1. Culture in the Contemporary Period
TUESDAY MARCH 17th, 2015

2. AGENDA Vocabulary Quiz Daily Document
Nationalism in French Canada from 1867 to
Imperialism
Cooperatism

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4. Forms of Nationalism in French Canada 1867 - 1950
Between 1867 and 1950 different types of nationalism surfaced in Quebec.
After Confederation French Canadian nationalism remained survival nationalism.
The provincial government was viewed as a political authority capable of defending French Canadian interests.
Concerns = French Canadians leaving Canada for the United States.
Solution = agriculturalism (return to the land, modernized agriculture, new regions of colonization)

5. Imperialism and Nationalism in the early 20th century
Attached to the colonial connection that united Canada and Great Britain.
Imperialists = British Business Class
Viewed Canada as part of the British Empire so English should be the only official language and Protestantism the only religion.
Believed that Canada should participate in the Imperial wars of Great Britain to help Great Britain expand its empire.
Henri Bourassa thought that the Canadians should unite to defend Canada’s autonomy with regard to Britain.
Opposed Canada’s participation in the Imperial wars (Boer War)
Bourassa founded Le Devoir Newspaper to circulate nationalist ideas.

6. French Canadian Nationalism Between 1920 and 1950
following the Great Depression French Canadian Nationalism criticized capitalism and industrialization.
The idea of “survival” came back – family, religion and agriculture.
Rural colonization = survival of French Identity and solution to the Depression.
Soup kitchen, Montreal 1931

7. To promote this idea, Groulx founded the magazine L’ Action nationale.
Lionel Groulx was the main spokesperson of French Canadian Nationalism from to 1950
For Groulx, Quebec was a political space where the French Canadian people were guaranteed survival.
To promote this idea, Groulx founded the magazine L’ Action nationale.
In 1933, cooperatism was suggested as a solution to the injustice caused by capitalism.
Cooperatism = build up the local rural economy with the help of the capitalist system. (colonization)
Lionel Groulx

8. Review: Nationalism, Imperialism and Cooperatism
survival of the French Canadian language, the Catholic faith and traditional values.
Henri Bourassa: sense of French Canadian belonging to Canada. Survival of language, religion and values guaranteed if Canadians unite to defend against Great Britain.
Lionel Groulx: Province of Quebec as a political space able to guarantee the survival of the French Canadian nation.
Imperialism
British business class who thought Canada was connected to Great Britain.
Canada should fight Imperial wars with Great Britain (Boer War)
Cooperatism
Rural development could be achieved by pooling investments which would allow the rural economy to be integrated into the capitalist system.

9. Exit Tweet or Exit Card
What did the imperialists believe?