EDEC 248 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Focus Group, Reasonable Accommodation, Charter Of The French Language
23 Jun 2018
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Inclusive Quebec schools: dialogue, values, and common reference points
-Quebec is the only province in Canada that has the right to choose its immigrants - choose
French speaking people first that come from French speaking countries (France, Haiti, North
Africa: previous french colonies)
-They are different from us in religion, school system (serve Hallal food and won’t serve pork),
dress differently (Hijab) and the only similarity between us is language.
-Charter of rights and freedom: religious freedom gives people tight to practice their religion
which gives them the right to wear a religious symbol
Mandate of the advisory committee
-Under its mandate, the advisory committee was asked to:
Propose to the minister of education, recreation and sports an intervention strategy aimed at
integrating young people from the immigrant or various cultural religious and linguistic
communities into the education system and at managing diversity in the school systems, taking
into account the questions of integration and reasonable accommodation;
Document emerging issues related to the adaptation of Quebec schools to ethnocultural,
religious and linguistic diversity;
Produce a clear, accessible definition of reasonable accommodation in the education milieu,
taking into account what has been done so far, and take stock of successful initiatives in this
respect
Inventory the information and training tools accessible
Chapter 1: Content and issues
This section discusses the context and issues pertaining to reasonable accommodation and the
recognition of diversity in the educational milieu in general. In particular, it emphasizes past and
present diversity in the education milieu and the questions raise by the accommodation causes
reported. This questioning obviously implies the need to tackle the issues that Quebec schools
are currently facing.
Bill 101 - all immigrants had to go to french school unless one of their parents went to english
elementary or high school. Because of Bill 101, French became an official language. All services
had to be done in french and then english if necessary
Chapter 2: Progress report
This chapter focuses on the accommodation requests and initiatives aimed at taking into
account diversity in the schools. Are such requests and initiatives numerous? Do they affect
schools in all regions in Quebec? Who are the main parties requesting accommodation and
what is the subject matter of their request? (requests in Mtl are much more than other schools)
What objectives have decision makers adopted with…
Chapter 3: Diversity intervention and recognition strategy
Formulates an accommodation request management strategy. It first reviews certain essential
principles that underpin the recognition of ethnocultural, religious and linguistic diversity. It then
defines reasonable accommodation and reviews its legal framework and characteristics as well
as reference points that can serve as guidelines for its implementation. An accommodation
request processing approach is suggested. To conclude, the chapter indicates guidelines
respecting common reference points, the training of educators, partnership and support for the
education milieu.
Chapter 4: recommendations
Devoted to the recommendation formulated in the wake of the examination of information drawn
from three sources:
1) data collected from school administration; 2)
The conclusion of this report comprises all of the recommendations introduced by the following
preliminary considerations:
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Document Summary
Inclusive quebec schools: dialogue, values, and common reference points. Quebec is the only province in canada that has the right to choose its immigrants - choose. French speaking people rst that come from french speaking countries (france, haiti, north. They are different from us in religion, school system (serve hallal food and won"t serve pork), dress differently (hijab) and the only similarity between us is language. Charter of rights and freedom: religious freedom gives people tight to practice their religion which gives them the right to wear a religious symbol. Under its mandate, the advisory committee was asked to: Document emerging issues related to the adaptation of quebec schools to ethnocultural, religious and linguistic diversity; Produce a clear, accessible de nition of reasonable accommodation in the education milieu, taking into account what has been done so far, and take stock of successful initiatives in this respect.
