| canada's main language: Canada's Official Languages Richard J. Joy, 1992 |
| canada's main language: A National Understanding Canada, 1977 |
| canada's main language: Language Rights in Canada Michel Bastarache, 1987 |
| canada's main language: Language in Canada John Edwards, 1998-07-09 Language in Canada provides an up-to-date account of the linguistic and cultural situation in Canada, primarily from a sociolinguistic perspective. The strong central theme connecting language with group and identity will offer insights into the current linguistic and cultural tension in Canada. The book provides comprehensive accounts of the original 'charter' languages, French and English, as well as the aboriginal and immigrant varieties which now contribute to the overall picture. It explains how they came into contact - and sometimes into conflict - and looks at the many ways in which they weave themselves through and around the Canadian social fabric. The public policy issues, particularly official bilingualism and educational policy and language, are also given extensive coverage. Non-specialists as well as linguists will find in this volume, a companion to Language in Australia, Language in the USA and Language in the British Isles, an indispensable guide and reference to the linguistic heritage of Canada. |
| canada's main language: Langues Officielles Au Canada Stacy Churchill, Canada. Canadian Heritage, 1998 This book's purpose is to present an overview of the accomplishments of the Canadian model of official bilingualism based upon the co-existence of English-speaking & French-speaking Canadians and upon a partnership between federal & provincial governments in serving citizens' needs & interests. It outlines some historical background to these events but concentrates on the recent period & implications for contemporary Canadian life. Chapter 1 describes the context of language change, federalism as a product of demography & geography, the historical origins of the English- & French-speaking populations, the current distribution of official language groups across the country, & the context for policy making. Chapter 2 outlines the objectives pursued by the federal & provincial governments for official languages in Canada & the actions of the federal government to improve the status & use of official languages in federal institutions, to support the development of minority communities & to promote English & French throughout Canadian society. Chapter 3 reviews the major shifts in provincial policies & programs for official language minorities. Chapter 4 is a balance sheet showing the results of 3 decades of sustained effort to the English & French equal status. |
| canada's main language: Langues Officielles Dans L'enseignement Canada. Department of the Secretary of State, 1987* |
| canada's main language: Language and Politics in the United States and Canada Thomas K. Ricento, Barbara Burnaby, 1998-05 Explores parallel and divergent developments in language policy and language rights in the U.S. and Canada, especially the past 4 decades, as a basis for reflection on what can be learned from one country's experience by the other. |
| canada's main language: Canada’s Official Languages Helaina Gaspard, 2019-03-05 Canada’s official languages legislation fundamentally altered the composition and operational considerations of federal institutions. With legislative change, Canada’s public service has achieved the equitable representation of its two official languages groups, provided services to the public in both official languages, and has codified rights for public servants to work in their official language of choice. On paper, the regime is robust. In practice, there is a persistent divergence between policy and practice, as English dominates as the regular language of work in the federal public service. Through an historical institutionalist lens based on extensive archival research and semi-structured interviews, Gaspard shows that the implementation of official languages policy in the federal public service from 1967–2013 could not challenge the predominance of English as the operating language of the federal public service. The analysis of the roles of actors, ideas and institutions that influenced the policy implementation process show that a lack of structural change, inadequate managerial engagement, and a false sense that both official languages are equally ingrained in the public service explain the persistence of English as the dominant language of work. This book is published in English. - La politique sur les langues officielles du Canada a transformé la composition et les considérations opérationnelles des institutions fédérales. Grâce aux modifications législatives, la fonction publique du Canada a réussi à mettre en place une représentation équitable de ses deux groupes de langues officielles, assure la prestation de services au public dans les deux langues officielles, et a procédé à la codification des droits des fonctionnaires de travailler dans la langue officielle de leur choix. En théorie, le régime est robuste. En pratique, il existe un fossé entre politique