concepts of assimilation and vitality within the public debate in Canada. The 4th chapter focusses on the demographic data regarding the present health of the Francophone communities outside Quebec. The 5th chapter deals with issues of youth, education and economic attainment of Francophones from the point of view of the importance and consequences of access to education in one's first language.

Author : Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Canadians, French-speaking Ontario
ISBN : 2980275875

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Francophone Community Profile of Ontario by Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada Pdf

Author : Michael D. Behiels
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 0773526307

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Canada's Francophone Minority Communities by Michael D. Behiels Pdf

By the late 1950s francophone and Acadian minority communities outside Quebec were in rapid decline. Demographic, economic, socio-cultural, institutional, and political factors that had sustained both the concept and the reality of French Canada for well over a century were being eliminated or transformed. Canada's Francophone Minority Communities shows how French-speaking minorities won the right to full and unfettered school governance with the backing of the Charter, the Supreme Court, and the Canadian government.Convinced that education was one of the essential keys to the renewal and growth of their communities, francophone organizations and leaders lobbied for constitutional entrenchment of official bilingualism and a mandated Charter right to education in their own language, including the right to governance over their own schools and school boards - a significant Canadian innovation. From those efforts a new, vigorous francophone pan-Canadian national community emerged, one capable of ensuring the survival of its constituents communities well into the twenty-first century.

Author : Michel Desjardins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : French-Canadians
ISBN : OCLC:1059223173

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Vitality Indicators for Official Language Minority Communities 3 by Michel Desjardins Pdf

Presentation. Introduction -- 1. Objectives -- 2. Approach and methodology -- 3. Findings and conclusions -- The British Columbia Francophone Community. Introduction -- 1. Methodology -- 2. Profile of the British Columbia Francophonie -- 2.1. Population -- 2.2. Organizational capacity -- 3. Best practices -- 3.1. Development model -- 3.2. Immigration and migration -- 3.3. Francophone-Francophile collaboration -- 3.4. Partnerships -- 3.5. Francophone culture and gatherings -- 4. Logic models and vitality indicators -- 4.1. Community governance -- 4.2. Immigration and migration -- 4.3. Participation -- 4.4. Community belonging -- Conclusion -- Appendices. Appendix A. Bibliography and documents consulted -- Appendix B. List of task force members -- List of diagrams. Logic model: Community governance sector -- Logic model: Immigration and migration sector -- Logic model: Community participation sector -- Logic model: Community belonging sector -- List of table. Table 1. Partial template of an action plan -- Table 2. Indicators and data sources, Community governance sector -- Table 3. Indicators and data sources, Immigration and migration sector -- Table 4. Indicators and data sources, Community participation sector -- Table 5. Indicators and data sources, Community belonging sector.

Author : Pierre A. Coulombe
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UOM:39015040693932

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Language Rights in French Canada by Pierre A. Coulombe Pdf

Are far-reaching language rights defensible in a liberal society? Language Rights in French Canada explores this question in the context of a political culture long hostile to Québec's language laws, and increasingly resistant to official bilingualism across Canada. It argues for the moral validity of collective goals that aim to preserve and promote the French-Canadian identity in and outside Québec. This book makes a compelling case for recognizing strong language rights as a matter of justice. Pierre A. Coulombe addresses crucial issues about the coexistence of language communities in Canada, issues that will surely resonate in multilingual America.

Author : Kathleen Stein-Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-28
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781000549294

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The French in Our Lives by Kathleen Stein-Smith Pdf

The French in Our Lives examines the profound influence of French language, culture, and thought in the world and, specifically, on the US and Americans throughout history. While many books discuss the similarities and differences between the two cultures, this book focuses on the influences – frequently overlooked – of French culture on the US. The insights provided through this examination promote a better appreciation and understanding of the significance of the French language, and of French ideas and values, throughout the world and in the US. Designed to enhance awareness of the significance of the French language and Francophone culture in the US and globally, this book will be of interest to students and instructors across disciplines, from French language and culture to US history and international studies.

Author : Michelle Beauclair
Publisher : New York : Peter Lang
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UOM:39015056848719

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The Francophone World by Michelle Beauclair Pdf

The Francophone World: Cultural Issues and Perspectives introduces readers to French-speaking communities across the globe and offers a perspective on the cultures that have developed in the wake of French exploration and colonization. This book explores the French influence in West Africa, the diversity of cultures within the Caribbean, the Francophone communities of North America, and the plight of North African immigrants living in France. Through these interdisciplinary essays and the discussion questions that follow them, readers can examine such wide-ranging topics as the media in Francophone West Africa, the special status of women writers in Senegal, and the mix of cultures in Martinique and French Guiana. This book also highlights the transition into modernity in Burkina Faso, the theater of Aimé Césaire, literature and culture in Québec, and the French presence in the northeastern United States.

Author : Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada
Publisher : FCFA du Canada
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Acadians
ISBN : 2980275808

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Francophone Community Profile of Manitoba by Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada Pdf

Author : Rodrigue Landry,Réal Allard,Kenneth Deveau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Canada
ISBN : UIUC:30112071977869

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Schooling and Cultural Autonomy by Rodrigue Landry,Réal Allard,Kenneth Deveau Pdf

The results of the students from the 30 school boards are grouped into four regions: New Brunswick, the other Atlantic provinces, Ontario, the Western provinces and the territories.2 The last chapter summarizes the main study findings and examines the ensuing educational and pedagogical consequences. [...] The institutional completeness component is the place where the main action takes place for the members of the community, the institutions and organizations of civil society. [...] Social proximity is the foundation of the model for cultural auton- omy, helping to highlight its central and fundamental role both for the vitality of the language and for the cultural autonomy of the group. [...] These are enculturation (amount of contact with the group's language and culture), personal autonomization (which ensures a person's autonomy as a learner and user of the language), and social conscientization (which encourages the development of a "critical consciousness" of the group's legitimacy and stability and sparks behaviours of involvement and leadership). [...] It rep- resents the group's management of the cultural and social institu- tions that breathe life into the group's language in the public domain (Breton, 1964) and marks the community's ability to establish and manage what Fritz Capra (2002) calls "identity borders." In fact, insti- tutions are the markers of the group's collective identity and have a major role to play in its historical continui.

Author : Canada. Consultative Committee for French-Speaking Minority Communities
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Health services accessibility
ISBN : OCLC:1059241845

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Towards a New Leadership for the Improvement of Health Services in French by Canada. Consultative Committee for French-Speaking Minority Communities Pdf

Introduction -- Mandate of the Consultative Committee for French-Speaking Minority -- Communities (CCFSMC) -- The Committee's 2001 report and subsequent work -- Updating the 2001 strategy -- Background -- The importance of health services in French -- Review of the situation in 2001 -- The 2001 intervention strategy -- Brief overview of the 2001 strategy -- Activities funded under the federal plan -- Overview of the strategy and recommended adjustments -- Priorities and recommendations -- Foundations of the proposed directions -- Recommendations and priorities.