THE LAY SCHOOL MOVEMENT IN QUEBEC SINCE 1840 by Jean ...

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THE LAY SCHOOL MOVEMENT IN QUEBEC SINCE 1840 by Jean Claude Charbonneau Facu1 ty of' Education .­ McGi11 University ABSTRACT Mastèr of Arts This study examined three organizations (the Institut canadien, the Ligue de l'Enseignement, and the Mouvement 1afque de langue f'roançaise) that, sinee 1840, have pushed f'or the secu1arization of Quebec society and more particu1ar1y its educationa1 system. The study was based upon the hypothesis that the three organizations were not successfu1 in attracting widespread support f'or the idea of' secu1ar schoo1s.

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• school system
• public school
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• quebec
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