| Subject | Date Asked |
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| book Jeanne, fille du roy | 10/31/2009 |
Q: Visited Quebec (from Chicago) for first time last summer and loved it! I am a French teacher and ...
A: Bonjour, Laura, While I know of the book, and am quite interested in the topic, I have not read it ...
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| Obtaining Diploma to teach | 10/29/2009 |
Q: I am trying to become a science teacher her in Quebec. I am from the United States. I am finishing ...
A: Denise, My suggestion would be for you to get in touch with an advisor at the McGill Faculty of ...
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| managing french canadians | 10/27/2009 |
Q: For my class I need to know one key insight into managing people, groups, or organizations in my ...
A: Bonjour, Jennifer, When managing groups of French-Canadians, keep this one thing in mind, we work ...
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| French Canadian value and priority | 10/16/2009 |
Q: I'm from the US and I'm doing a cultural diversity project on French Canadians. I'm having ...
A: Bonjour, Maureen, I'm not sure I understand your question, but I'll answer it to the best of my ...
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| early settlers | 10/8/2009 |
Q: How many immigrants arrived from the Europe (France) from 1617 to 1759, and remained? That is, what ...
A: What an interesting question! Reliable immigration data is difficult to come by. Many of those ...
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| traditions for canadian french americans | 9/2/2009 |
Q: What are some of the traditions and cultural leftovers for Canadian french that have migrated to US. ...
A: Bonjour, Emily, Not being American, I'm not sure which traditions American families of ...
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| Nostalgia in Little Canada | 8/15/2009 |
Q: Bonjour, Jo-Ann-- I am writing a novel that contains a few details about a French-Canadian family ...
A: Bonjour, Kathleen. Your novel sounds interesting. I've done a little digging, but from what I've ...
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| Music | 8/2/2009 |
Q: As a child, when family members from Canada came to the US to visit, the evening would invariably ...
A: Bonjour, Francine, Yes, Évangeline the song is inspired by Evangeline the Longfellow poem. It ...
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| Historical Question | 6/30/2009 |
Q: My sister and I are planning to spend this coming Christmas in Quebec City. Our Great,Great ...
A: The best place to start may be your local genealogical society. If you have a date and family name ...
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| Quebecois for "it's a done deal"? | 6/19/2009 |
Q: What is the Quebcois slang equivalent of "it's a done deal" or maybe "consider it done"? I looked ...
A: Bonjour, David, I think the phrase you're looking for is «l'affaire est dans le sac.» Literally, ...
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| French Canadian tradition | 6/14/2009 |
Q: Did the French Canadian families have a traditional tea time list the British. If so, was it the ...
A: Bonjour, JoAnne When I was growing up (back in the sixties) my grandparents observed tea time, ...
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| Quebec separatism | 6/1/2009 |
Q: I'm writing and essay and i'm wondering why recognizing Quebec as a nation would encourage people ...
A: I don't know that it would. In cultural terms, French Canadians do form a separate nation, whether ...
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| French Canadian Holidays | 5/18/2009 |
Q: It is my understanding that the French Canadians have a 2 week vacation / shut down in the summer, ...
A: Bonjour, Bill, Since 1970, the last twoweeks of July have been set aside as the official vacation ...
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| Basic Quebec | 5/6/2009 |
Q: I was wondering if you would be able to tell me about some of the religions in Quebec. Are they like ...
A: Bonjour, Rylie; Quebec was traditionally divided along religious and linguistic lines. ...
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| french | 5/1/2009 |
Q: im trying to learn french to go to canada and france. any advice oh and would you know any thing ...
A: Bonjour,Zach, As I previously mentioned, I can't help you with your questions about France. I've ...
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| French-Canadian Culture (Grief, Mourning and Funeral Customs Assignment) | 4/27/2009 |
Q: I have been trying to find information on this topic for a while now, and I have had no luck! I was ...
A: Bonjour, Jose, There are few differences between modern-day French-Canadian mourning customs and ...
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| french migration to canada | 4/1/2009 |
Q: I was wondering if you could recommend any good books written in English about the French Migration ...
A: Bonjour, Nathan, Three English books I've read on the topic and can recommend are La Nouvelle ...
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| French-Canadian Insight | 3/29/2009 |
Q: I have a project due and the question I need to answer is "what insight would you give a potential ...
