When the institute was created, our mandate was to focus both on francophone communities outside Quebec and on English speakers in Quebec. However, we quickly realized that, from the research point of view, we were dealing with two very different realities. Anglophones in Quebec do not really see themselves as a minority. So research problems will not be defined in the same way as for the francophonie outside Quebec.
Not only is the way to problematize the issue or to pose inquiry questions different, but we also realized that research capacities had to be developed and research interest on anglophones in Quebec had to be simulated. The issue was different.
We decided to work with people on the ground, such as Lorraine O'Donnell, coordinator of the Quebec English-speaking Communities Research Network.
So the differences are fairly significant. I am not an expert on anglophone communities in Quebec, but I have noted some really different dynamics. Problematization is different, as are the issues involved.