Subject
Grade
Concept/Content
building Francophone identity in Canada
Elaboration
- Sample topics:
- role of the Catholic Church in the establishment of communities
- student demonstrations at Université de Moncton (1968-69) and revitalization of the Acadian identity
- Official Languages Act (1969) and its impacts and evolution
- development of a Québec identity, and the transition from a French-Canadian identity to various provincial Francophone identities in the aftermath of the Quiet Revolution
- creation of visual provincial identities (e.g., Francophone flags in the 1970s)
- influence of the Québec state (e.g., control of the media and education) in promoting a Québec identity at the expense of a French-Canadian one from the Quiet Revolution to the present
- development of a bilingual identity from 2000 to the present
- the Civil Code and how it differs from the legal system in the rest of Canada
- contribution of immigration waves to French-Canadian culture (e.g., traditional dance, music, and cuisine)
- involvement of Francophones in the federal government (e.g., Louis H. La Fontaine, Wilfrid Laurier, Louis St-Laurent, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Jean Chrétien, Jacques Hébert)
keywords
building Francophone identity in Canada