A: Nicole, I feel somewhat out of my depth with your questions, but perhaps I can give you a few ...
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| French Canadian Immigration | 3/18/2009 |
Q: Im doing a project on immigration of my ancestors. And I found out that I am mostly French Canadian. ...
A: Bonjour, Andrew, Oops, I misread the first part of your questions. You can find additional ...
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| gen. james wolfe | 3/5/2009 |
Q: .. as a young boy i was always told i was related to general james wolfe. is there an easy way to ...
A: How interesting! You do realize, I hope, that General Wolfe is not exactly a beloved figure in ...
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| french | 3/5/2009 |
Q: im trying to learn french to go to canada and france. any advice oh and would you know any thing ...
A: Bonjour, Zach, I can't help you with your questions about school in France, but as far as attending ...
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| French contributions to Canada | 3/2/2009 |
Q: I am doing a project about French immigration to Canada. There's this question I can't seem to ...
A: Cecilia, I've answered a similar question before (Natalie (3/22/08)and am pasting part of her ...
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| canada | 2/18/2009 |
Q: also is quebec french and english speaking?
A: Zach, You are likely to find that Quebecers who live in the larger cities and touristic areas speak ...
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| Quebec | 2/3/2009 |
Q: In Quebec schools is there a requirement for English speaking?
A: I don't quite understand your question. In Quebec's English-language schools, students are expected ...
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| france to quebec immigration 1600-1650 | 1/25/2009 |
Q: in doing a genealogy research of my mothers family I've found that almost all them left France ...
A: Bonjour, Robert, France at the time of your ancestors' migration was a country embroiled in wars of ...
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| Culture - Holidays | 12/13/2008 |
Q: Where can I find information on what it was like in small French-Canadian towns in the 1800's? At ...
A: Bonjour, Albert Christmas in French Canada, was traditionally a religious holiday. Up until the ...
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| foods presentation | 12/6/2008 |
Q: im doing a presentation on the impact of the french food on canadian culture. I was wondering if you ...
A: Bonjour, Kate, I'm no food anthropologist, but it seems that the main influence of French food ...
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| coming to French Canada as a home | 11/22/2008 |
Q: I am a 63year old college teacher, long time divorced - trilingual, I teach german and russian also, ...
A: Renate, What an adventurous life you have lived! I can certainly see why you would want a life of ...
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| Prejudism against French Canadians | 11/21/2008 |
Q: I wanted to know how the past has effected French Canadians with regards to prejudism. The previous ...
A: Ashley, You have to examine the issue of prejudice towards French Canadians in broad terms to pick ...
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| Fiddler of the Northern Lights - time and place? | 11/1/2008 |
Q: I plan on teaching my grades 5 and 6 classes the culture and history of the time and place in which ...
A: Bonjour, Erika, While I've never read "Fiddler of the Northern Lights," I believe that it is set in ...
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| About protecting French language in Canada, and about Quebec becoming its own country | 10/30/2008 |
Q: I am an American living in Washington, DC. I grew up in Philadelphia. I have worked for two ...
A: Bonjour, Fred, I'm not sure what it is you want: an answer to your question or an oppurtunity to ...
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| Job Market | 10/28/2008 |
Q: If you only speak English. It would hard to get work in Montreal? Ottawa it would be no problem? ...
A: again, As elsewhere in North America, the job market these days is less certain for all. Canadians ...
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| Ottawa | 10/24/2008 |
Q: Ottawa is bilingual like Montreal? Does Ottawa have a part were west is English and east is French ...
A: Bonjour, Keith, While Ottawa has a sizeable French-speaking population, it is not as bilingual as ...
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| us kids in monreal school | 10/21/2008 |
Q: Can My girl friend ,who has an 8 year old girl , get her daughter into the bilingual or English ...
A: Nick, Under Quebec's language protection legislation (Bill 101), children of immigrants are ...
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| Social Structure | 10/14/2008 |
Q: I am Mary. In my class we are doing presentations, my topic is French Canadians, or Québécois. I ...
A: Bonjour, Mary, According to your model, the socio-political structure in Quebec, would be dominated ...
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| French Canadian Cultural Assessment | 9/27/2008 |
Q: I am not finding specific information and was hoping you could give some insight and/or websights ...
A: Bonjour, Stacy Lynn, Wow, those are some very broad questions. I'll answer them to the best of my ...
