Download or read book The Evolution of Public Opinion on Official Languages in Canada written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sounding out public opinion from time to time is essential for understanding where Canadians standon official languages and for assessing the evolution of their attitudes. For this reason, the Office ofthe Commissioner of Official Languages asked Decima Research to include some additional questionsconcerning official languages in an omnibus survey. Since most of the questions are identical tothose asked in 2003 during a similar exercise, it is possible to identify a number of trends.The results suggest that Canadian policy on official languages is increasingly part of Canada's socialfabric and of what defines us as a country"--Summary, page 2.
Download or read book Modernizing the Official Languages Act written by Canada. Parliament. Senate. Standing Committee on Official Languages and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Official Languages Act turns 50 this year. With the tabling of this third interim report, the Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages is now halfway through its study on the modernization of the Act. After hearing from young Canadians and representatives of official language minority communities, the committee wanted to take a look at how the Act has been implemented from its inception in 1969 to today. The committee therefore invited people who have witnessed its evolution to give testimony or submit a brief. This report presents the views of individuals who are very familiar with how the Act works and have experienced the effects of its implementation on a day-to-day basis. It summarizes the perspectives of former community organization representatives, judges, commissioners and public servants as well as current politicians, researchers and representatives of the province of New Brunswick"--Report highlights, page v.
Download or read book Offical Language Policies at the Federal Level in Canada Costs and Benefits in 2006 written by and published by The Fraser Institute. This book was released on with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A National Understanding written by Canada and published by Bureau du Conseil privé. This book was released on 1977 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Public Opinion Support for Official Languages Policies written by Stacy Churchill and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Public Opinion and Canadian Identity written by Mildred A. Schwartz and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1967.
Download or read book Canada s Official Languages written by Helaina Gaspard and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada’s official languages legislation fundamentally altered the composition and operational considerations of federal institutions. With legislative change, Canada’s public service has achieved the equitable representation of its two official languages groups, provided services to the public in both official languages, and has codified rights for public servants to work in their official language of choice. On paper, the regime is robust. In practice, there is a persistent divergence between policy and practice, as English dominates as the regular language of work in the federal public service. Through an historical institutionalist lens based on extensive archival research and semi-structured interviews, Gaspard shows that the implementation of official languages policy in the federal public service from 1967–2013 could not challenge the predominance of English as the operating language of the federal public service. The analysis of the roles of actors, ideas and institutions that influenced the policy implementation process show that a lack of structural change, inadequate managerial engagement, and a false sense that both official languages are equally ingrained in the public service explain the persistence of English as the dominant language of work. This book is published in English. - La politique sur les langues officielles du Canada a transformé la composition et les considérations opérationnelles des institutions fédérales. Grâce aux modifications législatives, la fonction publique du Canada a réussi à mettre en place une représentation équitable de ses deux groupes de langues officielles, assure la prestation de services au public dans les deux langues officielles, et a procédé à la codification des droits des fonctionnaires de travailler dans la langue officielle de leur choix. En théorie, le régime est robuste. En pratique, il existe un fossé entre politique et pratique, l’anglais s’étant établi comme langue dominante de travail dans la fonction publique fédérale. En adoptant une approche historique à cette question institutionnelle et au moyen de recherches archivistiques et d’entrevues mi-structurées, Gaspard fait valoir que de 1967 à 2013, la mise en oeuvre du programme de langues officielles à la fonction publique fédérale n’a pu influer sur la trajectoire de l’anglais comme langue prépondérante de travail. L’analyse des rôles des intervenants et des institutions qui ont façonné le processus met en lumière le fait que l’absence de changements structurels, l’engagement insuffisant des gestionnaires, de même que la perception erronée que les langues officielles sont toutes deux bien ancrées dans la fonction publique se conjuguent pour expliquer la persistance de l’anglais comme principale langue de travail. Ce livre est publié en anglais.
