So They Want Us to Learn French: Promoting and Opposing Bilingualism in English-Speaking Canada

Matthew Hayday

ISBN 10: 0774830042 / ISBN 13: 9780774830041

Published by University of British Columbia Press, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: So They Want Us to Learn French: Promoting and Opposing Bilingualism in English-Speaking Canada
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0774830042
• ISBN 13: 9780774830041
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 692 grams

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Synopsis

Bilingualism has become a defining aspect of the Canadian identity. But why do so few English Canadians actually speak French? So They Want Us to Learn French explores the various ways in which bilingualism was promoted to English-speaking Canadians from the 1960s to the late 1990s. It analyzes the strategies and tactics employed by organizations on both sides of the bilingualism debate. Attentive to the dramatic background of constitutional changes, economic turmoil, demographic shifts, and Quebec separatism, Matthew Hayday's vivid account places the personal experience of Canadians faced with the issue and reality of Canadian bilingualism within a historical, political, and social context.

About the Author

Matthew Hayday is associate professor of Canadian history at the University of Guelph. He is the author of Bilingual Today, United Tomorrow: Official Languages in Education and Canadian Federalism and coeditor of Mobilizations, Protests and Engagements: Canadian Perspectives on Social Movements and Contemporary Quebec: Selected Readings and Commentarie.