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| welcome translation | 9/19/2008 |
Q: I was just wondering what a french canadian would prefer for a "welcome" sign. Is there a word other ...
A: Bonjour, Sara, What a thoughtful gift! Although welcome signs have begun making inroads into ...
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| Immigration from usa to Quebec | 9/3/2008 |
Q: I am going to be marrying a Quebecois man in October. We are having trouble finding answers to some ...
A: Jamie, This is somewhat out of my area of expertise, but I believe that if your husband is a ...
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| Learning | 8/14/2008 |
Q: I would love to learn to speak French Canadian, I am having trouble finding any resources to do so. ...
A: Bonjour, Nikki! French-Canadian is a cultural identity, not a language. While the variety of ...
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| Recently moved to Montreal, QC from the US | 7/29/2008 |
Q: I recently moved to Montreal from the US Midwest with my Quebecoise girlfriend. We moved to the east ...
A: Quel dommage! How unfortunate, Patrick, that your girlfriend can't see beyond her linguistic ...
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| Early French Canadian Music on line | 7/4/2008 |
Q: Several years back I found a site (perhaps government or museum) that had available recordings from ...
A: Bonjour, Owe, I'm not sure which site you're thinking of, but here are a couple of sites that I've ...
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| 1890-1910 | 5/27/2008 |
Q: Do you know why the people from France immigrated to Canada during 1890 and 1910? Thanks!!!
A: Bonjour, Cassidy, I haven't found much that specifically explains French immigration to Canada ...
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| Canadian French | 5/24/2008 |
Q: Bonjour Jo-Ann, Glad I discovered you. I am a writer currently outlining a new project in which the ...
A: Great question, Liz! Yes, there are significant differences between the French spoken in Quebec and ...
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| French Canadian Government | 5/6/2008 |
Q: I am in this class and i cant for the life of my figure out what my proffesor is talking about when ...
A: Benjamin, First off, I would suggest you get in touch with your professor with your concerns, ...
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| French Canadian birth/pregnancy practices | 4/23/2008 |
Q: practices in regards to pregnancy, labor and postpartum. Though it may be intreating to see the ...
A: Bonjour! In general terms, I'd say that pregancy, birth, and postpartum care is more or less the ...
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| french culture's contribution to the world's soceity past and present | 4/17/2008 |
Q: Glad to find an expert on this subject matter! I am doing a presentation for my elementary teaching ...
A: Natalie, Wow, that's a pretty broad question. You can find plenty of info at: Biography at the ...
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| the development of the French Canadian "nation" | 4/10/2008 |
Q: What would you say were some of the most important historical or cultural events in French Canadian ...
A: Babette, If one defines "nation" as a large population that shares a common language, customs, ...
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| genealogy in Quebec | 4/7/2008 |
Q: I have a Joseph Thomas Bedard in my tree who married Marie Geneste in St Ambroise/Loretteville in ...
A: Heather, A good place to start would be the St-Ambroise/Loretteville parish registries. BTW, in ...
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| French Canadian Culture | 4/3/2008 |
Q: I have a couple of questions about the French Canadian culture for a presentation I am giving. What ...
A: Meghan, French-Canadians families are very close, in general. Therefore, French-Canadians ...
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| French-Canadian Culture | 3/26/2008 |
Q: Jo-Ann I'm doing a cultural project for school and I just wanted to know if you could give me some ...
A: Bonjour, Meghan, I'm not sure what you mean by 'biocultural ecology.' French Canadians have a ...
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| New France | 3/24/2008 |
Q: What did kids wear in New France? I know they pretty much wore the same as the adults. any more ...
A: Alexandra, Fashions were similar to those in France at the time, with the same distinctions with ...
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| French Canadian Literacy | 3/16/2008 |
Q: My French ancestors lived in the Montreal region throughout the 18th century and 60 years into the ...
A: Rodney, Up until the Quiet Revolution of the 1960s, Quebec's French schools were under the control ...
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| french canada | 3/12/2008 |
Q: Jo-Ann I'm a RN writting a paper on the culture of French Canadians and the impact on health and ...
A: Carolle, Any good encyclopedia will give you detailed information about French-Canadian cultural ...
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| French canadian culture | 2/29/2008 |
Q: what caused the battle of the plains of abaraham?