et pratique, l’anglais s’étant établi comme langue dominante de travail dans la fonction publique fédérale. En adoptant une approche historique à cette question institutionnelle et au moyen de recherches archivistiques et d’entrevues mi-structurées, Gaspard fait valoir que de 1967 à 2013, la mise en oeuvre du programme de langues officielles à la fonction publique fédérale n’a pu influer sur la trajectoire de l’anglais comme langue prépondérante de travail. L’analyse des rôles des intervenants et des institutions qui ont façonné le processus met en lumière le fait que l’absence de changements structurels, l’engagement insuffisant des gestionnaires, de même que la perception erronée que les langues officielles sont toutes deux bien ancrées dans la fonction publique se conjuguent pour expliquer la persistance de l’anglais comme principale langue de travail. Ce livre est publié en anglais. |
| canada's main language: The Soft Power of the Russian Language Arto Mustajoki, Ekaterina Protassova, Maria Yelenevskaya, 2019-06-12 Exploring Russian as a pluricentric language, this book provides a panoramic view of its use within and outside the nation and discusses the connections between language, politics, ideologies, and cultural contacts. Russian is widely used across the former Soviet republics and in the diaspora, but speakers outside Russia deviate from the metropolis in their use of the language and their attitudes towards it. Using country case studies from across the former Soviet Union and beyond, the contributors analyze the unifying role of the Russian language for developing transnational connections and show its value in the knowledge economy. They demonstrate that centrifugal developments of Russian and its pluricentricity are grounded in the language and education policies of their host countries, as well as the goals and functions of cultural institutions, such as schools, media, travel agencies, and others created by émigrés for their co-ethnics. This book also reveals the tensions between Russia’s attempts to homogenize the 'Russian world' and the divergence of regional versions of Russian reflecting cultural hybridity of the diaspora. Interdisciplinary in its approach, this book will prove useful to researchers of Russian and post-Soviet politics, Russian studies, Russian language and culture, linguistics, and immigration studies. Those studying multilingualism and heritage language teaching may also find it interesting. |
| canada's main language: The English Language in Canada Charles Boberg, 2010-08-26 The English Language in Canada examines the current status, history and principal features of Canadian English, focusing on the 'standard' variety heard across the country today. The discussion of the status of Canadian English considers the number and distribution of its speakers, its relation to French and other Canadian languages and to American English, its status as the expressive medium of English Canadian culture and its treatment in previous research. The review of its history concentrates on the historical roots and patterns of English-speaking settlement that established Canadian English and influenced its character in each region of Canada. The analysis of its principal features compares the vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar of Canadian English to standard British and American English. Subsequent chapters examine variation and change in the vocabulary and pronunciation of Canadian English, while a final chapter briefly considers the future of Canadian English. |
| canada's main language: Canada, A Country of Change Graham Broad, Mathew Rankin, 2021-08-02 Canada; A Country of Change (1867 to Present) explores the characters and events that have shaped Canada. Through Confederation, two world wars, Depression, and post-war prosperity, Canada has risen to become the free country we know today. In this book, your students will discover the exciting story that defines our nation. It includes: Historical photographs and artwork; Primary archival documents, including letters and other first-person accounts; Sidebars that extend the main text; Profiles of Canada’s prime ministers; Fun facts that connect history to children’s own experiences; Maps and charts designed for young readers; and Much more. |
| canada's main language: Sorry, I Don't Speak French Graham Fraser, 2007-03-13 As the threat of another Quebec referendum on independence looms, this book becomes important for every Canadian — especially as language remains both a barrier and a bridge in our divided country Canada’s language policy is the only connection between two largely unilingual societies — English-speaking Canada and French-speaking Quebec. The country’s success in staying together depends on making it work. How well is it working? Graham Fraser, an English-speaking Canadian who became bilingual, decided to take a clear-eyed look at the situation. The results are startling — a blend of good news and bad. The Official Languages Act was passed with the support of every party in the House way back in 1969 — yet Canada’s language policy is still a controversial, red-hot