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De Korne, Haley – Language Policy, 2010
The vitality of most Indigenous languages in North America, like minority languages in many parts of the world, is at risk due to the pressures of majority languages and cultures. The transmission of Indigenous languages through school-based programs is a wide-spread approach to maintaining and revitalizing threatened languages in Canada and the…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Public Schools, Bilingual Education, Community Control
Manley-Casimir, Michael E. – Education Canada, 1980
Applying the concept of "neighborhood effects" to education in a federal state such as Canada permits the argument for federal presence in public schooling. Includes four sets of examples of neighborhood effects that meet criteria specified for federal action. Notes five differences between Canadian and American public education.…
Descriptors: Community Control, Cultural Context, Economics, Federal Government