A: Bonjour, Jeremy, The short answer: The Battle of the Plains of Abraham was the culmination of a ...
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| fiddle players | 2/11/2008 |
Q: I read somewhere that the fiddle play had to be the last person home from the bar as he kept all the ...
A: Ann, I have absolutely no idea! I had never heard of children being discouraged from playing the ...
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| colonial france | 2/11/2008 |
Q: Jo-Ann, My 5th grader has to make a commercial on Colonial France. She has to persuade people of ...
A: Bonjour, Susan! Which of the French colonies is your daughter studying? My expertise is limited to ...
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| Enseigner la culture francophone - canadienne | 1/29/2008 |
Q: Bonjour! I am a student teacher in the Vancouver area, just beginning my practicum. I am going to ...
A: Bonjour,Ann! Je suis ravie de répondre à tes questions. First of all, how old are your students? ...
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| french lessons | 1/26/2008 |
Q: I am looking for private french language lessons. I am a beginner in french language. I want to be ...
A: Bonjour, Dan, I don't know where you are located, but the best place to start is with the ...
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| further info please? | 1/20/2008 |
Q: I have already asked you about spoons, and your answer was very helpful! thanks! i was just trying ...
A: Avec plaisir :-) "Ainsi que le mentionne votre grand-père, les premiers colons français étaient en ...
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| French - Canadian culture | 1/18/2008 |
Q: Can you please tell me the French's place of origin and how how they settled in Canada.? Also, in ...
A: Bonjour, Jeff! The French first claimed Canada for France back in 1534, when French explorer ...
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| French Canadian Cultural Themes | 1/16/2008 |
Q: Our French Immersion class in West Toronto needs a theme of Thanks and Appreciation. Every year in ...
A: Pamela, One place to start could be with a song. In Québec, a typical way of expressing affection ...
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| french canadian use of spoons | 1/3/2008 |
Q: why are spoons an important part of french canadians? thanks very much ANSWER: Are you serious?? ...
A: Just a quick correction, in my last paragraph, I mention a modern traditional French-Canadian ...
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| Current events Canada | 1/1/2008 |
Q: I have a social studies assignment- 6th grade. I am supposed to find an article about a current ...
A: Joshua, Some of the on-going events Canadians are talking about include: - Environmental issues ...
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| need help with french | 12/21/2007 |
Q: i been takin french classes for about 4 moths just started n i don't seem to understand anything im ...
A: Kevin and Joyeux Noel!! I'm delighted to hear that you are doing better. Although it may seem like ...
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| my culture | 11/26/2007 |
Q: Well, I don't know how to ask this but, in my class we have to right down A LOT of things about our ...
A: You'll need to give me some specific questions before I can help you with specific answers. In ...
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| french canadian journeys | 11/2/2007 |
Q: I need to know about the french journey to canada.What happened,and what did they take?
A: What an interesting question, and one that has long interestd me. The French first explored Canada ...
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| Immigration | 10/15/2007 |
Q: I am trying to find out where to look for my 8th great gransfather. This is what I know so far. ...
A: Linda, I can't help you very much. I think you may have to investigate sources that are based in ...
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| New France | 10/3/2007 |
Q: what are some aspects of French culture that immigrants will find in North America???
A: Laci, Your subject heading made me smile and has me a little confused. New France is Quebec's old ...
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| quebec schooling | 10/2/2007 |
Q: Could you tell me about quebec high schools? How long are their luches, are there after school ...
A: Kala, I apologize for taking so long to get back to you on this one, but I had to check with my ...
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| Culture of French Canadian's | 10/2/2007 |
Q: What are some symbols of this culture?
A: The most important French-Canadian symbol is the 'Fleur de lys.' It is the symbol of the French ...
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| Doing a project on quebec family life | 10/2/2007 |
Q: I was wondering if you could tell me some information about quebec families. Are they really close? ...
A: Kala, French families are typically close. In former times, they were also very large. Nowadays, ...
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| geo 101 | 9/11/2007 |
Q: IN Canada's people language what are the French-speaking separatists called.
A: Sidra, As you may know, Canada has two official languages: French and English. In English, ...
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| no surnsme | 9/1/2007 |
Q: do people without a surname have any problems in canadian offices or immigration and also could ...
A: Virath, What an interesting question! And frankly, I am stumped. I have a feeling that for most ...
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