The Manitoba Schools Question September 26 2011. Lecture Outline 1. What is the Manitoba Schools Question? 2. Manitoba before and at Confederation 3.

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The Manitoba Schools Question September

Lecture Outline 1. What is the Manitoba Schools Question? 2. Manitoba before and at Confederation 3. Thomas Greenway & Provincial Rights 4. Legal challenges 5. Laurier-Greenway Compromise/ 1897 Manitoba Schools Act 6. Impact of the legislation

Manitoba Schools Question Transformation of Manitoba’s school system Not just about education What else was it about?

1867 British North America Act (Confederation)  Section 92 Education a provincial responsibility  Section 93  If any province did not protect denominational schools, the federal government has an obligation to step in to enact protective legislation

Manitoba – Historical Background Red River Settlement,1812  Agriculture, fur trade Education in Red River missionaries: Catholic & Anglican 1870: around 30 schools in Red River Settlement Red River Resistance, 1869

Manitoba Act, 1870 “The Postage Stamp Province”

Manitoba, – Population around 12,000 Aboriginal558 French-speaking Métis 5,757 English-speaking Metis 4,083 ‘whites’1,565 Religious Composition Roman Catholic 6,247 Protestant 5,716

Post 1870s Demographic Change Migration: Ontario to Manitoba  Pro-British  Anti-Catholic Icelandic & Mennonite settlers Was Manitoba still bicultural?

Impact of Demographic Changes Attempts to pass anti-Francophone legislation Open criticism of dual system in press  3 main critiques

Demographic Impact on the School System YearProtestant Schools Protestant Students Catholic Schools Catholic Students ,614271, ,850904,364

Thomas Greenway & Provincial Rights Premier of Manitoba, 1888

Key Pieces of Legislation 1. Official Languages Act (1890) 2. An Act Respecting the Department of Education 3. An Act Respecting Public Schools

In the courts Court of Queen’s Bench Supreme Court of Canada Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC )

1896 Federal Election Education: main election issue Wilfrid Laurier, Liberal Party Charles Tupper, Conservative leader Wilfrid Laurier

Laurier-Greenway Compromise Manitoba School Act, 1897 urban schools with 40 or more RC students, a RC teacher could be hired (10 in rural areas) 3:30 to 4:00 – religious instruction if requested by 10 or more families Teachers could not provide the religious instruction

“Bilingual System” Not officially part of L-G Compromise Added to the Manitoba School Act If 10 or more students spoke a language other than English, instruction could be provided in that language & in English

Reading for Wednesday – Marilyn Barber article on e-reserve Discussion Questions 1. Why were schools seen as the best places for the assimilation of immigrants? What does Barber mean by ‘assimilation through education’? 2. Were all immigrants viewed as equal? Why or why not? 3. How did the three prairie provinces approach the ‘problem’ of immigrants and education? 4. What critiques/concerns do you have about this article?