Conférence de Stéphane Lévesque, Jocelyn Létourneau et Raphaël Gani
The aim of this presentation is to explore French Canadian (Québec) students’ historical consciousness of the nation through the lens of Social Identity Theory (SIT). Relying on a sample of 142 historical narratives written by Francophone Québécois students, we revisit findings from previous study on the historical consciousness of young Québécois. Informed by SIT principles, our narrative analysis shows how most Franco-Québécois categorize the past in homogenous categories (e.g., the imperialist Anglophone; the surviving Francophone) and frame their stories into particular modes of present-day orientations. Implications of this result for history education will also be discussed.