SOCA01H3 Chapter 17 : Textbook Notes
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Riot broke out in the streets of st. leonard in a italian populated. Riot now considered a turning point in qu bec history. Resulted in bill 101: ensures the french language to be implemented more strictly in schools, administration, organization etc. French was in demographic decline and francophones were becoming a minority. Influx of italian immigrants resulted in a bilingual option in schools. 90% of children who had no french of english background took this option and 85% moved on to english secondary schools. Public school system was contributing to the anglicization of. In 1968, st. leonard school board eliminated bilingual programs. Led to protests and counter measures italians puling their children out of school and into basement schools . Francophone unilinguists dominated school boards and won a referendum for unilingual school systems: bill 101 made sure that immigrant children were restricted. Schools are important institutions to french schools. Teach students culture that forms a framework for social life.
