A Meeting of the People

A Meeting of the People: School Boards and Protestant Communities in Quebec, 1801-1998 is a non-fiction book by Mary A. Poutanen and Roderick MacLeod. It was published by McGill-Queen's University Press in 2004. It chronicles the history of the education of Protestant Christians in Quebec. Additionally, it covers English medium schooling in the province.[1]

Background

Prior to 1998, public schools in Quebec were divided among religious lines, with Catholics having their school districts and Protestants having their own.[1] J. Donald Wilson of the University of British Columbia wrote that in the 1800s, "religion was more important than the language of instruction in public education."[2] Wilson added that this Protestant school system shifted into becoming "an inclusive, mainly English-language institution that increasingly resembled public schooling across North America."[3] In 1998 the schools were reorganized into language-based systems.[4]

Content

A portion of the book discusses the education of Jewish students, who generally attended Protestant schools. Other portions discuss the education of aboriginal Canadians in the province.[1]

Reception

Wilson wrote that "This book is an important contribution to" its subject area, and that the book "is remarkably error-free".[4]

References

  • Curtis, Bruce (2007). "A Meeting of the People: School Boards and Protestant Communities in Quebec, 1801-1998 (review)". University of Toronto quarterly. 76 (1): 437–438. doi:10.1353/utq.2007.0047 – via Project MUSE.
  • Wilson, J. Donald (October 2005). "A Meeting of the People: School Boards and Protestant Communities in Quebec, 1801-1998". Historical studies in education. 17 (2): 372.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Curtis, p. 437.
  2. ^ Wilson, p. 374.
  3. ^ Wilson, p. 373.
  4. ^ a b Wilson, p. 376.

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