The Quebec Diaspora

Emigration from French-speaking Canada benefited American industry and culture.

To read more, explore these links:

• http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/readings/leaving.htm

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_diaspora

• http://frenchnorthamerica.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-other-side-of-cotton-franco.html?m=1

• https://bangordailynews.com/2010/03/30/news/franco-influence-big-in-state/

Grand Challenge: Valuing World Cultures

·         Shed light on the interconnections among world cultures.

·         Add to knowledge of migrations, diasporas, and interactions of cultural groups

Grand Challenge: Understanding the American Experience

ERC Grand Challenges: For project design, for inquiry, for activism

Creole girls, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, 1935 Ben Shahn - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID fsa.8a16783.