EDEC 247 Final: EDEC 247 POLICY ISSUES Exam Review 2013.doc

• School: McGill University
• Department: Curriculum and Instruction
• Course: EDEC 247
• Professor: Tino Bordonaro

Document Summary

The beginnings of education in qu bec: regime: period set by new policies. Institutionalized education: reflected strength of the roman catholic. Church as an institution and the protestant church which challenged. Created a big educational bureaucracy in quebec. The french arrive in qu bec: permanent settlement led to education. French arrived in canada for the fur trade and religion followed: 1517 protestant education movement and religious wars in europe, quebec was first settlement bc it was ideal location for fur trade and protected trading posts. The religious missionaries followed: louis xvi created a govt in new france composed of a governor (foreign affairs) and intendant (local affairs, incl. edu), no separation of church/state. b) Education in new france (nf: exclusive (for the few), costly, and few girls, attended seminary to become priest, beneficial bc created local priests to serve the locals. Also able to become notaries, doctors and lawyers: run by the catholic church.