What outlook of Northern Quebec is presented in the geography curricula of primary and secondary school?
At a time when Northern Quebec is being abundantly discussed in political and social headlines, questions regarding how it is presented in schools are not addressed in the debates. In order to better understand how nordicity is dealt with in the Quebec school system (primary and secondary), this article outlines a content analysis of the geography curricula and a sample of educational material used in Quebec. The first results tend to show that Northern Quebec rarely comes up in schoolbooks and the geography curricula. When it does come up, the history of Northern Quebec and Inuit people is presented rather than contemporary issues. In addition, contents are often fragmented and Northern Quebec is represented as an “elsewhere’’ with no real connection with Southern Quebec, which contributes to maintain a mythical vision of the North.