SOCIOL 2GG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Canadian Identity, Bilingual Education, Radical Teacher
Document Summary
French / lower canada (quebec included: schools established by catholic church, advanced education limited to clergy and those training for a profession (was exclusively men, cultural, linguistic and religious identity. British / upper canada (ontario included: schools required tuition, limiting attendance to the wealthy, non-denominational schooling. Non-denominational public schools: publicly funded by taxpayers (was a radical/ new idea, not oriented towards a particular religion. Voluntary schools: required tuition, progressed to boarding schools for the elite. Religious schools: publicly funded protestant and catholic, schools in lower canada. One of the main organizers of school. Drafted organizational system for education in canada. Quest for the canadian identity represented values of upperclass: preserve and promote british culture (not usa culture) Large universities: promote values of the upper class, to insulate canadian students from american culture. Marginalization of french catholics: difficult for french canadians outside quebec to get a bilingual education.
