Educational Pathways among Quebec Students Originating from the Caribbean: A Survey of Both Quantitative and Qualitative Data
This article addresses the educational pathways of Quebec students originating from the Caribbean, using both quantitative and qualitative data. The first set are drawn from a ministerial database treating a cohort of secondary students in the French sector between the years 1998-1999 and 1999-2000. That data gives us a general portrait of more than 3000 students of Caribbean origin, involving their personal profiles, their schooling process, as well as their graduation and drop-out rates. The second set of data, drawn from doctoral research carried out between September 2010 and March 2011, reveals factors contributing to the success or vulnerability of ten students of Haitian origin in Montreal who have contrasting trajectories. The article allows us to observe overlapping factors that significantly affect the educational pathways of these students, who are largely of Haitian origin.