Difference and dominance: Language, ethnicity and education
Introduction: Language, ethnicity and power in Canada
p. 1
Franco-Ontarian education and problems of difference and dominance
p. 8
Minority language education
p. 13
Outline of the book
p. 19
Sources of data
p. 30
The French in Canada: A historical overview
French ethnicity: Stratification, assimilation and mobilization
p. 32
Colonization and la Nouvelle France (1534-1763)
p. 37
Conquest to Confederation (1763-1867)
p. 42
Internal migration (1867-1960)
p. 46
Ethnic stratification and patterns of bilingualism
p. 53
The ethnic mobilization of the 1960s
p. 57
La Revolution tranquille and its aftermath in Quebec
p. 59
The impact of Quebec nationalism on francophones outside Quebec
p. 65
The French-language minority in Ontario
p. 68
Franco-Ontarians in the 1990s
p. 76
Language in the ideology and politics of ethnic mobilization
The contested terrain of language
p. 79
French and English as linguistic capital
p. 94
French and English as ethnic emblems
p. 98
Consequences of mobilization: Blurred boundaries and new hierarchies
p. 103
The school system as border patrol
The school as ethnic institution
p. 106
La gestion: Who sets the rules of the game?
p. 112
Les non parlants and le multiculturalisme: Who is allowed to play?
p. 122
Power and subordination: The limits of current strategies
p. 133
Brokers and boundaries: French-language minority schools in Toronto
The Franco-Ontarian population and the French-language schools of Toronto
p. 136
The schools: Ideology and practice of French-language education
p. 142
The parents: Competing interests in the struggle for bilingualism
p. 150
The students: Language choice and social boundaries
p. 163
Brokers and boundaries
p. 175
Projet "Cooperation et decouverte"
From ethnography to action-research
p. 182
The development of a teaching approach
p. 184
Projet "Cooperation et decouverte" in the classroom
p. 194
The limits of pedagogical interventions
p. 206
Franco-Ontarian education and the possibilities for pluralism
Power, boundaries and the distribution of resources
p. 210
Language practices and the contradictions of Franco-Ontarian education
p. 217
Conclusion
p. 221
Notes
p. 224
References
p. 231
List of Abbreviations
p. 242
Subject Index
p. 245
Author Index
p. 250
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