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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...

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...

Holidays are a key to helping us understand the transformation of national, regional, community and ethnic identities. In Celebrating Canada, Matthew Hayday and Raymond Blake situate Canada in an international context as they examine the history and evolution of our national and provincial holidays and annual celebrations.

The contributors to this volume examine such holidays as Dominion Day, Victoria Day, Quebec's F?te Nationale and Canadian Thanksgiving, among many others. They also examine how Canadians celebrate the...