Download or read book The Practice of Language Rights in Canada written by C. Michael MacMillan and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On what grounds should language rights be accorded in Canada, and to whom? This is the central question that is addressed in C. Michael MacMillan's book The Practice of Language Rights in Canada. The issue of language rights in Canada is one that is highly debated and discussed, partly because the basic underlying principles have been a neglected dimension in the debate. MacMillan examines the normative basis of language rights in Canadian public policy and public opinion. He argues that language rights policy should be founded upon the theoretical literature of human rights. Drawing on the philosophy behind human rights, the arguments for recognizing a right to language are considered, as well as the matter of whether such rights possess the essential features of established rights. Another model that is examined is the idea that rights are a reflection of the established values, attitudes, and practices of society. This analysis reveals that there is a significant gap between what a political theory of language rights would endorse and what garners support in public opinion. MacMillan also scrutinizes the federal and provincial contexts in the development of a language rights framework. From these explorations, a case is developed for a recognition of language rights that is consistent with the logic of human rights and that corresponds roughly with developing Canadian practice. The Practice of Language Rights in Canada is a unique contribution to the current literature not only because it conceives of language rights as a human right but also because it frames the whole debate about language rights in Canada as a question of values and entitlements.
Download or read book So They Want Us to Learn French written by Matthew Hayday and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1960s, bilingualism has become a defining aspect of Canadian identity. And yet, today, relatively few English Canadians speak or choose to speak French. Why has personal bilingualism failed to increase as much as attitudes about bilingualism as a Canadian value? In So They Want Us to Learn French, Matthew Hayday explores the various ways in which bilingualism was promoted to English-speaking Canadians from the 1960s to the late 1990s. He analyzes the strategies and tactics employed by organizations on both sides of the bilingualism debate. Against a dramatic background of constitutional change and controvery, economic turmoil, demographic shifts, and the on-again, off-again possibility of Quebec separatism, English-speaking Canadians had to decide whether they and their children should learn French. Highlighting the personal experiences of proponents and advocates, Hayday provides a vivid narrative of a complex, controversial, and fundamentally Canadian question.
Download or read book Modernizing the Official Languages Act written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Official Languages Act turns 50 this year. With the tabling of this third interim report, the Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages is now halfway through its study on the modernization of the Act. After hearing from young Canadians and representatives of official language minority communities, the committee wanted to take a look at how the Act has been implemented from its inception in 1969 to today. The committee therefore invited people who have witnessed its evolution to give testimony or submit a brief. This report presents the views of individuals who are very familiar with how the Act works and have experienced the effects of its implementation on a day-to-day basis. It summarizes the perspectives of former community organization representatives, judges, commissioners and public servants as well as current politicians, researchers and representatives of the province of New Brunswick'--Report highlights, page v.
Download or read book L volution de l opinion publique au sujet des langues officielles au Canada written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chez les jeunes de 18 à 34 ans, l'appui au bilinguisme canadien s'élève à 80 %. • Certaines nouvelles questions permettent de mieux évaluer les fondements de cet appui à l'égard du bilinguisme et de l'égalité linguistique. [...] Dans toutes les régions, une majorité de répondants sont en faveur du bilinguisme Si on retourne en 2000, les Québécois ont été les plus constants et les plus favorablement enclins dans leurs points de pour leur province. [...] Q.9b - Si les cours de français (d'anglais • Dans les provinces de l'Atlantique, au Québec et en Colombie-Britannique, l'appui dépasse les 50 %. En Ontario, au Québec) étaient subventionnés, l'appui (47 %) est plus près de la situation majoritaire que dans les provinces restantes. [...] Q. 3. Veuillez indiquer si vous êtes fortement en accord, assez en accord, assez en désaccord ou fortement en désaccord avec l'énoncé suivant : Si l'on doit déployer davantage de ressources par élève pour garantir que la qualité de l'enseignement est la même pour les enfants de la minorité francophone [anglophone au Québec] que pour les enfants de la majorité anglophone [francophone au Québec], je.
Download or read book Demolinguistic Trends and the Evolution of Canadian Institutions written by Paule Doucet and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Modernizing the Official Languages Act written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book National Research on Official Languages Opinions a Report Submitted to the Commissioner of Official Languages written by Anthony H. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Participation Des Deux Communaut s de Langue Officielle Au Sein de la Fonction Publique written by Canada. Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Public Opinion and Public Policy in Canada written by Richard Johnston and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
