Official Languages committee It is a Francophone school, but not a Catholic one.
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Rev. Father Claude Gosselin
Official Languages committee They are Anglophone only.
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Rev. Father Claude Gosselin
Official Languages committee That's correct. In fact, Francophones residing here worked and lived their lives in English. Most of the missionaries came from Europe. In fact, there are still some left, who are 80 years of age and over. It's quite interesting to hear them. They came here to live in English. S
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Rev. Father Claude Gosselin
Official Languages committee Yes. In fact, it was shared.
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Rev. Father Claude Gosselin
Official Languages committee Thanks to the Ministry of Education, these people are able to have Catholic schools through the territorial education system.
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Rev. Father Claude Gosselin
Official Languages committee There are five of us in the territory.
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Rev. Father Claude Gosselin
Official Languages committee That's correct. There are three English-speaking Catholic schools in the territory.
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Rev. Father Claude Gosselin
Official Languages committee Yes, through the English-speaking educational system; there are two schools, but they are Anglophone only.
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Rev. Father Claude Gosselin
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Rev. Father Claude Gosselin
Official Languages committee The Francophones are the same ones as before, but I am the only one to serve the Francophone population. We cover the entire territory. Whitehorse is the only place where there are religious services in French. Outside Whitehorse, it is more in the form of visits, or according to
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Rev. Father Claude Gosselin
Official Languages committee Yes, that is what I've been told by all kinds of people. Anglophones here come from all over. There is a common reality which we share, and that is the territory—the Yukon reality. The Yukon is increasingly cross-cultural. It has happened once or twice that there has been fricti
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Rev. Father Claude Gosselin
Official Languages committee But seriously, there are between 100 and 125 people who would feel comfortable saying that they are part of the community.
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Rev. Father Claude Gosselin
Official Languages committee As soon as I came, they told me that all of them were not. That was fine; I was comfortable with that, because I had just arrived from Quebec.
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Rev. Father Claude Gosselin
Official Languages committee I had no such expectations, and I didn't learn anything about that there. However, I also think that, if we're talking about spirituality—I'm not talking about Catholic faith here—if we can do that in French and offer activities that allow people to feel comfortable, well, that
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Rev. Father Claude Gosselin
Official Languages committee No, I learned English here.
February 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Rev. Father Claude Gosselin