LEADER 05554nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910815521403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-86132-8 010 $a9786612861321 010 $a0-7735-7156-6 010 $a0-7735-7128-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773571280 035 $a(CKB)1000000000244850 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000277635 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11225397 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277635 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10240871 035 $a(PQKB)11434824 035 $a(CaPaEBR)400076 035 $a(CaBNvSL)gtp00521205 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3330591 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10132772 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL286132 035 $a(OCoLC)929120814 035 $a(DE-B1597)657775 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773571280 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/2s0qgz 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400076 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3330591 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3242970 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000244850 100 $a20041109d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCanada's Francophone minority communities $econstitutional renewal and the winning of school governance /$fMichael D. Bhiels 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMontreal ;$aIthaca $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (xxx, 438 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-7735-2586-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [383]-405) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tAbbreviations -- $tForeword -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tThe Renaissance of Canada?s Francophone Minority Communities -- $tThe Battle for Constitutional Recognition and Empowerment -- $tThe Struggle for School Governance: Franco-Ontarian Organizations Take the Lead -- $tFranco-Albertans, the Charter, and School Governance -- $tFranco-Manitobans and the Charter?s Section 23 -- $tCompeting Conceptions of Dualism: Confronting the Meech Lake Accord -- $tThe Canada Round: A Clash of Nationalisms -- $tThe Past is Prologue -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aConvinced that education was one of the essential keys to the renewal and growth of their communities, revitalized Francophone organizations and leaders lobbied for constitutional entrenchment of official bilingualism and of a mandated Charter right to education in their own language, including the right to governance over their own schools and school boards. Having achieved their objectives in the 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Francophone provincial and national leaders learned the techniques of micro-constitutional politics to convince the Ontario, Alberta, and Manitoba provincial governments to implement full and unfettered school governance by and for Francophone minority communities. These communities received the backing of Canada's Supreme Court, which gave a collectivist and remedial interpretation to the Charter's official language minority education rights section 23. The Canadian government assisted the Francophone minority in two ways: it made funds available to Francophone organizations and parents via the Court Challenges program and it signed lucrative financial agreements with the provinces to help defray the additional costs of establishing French-language schools and school boards. While the Francophone minority communities were pursuing implementation of their section 23 Charter rights, they found themselves drawn into the mega-constitutional negotiations and ratification procedures surrounding the controversial Meech Lake Constitutional Accord, 1987-90, and the omnibus Charlottetown Consensus Report, 1990-92. During the Quebec/Provincial Round, their Charter rights remained intact when the Meech Lake Accord failed to obtain ratification. During the Canada Round, they managed to obtain recognition of their conception of a pan-Canadian cultural and linguistic duality which helped minimize the constitutional and political impact of the Quebec government's insistence upon a territorial conception of duality, that is, an asymmetrical Canada/Quebec federation. When Canadians rejected the Charlottetown deal, neither conception achieved formal constitutional recognition. Nevertheless, Canada's Francophone minority communities were regenerated by the intertwined developments of constitutional renewal and their winning of school governance. A new, vigorous Francophone pan-Canadian national community emerged, one capable of ensuring the survival of its constituents communities well into the twenty-first century. 606 $aSchool management and organization$xLaw and legislation$zCanada 606 $aFrench-Canadians$xLegal status, laws, etc$zCanada 606 $aFrench-Canadians$xCivil rights 606 $aFrench-Canadians$xEducation$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aSchool management and organization$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aFrench-Canadians$xLegal status, laws, etc. 615 0$aFrench-Canadians$xCivil rights. 615 0$aFrench-Canadians$xEducation$xLaw and legislation. 676 $a323.1141071 700 $aBehiels$b Michael D$g(Michael Derek),$f1946-$01631936 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815521403321 996 $aCanada's Francophone minority communities$93970789 997 $aUNINA