Quebec and South Africa around 1980

Quebec around 1980

South Africa around 1980

• Natural Resources
• Territory
• A population of almost 6 million

• Where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet
• The Homelands
• An unequal population of 26 million

• Félix Leclerc (1914-1988)
• Maurice Duplessis (1890-1959)
• Pierre-Elliott Trudeau
• Michel Tremblay (1942 – )
• René Lévesque (1922-1987)
• Robert Bourassa
• Jean Lesage (1912-1980)
• Michel and Simonne Chartrand
• From Claire Casgrain to Lise Payette

• Steve Biko (1946 – 1977)
• Nelson Mandela (1918 – 2013)

• Amerindians
• The middle class
• The clergy in 1980
• Women

• The Blacks
• The Whites
• The “Coloured” and Asians

• Openness to the world
• Health
• A revolution in clothing
• Shopping malls had everything
• Living in the suburbs
• Learning in a modern Quebec

• Life under apartheid
• Daily violence
• Health and education

• French, Quebec’s official language
• A multitude of cultures
• Less and less religion
• Quebec culture on fire

• “Coloured” and Asian cultures
• The cultures of the Whites
• The cultures of the Blacks

• Agriculture in the 80s
• Quebec entrepreneurs
• Mining and forest industries
• Better working conditions
• Hydroelectricity and dams

• A large territory with a diversity of resources…

• The growing role of the Quebec government
• The right to vote
• The Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms
• Quebec’s place in Canada

• Apartheid

• Communication between people
• Radio and television
• Using planes to travel long distances
• The development of ground transportation
• The St. Lawrence Seaway

• From railroads to automobiles