For next class:

Homework: Nationalist groups of Quebec (purple)
Read. Highlight. Answer the questions.

Chronology of Quebec Nationalism, here.

History Minute: Nellie McClung & Women's right to vote

Nellie McClung and the Female Vote (1 minute)


Jenny Trout: First woman to practice medicine in Canada (1 minute)


Women's History: A People's History (8 mins)


All the Heritage Minutes at this link.

Quiet Revolution & Patriation...

There are many good link on this website: "Canada: A Country by Consent." 

Some of you are still concerned about the Quiet Revolution. Read this short page OR watch the three-minute video at the bottom, which might further help in your comprehension.

Here's a summary that also might help:

The Quiet revolution was a period of intense social change, of modernisation of Quebec and of a profound redefinition of the role of Quebec and French Canadians within Confederation. The background to the Quiet Revolution years was the Duplessis regime which had been characterised by isolation, social conservatism and generally negative autonomist stands. The energies and hopes unleashed during the Quiet Revolution years shook the very foundations of Canada and are still being felt today. The slogan which best represents the Lesage years was "Maîtres chez nous" [Masters in our own house]. The underlying belief in Quebec, during this period, was that French Canadians should not be content to play a second class role in socio-politico-economic matters and that the key to a full, ‘normal’ development of the community rested in the utilisation of the only tool which collectively French Canadians controlled: the state of Quebec, and thus in the rejection of the anti-statism of the past. So, the government of Jean Lesage became the symbol and the tool of a whole people on the road to self-assertion.

The government embarked on a series of reforms that altered substantially conditions in Quebec: creation of a provincial hospitalisation scheme (1961), creation of departments of Cultural Affairs and of Federal-provincial relations (both firsts in Canada ), nationalisation of all private hydro electric facilities in Quebec (1963) and their incorporation into the existing network of Hydro-Quebec, wholesale reforms in the field of education (the Parent Report and Bill 60) and creation of a Department of education (1964), creation of the Société Générale de Financement- SGF (1962), creation of the Quebec Pension Plan (1965), and of the Caisse de Dépot et de Placement (1965), creation of the Société Québécoise d'Exploration Minière- SOQUEM, electoral and social reforms, in particular by the introduction of a provincial family allowance scheme (though only implemented in 1967), etc.. For a while, there seemed no limits to the reforms that the government would bring about.

http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/readings/lesage.htm

Patriation of the B.N.A. Act in 1982...

Countervailing powers in Contemporary Canada: Essay, Notes and Homework

Tutorials after school Tues (28) and Thurs (30).

- The essay about the relationship between the Catholic Church and the government of Quebec is DUE by Wednesday, May 29, depending on which group you are in...
- homework: see below (textbook readings & various interest groups in Quebec society)

Examine the relationship between labour unions, women, linguistic groups and environmental groups with the government of Quebec:

A. Read the pages that correspond to the following interest groups in Canadian society; with your partners, discuss the questions provided in class:
-labour unions, pp. 147-148
-women, p. 149-150; 157-158
-linguistic groups, p. 158-159 + booklet
-environmental groups, p. 165-166

Use these to guide your reading:
What were the demands made by each group? Why?
What methods did each group use to press for their demands?
Did these groups have an influence on the official power? Have they influenced laws? policies?
What gains did they achieve?
How does the media play a role in the gains made by these groups - especially more recently?
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Class notes:

Upcoming: Tuesday & Wednesday, May 21 & 22

Red (01) and Orange (06):
- Got it! Forgot it! 5 questions
- review responsible government & correct pink homework sheet comparing government systems before and after 1848
- begin power relations during the contemporary period
- two handouts:
1. reading about various groups and their relationship with official power, questions
2. essay based on docs-relationship between the church and the state, 1760-2010

Blue (02):
- Got it! Forgot it! 5 review questions about facts from P&S
- correct homework about power relations during Canadian period (purple question sheet)
- check in about that essay (Church & state relations) (due Fri, May 24)
- continue power relations in Canadian period (finish Aboriginal)...

Purple (08): SEC 5:
- we have a trip to the arena tomorrow morning
- I will check homework before going... 

Blue, Purple, Red groups: Tuesday, 14 May; Orange, Wednesday, 15 May
Quiz: Short answer
Official power and opposition groups during the British period
Study your notes, handouts, textbook (pp. 123-133)

Topics:
-structure of government (RP, QA, CA)
-changes/continuity after the arrival of the British
-impact of the Loyalists
-opposing groups in Lower Canada leading up to the rebellion of 1837
-characteristics, goals of these groups
-growth of tensions in Lower Canada (social, political, economic problems, 1820's-1830's)
-Durham's recommendations..

Class:
Time period after the Act of Union, 1840
-notes (2 slides)
-handout
-textbook, p. 134-138

Thurs:
Start Official Power during the Contemporary Canadian period, 1867-present...

Official Power, British rule...

Blue group (02): Tuesday, 7 May-Thursday, 9 May:

British era, pt 2: Constitutional Act notes

Rebellion era in Lower Canada
Problems caused by the system of government
Two opposing groups
Demands of the two groups
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All classes:
Two readings:
Textbook, pp. 126-133 (read ahead); Booklet: Lower Canada's rebellion (in class)
Handout: answer questions about opposing groups in LC (with a partner)
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Purple, Sec. 5 (08), Red (01) Wednesday, 8 May
correct pink booklet (Brit. period, pt. 1 - continuity & change in power after 1760...)
Constitutional Act (notes)

Friday, 10 May
discuss readings
work on questions in class
finish notes

Purple:
Tuesday, May 14: 6 questions about opposing political groups and the rebellion
Remember to bring to me the booklet on Monday morning!