topic; jobs, ideals, and ultimately the country are at stake. And the myth that the whole thing was always a plot to get francophones top jobs continues to live. Graham Fraser looks at the intentions, the hopes, the fears, the record, the myths, and the unexpected reality of a country that is still grappling with the language challenge that has shaped its history. He finds a paradox: after letting Quebec lawyers run the country for three decades, Canadians keep hoping the next generation will be bilingual — but forty years after learning that the country faced a language crisis, Canada’s universities still treat French as a foreign language. He describes the impact of language on politics and government (not to mention social life in Montreal and Ottawa) in a hard-hitting book that will be discussed everywhere, including the headlines in both languages. |
| canada's main language: Trilingualism in Family, School, and Community Charlotte Hoffmann, Jehannes Ytsma, 2004 Countries in Africa, America, Asia and Europe provide the sociolinguistic contexts described in this volume. They involve settings where three or more languages are spoken and where speakers are trilingual. With the focus on family, school and the wider community, the book illustrates personal, social, cultural and political factors contributing to the acquisition and maintenance of trilingualism and highlights a rich pattern of trilingual language use. |
| canada's main language: Canadian Language Basics Heather Davis, Lucy Sanford, 2011-07-31 Canadian Language Basics is divided into three volumes. These three books, divided for each of the main teaching seasons, are communicative, thematic teacher's guides that follow the LINC 2/ELSA 2 curriculum guidelines and correlate to the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLBs). They are designedto provide LINC 2/ELSA 2 instructors with a one-stop resource for the lessons and activities that they need in order to teach the LINC curriculum.Each book supplies teachers with one term's worth of weekly lesson plans, daily agendas, grammar references pages, and worksheets. For clear, realistic, and colourful illustrations to accompany the lessons, the books use the Oxford Picture Dictionary, Canadian Edition as a vocabulary reference andvisual jumping-off point. Canadian Language Basics aims to provide a solid foundation of material for LINC/ELSA teachers in a convenient way that helps them easily teach at the appropriate level for the LINC/ELSA curriculum with less required prep time. |
| canada's main language: Comparative Vocabularies of the Indian Tribes of British Columbia W. Fraser Tolmie, George Mercer Dawson, 1884 |
| canada's main language: Bilingual Today, French Tomorrow Jock V. Andrew, 1977 |
| canada's main language: Finding the Language Voices of Future Generations, Adelyn Newman-Ting, 2021-08-26 In this beautifully written story by Adelyn Newman-Ting, we are introduced to Kesugilakw (Kesu) and Bob, who have been friends since they were babies. One day they head out to the forest to play and find themselves in a mysterious place. It is in this place that they meet gwa'wina, a raven, and a wolf named u'ligaan, both of whom can talk and who can understand Kesu and Bob. The animals explain to the two children how the land created Indigenous languages and how both the land and Indigenous languages are at risk. The four of them become fast friends and develop a plan to raise awareness with other children in the community about the risk to the land and languages. They bring all the children together and share information about UNESCO and the Sustainable Development Goals, specifically Goals 4 and 13. Goal 4 seeks to ensure inclusive and equitable high-quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all, and SDG 13 asks us all to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. Adelyn brilliantly weaves in the importance of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. She helps the reader understand the beauty and importance of languages by infusing Kwakwala throughout the story. |
| canada's main language: House of Commons Procedure and Practice Canada. Parliament. House of Commons, Robert Marleau, Camille Montpetit, 2000 This reference book is primarily a procedural work which examines the many forms, customs, and practices which have been developed and established for the House of Commons since Confederation in 1867. It provides a distinctive Canadian perspective in describing procedure in the House up to the end of the first session of the 36th Parliament in Sept. 1999. The material is presented with full commentary on the historical circumstances which have shaped the current approach to parliamentary business. Key Speaker's rulings and statements are also documented and the considerable body of practice, interpretation, and precedents unique to the Canadian House of Commons is amply illustrated. Chapters of the book cover the following: parliamentary institutions; parliaments and ministries; privileges and immunities; the House and its Members; parliamentary procedure; the physical & administrative setting; the Speaker & other presiding officers; the parliamentary cycle; sittings of the House; the daily program; oral & written questions; the process of debate; rules of order & decorum; the curtailment of debate; special debates; the legislative process; delegated legislation; financial procedures; committees of the whole House; committees; private Members' business; public petitions; private bills practice; and the parliamentary record. Includes index. |
