SURVIVAL AND ASSIMILATION - 2 WAYS OF LOO KING AT THE SAME THING

The authors analyse historical data and information obtained in interv iews with Albertans of French ancestry to test the idea that family, s chool and church have served francophones, communities and individuals , in ways often contradictory. In these milieux, socialisation occurre d, to a cultural community either French and English, or entirely Engl ish. Individuals were presented with a cultural and linguistic continu ity which supported cultural survivance or assimilation.