Looking Back at the Role of Minorities in the Quiet Revolution

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Author/collaborator
Title
Looking Back at the Role of Minorities in the Quiet Revolution
Abstract
Prior to the Quiet Revolution of the 1960s, Quebec's ethnic minorities, for historical reasons, largely lived in social isolation from Francophones, and used English as their primary language. To a large extent, this made them observers rather than participants in the Quiet Revolution. The author argues that because of this they did not fully understand the Quiet Revolution and were not psychologically prepared for the language legislation of the 1970s, which radically altered their situation. He points out that although many (like himself) left Quebec, most stayed and have adapted reasonably well to the more integrated Quebec of the twenty-first century.
Publication
Canadian Issues/Thèmes canadiens
Pages
64-66
Date
Fall 2011
Language
en
Citation
Stevenson, Garth. “Looking Back at the Role of Minorities in the Quiet Revolution.” Canadian Issues/Thèmes canadiens (Fall 2011): 64–66.
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