[LINK] French Ontario in the 21st Century
Mar. 30th, 2005 06:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rfmcdonaldMarta Dolecki's article "Que signifie, aujourd’hui, être francophone en Ontario?" in L'Express, Toronto's free French weekly, is an interesting meditation on the mutations of la francophonie in Ontario after its entry to the 21st century.
Her interviews with four Ontario Francophones are interesting, with her dialogue with Guinea-born Niguepa Camara being a particular must-read. Ontario's Francophone community is still the largest Francophone community in Canada outside of Québec, and like Québec French Ontario is a community affected by mass immigration. Whether French Ontario will be as effective in incorporating these immigrants into itself as Québec is a question for the future, though L'Express' equivocal portrait in this and past issues at least suggests that something positive is happening.
À ce propos, quel est l'avenir de la francophonie en Ontario? Qu'en est-il de la vie quotidienne dans une province où les francophones ne représentent seulement que 5% de la population totale? Et puis d'abord, que signifie, aujourd'hui, être francophone en Ontario? Est-ce d'abord être Franco-Ontarien, Ontarien, Canadien-français? Ce terme est-il toujours porteur, comme autrefois, d'une identité forte et distincte?
Her interviews with four Ontario Francophones are interesting, with her dialogue with Guinea-born Niguepa Camara being a particular must-read. Ontario's Francophone community is still the largest Francophone community in Canada outside of Québec, and like Québec French Ontario is a community affected by mass immigration. Whether French Ontario will be as effective in incorporating these immigrants into itself as Québec is a question for the future, though L'Express' equivocal portrait in this and past issues at least suggests that something positive is happening.
