Immigration and francophones in Ontario schools : structure of relationships between institutions, parents, and the community
Immigration is an important factor in the diversification seen in Ontario’s French language schools. How are the relationships between institutions, parents and communities shaped to account for diversity as it is experienced in minority language schools ? We will discuss the results of an ethnographic and sociolinguistic study that took place between 2002 and 2004, where institutional policies and practices used in 15 urban schools and a community initiative put forward by an association of local immigrant women were analyzed. This study highlights the complexity of processes at work in school- immigrant family relations.