| canada's main language: Languages in Conflict Richard J. Joy, 1972-01-01 |
| canada's main language: Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas Stephen A. Wurm, Peter Mühlhäusler, Darrell T. Tryon, 2011-02-11 “An absolutely unique work in linguistics publishing – full of beautiful maps and authoritative accounts of well-known and little-known language encounters. Essential reading (and map-viewing) for students of language contact with a global perspective.” Prof. Dr. Martin Haspelmath, Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie The two text volumes cover a large geographical area, including Australia, New Zealand, Melanesia, South -East Asia (Insular and Continental), Oceania, the Philippines, Taiwan, Korea, Mongolia, Central Asia, the Caucasus Area, Siberia, Arctic Areas, Canada, Northwest Coast and Alaska, United States Area, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The Atlas is a detailed, far-reaching handbook of fundamental importance, dealing with a large number of diverse fields of knowledge, with the reported facts based on sound scholarly research and scientific findings, but presented in a form intelligible to non-specialists and educated lay persons in general. |
| canada's main language: English as a Global Language David Crystal, 2012-03-29 Written in a detailed and fascinating manner, this book is ideal for general readers interested in the English language. |
| canada's main language: Chinese as a Heritage Language Agnes Weiyun He, Yun Xiao, 2008 The authors examine the socio-cultural, cognitive-linguistic, and educational-institutional trajectories along which Chinese as a Heritage Language may be acquired, maintained and developed. It draws upon developmental psychology, functional linguistics, linguistic and cultural anthropology, discourse analysis, orthography analysis, reading research, second language acquisition, and bilingualism. This volume aims to lay a foundation for theories, models, and master scripts to be discussed, debated, and developed, and to stimulate research and enhance teaching both within and beyond Chinese language education.--BOOK JACKET. |
| canada's main language: Truth and Reconciliation in Canadian Schools Pamela Rose Toulouse, 2018-03-15 In this book, author Pamela Rose Toulouse provides current information, personal insights, authentic resources, interactive strategies and lesson plans that support Indigenous and non-Indigenous learners in the classroom. This book is for all teachers that are looking for ways to respectfully infuse residential school history, treaty education, Indigenous contributions, First Nation/Métis/Inuit perspectives and sacred circle teachings into their subjects and courses. The author presents a culturally relevant and holistic approach that facilitates relationship building and promotes ways to engage in reconciliation activities. |
| canada's main language: The Complete Guide to Article Writing Naveed Saleh, 2013-12-17 Master the art of article writing! The world of journalism is changing rapidly, and the modern journalist needs more than a basic knowledge of article writing to navigate it. The Complete Guide to Article Writing provides a compass for freelancers and students of journalism looking to write successfully on a wide variety of topics and for many different markets--both in print and online. From researching and interviewing to writing features, reviews, news articles, opinion pieces, and even blog posts, this one-stop guide will illuminate the intricacies of article writing so you can produce entertaining, informative, and salable articles. • Learn how to write coherently, cohesively, and concisely. • Choose the proper structure for the article you want to write. • Weave narrative and fact seamlessly into your pieces. • Develop your freelance platform with the latest in social media outlets. • Pitch your ideas like a pro. • Develop a professional relationship with editors. • And much more! Modern journalism can be a treacherous terrain, but with The Complete Guide to Article Writing as your companion, you'll not only survive the journey--you'll be able to write pieces that inform, entertain, inspire, delight--and sell! |
| canada's main language: Official Language Policies at the Federal Level in Canada:costs and Benefits in 2006 François Vaillancourt, 2009 |
| canada's main language: The Canada Year Book , 1912 |
| canada's main language: The French Language in Canada John Hewson, 2000 |
| canada's main language: Languages in Canada Brian Harrison, Louise Marmen, Statistics Canada, 1994 Who is speaking what in Canada? This report looks at two aspects of the ever-fascinating topic of language in this country. First, it examines the demographics of language groups and the factors that have an impact on their size and growth. Next it focuses on the language knowledge of Canadians and the use of various languages. |
