Quebec Schools Question - Research Project Conducted by Guy Rex Rodgers The official history of Quebec say immigrants were never rejected by French Catholic schools. But multitudes of ex-students tell a different story. They insist they were rejected during the years before Bill 101. So who do we believe? Read the interim report. https://tinyurl.com/QSQ-Interim

Why were Catholic immigrant students turned away from French Catholic schools in Quebec? Families say it happened. Historians deny it. Nobody has ever explained why it happened. Was it church policy? A government directive? Or something else? What we do know is: untold numbers of ex-students say this fact shaped their lives Read the interim report. https://tinyurl.com/QSQ-Interim

Could school rejections have sparked Quebec’s language wars? By the 1970s, most immigrant children were not enrolled in French Catholics schools. Was that their choice—or not? Tensions caused by the language of education exploded in the Saint-Leonard Crisis of 1968, paving the way for Bill 101. Did rejection light the match? Read the interim report. https://tinyurl.com/QSQ-Interim

Do immigrant families in Quebec deserve an apology? Lawyer Ralph Mastromonaco says yes. For decades prior to Bill 101, Italians and others immigrants say they were blocked from French schools. If that’s true, a generation of students lost something priceless. Isn’t it time for answers—and accountability? Read the interim report. https://tinyurl.com/QSQ-Interim

Quebec Schools Question - Research Project Conducted by Guy Rex Rodgers Students who lived school rejections prior to Bill 101 are now in their sixties, seventies and eighties. That’s why we’re documenting these stories now. After the ex-students are gone - their eye-witness memories will be lost forever. Read the interim report. https://tinyurl.com/QSQ-Interim

Why did some Catholic immigrants get into French schools in the pre-Bill 101 era, while others were turned away? Students from Italy, Poland, Portugal: some were accepted, others were not. Why? What was going on behind closed doors? Read the interim report. https://tinyurl.com/QSQ-Interim