Table of Contents:
- Vocabulary: Anglophone, Francophone, official language community, official language minority, publicly funded, BNA Act, Francophone-Anglophone Alliance, minority (all pages)
- Explain the challenge faced by Francophone and Anglophone groups in maintaining their culture and identity. (pg. 146-147; Hint: use info on: schools, “Acts”, bilingualism, BNA Act, public funding, etc.)
- Create a timeline of Francophone language rights. Begin with the year 1608 and end with 2005. (pg. 145-150)
- Explain what Charter Rights of Official Language Groups are. (pg. 145)
- Describe the life of a person who lives as a Francophone minority and describe the life of a person who lives as an Anglophone minority. (pg. 143-144, 149)
- Explain Francophone education rights in Alberta (pgs. 148)
- Describe Quebec’s Francophone identity and explain how collective rights affect quality of life for all Canadians. (pg. 150)
- Challenges faced by Francophone peoples in maintaining their culture and identity and being recognized as a collective group under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms? (pg. 149)
- What are collective rights? Why are Official Language Groups recognized as having collective rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms? How does having these rights affect their quality of life? (pg. 122)