1. THE MANITOBA SCHOOLS QUESTION

2. Thomas Greenway, Premiere of Manitoba 1888-1900 Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada 1896-1911

3. Demographics of Manitoba, 1870  Equal mix of French-speaking Catholics and English- speaking Protestants.  Because of Manitoba Act, the province had tow publicly funded denominational school system.

4. Demographic Changes Post 1870  Increased English, protestant population  French and Catholics = minority  Greenway creates one public, non-denominational, English school system

5. Educational Reform Legislation  Official languages act (1890) – Made English only official language in MB  An Act Respecting the Department of Education – Replaced existing dual system  An Act Respecting Public Schools – Only English, non-religious schools funded

6. Laurier-Greenway Compromise, 1897  Prime Minister Laurier and Premier Greenway worked together towards a compromise.

7. Manitoba Schools Act, 1897  Single public school system  If enough Catholic students, Catholic teacher could be hired  Teachers don’t provide religious instruction- has to be priest and not all students required to attend  Bilingual- if enough students spoke another language, instruction could be provided in that language.

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9. TIME TO STUDY! Web: Louis Riel: Hero or Traitor?

10. Louis Riel: Hero What? -Fought for his peoples rights -Metis Rights -Self Defence -Made Metis list of rights to be included in Manitoba Act, making the province of Manitoba part of Canada

11. Louis Riel: Traitor Who? -Thomas Scott -Executed -Riel responsible for his death -Violent, unnecessary, over-reaction -Killed him because he was an Orangeman (Irish born Protestant)