Subject
Grade
Concept/Content
interaction of Francophone populations with their environment
Elaboration
- Sample topics:
- French toponyms in B.C.
- the fur trade and political influences
- influence of First Peoples on migratory movements by French Canadians (e.g., North West Company)
- B.C. gold rushes (1858-65)
- role of Francophone populations in the logging industry
- influx of Francophones in the western territories, and the policies encouraging it
- mass exodus to the United States (1840-1930)
- increased immigration from Francophone Africa and Haiti (from 2000 to the present)
- hydroelectric development in Québec
keywords
interaction of Francophone populations with their environment