SOCWORK 1A06 Lecture Notes - Parental Leave, Canada Pension Plan, Distinct Society

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SOCWORK 1A06
• Professor: Sandra Preston

Document Summary

Bilingualism : majority of french speakers live in quebec, 2. 5 million people who speak french are outside quebec. In atlantic canada, the only officially bilingual province. Bilingualism is mandated at the federal level, but not at the provincial level (only new. Brunswick: more about quebecois speaking english than anglophones speaking french. Lack of information school curriculum, university curriculum, media coverage, culture. Continuous conflict between french and english speaking groups both within and outside quebec. Provincial rights are seen as a way to protect the existence of french speaking minority. Quebec saw these programs as a threat and a way to assimilate. Quebec into canada, to assimilate people into an english speaking culture / way of life) Control of resources and employment by british, english-speaking minority. Issue of catholicism and the power of the catholic church. Improvements in education: people wanted to modernize. Increase in the number of educated, middle class francophone.