Compare and contrast continuities and changes for different groups in Francophone Canada (continuity and change). Key questions:
- What factors lead to changes or continuities affecting groups of people differently?
- How do gradual processes and more sudden rates of change affect people living through them? Which method of change has more of an effect on society?
- How are periods of change or continuity perceived by the people living through them? How does this compare to how they are perceived after the fact?
Sample activity: Compare how different groups benefited or suffered as a result of a particular change.
Building Francophone identity in Canada. Sample topics:
- Official Languages Act (1969) and its impacts and evolution
- Development of a Québec identity, and the transition from a French-Canadian identity to various provincial Francophone identities in the aftermath of the Quiet Revolution
- Influence of the Québec state (e.g., control of the media and education) in promoting a Québec identity at the expense of a French-Canadian one from the Quiet Revolution to the present
- Development of a bilingual identity from 2000 to the present
- Involvement of Francophones in the federal government (e.g., Louis H. La Fontaine, Wilfrid Laurier, Louis St-Laurent, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Jean Chrétien, Jacques Hébert)
Local, regional, and national co-operation and conflicts between different groups, including First Peoples. Sample topics:
- Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism (1963-68)
- October Crisis (1970)
- creation of the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada (1975)
- Québec independence referendums (1980 and 1995)
Linguistic rights and discriminatory policies in Canada. Sample topics:
- Official Languages Act (1969)
- Section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982)