The First Wave, 1820-1945 – Colliding Solitudes
The first communities of English speakers in Quebec were the English, Irish and Scottish. By the mid-19th century, they formed the majority of Montreal’s population.
The Second Wave, 1945-1970 - Le Vote Ethnique
During the post-war period (1945-1970) birthrates in Quebec declined sharply while immigration increased rapidly until Allophones were more numerous than English speakers.
The Third Wave, 1970-1995 - Classe d’accueil
The period between the 1970 FLQ crisis and the second referendum in 1995 was intensely traumatic. Hundreds of thousands of Quebecers packed their bags and left.
The Fourth Wave, 1995-2010 - Crashing the party
Immigrants who arrived during the years after the 1995 referendum have a stronger sense of belonging in Quebec than immigrants from earlier waves of immigration.
The Sixth Wave, You just have to find them!
One of the prevalent myths in Quebec is that Anglos only live in Westmount and the West Island of Montreal. When Quebec was still in its pioneer phase, the English presence was strong in Qc.
À propos
Genres : Culture, Variete
Waves of Change is a 200-year oral history of Quebec’s English-speaking communities, recorded on the 50th anniversary of the FLQ crisis. Five episodes feature families that arrived in Quebec during successive waves of immigration. These little-known communities have a fascinating story to tell about Regional Realities in Quebec.
Équipe
Guy Rex Rodgers
Idéateur
A graduate of the playwriting program at the National Theatre School of Canada, Guy Rex Rodgers has worked in film and television and specialized in writing large-scale multimedia productions across Canada, as well as the US, Europe and the Middle East. In 2015 he was inducted as a companion in l’Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec. Since 2020 Guy Rex Rodgers has written and directed eight documentary films about Anglos in Quebec in collaboration with the National Film Board of Canada, CBC and MAtv. For the past year he has toured the feature length documentary What We Choose to Remembe