The minority Francophone school and its role in the community

The school, together with the family and the church, has always contributed to linguistic and cultural reproduction in Canadian minority francophone settings. However, since the end of the 1960s, the church and the family are less able to effect this reproduction. Consequently, it is more than ever the school that carries out this task. With a linguistically and culturally diverse student clientele, this is a considerable challenge for the school. This article describes a secondary school that has taken up the challenge, establishing, among other things, solid partnerships with the community. The analysis attempts to show how such partnerships, although they do not manage to eliminate all tensions, can contribute to the social and cultural reproduction of the minority group.