The Politics of Gender, Ethnicity, and Language in Canada
The Politics of Gender, Ethnicity, and Language in Canada

Author: Alan Cairns

Publisher:

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13:

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"Canada, like other industrial nations, is undergoing widespread social change at a faster pace than ever before. Many features of our basic institutions are being transformed and some of the values on which they were based are being weakened or swept away to be replaced by others. As this Royal Commission indicated in its first report, Challenges and Choices, the scope and implications of these changes call "into question basic assumptions, values, and institutions at every level of society, from the shop floor to the cabinet room, to the international economic system," but while many values change, others endure."--

Watching Quebec
Watching Quebec

Author: Ramsay Cook

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 0773529187

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Classic essays analysing the roots and growth of nationalism in Quebec.

Language in Canada
Language in Canada

Author: John Edwards

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1998-07-09

Total Pages: 521

ISBN-13: 0521563283

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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.

Microlog, Canadian Research Index
Microlog, Canadian Research Index

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Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 1322

ISBN-13:

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An indexing, abstracting and document delivery service that covers current Canadian report literature of reference value from government and institutional sources.