| canada's main language: A Pennsylvania German Grammar Albert F. Buffington, Preston Albert Barba, 1954 |
| canada's main language: Reflections on Multiliterate Lives Diane Dewhurst Belcher, Ulla Connor, 2001 Reflection on Multiliterate Lives is a collection of personal accounts, in narrative and interview format, of the formative literacy experiences of highly successful second language users, all of who are professional academics. Representing fourteen countries in origin, the contributors, well-known specialists in language teaching as well as a variety of other fields in the social and physical sciences, recount in their own words past and present struggles and successes as learners of language and of much else. |
| canada's main language: The Constitution Act, 1982 Canada, 1996 |
| canada's main language: The Sociolinguistic Situation and the Role of English in Canada Elena da Silva, 2021-12-09 Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,3, RWTH Aachen University, language: English, abstract: English is the leading language of international discourse, mainstream media and is spoken in. It is the official language of 67 countries total, the most known ones being the US, the United Kingdom, Australia and of course Canada. This term paper will discuss the English spoken in Canada, elucidate its role in the country and inform about the sociolinguistic situation. It will also pay attention to some of the other languages that have been and are currently spoken in Canada, with the main in this focus being on French. Since this term paper does not pursue an actual research question, it will summarize the most important historical events and (socio-)linguistic facts and features. The purpose is to give a general overview over the English spoken in Canada and to create a better understanding of Canadians mentality, the relationships between the different provinces and the linguistic differences it has to its neighbor – the US. To do so, this term paper is apportioned into three major points – the origin and history of English in Canada, the most prominent linguistic features as well as the sociolinguistic situation. The first chapter will provide a general overview over the (re-)discovery of Canada by the French and British, illustrate the historical chronology as well as explain why certain provinces have certain official languages. In the second chapter, this term paper takes a look at the most distinctive linguistic features. What are the similarities to American or British English, what distinguishes US-American and British English from Canadian English and what is exclusive to the English spoken in Canada? The third and final chapter is less theoretical. It will tell the reader more about the life in Canada. It designates the languages that have been and are currently spoken in the country and offers some insight into the Educational System as well as the land of media in Canada. |
| canada's main language: Trends in Romance Linguistics and Philology: Romance comparative and historical linguistics Rebecca Posner, John N. Green, 1980 |
| canada's main language: Post-Imperial English Andrew W. Conrad, Alma Rubal-Lopez, 2011-10-13 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches, theoretical and empirical, supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of linguists, language teachers of all interests, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians etc. to the development of the sociology of language. |
| canada's main language: Canada's Official Languages Richard J. Joy, 1992 |
| canada's main language: The Canadian Oxford Dictionary Katherine Barber, 1998 We all use Canadian English every day: when we order a pizza all-dressed, hope to get a seat-sale to go south during March break, or book off work to meet with a CGA to discuss RRSPs. Language embodies our nation''s identity, and The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, in its 1,728 pages,covers all aspects of Canadian life. Never before have Canadians been able to see their language, and themselves, so accurately and comprehensively described in a dictionary. The loggers of the west coast, the wheat farmers of the Prairies, the fishermen of the Atlantic provinces, the trappers ofthe North; Canada''s Aboriginal peoples, its British and French settlers, and the more recent arrivals, whether they came from Ukraine, Italy, South Asia or elsewhere - all have contributed to making Canadian English unique, and the dictionary thus reflects the great sweep of Canadian life. Itcontains over 2,000 distinctly Canadian words and meanings, more than any other Canadian dictionary, covering every region of the country. Whether you call your favorite doughnut a jambuster, a bismark, a Burlington bun, or the more prosaic jelly doughnut may depend on where you live in Canada, butthey will all be found in The Canadian Oxford Dictionary. Of course, this is not just a dictionary of Canadian words: its 