Quebec to raise university fees and mandate French for out-of-province students - eviltoast
The changes, which impact out-of-province students, have been criticised by Quebec's English universities.
  • rivermonster@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    11 months ago

    Thank you for clarifying. English is the official language of Canada, right? I know provences support French, but is it also an official language?

    For instance, in the U.S. there is no national language. Most government forms are provided in MANY languages and/or can be requested in them.

    I’m not sure in the US a university could require language profiency in a specific language. To be fair, though, I haven’t researched it. Maybe somebody can clarify if there are any federally funded ones that do?

    If Canadian universities require conversational French for 80% of grads but the only official language is English, then I wonder what the legal basis is for the requirement? If both English and Fench are official national languages, I understand how that would be the basis.

    Thanks for the conversation, I’m learning a lot.

    • Pasta Dental@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      71·
      11 months ago

      Canada has 2 official languages, French and English. Provinces can have their own official language and so in Québec it is french

      • rivermonster@lemmy.worldEnglish
        23·
        11 months ago

        That makes LOTS more sense. Thanks so much!

        Could a province have a first people’s, or other language as their official, if they wanted? Or is the option just the two national official languages?