Three Approaches to Writing School Programs with Official Language Minorities

QUESCREN Research Brief No. 9, September 2023

By Raphaël Gani

“Comparing the history or social studies programs in Quebec, Ontario, and Alberta reveals three approaches to accommodating official language minorities’ concerns: 1) advisory, 2) dual, and 3) partnership. In response to these approaches, official language minorities have reacted on a continuum from backlash to acceptance of the resulting programs. The more the approach involved partnerships with minorities, the more acceptance was likely.”