130,000 entries combine in one reference book information on English as it is used worldwide and as it is used particularly in Canada. Definitions, worded for ease ofcomprehension, are presented so the meaning most familiar to Canadians appears first and foremost. Each of these entries is exceptionally reliable, the result of thorough research into the language and Oxford''s unparalleled language resources. Five professionally trained lexicographers spent fiveyears examining databases containing over 20 million words of Canadian text from more than 8,000 Canadian sources of an astonishing diversity. Inuit Art Quarterly, The Fiddlehead, Canadian Business, and Equinox; the work of writers such as Jack Hodgins, Sandra Birdsell, David Adams Richards, andPierre Berton; daily and weekly newspapers from across the country; and, of course, the Canadian Tire catalogue - all find a place in the evidence of The Canadian Oxford Dictionary. The lexicographers also examined an additional 20 million words of international English sources. For many Canadiansone of the more puzzling aspects of writing is trying to determine whether to use the American spelling or the British spelling. Should it be colour or color, theater or theatre, programme or program? By examining our extensive Canadian databases, our lexicographers have been able todetermine which, in fact, is the more common spelling: colour, theatre and program. Favoured Canadian pronunciations have also been determined by surveying a nationwide group of respondents. Oxford''s thorough research has also ensured that new words that have recently appeared are well-represented.So if you''re someone who puts on your bicycle shorts and blades over to the gym to do some crunches for your abs followed by work on your lats, pecs and delts, finishing up with a step class, because you''re afraid that being a chocoholic who loves comfort food will affect yourbody mass index and you want to avoid yo-yo dieting, you''ll find all these common words in The Canadian Oxford Dictionary. An added feature of this dictionary is its encyclopedic element. It includes short biographies of over 800 Canadians, ranging from Elvis Stojko, Celine Dion and JeanBeliveau to Nellie McClung, Lester B. Pearson, and Kim Campbell. It also contains entries on 5,000 individuals and mythical figures of international significance, and almost 6,000 place names, more than 1,200 of them Canadian. Indeed, all Canadian towns with a population of 5,000 or more arefeatured, and their entries not only explain the origin of the place name, but also include the population based on the 1996 census. With the publication of The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Oxford University Press adds another work to its highly respected range of dictionaries, and Canadians finallyhave a dictionary that truly reflects their nations. |
| canada's main language: The language situation in Canada with special regard to Quebec Jochen Kosel, 2010-07-09 Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Applied Geography, grade: 2,0, RWTH Aachen University (Anglistik), course: Variety in English, language: English, abstract: Since its colonisation by Europeans the history of Canada has always been affected by the rivalry between two ethnic groups – the British and the French. This rivalry has slowly faded into a dualism which is still prominent in Canada. This dualism can be found in both Canada’s population and culture as well as in the fact that Canada has two official languages, French and English. This bilingualism of Canada will be the subject of this paper. I will not focus on the development of English in Canada in terms of a linguistic analysis though but will analyze the causes for this bilingualism instead. Furthermore I am going to analyze how both the federal government of Canada and the provincial government of Quebec – the only province that has a French speaking majority in the Canadian federation – have dealt with the existence of two major language groups. In a first step I am going to give a general overview over Canada, including its geography, a brief look onto the composition of the Canadian population and the political system of Canada (2.1). The analysis of the political system is important to fully grasp the different levels of competency in Canada which will play a significant role in regard to legislation and jurisdiction of language laws in the Canadian federation and its provinces. Section 2.2 will deal with the history of Canada in relation to language contact. Starting with the early European colonisation (2.2.1) I am then going to analyze the period of British rule in Canada (2.2.2) before I am going to focus onto the time period starting with the foundation of the Dominion of Canada and Canada’s independence until today (2.2.3). Section 3 concentrates on the Canadian population in detail. While section 3.1 focuses on the Canadian population by ethnic origin, section 3.2 pays attention to the Canadian population by language. In section 4 I will analyze the official bilingualism in Canada, i.e. I will outline policies, constitutional provisions, and laws concerning bilingualism in Canada. Section 5 addresses the exceptional position of Quebec within the Canadian federation, especially with regard to its population and language legislation. In section 6 I will summarize my findings and will give an outlook on future language contact and language conflict in Canada. |
