Crosswords: Language, Education and Ethnicity in French Ontario

Abstract

This text is based on a long-term ethnographic and historical study of French-language minority education in Ontario, Canada. Heller addresses a wide range of issues of interest to those concerned with minority languages, particularly in minority language education. These issues include the role of language ideologies, language practices (especially language choice) and policies regarding language and schooling, in the unfolding of ideas about identity and of relations of power.