L'Obligation scolaire au Québec

L'AVENEMENT DE L'INSTRUCTION obligatoire au Quebec en 1943 s'inscrit dans un tissu de relations complexes, d'alliances, et de luttes tres longues. Contrairement a ce que laisse croire l'histoire officielle, le mouvement ouvrier et le mouvement paysan ont joue un role actif dans cette longue «querelle.» Quoique prenant part dans cette lutte, ces mouvements ont aussi ete tres divises. Alors que le Congres des metiers et du travail du Canada (CMTC) appuie la frequentation scolaire obligatoire, la Confederation des travailleurs catholiques du Canada (CTCC), et l'Union Catholique des cultivateurs (UCC) s'y opposent durement. L'influence que l'Eglise Catholique exerce sur la CTCC et l'UCC explique en partie le refus categorique de ces deux organisations, mais sans plus. La composition des membres de chacune, les secteurs d'implantation de celles-ci, le type d'agriculture dominant au Quebec et les couts lies a l'education ont joue un role determinant dans les positions des organisations etudiees. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF compulsory education in Quebec in 1943 occurred in a web of complex relationships, at the end of lengthy struggles and alliances. Contrary to the official historical accounts, the labour movement and the agrarian movement played an active role in this long quarrel. Even if they participated in the struggle, these movements were also very divided. Whereas the Trades and Labour Council of Canada (TLC) supported compulsory education, the Catholic unions (Confederation des travailleurs catholiques du Canada |UCC|) strongly opposed it. The influence of the Catholic church over the CTCC and the UCC partly explains the position of these two organizations but no more. The membership of each of these groups, their constituencies, the dominant type of agriculture in Quebec, and the cost of education played a determining role in the positions adopted by each of the organizations

Political science · Canadian Identity and History · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · Social Sciences and Governance

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