| canada's main language: Halsbury's Laws of England , 1990 |
| canada's main language: Sociology of Education in Canada, Karen Robson, 2012-10-03 Sociology of Education in Canada utilizes a contemporary theoretical focus to analyze how education in Canada is affected by pre-existing and persistent inequalities among members of society. It presents the historical and cultural factors that have shaped our current education system, examines the larger social trends that have contributed to present problems, discusses the various interest groups involved, and analyzes the larger social discourses that influence any discussion of these issues. To achieve this, Karen Robson uses many current, topical, and relatable issues in Canadian education to ensure that readers fully comprehend the information being presented and leave with an appreciation of how the sociology of education is inextricably linked to issues of stratification. |
| canada's main language: Atavisms Raymond Bock, 2015 Atavisms is an original and unsettling portrait of Quebec, from the hinterland to the metropolis, from colonial times to the present, and beyond. These thirteen stories, though not linked in the traditional sense, abound in common threads. Like family traits passed down through the generations, the attitudes and actions of a rich cast of characters reverberate, quietly but deeply, over generations. Here is a group portrait of the individual lives that together shape a collective history. Atavaisms has been shortlisted for the 2014 Jan Michalski Prize for Literature. |
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Telling Canada’s story in numbers René Houle and Jean-Pierre Corbeil Statistics Canada Ottawa. Wednesday February 1. 2017 Language projections for Canada. 2011 to ... Mother tongue …
Revisiting the Three-Language Formula (TLF) in India
education as the first language is mandatory in primary education. •However, legislative bills of Tamil (2006), Kannada (2015) and Malayalam (2017) mandate regional language education as …
Plain Language Labeling for Natural Health Products – the …
Plain language labeling (PLL) is a Health Canada initiative aimed at supporting consumers in making informed choices about self-care products through clearer and more concise labels. …
CANADA BRITISH COLUMBIA AGREEMENT ON MINORITY …
1 CANADA–BRITISH COLUMBIA AGREEMENT ON MINORITY-LANGUAGE EDUCATION AND SECOND OFFICIAL-LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION 2020–21 TO 2022–23 THIS AGREEMENT …
Canadian Multiculturalism - Parliament of Canada
Their proportion of Canada ’s total population is increasing. Statistics Canada’s 2016 Census revealed that just over 2.1 million people reported having some Indigenous ancestry, …
DOCUMENT RESUME RD 096 820 FL 006 105 Lambert, …
ferences between Canada's two main ethnic groups, the French-and English-Canadians (Lambert, 1970). Here the research involved between-group comparisons of attitudes, various …
Official Languages: Looking Toward the Future - GCcollab
2.3 Provide in-house language training taking the needs of members of designated groups into account. 2.4 Actively promote official languages learning with innovative tools adapted to …
Canada’s Aging Population - publications.gc.ca
One of the main causes of the aging of the Canadian population is the change in fertility rates since 1945. The fertility rate was three children or more per woman ... counterparts, were …
Annual Report on Official Languages 2021-2022
our Government’s unwavering commitment to Canada’s two official languages and the development of official language minority communities. In 2021-2022, the Government of …
Best Practices Digest - canada.ca
The main objective of this tool is to provide examples of best practices that help foster the full recognition and use of both English and French in ... Canada’s official language duality and to …
LANGUAGE POLICYAND EDUCATION IN CANADA - Springer
The main outcome of the Royal Commission’s Report was the Official Languages Act of 1969, making English and French Canada’s official languages. In addition to declaring that English …
Transitioning into the Canadian Workplace: Challenges of
Canada’s labour force, with a contribution of approximately 71% between 1991 and 1996 (Statistics Canada, 2008). However, upon arrival, immigrant workers may experience one or …
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: LANGUAGE RIGHTS CHART
LANGUAGE RIGHTS CHART Use this worksheet to support Activity 1: Historical Language Relations, on page 6 of Historica Canada’s Official Languages Act Education ... (OCOL) is the …
LANGUAGE-IN-EDUCATION POLICIES AND
language speakers are being created is beginning to outpace the rate at which speakers are ... a main focus on children’s rights to learn in a language they already understand, which is the ...
