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RSVP at guyrexrodgers@gmail.com<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"About the Book<\/strong><\/p>\n

In May 2022, Guy Rex Rodgers released\u00a0What We Choose To Remember,<\/em>\u00a0a documentary film about waves of immigration in Quebec, from the British Conquest to the arrival of university students in the 21st<\/sup> century. A month later, the CAQ government passed Bill 96 to protect Quebec from too many English speakers, immigrants, and foreign students. For the next three years, Rodgers toured What We Choose To Remember<\/em> around Quebec, and after each screening invited audience members to share their stories. The collective portrait that emerged explodes some of Quebec\u2019s most persistent myths about who is Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois.<\/p>\n

The heartland of Nouvelle France was the Saint-Lawrence Valley, but it was never pure Catholic or francophone. Scottish and Irish soldiers fought on both sides of the Plains of Abraham.<\/p>\n

Most of the first settlers in the Eastern Townships and the Ottawa Valley were English speakers. Then the 20th<\/sup> century saw an explosion of immigration that did not fit the French\/English, Catholic\/ Protestant binary. The reality is far more interesting than Two Solitudes<\/em>.<\/p>\n

These \u2018immigrants\u2019\u2014who come from many countries and speak a variety of languages\u2014are proud to be Quebecers. What We Choose To Forget<\/em><\/a> gives them a voice\u2014and they have a lot to say about Quebec and their place in it!<\/p>\n

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Credit: Pantea Pezeschkan<\/p><\/div>\n

About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guy Rex Rodgers<\/strong> is a filmmaker who has made eight documentaries about anglophones and allophones in Quebec, and he writes a column in The Montrealer<\/em> magazine about history, culture, and politics. Rodgers is also a community activist who founded ELAN (English Language Arts Network) and co-founded the Quebec Writers\u2019 Federation and the Quebec Drama Federation. In 2015, he was appointed a Compagnon of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Qu\u00e9bec.<\/p>\n

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RSVP at guyrexrodgers@gmail.com<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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