Quebec once against changing high school history textbooks, second time since 2016
MONTREAL — Quebec is once again replacing its high school history textbooks, this time to include more content on the country’s Indigenous peoples.
It is the second time since 2016 that the government is revising the curriculum.
The two-year course first introduced in 2016 and beginning in secondary three has proven controversial, with cultural communities across the province arguing it reflects a rigid nationalist ideology that diminishes the role of non-francophones in Quebec history.
And while First Nations peoples are getting more space in the new textbook, other minority groups in the province, such as the English-speaking Quebecers, say their voices are still not being heard.