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The Budget that Changed Canada: Essays on the 25th …
CHAPTER 1: The Path to Fiscal Crisis: Canada’s Federal Government, 1970 to 1995 by Livio Di Matteo / 5 CHAPTER 2: Spending Reductions and Reform: Bases for the Success of the 1995 …
Lesson: Building Respect for Indigenous Languages
enous language(s) as recommended by the Elders and Van Camp. Students will dis-cuss language revitalization and explore diverse ways that language conveys meaning. Then they …
Region of Waterloo Census Bulletin 2016 - Language
The term ‘mother tongue’ is used to refer to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood at the time of the Census. 2016 . Rank Language; Population % of ; Total Per …
Annual Report on 2022-2023 - canada.ca
Languages Act. This overhaul of Canada’s language regime began in 2019 with the publication of English and French: Towards a Substantive Equality of Official Languages in Canada, which …
LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION FOR NEWCOMERS TO CANADA …
Main Location: Leaside Park Dr. Unit 7, Toronto, ON. M4H 1R1. Additional Service Locations: 18 Thorncliffe Park Dr. Toronto, ON M4H 1N7. 416-467-0126 EXT. 1224. Sadia Zafar, Manager …
CANADIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
whose first language learned and still understood is that of the English or French linguistic minority population of the province in which they reside, or (b) who have received their primary …
A practical guide for Ontario educators Grades 1 to 8
Introduction This document replaces The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1 – 8: English As a Second Language and English Literacy Development– A Resource Guide, 2001. Each school day, two …
Heritage Languages in Canada Naomi Nagy, University of …
an official language) at home. In each case, the number for home-language use is lower than the number of people who report that their mother tongue is not an official language, reflecting a …
GCSE (9 1) English Language A Non Transactional - Pearson …
4 S52496A SECTION A: READING Read the following passages carefully and then answer Section A in the Question Paper. Text one: Ice Swimming in Tromsø In the passage, the writer …
Type 2 diabetes mellitus in Canada’s First Nations: status of an ...
betes has been found to vary according to language group, culture area, geographic location and degree of isolation, both nationally21 and regionally.22 Of the main language groups in …
Official Language Policies at the Federal Level in Canada: …
ism in the government of Canada’s official languages policies in 2006/07. The paper is divided into three main parts: the first presents the legal framework under which the federal government …
The Potential of Canada’s - clef.uwaterloo.ca
A key objective of Canada’s International Education Strategy (2014) is to leverage Canada’s postsecondary institutions to attract and retain the world’s “ best and brightest ” students to …
Indigenous languages in Canada, 2021 - Statistics Canada
In 2021, 237,420 Indigenous people reported speaking an Indigenous language well enough to conduct a conversation, down 4.3% from 2016. A diversity of Indigenous languages spoken …
Immigrant languages in Canada - publications.gc.ca
The other major language families whose numbers range between 100,000 and 400,000 are Austro-Asiatic languages, Dravidian languages, Korean and Greek. Tamil is the main …
Language planning and education of adult immigrants in …
one of Canada’s officiallanguages was still the most serious problem faced by refugees and other economic immigrants 4 years after landing’ (Xue, 2007, as quoted by Derwing and Waugh, …
A Made-in-Canada Second Language Framework for K-12 …
Canada’s official languages. To this end, we first present how a language framework is necessary for curriculum development, and review Vandergrift’s (2006) and CMEC’s ... curriculum for …
Canada's Official Languages Programs 2023 Annual Survey …
Canada’s market share in top 20 source countries in 2023 Source: BONARD, 2023 Note: Figures represent the percentage of 2022 student week volume in Canada as compared to global …
Community Placemaking in Maritime Sign Language - JSTOR
Maritime Sign Language (MSL) is a Canadian, minority sign lan-guage that originally stems from British Sign Language (BSL). Cur-rently used by elderly Deaf people in New Brunswick, Nova …
Air Canada s 2024 Accessibility Progress Report
Air Canada’s Accessibility Advisory Committee was created in December 2023 to provide input and guide our path and vision toward greater accessibility. It currently includes four people who …
Language, Culture and Identity - Pierre Elliott Trudeau …
language in society; how linguistic changes occur; how people’s language shapes their culture and identity and how, in turn, the latter shape languages. For anthropologists and other social …
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES IN THE FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE
official language of their choice. In addition, the OLA stipulates the right of employees of federal institutions to work in the official language of their choice. This right applies only in regions …
Cyber threats to Canada's democratic process - 2025 update
2025 Update | Cyber Threats to Canada’s Democratic Process Table of contents 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS About us 2 Executive summary 3 Key findings and global trends 3 About this …
“Criminalization Causes the Stigma : Perspectives From
Results: Two main themes and corresponding sub-themes are presented: (1) The experience of stigma as a consequence of criminalization; (2) The perceived benefits of drug law reform. …
Indigenous languages and the racial hierarchisation of …
Keywords: indigenous language; linguistic assimilation; national language policies; neoliberalism; racial hierarchies Introduction In Canada, language policy is perhaps best understood in its …
