Quebec Nordiques

away at the same time. Quebec is already unique as it is for the french they speak is different and more of a variant to that of the French spoken in France. As well it makes the comparison of how to most people that speak French value it just as much as breathing itself. One could also discover that within the source if they were in at anyways deny the right to speak or even use the French language altogether there would be outbreaks of protests and possible Violence, as Quebec has done a…

The Algonquin Indian tribe is a known worldwide group with thousands of individuals belonging to the tribe. They are spread out in many places: Northern Michigan, Southern Quebec, Eastern Ottawa and significant places in North America. Tribes were located on each side of the Ottawa River. They are known by other nations that relate: culture, language (Algic) and customs. The tribe managed to have many meanings, one being “they are relatives” (Tanakiwin.com) however, others believe Algonquin…

In “The Conquered and the Conqueror: The Mutual Adaptation of the Canadiens and the British in Quebec, 1759-1775”, Donald Fyson gives the reader a view into the political and legal state Canadiens (people from Quebec) were placed in after the conquest of the British. There is almost an idea that these two separate colonies would come together and form a single “distinct society” in Quebec. Although, this is not necessarily the case since much was needed to be done before a society could be…

Chapter 6 Vocab: 1. Samuel de Champlain - French explorer who established Quebec on the St. Lawrence River area and became known as the "Father of New France" 2. Huguenots - French Protestants who received limited toleration from the Edict of Nantes 3. coureurs de bois - French beaver hunters and fur traders who were often of mixed Amerindian heritage 4. voyageurs - French-Canadian fur traders and beaver hunters who often recruited Indians 5. Albany Congress - Inter-colonial congress called in…

sprung up in Quebec, calling for an independent province. In October 1970, a Quebec minister and a British diplomat were abducted. In 1960 Quebec wanted to decolonize. Socialist groups started to pop up in Quebec. There were many groups that really wanted to achieve independence for the province without using terrorism or socialism. This lead to the creation of the Parti Quebecois. A national liberation movement was formed in 1963. It was called Le Front de Liberation du Quebec, also known…

European settlers claimed native land in Canada since the beginning of the eighteenth-century. However, in the mid-seventeenth century, the King George's Royal Proclamation of 1763 formed the Native land rights in Canada. The land non-granted to the Hudson's Bay Company or unoccupied by settlers became reserved for the indigenous people, according to the King's Proclamation. This unilateral declaration meant that settlers ask the king's permission to acquire native land. The goal was to protect…

televised statement justifying the Prime Minister’s decision to declare the War Measures Act during the October Crisis of 1970. The October Crisis of 1970 was a civil war between the Canadian government and a separatist group, Le Front de Libération du Québec, otherwise known as the FLQ. The crisis consisted of a series of events sparked…

The Authors in this article are trying to say that in the current world, especially in Europe there is a widespread perception that multiculturalism has failed, and Canada has not been immune to these rising global anxieties. Many people have argued that self righteous satisfaction is blinding Canadians to growing evidence of failures and stresses in ethnic relations in the country. This article reviews the Global backlash against multiculturalism against multiculturalism and why some people see…

If one was to look at Ontario as a region we find a great variation in ecosystems. We may divide the province into four regions, the Hudson Bay Lowlands in the northern reaches of the province, the Boreal Forest, the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Forest and Deciduous forest (Government of Ontario). 26 million hectares, covering one of the largest expanses of wetland in the world, the Hudson Bay Lowlands is characterized by bogs, fens, few slow growing forest and tundra, of this two-thirds of this…

The Quebec Act is a law recently passed by the British Parliament in an effort to appease the French and incentivize them to ally with Britain, instead of with us increasingly “subversive” American colonists. Article I of the law states, “all the territories [between Ohio and the Mississippi River, and the Great Lakes and Hudson Bay] be, and they are hereby, during his Majesty's Pleasure, annexed to, and made Part and Parcel of, the Province of Quebec” (for present-day reference, this area…