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Interdisciplinary Conference in Canadian StudiesMulticulturalism, modernity and citizenship in CanadaStrasbourg, November 9th and 10th 2007Marc Bloch UniversityThe Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism established in 1963 was primarily concerned with the relations between the French and the English, defined as the &#8220;founding races&#8221; of Canada, while paying some attention to the &#8220;other ethnic groups&#8221;.&#160; However, this attempt at redefining the national community and a sense of togetherness within the Canadian Confederation ignored the Aboriginal peoples. In 1971, the shift of emphasis in the political discourse from the notion of bi- to that of multi-culturalism was meant to be more representative of the cultural and ethnic diversity of Canadian society. However, this new brand of multiculturalism was soon criticized for being, on the one hand, essentialist in terms of identities, and on the other hand, for overlooking the socio-economic as well as political issues at stake. From the 1990s on, the Canadian multicultural discourse has increasingly focused on the concept of citizenship, which has in turn meant insisting more on the notion of unity and less on that of diversity. Should this be interpreted as a step backward from multiculturalism taken as an ideology and as a policy? From a European perspective, what lessons can be learnt at a time when a growing number of countries are adopting a multicultural terminology and the European Union needs to negotiate a balance between unity and diversity? Should the emergence of a modern form of citizenship be interpreted as the advent of hybrid identities or as a step towards a certain social and cultural anomy? What are then the prospects for multiple identities within a plural nation?In order to answer these questions, the papers presented should seek to explore and perhaps transcend the following dichotomies between individual and collective rights, integration and assimilation, the public and private spheres, nation in the singular and in the plural, as well as unity and pluralism. Through an interdisciplinary and transversal approach, combining ethnology, sociolinguistics, political science and educational studies we will try to analyze how multicultural citizenship translates in practice in the fields of political and institutional organization, of intellectual property as well as in terms of cultural, linguistic and educational rights. Comparative perspectives with European situations are welcome in so far as they shed light on the debate pertaining to the specificities of Canadian multiculturalism.The conference is co-organized by the Centre for Canadian Studies, the GEPE (Research on European Plurilingualism) and the CRIA (Interdisciplinary Research in Anthropology) from Marc Bloch University.Preliminary Conference Program: Friday November 9thMulticulturalism&#160;: theoretical and ideological perspectivesChair person&#160;: Fran&#231;oise Le Jeune (Universit&#233; de Nantes)9h00-9h30 Introductory speech9h30-10h30 Guest speaker&#160;: Danielle Juteau (Universit&#233; de&#160;Montr&#233;al).10h30-11h15 H&#233;l&#232;ne Bertheleu (Universit&#233; Fran&#231;ois-Rabelais, Tours) &#171;&#160;Multiculturalisme, citoyennet&#233; et conflit : une approche sociologique&#160;&#187;11h15-11h30 Coffee Break11h30-12h15 Janie P&#233;labay (Universit&#233; Libre de Bruxelles) &#171;&#160;La &#8220;deep diversity&#8221; selon Charles Taylor&#160;: quelle pertinence pour l&#8217;Union europ&#233;enne&#160;?&#160;&#187;12h15-13h00 Ariane Cyr (La Sorbonne Nouvelle) &#171;&#160;Le sentiment citoyen minoritaire au Qu&#233;bec&#160;: &#233;tat des lieux&#160;&#187;LunchMulticulturalism&#160;: citizenship and identitiesChair person: Laurent Batut (Universit&#233;&#160;Marc Bloch, Strasbourg)14h30-15h15 Patrick Farges (Universit&#233; Fran&#231;ois-Rabelais, Tours) &#171;&#160;Une identit&#233; &#224; trait d&#8217;union&#160;? Les &#171;&#160;German-Canadians&#160;&#187; et la nation-mosa&#239;que multiculturelle.&#160;&#187;15h15-16h00 Yves Laberge (Universit&#233; Laval). &#171; Citoyennet&#233;, appartenances et identit&#233; nationale: c&#233;l&#233;brations de la f&#234;te nationale au Qu&#233;bec et au Canada &#187;16h00-16h45 Judy Maxwell (Australian National University) &#8220;A Cause Worth Fighting For. How Chinese Canadians from the Second World War Fought for Social &#38; Political Rights for Minorities&#8221;16h45-17h00 Coffee break17h00-17h45 Khalida Tanvir Syed (University of Alberta) &#8220;Exploring Teacher Educators&#8217; Experiences of Teaching Canadian Multiculturalism&#8221;17h45-18h30 Jorge Ginieniewicz (University of Toronto) &#8220;Citizenship learning and political participation of immigrants: The case of Latin Americans in Toronto and Montreal.&#8221;Saturday November 10thLinguistic issuesChair person&#160;: Claude Truchot (Universit&#233;&#160;Marc Bloch, Strasbourg)9h00-9h45 Guest speaker&#160;: J&#252;rgen Erfurt&#160; (Universit&#233; de Francfort-s-le-Main). &#171;&#160;Multiculturalisme canadien vs. Interculturalisme qu&#233;b&#233;cois: les d&#233;fis pour l&#8217;immigration de la nouvelle francophonie au Qu&#233;bec&#160;&#187;9h45-10h30 S&#233;bastien Socqu&#233; (Universit&#233; de Paris-IV Sorbonne). &#171;&#160;A propos de quelques instabilit&#233;s dans la pens&#233;e de Andr&#233; Laurendeau. Laurendeau &#233;tait bi- ou multi-culturaliste&#160;?&#160;&#187;10h30-11h15 Marcienne Martin (Universit&#233; de Montpellier) &#8220;Entre pratiques m&#233;morielles et identit&#233;, le multiculturalisme analys&#233; &#224; l&#8217;aune de la m&#233;moire collective : l&#8217;exemple de la province du Qu&#233;bec&#160;&#187;&#160;11h15-11h30 Coffee Break11h30-12h15. Gwendolyne Cressman (Universit&#233;&#160;Marc Bloch, Strasbourg) &#171;&#160;Perspectives compar&#233;es sur les politiques linguistiques canadiennes et europ&#233;ennes&#160;&#187;12h15-13h00 Ann-Birte Kr&#252;ger (IUFM d&#8217;Alsace) &#34;Les repr&#233;sentations des langues dans un espace transfrontalier. Une analyse d'enqu&#234;tes men&#233;es avec des &#233;l&#232;ves d'origine turque n&#233;s en Alsace ou dans le Bade-Wurtemberg.&#34;LunchFirst Nations within the &#171;&#160;Canadian mosaic&#160;&#187;Chair person&#160;: Nina Reuther (Universit&#233; Marc Bloch, Strasbourg)-14h30-15h15 Guest speaker: John Jules,&#160; Directeur de la gestion des ressources naturelles, Kamloops B.C., Shuswap Nation, Canada. &#34;Pan-Indianism in Multi-Cultural Mosaic&#34;15h15-16h00 Romeo Saganash, Gran Council of the Cree/Director of Quebec Relations and International. Titre &#224; d&#233;terminer16h00-16h45 Eric Navet (CRIA Strasbourg). Titre &#224; d&#233;terminer16h45-17h00 Coffee Break17h00-17h45 Florence Cartigny (Universit&#233; de Bordeaux 3). &#8220;The NDP government of Lorne Calvert in Saskatchewan Aboriginal affairs (2001-2007)&#8221;17h45-18h30 Isabelle Schulte-Tenckhoff (Universit&#233; de Gen&#232;ve) &#34;What - if anything - does multiculturalism do for Aboriginal peoples in Canada?&#34;&#160;Dinner