The article states that some parents do not support what the Parti Quebecois is doing. These parents even said that they would want their children to focus more on becoming fluent in English to be more adequately prepared for the job market in Canada and abroad. I do not see anything wrong with having mandatory intensive English language classes for elementary school children in Quebec when the opposite is done in my home province of Ontario. In Ontario it is mandatory to take French classes, and I see absolutely no problem with this either. In fact, it is a good thing because it is a solid introduction to the other official language that is used in Canada.
Compare and Contrast Xinjiang, Chechnya, and Quebec In all three of these areas they are trying to achieve some sort of independence. These conflicts are alike in that they involve the struggle of one group to become separate and independent from their home country. In Quebec the movement is peaceful and political. Quebec is trying to be free from Canada because of its dominant French culture in the province. Some people are now satisfied with protected language rights within the Canadian confederation while some still want independence for Quebec.
And no subject in this history has been more distorted by myth- or neglect- than the emergence of the public school system during the middle of the nineteenth century in Upper Canada and Ontario. Axelrod’s book “The Promise of Schooling”- is ideal for understanding the origins and purposes of public schooling in nineteenth century Upper Canada in the context of social, political and economic climate at the time. This book is comprehensive, yet brief, inclusive of historiographical debates, yet highly readable. In about 125 pages of text, Axelrod has managed to survey over a century of educational history and succeeded in touching all the main themes , including the drive for free, universal , and compulsory education; the place of teachers and the experience , to some degree , of students; separate schools for Roman Catholics and alternative and segregated education for Blacks and Native students; the continuance of private schooling, usually single sex; education in French; university education; and the first stages of the New Education or progressive education at the turn of the century. In Axelrod’s book we can see how the spread of public schooling in Canada served to extend literacy to all, and thereby to preserve British civilization, to prepare youth for work in an increasingly industrialized economy and after Confederation to help build the new immigrants to Canada, who needed to be Canadianized.
The difficulty with this approach, as it later became clear, was that the problems identified by liberal sociologists set many educators to work in opposition to working class cultural practices. What happened with the liberal view of education is that culture is seen as a cause of inequality rather than as one of the effects. However, an advantage that liberal sociology did had was governmental confidence, as is often the case with quantitative research, and as a result, it enjoyed the freedom to engage in empirical research and had a chance to influence educational reform. The origins of the sociology of education in England grew directly out of the research interests of a number of sociologists who were primarily interested in social mobility, and in particular, with the way that arrangement of inequality persisted in education. Many studies where carried out that concentrated on the relationship between class and educational opportunity.
Quebec is the only province in Canada where the official language is only French. French is the first language of over 80 percent of Quebec’s population, and the Quebecois express this part of their nationalism every day and try to keep it this way. In addition to being the language of everyday life in most regions of Quebec, French is the language of instruction. Under the Charter of the French Language, instruction is to be given in French at the preschool, elementary and secondary levels. However, some students who meet specific requirements of the Charter may receive their schooling in English.
United States and Canada: Differences and Similarities Introduction The United States and Canada are usually compared to each other and generally differences are drawn between the two of them, but there are many similarities as well. Both of them are young countries, historically they formed almost together; both of them have European roots; both of them have the same set of moral values, Britain and France being culturally and historically closely related. Moreover, the two old European cultures gave birth to a new nation: Canada. But despite the many similarities, the two countries are set apart by several social, cultural and political factors, even though, as Kaspar Naegele put it, the contrast is rather one of degree. Social differences
The high schools within the community are comprised of special programs, and highly qualified teachers and staff that make the learning experience beneficial and meaningful throughout each student’s career. Westview Centennial S.S., C.W. Jeffery C.I., Emery C.I., and James Cardinal McGuigan S.S., local high schools in the area, all foster a program called the Advanced Credit Experience (ACE) program, which cannot be found in other schools in Toronto. The ACE program is offered to senior students in the high schools where it provides students with an opportunity to experience university or college environments while still being enrolled in high school. For a semester of their high school year, students take a course at York University or Seneca College, also located within the Jane and Finch region, for free as well as receiving a co-op education.
Treatment of Aboriginals in Canada People outside of Canada perceive Canada as a very multicultural and accepting country. As we look through Canada’s past history between Aboriginal peoples and the government this statement doesn’t seem so true. “First Nations were often stripped of their rights in the past” (Riles02, Indian Act and Canadian Treaties). They had little say in their own lives due to the creation of the Indian Act, suppressing their traditions and trying to assimilate their culture. To try and control their lifestyles the government created residential schools, and forced the First Nations children to attend.
The government’s priorities now are more on health rather than road construction or railway building. Canada also offers free public education in English, French emersion, Punjabi, first nations and many other languages. In our media today we would not come across articles about woman fighting to be equals or as much racism as there was publicized back then. In conclusion, the 1908 newspaper articles showed a reflection of the world we lived back then that is exceptionally different then that of
Canada views itself as “...a nation that values and respects the contributions and individuality of many different cultures,” (Government of Canada. About Canada). In other words, Canada is a multicultural country. Residential schools were a dark spot in Canadian history that had very serious negative impacts on over 150,000 aboriginal students and their families. The philosophy of residential schools contradicted Canada’s vision of being a multicultural country; in fact they were in place to destroy the aboriginal culture by attacking the native religions, languages and customs.