POLS 1400 : women notes.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1400
• Professor: Nanita Mohan

Document Summary

The french english demographic profile in canada today: according to 2006 census, 18. 1 million canadians" mother tongue was english (57. 8% of population, 6. 9 million french (22. 1%, 6. 3 million other language (20. 1%, quebec population: 5. 9 million francophones, 607 165 anglophones, 911 895 allophones (those with non official language as mother tongue) The riel rebellions: first rebellion: creation of manitoba (1870), second rebellion: western aboriginals had been treated shamefully (1885, result: riel charged with treason, conflict: should he be hung or not, english protestant view: murderer, traitor, madman, french catholic view: patriot, saint, john a macdonald went with majority, riel was hung, outcome: french canada was outraged, bilingualism in manitoba, third conflict (1890) because manitoba was equally french and english, it was suggested that it follow quebec example of two official languages, separate schools, etc, manitoba later attracted many english immigrants, anglophone majority passed official language act; removed official status of french in provincial courts/govnt, removed separate school system.