EDEE 280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Charter Of The French Language, Biculturalism, Distinct Society
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Quebec education program: progression of learning the elementary school student. Locates on maps the territory occupied by quebec society. Indicates events that marked society: language legislation. The territories belong to federal government the provinces share between federal and provincial governments. 8 provinces are english, 1 is french, 1 is bilingual (new brunswick) Canada is also a bilingual jurisdiction (since 1970) started as bilingual, bicultural (now multicultural) Bill 63: an act to promote the french language in qu bec (johnson, union nationale: - promote french language but immigrants can choose if children go in french or english school. Bill 22: the official language act (bourassa, liberals, 1974) Bill 101: you can"t learn your way into an english school, the only way to get it is if your parents were educated in english no way to change that situation. Bill 178: the sign law (bourassa, liberal 1988) signs can only be in french (english can be half the size)